WILLIAM LYOU TAKES CIRCUS WITH A VERY WIDE LINE IN HIS MINI COOPER S IN THE SALOONS AND TOURERS RACE. ANNE WONG RAN A POTENT 8-PORT HEAD MINI - A VERY QUICK CAR WHICH WILLIAM WAS ONLY ABLE TO CATCH IN THE CORNERS. WILLIAM RECALLS HAVING TO PUSH HARDER AND HARDER, OVERHEATING HIS TYRES IN THE PROCESS. THE END CAME WHEN HE ENTERED THE RIGHT BEND OF THE LONG LOOP AND UNDERSTEERED THE MINI ACROSS THE LEFT EDGE. HE CORRECTED THE UNDERSTEER BUT THE CAR SWUNG AROUND AND HEADED RIGHT INTO A RAVINE, OVERTURNED AND SKIDDED ON ITS ROOF AND INTO BUSHES. WILLIAM WAS AFRAID THAT THE FUEL TANK MIGHT HAVE RUPTURED SO GETTING OUT OF THE WRECK WAS PARAMOUNT ON HIS MIND. ARMED WITH HIS FIRE EXTINGUISHER, HE KICKED THE FIBERGLASS DOOR OFF AND CRAWLED OUT, AN UNTIDY END FOR ONE MORE MINI. THE PHOTO SHOWS WILLIAM IN THE NUMBER 40 MINI BEING CHASED BY ANNE WONG'S CAR INTO CIRCUS HAIRPIN.
09/08/1971
19980006946 - 0021
S161569
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