We arrived at a cloudy wet Donington an hour or so before sign on and scrutineering. Fortunately, the rain soon stopped and remained dry for the rest of the event, that was one less thing to worry about. I was quite excited as it was my first time on track at Donington. I spent the…Continue readingEuro Saloons 2011 – Round 3 Donington
Having recently sucessfully completing the ARDS test at Castle Combe earlier in the year this race weekend was to be a continuation of a long list of firsts for me: First time in the car (with the exception of a few laps at a track day several weeks before on 1A tyres); first time with double…Continue readingEuro Saloons 2011 – Round 1&2 Silverstone National
The bike was finally back in action today three weeks after the rear axle failure. It has been replaced under warranty by Sun ringle who rebuilt the wheel with an uprated part the “disc jocky hub”. In addition a new xt cassette, xtr chain, xt spd pedals, and rear mech cable were fitted. Hopefully the bike should…Continue readingCube ltd race back after 3 weeks!
Today I travelled to Castle Combe (18/02/2011) to undertake the ARDS test to determine if I would be able to compete in the 2011 season. I had already passed my medical test earlier in the month and I successfully completed the practical and written parts of the test today. So now I can attend test…Continue reading18/02/2011 – Passed my ARDS test!
We popped along to the 2011 Autosport international show on Saturday. We arrived at 9:00 and didn’t leave until after 17:30, having had a great day looking around. It turned out to be an expensive day though as I bought a few items for the upcoming race season from Demon Tweeks (thanks to Paul for his patience). Here…Continue readingAutosport International Show
Pre Event We were unsure whether we would be able to make the last round of the MLR Sprint for financial and mechanical reasons but in the end couldn’t resist the competitive yet friendly atmosphere of the MLR Sprint events. We had attended the MLR Castle Combe track day before the big finale and the…Continue readingMLR Sprint 2010 – Final – Silverstone
