Alex got in the final of the kart racing at Combe again today...it's really tight for positions 2 - 6 in the overall championship, he's in there fighting, it all goes down to the wire on 20th December. Go Alex!
Speaking of kart racing our latest Level 2 Pole Position suit from Speed Racewear is a popular gift this Christmas. Priced at under £90 it's easy to see why!
So busy at the moment, and it's been one hectic weekend. One engine customer came over from France yesterday morning - that's devotion for you - and I took another to Peter May Engineering for onward shipment to Japan! Another car coming in to strip this week, need to get rid of the current one first of course.
Add to the weekend's activities cycling, 10k Run (organising, not competing!) and it's easy to see why all I want to do now is put my feet up with a large glass of wine.....
Sunday, 6 December 2009
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Classic Driving
racewear.co.uk racing with midgetmax.com was on the podium again on Sunday, well done Alex in the Castle Combe junior karting league! Speaking of karting, keep an eye on the web site for a new range of quality kartsuits....they're UK made and at recession-busting prices for indoor/outdoor commercial karting and UK MSA karting.
Exciting times here at racewear.co.uk - we're expanding again :-) We've found a growing market for classic car drivers who are not race car drivers - or they may be but they don't drive racing cars all the time!
Check out the new Classic Driving selection of premium products for period petrolheads. Traditional caps, flying helmets, cashmere scarvews, driving gloves and more, a perfect complement to your classic car.
Speaking of classic racers, the Jays Historic suit continues to grow in worldwide popularity, with our latest sale being to Japan. The reach of motorsport and the internet gets ever bigger - just last month we sent some Lico Silver suits to Portugal to be used in a new Mitsubishi advert.
Exciting times here at racewear.co.uk - we're expanding again :-) We've found a growing market for classic car drivers who are not race car drivers - or they may be but they don't drive racing cars all the time!
Check out the new Classic Driving selection of premium products for period petrolheads. Traditional caps, flying helmets, cashmere scarvews, driving gloves and more, a perfect complement to your classic car.
Speaking of classic racers, the Jays Historic suit continues to grow in worldwide popularity, with our latest sale being to Japan. The reach of motorsport and the internet gets ever bigger - just last month we sent some Lico Silver suits to Portugal to be used in a new Mitsubishi advert.
Thursday, 22 October 2009
What excitement! When the BBC wanted to record an interview about how a mail order business was affected by the postal strike, they turned to us! Spent an hour or so chatting with a journo from the local BBC radio station and she turned it into quite a natty little audio diary...really lucky for us that the phone rang and we had a courier delivery while she was here, great sound effects for them :-)
Surreal experience this morning, was in the village shop and heard my voice blaring out across the assembled throng from the radio. I paid for my stuff and beat a hasty retreat...wonder if I get PRS payments?
As soon as I find how to upload an mp3 file into a player I will do ;-)
Thursday, 10 September 2009
It's some time since I blogged - perhaps a sign I've been working hard! What with racewear.co.uk sales booming and SKID CAR sessions most weekends, it's been hard to set aside time to do this properly.
But I must just note that racewear.co.uk racing with Midgetmax.com has achieved its first trophy of the year! Alex took second place in the Castle Combe junior kart race meeting last weekend - just missed out on the win, being overtaken by the championship leader on the very last lap :-( Well done, Alex, showing the rest of the team the way to go!
Here he is on the podium, picture courtesy of proud parent (me!) He's the one on the left in the blue Sabelt Stratos K kartsuit. Mind you, winner Will is another racewear.co.uk wearer, also a Sabelt Stratos K
I am desperately trying to get some more content onto the web site this week. We've just been appointed dealer for Lico Racewear, and we'll be holding a range of their products here at The Racewear Place. Lico is Sparco's "entry level" brand, made to the same quality on the same production lines, and we're really pleased to be chosen as one of a select handful of dealers in the UK.
Anyway, enough, better get back to it - please do keep an eye on www.racewear.co.uk and see the new range as I upload...
But I must just note that racewear.co.uk racing with Midgetmax.com has achieved its first trophy of the year! Alex took second place in the Castle Combe junior kart race meeting last weekend - just missed out on the win, being overtaken by the championship leader on the very last lap :-( Well done, Alex, showing the rest of the team the way to go!
Here he is on the podium, picture courtesy of proud parent (me!) He's the one on the left in the blue Sabelt Stratos K kartsuit. Mind you, winner Will is another racewear.co.uk wearer, also a Sabelt Stratos K
I am desperately trying to get some more content onto the web site this week. We've just been appointed dealer for Lico Racewear, and we'll be holding a range of their products here at The Racewear Place. Lico is Sparco's "entry level" brand, made to the same quality on the same production lines, and we're really pleased to be chosen as one of a select handful of dealers in the UK.
Anyway, enough, better get back to it - please do keep an eye on www.racewear.co.uk and see the new range as I upload...
Saturday, 15 August 2009
Working hard and holiday cover....
Just had a few days away in Norwich - wish I hadn't, I have come back to shed loads of work! Well, I suppose that's good, at least we've been selling things :-) But it's made us realise, we need an assistant in the office....part time, mornings only, job description includes picking & packing, managing the advertising strategy, looking after the shop, taking parcels to post office on the way home. We've a pay rate in mind, so if anyone reading is interested email me. You need to be in easy commute of Lacock of course!
Just finally got confirmation that our latest batch of flame proof Motorsport Gloves has left Pakistan. Honestly, we placed the order at the end of May, it's been one delay after the other, but at last they're on their way and will be in stock soon. We also have some window nets arriving, look out for them on the web site in the very near future.
