Dan sings through the rain

Tuesday, 28 October 2008

Daniel Brown takes podium and pushes the pace

Race date: 26th October - Brands Hatch

Round 1

In extremely wet conditions Daniel made a great start gaining 3 positions on the opening lap, setting fast lap times he passed his friend Jolyon Palmer on lap 7, he then spent the remaining laps catching and swapping places with Niall Quinn, finally finishing in 4th place.

Round 2

Daniel made a reasonable start maintaining his 5th position, after a trip through the gravel at Druids on lap 10 Daniel recovered well to fight his way up to 3rd position, setting the fastest lap of the race by 3/10ths of a second, gaining his first podium finish.

Round 3

After dropping down 4 places at the start Daniel fought his way back to 6th place by lap 8, then spent the remainder of the race battling with Niall Quinn, swapping positions continually finally beating him to the line by 0.166sec to finish in 5th position. Daniel goes to the next round at Snetterton lying 3rd in the Championship.

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