PIRELLI MARANELLO FERRARI CHALLENGE

• Whilst the Club's posers were at 'Simply Red' at Donington , Janet n' Jim and friends provided their usual excellent catering service, laying on a splendid buffet which included an impressive array of home-baked cakes and biscuits, to universal acclaim. The only problem was they had to 'strike camp' before the gale-force wind did it for them!

• Talking of the wind, it totally trashed JMH's truck awning. I know these things are expensive, but was surprised to see Jason writing all those noughts on the insurance claim....... Whilst we're on the subject of insurance, I hope the new Mrs Hughes has cranked-up Jason's who seems not to have discovered the connection between 240 volts and rain-water (see pic below).

• Marco Attard's Damax-run car was suffering from ABS problems. JMH helped out with their diagnostics gizmo checking both his car and Back's to see what a brake computer should be saying. Bearing in mind the the subsequent ECU related protests flying around it's nice to see the teams keeping things in perspective.

• A relaxed Terry Coleman returned to the PMFC from fishing in Russia and promptly stuck his 360 on pole to the consternation of the regulars! When asked about his tactics for the start he said he hadn't thought and "Sure 'tis up to dem behoind to worry about havin an auld banker in front". Funny, we thought he was in the security equipment business... Terry subsequently won the Wilkinson 'Driver of the Day' award for his smooth, unflustered drive to second.

• The latest "must have" accessory was on display in David Dove's magnificent transporter - the biggest generator you've ever seen, the size of a Merlin. Some of the classic blokes were enviously eyeing it up with a view to a transplant. Dove's 355 was for sale, apparently he's considering a 360/Ch, should be interesting...

• It was Kevin Riley's birthday at Snett. and he was presented with a cake shaped like his 360/Ch. Some wag suggested that the cook should have bashed it around a bit and then set it on fire to make it more representative.

• Those at Donington reported that the Club were the stars of the meeting with over 150 members' Ferraris on display and that the racing wasn't that good and would have been greatly enhanced by having the Club's Series' there - maybe next year eh?

Where would the Club be without PHR members like Jim?	Check out Jason's mains lead...	Janet falls for the Blarney	Dove's mighty throbbing thing
Kevin's birthday cake was sweeter than his 360	Lancaster kindly provided the 612 Scaglietti course car	So that's how the asylum seekers get in!	Serious stuff - post-race ECU checks

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Janet and friends did a great job with the catering

The cakes took a lot of scrutineering before any others were allowed to start

The Paddock Diner had to be taken down before it became a UFO

pics by Simon Cooke & Graham Easter