It wasn't to be. We were rubbish. Two of us hadn't driven a kart since last November, two of us had only drive a 2-stroke twice before...so I suppose it was only to be expected that racewear.co.uk racing with midgetmax.com would prop up the rest of the field at Spa. What was particularly disappointing was the distance to the rest of the teams, but even then I suppose giving away 10 - 20kg when there's an uphill hairpin is always going to make it difficult to get on terms.
Top weekend away in Belgium though. Sun shone from breakfast to bedtime, must have been 30 degrees. Spa town is a bit quiet, they roll up the sidewalks at 11:00pm and all the bars shut. Still I do enjoy sitting in the fresh air sipping red wine and it was great while it lasted.
Race Report
Our race strategy was simple: drive as fast as you can. So we did, it just wasn't fast enough! We all circulated within half a second of each other, we had about as many mechanical problems as I would expect of one of my own cars (that's lots then!), and nothing exciting happened. The circuit was testing with a couple of quick corners for us to make up time, and we got p-ed all over. Heigh-ho, serious diet and loads of practice required.
Thanks to john and all the Club 100 team for a great event - here's to being better next time :-)
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Web site problems while excitement mounts
Strewth, that was foresight when I wrote "it's quiet...so I'll add extra content to the web site". Within two days the site crashed, possibly brought down by a DDoS attack, and the only restore point they had was just before we went live :-(
Spent Monday replacing products, amending photos and generally getting it all back to where we were on Tuesday the week before. Haven't got it all on-line still, although I've taken the chance of adding new products....
....speaking of which I'm testing some of them out this weekend :-) Spa, Club 100 10 Hours (well, quadruple 2.5 hours really). I'm trying out the new Motorsport Overall, and the latest style of Motorsport Boots - if they survive this OK they'll be perfect for anything! Basically, it's non-homologated karting overalls made to homologated spec but without the expense of that label. Seem to be comfortable and - pleasure of pleasures - I now fit into a size smaller. All that fitness training coming good at last.
Excitement mounting in the racewear.co.uk racing with midgetmax.com team, we're really looking forward to the race. I'll try to send a couple of photos and race reports from my phone while we're over there, and at the very least blog it all next week. Wish us luck!
Spent Monday replacing products, amending photos and generally getting it all back to where we were on Tuesday the week before. Haven't got it all on-line still, although I've taken the chance of adding new products....
....speaking of which I'm testing some of them out this weekend :-) Spa, Club 100 10 Hours (well, quadruple 2.5 hours really). I'm trying out the new Motorsport Overall, and the latest style of Motorsport Boots - if they survive this OK they'll be perfect for anything! Basically, it's non-homologated karting overalls made to homologated spec but without the expense of that label. Seem to be comfortable and - pleasure of pleasures - I now fit into a size smaller. All that fitness training coming good at last.
Excitement mounting in the racewear.co.uk racing with midgetmax.com team, we're really looking forward to the race. I'll try to send a couple of photos and race reports from my phone while we're over there, and at the very least blog it all next week. Wish us luck!
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
One step forwards...
Yes, finally got some serious work done on the race car last night. The sqare arches were a bit dggy, especially at the bottom of the wings behind the wheels. They also restricted tyre size, meaning I would be condemned to another season of 155 tyres, not what I wanted. So I've acquired a pair of fibre glass wings to convert to round wheel arch, and at the weekend I cut into the car with the grinder...despite my worries, I'm pleased with the results. And I now have the only RWA/SWA car in captivity!
Pics are on my Facebok site here.
Got some welding to do - well, Kim's going to do it - and of course the other side, but then we're ready to start re-assembling the shell :-) Of course, there's still the engine to do so I doubt I'll be at MG Live, but it's progress of sorts.
It's quiet at racewear.co.uk at the moment, so I'm taking chance to update some content. Keep your eyes on the site to find exactly what!
Pics are on my Facebok site here.
Got some welding to do - well, Kim's going to do it - and of course the other side, but then we're ready to start re-assembling the shell :-) Of course, there's still the engine to do so I doubt I'll be at MG Live, but it's progress of sorts.
It's quiet at racewear.co.uk at the moment, so I'm taking chance to update some content. Keep your eyes on the site to find exactly what!
Thursday, 7 May 2009
Silverstone Classic
Went to Silverstone to deliver a Uvex rs3 yesterday, and I thought I'd died and gone to heaven! It was the press and media/test day for the Silverstone Classic race meeting - Group C cars, historic saloons, Supertourers, sports racers, all were there. And to cap it all, Sir Stirling Moss was at the wheel and I was able to earwig as he got ready and drove out. Sometimes this is a horrible job, but someone's got to do it!
Didn't get much work done after that!
Just had to break off from the blog for a delivery. Final part of a big order of helmets, overalls and balaclavas for a company doing the corporate games next month. I like these, it's fun pulling all the bits together although it can be a bit fraught but terrific when it all works. Now just got to arrange delivery wihch may be easier said than done! Best get back to it...
Didn't get much work done after that!
Just had to break off from the blog for a delivery. Final part of a big order of helmets, overalls and balaclavas for a company doing the corporate games next month. I like these, it's fun pulling all the bits together although it can be a bit fraught but terrific when it all works. Now just got to arrange delivery wihch may be easier said than done! Best get back to it...
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