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Brands Hatch

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Friday was the last track day of the year with MoT , and incredibly it stayed dry and sunny all day.  There were nearly 50 cars there so the track was pretty busy, even congested at times.  Nobody crashed, that's a first!  No issues with the clutch, and the brakes were at least consistent, if not very good.  I blew off an intercooler hose at one point, but it was an easy fix. A couple of laps... and beating a 911 into submission :) After lunch (an expensive cheeseburger that came in a pretty Motorsport Vision box), I topped up the oil... but was distracted and forgot to put the filler cap back on!  That made a bit of a mess, and I had to rig something up to get me home.  The round bit from the spare wheel, a bolt that mysteriously appeared in the footwell, a nut from the fusebox and some cable ties were fashioned into a McGyver-style solution.  It wouldn't have been suitable for track use so I headed for home early, at least missing the M25 traffic. It's been pu