My first Major event

April 22nd.....
Rockingham, Northamptonshire.
The British Touring Car Championship second round. we arrived on post nice and early to find we had no flag Marshals and no Observer. So, Mark (a fellow trainee) and I volunteered to do the flagging, switching roles between races (one on yellow flag, the other on green and blue flags). We had an excellent post where we could see quite a lot of the action. There wasn't much for our post to do with regard to incidents, apart from one driver who pulled off the track when his car filled with smoke. Three Marshals ran to his aid but none of them carried a fire extinguisher for some strange reason. In training we are told "when attending an incident, always take an exstinguisher" and this particular car was a fine candidate for an extinguisher.
The racing was excellent with some very exciting moments for us. Overall, a great day.