Hot off the press, I've been offered a drive in the MGDavid Montego again :-) Sharing at the MG Car Club's Snetterton 4 hour relay race. The last race was fun, this should be a hoot behind the wheel for longer. I had hoped to have the Midget ready, but we're just so busy the rebuild's gone out of the window (see above!).
I've nearly got all the bits ready to put the engine back together. Kim at Magic Midget has done most of the floor welding, just a small bit to do, I need to go on a hunt around the house for all the bits now LOL! We'll deffo have it out next year for a bit of fun......although I think I may have said that last time :-( I've promised Waz Pablo a drive and I intend to honour it ASAP.
Just finally got confirmation that our latest batch of flame proof Motorsport Gloves has left Pakistan. Honestly, we placed the order at the end of May, it's been one delay after the other, but at last they're on their way and will be in stock soon. We also have some window nets arriving, look out for them on the web site in the very near future.
Hot off the press, I've been offered a drive in the MGDavid Montego again :-) Sharing at the MG Car Club's Snetterton 4 hour relay race. The last race was fun, this should be a hoot behind the wheel for longer. I had hoped to have the Midget ready, but we're just so busy the rebuild's gone out of the window (see above!).
I've nearly got all the bits ready to put the engine back together. Kim at Magic Midget has done most of the floor welding, just a small bit to do, I need to go on a hunt around the house for all the bits now LOL! We'll deffo have it out next year for a bit of fun......although I think I may have said that last time :-( I've promised Waz Pablo a drive and I intend to honour it ASAP.
Friday, 31 July 2009
Silverstone Classic weekend
Classic Weekend was great - we had a tidy stand and made several quality sales. And then when it got quiet we just popped up over the bank and watched beautiful cars racing!
With the cream of European historic racing on display, it was an opportunity to show some top-of-the-range racewear. The Uvex lightweight suits generated a lot of interest, but the star of the show was (unsurprisingly) the Dunlop Historic. As a replica of the sixties, it is almost de rigeur wear at the Revival and we spoke to many drivers preparing for that and other classic festivals such as the Grand Prix des Remparts at Angouleme.
The Silverstone weekend could join those major events, but it needs a bit of tightening around the edges to fully deserve its place. I couldn't comment on it from a driver's point of view, although I've heard some gripes, but I think the trading area needs tidying up, and something given back to us in the form of communcations. Perhaps even a reception? On the whole it was close, but needs a bit of work to be special. We put every bit as much work into our businesses as the racers to their cars, and contribute to the overall Festival atmosphere, it would be good to get some recognition that we're all working together. But we'll go back next year, there's such a good captive audience of racing drivers looking for something to do :-)
One downside of the event though - I had a yearning to be racing! I can watch GPs, Le Mans, BTCC etc with no pangs at all but this weekend my heart ached. I can relate to these cars and drivers, and just want to be out there with them. The Midget is unlikely to be welcome of course, so maybe an MGB build is called for? Let's get this one finished first - absolutely nothing done to the car since the last post! Time and tide wait for no man, so 2009 season is written off. Here's to 2010 already???
Photos of the weekend on my Facebook page, more to come soon.
With the cream of European historic racing on display, it was an opportunity to show some top-of-the-range racewear. The Uvex lightweight suits generated a lot of interest, but the star of the show was (unsurprisingly) the Dunlop Historic. As a replica of the sixties, it is almost de rigeur wear at the Revival and we spoke to many drivers preparing for that and other classic festivals such as the Grand Prix des Remparts at Angouleme.
The Silverstone weekend could join those major events, but it needs a bit of tightening around the edges to fully deserve its place. I couldn't comment on it from a driver's point of view, although I've heard some gripes, but I think the trading area needs tidying up, and something given back to us in the form of communcations. Perhaps even a reception? On the whole it was close, but needs a bit of work to be special. We put every bit as much work into our businesses as the racers to their cars, and contribute to the overall Festival atmosphere, it would be good to get some recognition that we're all working together. But we'll go back next year, there's such a good captive audience of racing drivers looking for something to do :-)
One downside of the event though - I had a yearning to be racing! I can watch GPs, Le Mans, BTCC etc with no pangs at all but this weekend my heart ached. I can relate to these cars and drivers, and just want to be out there with them. The Midget is unlikely to be welcome of course, so maybe an MGB build is called for? Let's get this one finished first - absolutely nothing done to the car since the last post! Time and tide wait for no man, so 2009 season is written off. Here's to 2010 already???
Photos of the weekend on my Facebook page, more to come soon.
Monday, 13 July 2009
Racing at Silverstone
Great weekend!
Was a bit cautious about driving a Montego at first, it's a long time since I raced a tin-top. Practice was steady without going mad, but the race was mental! Lap times weren't good but there were some really good dices - looking at the official lap times, I always crossed the line in close company with other cars. You know, because the Montego isn't very fast but has superb grip, braking distances are miniscule....5th gear through Copse and Maggots, brake after the right hander for Becketts and stick it up the inside of supposedly faster cars who slowed for the left kink (!). Lose the drag race to Abbey hairpin, thread the way through the middle of them again, lose the drag race up to Bridge, past them again on the outside of Bridge or inside of Priory and try and be as wide as possible coming onto the start straight, only to have to do it all over again after they blast past on the run down to Copse. Top fun!
Tyres went off of course, and we found a fuel pick-up problem. But the car finished two half-hour races with no other problems.
Wore the new Uvex rs3, everywhere I went I got cries of "It's the Stig!" Fantastic :-) Suit was supremely comfortable, all the exertion had no effect physically because I stayed cool. Bet it's great in a long hot race. I need a new helmet next year, bet it'll be the Uvex fp3, it's comparable quality.
S-o-o much better than the Spa kart race, just wish it had lasted longer! Ah well, probably me done for 09 unless the Midget's ready for an end-of-year blast.
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