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Lakeside Park Raceway - Alonzo's First Outing on Track

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 So for those that may not have been following, the whole reason for Aurelia (may she rest in peace), followed closely by Alonzo (2003 Alfa Romeo 147, 2L Twin Spark) , was to get a 'cheapish' car on track for inexperienced me that if something untoward occurred would not cause me any great grief but it still had to be fun to drive.  Since the last time, Alonzo has made one more visit to Barry to finally have both front Lower Control Arms ( wishbones) replaced and a general once over. All good, didn't even need a couple of other arms that I got for free. Found out the Fiat brake pads I was given were also for the Alfa 147 front brakes, so a little win there. The front discs are a bit pitted so that will be a job for me in the future, replace front pads and discs together as there is still plenty of life left in the pads at the moment. A re-gas of the air conditioning system fixed the warm air problem (personally a necessity up here).       It was then just a matter of bookin