Here’s a post from Malcolm Malky McDonald describing his first trip to Forrestburn – thanks Malky!
Our first ever visit to Forrestburn started earlier than we’d anticipated when we left Kintyre, in Argyll, just after 1pm. We had to take a not-so-quick detour via Stirling to get a front brake caliper swapped over after snapping off the bleed nipple the previous day. Whoever said this was cheap way of entering motor sport does not live more than 100 miles from a motor factors! Anyway, despite the diversion, we managed to arrive just about the same time as everyone else.
The good weather had brought out plenty of drivers for the fun night and we were raring to go in our Peugeot 106 Rallye. A few minutes form filling at HQ and then a quick drivers briefing and we were ready to join the queue at the bottom of the hill. With there being two of us sharing the one car we’d decided that I (Malcolm) run the car first before handing over to John for the second stint. Unfortunately my first time on the hill was marred by an overheating engine – courtesy of a failed radiator fan – which made my first run a bit of a Sunday drive! Still I was able to get an idea of the track layout ready for (hopefully) faster subsequent runs. The corners were a bit tighter than I expected and the blind brows certainly make for an interesting drive! By the time my stint with the car was up, I was really enjoying the flow of the track and didn’t really want to hand over to John!
After refuelling (burgers cooked on the BBQ), I did a bit of spectating at the top of the hill where I spoke to a number of people. Everyone was really friendly and interested in our car, the distance we’d travelled and how we’d got on. It’s a standing joke where we come from that no matter where you go in the world, you’ll always meet someone else from Argyll and this time was no exception. A Mini, all the way from mid-Argyll (just 45 minutes closer to Forrestburn than us) looked very promising.
We’ve entered for the Hill Climb this weekend and are really looking forward to getting the car on the hill, and of course, meeting up with everyone again.
Thanks to Trish and Donald McDonald we have a nice gallery below of images from the Track Night.
