Soon be racing....

....May 23rd's getting closer-------our first race of the year :-) It's a TEN HOUR kart race at Spa in Belgium using Club 100's 115cc racers. Team of four of us, spread over 4 x 2.5 hour races, it's going to be hard work and huge fun (I hope). Keep an eye on the blog, I'll post how we're getting on via my phone and also try to update my personal Facebook page.

And the Midget's actually had some work done on it too! There's an outside chance it'll be ready for MG Live in July, which would be great. I've nearly got all the parts assembled to build up the engine.

Got to pay for it somehow though, and I've been busy uploading more content to www.racewear.co.uk. Nice range of Sabelt kart suits, very professional and really well made. Need to get one of those for myself :-) It'll go alongside my Uvex race suit - it's such a lightweight suit it's almost like wearing a second skin. S-o comfortable. And the protection levels are claimed to be good, too.

Our International sales reputation is growing----sold some karting gear to a chap in New Zealand today. Can't get much more international than that.

Got to go, sun's shining. Want to get out on the bike to make sure I fit these gorgeous race suits I'm buying for myslf LOL!

Racing at Combe

Racing at Castle Combe, Easter Monday. Great to be there as a spectator, just laping up the sunshine. video from Alex's phone, trying out the VideoDJ stuff. This series seems to be almost "Run What Ya Brung" LOL!

Why do they do that?

Took Alex karting to Combe today (he went really well, only j-u-s-t missed out on getting to the Final) and we used the Sprite - not my race car, but the tidy little road car I acquired last year. Roared out of the parking area at the Circuit, got to the first speed hump and........it d-i-e-d. Just petered out :-( Frantic diagnosis indicated the fuel pump so I shook it, prodded it, fiddled with the leads all to no avail so I resorted to the ultimate tool. I reached in the boot for the wheel brace so I could give it a good clout - and the pump started ticking and hasn't missed a beat since!

Ruddy cars.

Still, it was nice to drive it in the sunshine. Hood was down of course. Lovely drive round the country lanes of North Wiltshire. Fantastic! Here's to the next one.

Redoubling the effort on the race car now. Got a couple of sneaky plans up my sleeve, it may be a bit different to what's expected. Watch this space!