New season underway

I actually got to spend some time on the race car this weekend. It's depressing - the floor has been badly bodged, and the bodge is now showing its age. Little holes are appearing - I don't have the facilities or the money to put a new floor into it so it's going to be another bodge! Heigh ho.

On the bright side, the block's back and the crank's on its way to the machine shop. I've got a head down in Kent waiting for collection, so it'll soon be a matter of putting all the parts together. And now the weather's a bit better I can get into the garden to work on the car - and glory of glories I've just acquired a council garage around the corner to run the whole lot from. MG Live at Silverstone is the target, and Waz Pablo even says he wants to share a drive. Fantastic. Oh, and I've been offered some seat time in the MGDavid Montego as well which should be a hoot.

Trying to find some accomodation so we can stay at the circuit - motorhomes are so expensive though, I could have a proper holiday for the money it costs us to rent one for a weekend. Hmm, lateral thinking cap on.

Business-wise it's been a busy start to the season. Our Sabelt range of racewear is very popular, but the real star is the Uvex Car Racing line. If you've never worn a modern, lightweight racing suit then think again, this could be a very worthwhile investment particularly if you drive a hot car in a hot climate. The fp3 HANS helmet is superb value for money and selling very well - it's carbon/kevlar/fibre glass composite with such superb attention to detail. It's even on special offer this month so strike while the iron's hot!

I've done a couple of teaching sessions at the Actiondrome lately. It really is a good course for anyone wanting to learn how to tackle bad weather - not just snow and ice, but a real eye-opener for what problems rain can cause as well. Take a look at the web site and see what we can offer.

Race Retro stand

Here it is, our Uvex dedicated stand at Race Retro

Race Retro - what recession?

It's been a bit of time since I blogged but here we are, weary after the excesses of Race Retro! But it was a great show...some people said the numbers were down, but every single one seemed to be interested in Uvex and Sabelt racewear :-) I'm pretty hoarse, but happy with the weekend.

Thanks of course to Andrew and Neville for helping on the stand, and especially to Andrew and his tfive company for providing such great stand graphics.

Thanks also to everyone who came and saw us - old friends and new friends alike made it a great weekend out for racewear.co.uk and a great launch for the new web site.

On the racing front.....nothing's happened!

I titled this blog "what recession"? There are still some big spenders out there, and people prepared to spend money on their hobby. Given that racewear is a totally frivolous purchase - you don't need to go racing - the fact that my company is growing fast speaks volumes. It's true that there are redundancies, but these seem to be from industries that have got fat, lazy and inefficient. This was always going to happen, we couldn't continue at the current rate. I think a new world is emerging, and I intend to be at the forefront. Watch this space!

Up and running

At last! The new web site on www.racewear.co.uk is working and taking orders! Hooray. Thanks to the guys at Impress Media in Warminster (www.impresss-media.co.uk) who got everything working right, first time :-) It was the easiest web site transition I've been involved in.

No resting on our laurels though...it's headlong into the pell mell that is Race Retro (www.raceretro.com). We've had a load of superb Uvex stuff arrive, and Sabelt is due in tomorrow - quite the most stock I've taken for some time. I'm pretty excited by all the opportunities.

Found time to pick the Midget block up at last this morning....maybe I will get an engine built LOL!

Got to go, busy, busy, busy

Oh the waiting's murder!

Waiting on tenterhooks here...the new racewear.co.uk web site has been finished, approved and signed off--------and immediately developed a glitch! I'm sitting waiting for it to be done while the clock is ticking on the old one being closed down and the IP tag being pointed at the new DNS server. Oh yes, I've learned all the language!

But it'll be good. I know that, I've had some positive feedback already so finger's crossed it all works in time for the IP change!

Can't do much about it over the weekend, got a SKID CAR session tomorrow morning to run. Quick pint with fellow instructor Waz afterwards, then back down here to meet a new racewear customer. Busy, busy, busy.

Stone me, is that Chris Evans on the radio? That means it's time to go home - and it's still daylight. I s-o love the spring time, the days get steadily longer and I adore daylight. Goodbye and good riddance to winter!

Motor racing season gets ever closer. Just bought a new head for the 1380 Midget engine, that's all coming together nicely. Not planning to do much, just the MG Car Club MG Live event at Silverstone this year. Better go home now and start polishing my conrods or something technical....or maybe just have a beer on Firsty Friday.