• The Moseley 308 shared by the father and son team was looking a little battered around the front. During mid-week testing, with Graham Reeder in the passenger seat doing some driver coaching, it had an inexplicable brake failure and hit the bank quite hard. With not a lot of time to carry out a proper repair it was mostly red tank tape which did the job and enabled Richard to put in a good result on the day.

• Pirelli's inability to supply PZeroC tyres was really beginning to bite and a dispensation had been received that other makes of tyres could now be used. So all sorts of makes were being fitted but people were beginning to wonder where all this would lead if in time most of the field were forced to fit non-Pirelli tyres. Not a good situation when you remember that the Series is, of course, sponsored by Pirelli and their tyres are supposed to be obligatory.

• There was so much other racing going on that several of the Ferraris took part in some of the other races. Keith Sprules had his 355/Ch out in the Special GT race and there was also a lovely 360 CS, which was so standard the driver even had to borrow some race numbers, that took part in one of the other races.

• The, er, slightly loose technical regulations which govern the classic series were intended to be a Good Thing when it all first started - to encourage the ordinary Club member to bring out their ordinary Ferrari and race it. But this is motor racing and as always things move on and get serious, the regs are read in detail, the advantages are found, and a few of the cars are now getting seriously quick. And some are beginning to look a bit non-Ferrari, like Gary Culver's fab new wheels which would do credit to a Saxo down the High Street.

• Squabbles with officialdom at circuits rarely pay dividends and Chris Drake discovered this to his cost as well. Having just pulled in from the classic qualifying session he wanted to immediately re-join the circuit for the next qualifying session in which his 250 GTO Replica had also been entered but some paddock marshals tried to wave him into Parc Fermé, there was a "debate" and Chris was soon up in front of the Clerk of the Course, who fined him £50. As a result Chris took bat, ball and motorhome home, vowing never to return again.

• Drake's revenge meant that all of the cars in the race were mid-engined and all bar one (Colin Cambell's 246 Dino) V8s. For the record these were six 328s, five 308GTBs, one 308GT4 and three Mondials. Wonder if this is how classic is going?

• Not having done much over the years to improve the performance of his brakes, Swifty decided it was time to fettle the trusty 308's system. However, it all went pear-shaped and the brakes got worse rather than better. There was soon a pile of bits lying in the paddock - Granada calipers, DS11 pads, ducts, cooling hoses, a water tank, lead shot, pumps, half of a menu from Selby Tandoori, a twiddly sort of thing, frayed bits of cable, a Minifin, a scorched piece of wood, a steam pressure regulator, an anchor - all sorts of stuff. . There were some seriously cheap brake components going though. Anyone want a parachute?

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Where would racers be without tank tape?

Lovely 360 CS was out in one of the other races

Wikkid Gary man, MASSIVE wheels - innit!

You never know when those old Bren Gun spares will come in handy

..but there were still complaints about excessive noise

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