Local headlines again

Please click on the picture to enlarge for reading....
first podium yey!
local paper the Grimsby Evening Telegraph ran a story on my success leading into there sport section last week.......

So to Cadwell Park 7th May

a short video to show my ill fated first race at Cadwell....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yzbQbRihkE

top start i qualified 5th for both races and then a mistake made by a fellow racer that cost me a decent position in the first race and damage, well it happens you know.
we have had worse, i cannot say it was not my fault because ultimately if i had not made that mistake on the lap before when i lost the ground i would not have been that far back in the pack to get involved but, it happened, i finished 13th after limping home with steering issues and the old duct tape came out to play again.


in-car footage of the second race.......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSIycUPz_8c
the second race now that's a different animal, i had my start planned and boy did i get it right, straight from 5th to first before the first corner, i did however know that i was not going to be there long as i had car handling issues and Bradley the winning driver was quicker than me and on better tyres, so i let him through to save any problems and i could have held 2nd but thought better of the fight in a car that was not right and i needed a good score so i settled for 3rd and was not going to yield to Liam on this place come what may.
i was however very pleased to see the chequered flag as my tyres were failing me in places i was really struggling as the new tarmac on the circuit was not a pleasure to drive, it was very slippery and i cannot say i got used to it at all.

so a 3rd place and trophies to boot "yey", and a big surprise my lap times, i lapped in a 1.54 my best yet and really surprising....... in qualifying my time was a 1.55.6 in a 1.6 MK1 , and P.Mortell in a mk2 2L did A 1.55.3 .............That's only 0.3 of a second faster than me in a 2L car!

RASP MOTORSPORT another sponsor

RASP performance--track day---motor sport----tuning---servicing.

a new company local to ourselves in Grimsby, has already proved there worth with the rally scene, mainly working on Subaru & Mitsubishi , and soon to own a rolling road which would have a hugh advantage to us in the future, they have been checking over the car and MODIFICATIONS! have been made the race car has now been weighed and balanced corner to corner and weighted to suit , so now the car has near perfect balance, the car is primed and so am i thanks to RASP and all FREE for the advertising and you guessed it i will be playing in his track day toy when it is ready ........EVO!