EQUIPE FRANKEL CAN'T CUT THE MUSTARD AT DIJON

July 7th 2014

EQUIPE FRANKEL CAN’T CUT THE MUSTARD AT DIJON

THIS WAS ALSO THE MONTH IN which I took a week out to drive down to the big historic meet at Dijon. Equipe Frankel had two cars entered, one pitifully off the pace, the other inoperative. We made our excuses and left. Historic motor racing is wonderful most of the time. Then, just occasionally, it sucks.

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