Mallory timed practise

So a wet Mallory Park then, that's just fine as the wet Set up that we have perfected combined with the car being perfectly balanced and weighted thanks to "RASPmotorsport", drives like a dream in these conditions and even I was surprised with the result of two pole positions , and the scary part is it was not hard apart from catching a tyre on the paint and loosing it as consequence the practise was enjoyable and even fun!

However what happened next was infuriating and costly, I was gridded up in pole and given instruction from the paddock marshal that differed from the final instructions of race confirmation, I stupidly followed the marshals verbal instruction and despite my camcorder having the proof of this conversation (the last thing communicated to me before entering the grid), the clerk and later after I appealed the steward just said "we didn`t say it so it never happened!"

So I was excluded and given six points, I will not dredge over it and now I have moved on thinking only of Snetterton the next round on July 15th and how I will be scoring well with now a very sorted car, thank you "RASP & my mechanic Stuart Skinner".

It`s fixed up again ready for battle

So after the Cadwell Park fun and games the car has had a new wing again a new corner valance and a new front bumper and indicator, the head light was salvaged in the end with no damage to the mechanisms, the drivers side had been crushed over the rear wheel and intake vent so some body work and filler followed by respray, this was all done thankfully before the bad weather set in that looks to be here for the rest of this week.
I also have used the window chip guys to drill and stop a crack that was threatening to cost me another screen I think that was picked up from Snetterton practising but it is hopefully sorted out now.
So all is ready for Mallory Park in a weeks time the car has been totally re aliened by "RASP Motor sport", and is perfectly balanced again ready for another lightning start I hope, Mallory is my 2nd favourite circuit after Cadwell and I have some very good lap times under my belt around this circuit in the dry and the wet so what ever the sky holds in store I will be ready with confidence.

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!