March 20
Powertour staged a test day for the National Saloon Championship at Silverstone. There were two sessions of fifty minutes and one of an hour. The organisers also took the opportunity to scrutineer the cars in preparation for the start of the season this Saturday at Thruxton.
Both Synchro cars were present after a huge effort by Paul, Andy and Dave the day before to get Kevin Hicks' car ready. It was a day of mixed fortunes. Both Dave and Kevin recorded their best times. Dave brought his best time down from 1m 37.468 to 1m 36.576 whilst Kevin improved still further dropping his previous best time from 1m 37.557 to 1m 36.568. However, there are still a number of important changes that are required before Thruxton.
As with Donington, the Peugeots failed to make an appearance on the track. Reigning champion Simon Harrison in the new Ford Focus had a better day than last week steadily putting in better times. Stars of the day were undoubtedly Matt Kelly in a Nissan Primera and Tobi Masini, an ex-Spider driver making his first appearance in the National Saloon Championship in a Mardi Gras prepared Honda Integra.

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