What have you been doing today?

[kingandy2nd]

Went racing for the first time this weekend.

Very steep learning curve, especially as I’ve had hardly any time in the car.

Annoyingly in the video I picked 5th rather than 3rd going up the hill which killed the pace and let a couple of people through.

Ended up with a DNF in this race as I went into the gravel which unfortunately knocked a rear brake pipe off.

Second race I was much more cautious and built up the speed a bit more. Starting to get more comfortable with the car, but still need to get to grips with the brakes especially.

 

[Mottie]

Ended up with a DNF in this race as I went into the gravel which unfortunately knocked a rear brake pipe off.

Second race I was much more cautious and built up the speed a bit more. Starting to get more comfortable with the car, but still need to get to grips with the brakes especially.

Not bad for a first attempt. A mate of mine used to mechanic at race meetings for a couple of Lotus cars that raced when he worked in a Lotus dealers. He said that the drivers were animals and would still give it full beans even if the car was overheating, engine knocking or the oil light was on. You’ve got to start not caring for the car when racing!

 

[kingandy2nd]

Not bad for a first attempt. A mate of mine used to mechanic at race meetings for a couple of Lotus cars that raced when he worked in a Lotus dealers. He said that the drivers were animals and would still give it full beans even if the car was overheating, engine knocking or the oil light was on. You’ve got to start not caring for the car when racing!

Yeah, lots of people going full beans and breaking their cars. Quite a few people that rent their race cars as well so they can use and abuse them and the just give the keys back at the end of the weekend…they pay a pretty penny to do that too!