Only July and already looking forward to next year

Well it's only July and I'm already been looking at options for next year, the sprinting is good fun but in the back of my mind I've always had some circuit racing as a goal so I've bought a BMW E30 320i to use in the production BMW championship.

The car is a 1986 320i and has almost ready for racing with just a few minor details to get it finished.

Can't wait to get it on a trackday.

Debden - 10th July 2011

After a disappointing class turn out for the event at Lydden hill the day before a total of 16 competitors in my class for the Borough 19 motor clubs sprint at Debden was very reassuring. The event took place on a revised circuit layout which made an interesting change to the standard layout used in the past.

Arriving at the event the two cars to beat were likely to be the two porsche 911 GT3's, one a modified 996 and the second a 997 GT3 RS.

By the end of the event I was in third in class which was the best I'd really expected, a respectable 0.49s behind the 997 GT3 RS and just over 2s behind the 996.

a video of the event is here youtube

Lydden Hill - 9th July 2011

The SEMSEC 2 3/4 lap sprint at Lydden took place on the 9th June. A fairly poor turn out meant we had a class of just 4, which was very unfortunately reduced to 3 when a competitor snapped the key off in the ignition on the way to the first practice.

The two remaining competitors in my class were in much older less powerful cars so the class win was quiet inevitable, still good fun and all track time is worth while. The championship points were also very welcome!