Cima Racing : Home2Rome 2010: Day Three: Berwick to Benz

Day Three: Berwick to Benz

11 November 2009

After leaving Berwick-upon-Tweed this morning, stopping off at SportNetwork and Invent Partners, we've finally made it to the end of the rally, our trusty Audi 90 taking us all the way to Mercedes-Benz World at Brooklands.

The final blast form Wakefield, a 180 mile run down the M1 and M25, was despatched in well under three hours as we chased the setting sun. There's not much to say about the journey - dry, straight and dull. Somehow, any traffic parted and we arrived at Brooklands just in time for a celebratory lap or two of one of the many circuits, although an over sensitive safety car prevented speeds increasing much beyond glacial.

But that wasn't an issue. We'd made it, and that was reward enough.

That, and the trophy.

A prize giving ceremony took place in the Mercedes-Benz World building, with the guys from Hyundai taking the Best Decorated Car award, and the Honda teams taking the Best Twittering award thanks to their multiple people and constant laptop connection - we were runners up for that award, coping with nothing more high tech than a mobile phone!

The ultimate winners won't be decided until next Wednesday, when the cars go to BCA Auction to be sold off, with all proceeds going to BEN. While we think we'll do well there, we can't help but think one of the Honda teams could pick up that prize too - those Honda Prelude's are desirable cars after all. I may even bid myself.

So that's it. The easy part of Bangers4BEN has been completed. Next comes the hard part - handing the keys to the Audi 90 over to someone else.

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