The Snetterton 300 meeting was the first event attended since Karen's car had been rebodied by TenguDo Motorsport. Despite some early morning rain, conditions for qualifying were good. Karen was enjoying the new Snetterton 300 layout with its mix of hairpins, sweeping curves and long straights. So much so, that she qualified in 8th overall and 4th in class.



Race 1 saw Karen get a decent start and she was soon battling with Steve Cassar's Proton Coupe and Kevin Middleton's Subaru WRX. Kevin was chasing hard when Karen managed to overhaul Steve, leaving Steve and Kevin to battle each other behind her. Kevin came out on top but they were both still chasing her hard. Karen was keeping them at bay but suffered bad understeer coming out of the Agostini hairpin. She went off onto the grass and slid across the wet grass into the armco then span back across the track into the infield. The car had stalled and despite Karen's best efforts ito took ages to restart. Meanwhile she could see all her competitors approaching and then passing her. She managed to restart and join the track just as class rival Darren Hughes drove past!



Karen was mindful to check the car out as she tried to catch up, but her recovery was hampered by bad vibration. It turns out the soft Snetterton mud had coated the wheels and had thrown out the wheel balancing! She did a brilliant job of chasing Darren down but had to be content with finishing behind him by 1.5 seconds. Karen finished 13th overall and 5th in her class.





It was heartbreaking to see the damage inflicted on the new bodyshell... However, the TenguDo crew weren't swayed by sentement and quickly got down to making repairs to enable the car to run again in Race 2. The wheels were swapped for another set and friends and helpers washed the mud from the car to make it look presentable again, even though it was missing the front spoiler which was feared had been destroyed in the shunt by the car driving over it!



Karen was now forced to start Race 2 from 13th position and it was indeed unlucky for her as she was caught in a queue of traffic behind the slow starting Suzuki Swift of Andy McLennan. Karen then had to recover as many places as she could. She had fun fighting through the field to eventualy finish 9th Overall and 4th in class.



Despite the damage to the car and missing out on podium results within the Subaru Cup, Karen enjoyed her drives and finished the day with a smile on her face. She was possibly cheered up by the guys being able to find the front spoiler intact at the side of the circuit, needing only a little paint to look as good as new.



Following the meeting, Rexy II was returned to TenguDo Motorsport to enble the crew to repair the panel damage ready for the next outing at Rockingham.