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<body> <Table Width="550" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0"><TR><TD Width="35"><IMG SRC="//www.totalmotorsport.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1"></td><td> <CENTER><Table border="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="5">PRIVILEGE INSURANCE BRITISH GT CHAMPIONSHIP</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">07/09/2000</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">MARTIN SHORT EXPLAINS</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">His TVR's pace comes from its roadholding</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/AINSdingSPO.jpg"></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="1">  </FONT></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">Martin Short explains events at Snetterton, in particular his excellent race against Geoff Lister. <BR> <BR> "Sadly we do not have a clear power advantage, it is handling. I went round the outside of Geoff at Sear who gave me racing room and pulled half a car length in front. We waved at each other as he gradually passed me to a car length in front!<BR> <BR> "His car was suprisingly good under braking, mine was suprisingly better with traction. My car was significantly quicker in the fast stuff. We were down on power as the engine was running at up to 115 degrees. Fortunately TVR have now built in an ignition curve for if the engine runs hot, so it didn't blow, but power was reduced, and never came back as the minimum temp., once I settled in, was around 95 degrees! I also managed to get oil on the left tyres which took some time to clean up. With 10 minutes to go the car really started to work and I set the lap record on lap 39! Geoff's car was all over the place, locking up and sliding at Riches, which is how I ended up briefly passing him.<BR> <BR> "We were expecting a new rad. from Dockings but it only arrived this week. Our car is without doubt the best handling of the GTOs, not bad for a road car. Geoff asked me why the car was so high off the ground....'because it IS a road car Geoff', I answered!<BR> <BR> "It was actually an output shaft that failed, something that has never failed before on a road or the race car. <BR> <BR> Hey Ho, all part of the development curve I guess, but failing so close to the end, with Geoff in my sights, was the hardest pill we have had to swallow so far. The good news though is that we think we have turned a corner with engine reliability. We have two engines now being stripped and rebuilt with lessons learned for Spa.</FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Tahoma">Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport</font></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table> </body>