So here’s part two, Japfest is going down next Saturday so i’m pretty busy getting the Swift in a reasonable condition. Anyway after a quick look round the paddock I made my way away from the usual spectator areas, down to “hill top”.

You know you’ve dumped the crowd when all you can hear is cows and a bloke ranting about immigration (I swiftly moved away from him). With the cars braking hard for the hairpin, it was a sight to see how the cars squat and launch back up the hill towards Knickerbrook.

6r4 roflomgzor! the distinctive red Metro 6R4 of Mark Pollard was entered in the N/A class. The group B supercar looks strangely out of place in Time Attack against the bewinged Evo’s and Imprezas. But the little Metro flys.

With Matt Neals overtaking moves you’d think this ex BTCC might have been confined to the crusher. Now the rolling shell has been given a new lease of life as one of two Time Attack cars. Again running in the N/A class

Pip Gardner now running without the numberplate! showed how well he knows the Oulton Park circuit setting some blistering times. And making Babies and the elderly cry all the way through the rev range!

Suzanne was peddling the car well through the morning heats.

I managed to sneak into number 34′s pit garage, I didn’t see how the car did. The bonnet came up after each 2-3 lap stint.

Looking a little tired the old Zen Performance Impreza is now privately owned and still going hard.

Check out the guys, totally pulling the “damn he’s taking a picture look super fly” although the bloke in red looks like he’s having a heartfelt moment with a dude ha!

The Buddy Club car was treated to a wash after mechanical woes forced a switch to the second car. Had this car been running Paul would have easily clinched a first round win in the N/A class. This teg is fast.

Pulsars suffer from overheating problems with the standard topmount intercooler. Clearly this isn’t going to be an issue with this one.

One of two hard parked R34′s this Bayside blue example caught my eye.