Not all fun and games for me as it happens.
First I had a flat tyre on the way there. I had to pull over onto the hard shoulder of the M1 motorway (one of the busiest roads in the UK).
No spare wheel. I only had one of my slicks which might have got me going (illegally) but being 2" taller than my other tyre might have damaged my suregrip.
I had a bit of luck though because my mate Andy happened to come past towing his 1969 B1 engined Coronet so he loaned me the two street tyres off the back of that to get me there (and home again).
Next it started to overheat.
I have had a slow water loss problem for a year or so which I put down to leaking header bolts and later a head gasket. However now I suspect a cracked head.
But I got there JUST with the temp getting up to 220F and only a half full radiator after the 240 mile journey.
Third problem was on the way home.
After that last run up the track with Wayne as passenger I had a bit of noise like a blowing header gasket.
By the time I was half way home it sounded more like a bad tappet noise.
By the time I got within 5 miles of home it sounded like I was loosing a rocker. It was raining now and I crossed my fingers.
Half a mile from home I heard at least one pushrod go west and the noise stopped. Oil pressure stayed up so I kept going.
This is what I found.