Oulton Park - 15th June - PBMW rounds 5 & 6

Having had a complete disaster last year at Oulton by heading out for qualifying without ever having been to the track, and then subsequently throwing the car in the gravel on lap 2, which unluckily snapped the cam belt, we thought it wise to do the Friday test day.

As I share the car we each did 2 30 minute test sessions unfortunately both of mine were wet and very early in the second someone managed to crack a sump on one of the curbs and cover the next part of the track in oil.

Qualifying took place on a drying track, but unfortunately on my last lap I encountered 2 cars that had spun which slowed me slightly, not sure it would have made any difference to me starting towards the back.

Race one was an eventful start with a number of cars in front being involved in an  accident, went on to finish down in 22nd place after being held up a little towards the end.

Started Race 2 in 22nd place, had a good start and made it past a few cars, Also had a few of the faster cars which had retired due to the first race accident come past. Another fun battle chasing Rob Cooper until he spun and then trying to stay in front after he recovered.

Still suffering with the rear shock bottoming out but hoping this will be solved for Cadwell Park in a few weeks.

Brands Hatch Indy - 5th June - Trackday

After the disappointing day on the Grand Prix circuit in May we went home and after much head scratching traced the issue the rear suspension, Initially changed the rear springs from 300lb to 250lb in an attempt to soften the rear. However whilst doing this the real issue became apparent. The bump stops which had been provided were thick enough to restrict the rear suspension movement.

we cut down the rear bump stops, raised the rear ride height by 10mm and adjusted the shocks in order to get sufficient suspension movement before heading off to Brands hatch for a trackday.

by the end of the first lap it was quite apparent that we'd made significant improvements to the car and the only corner we felt the suspension was still causing an issue was at surtees , later in the day raising the rear a further 5mm seamed to improve this.

Now can look forward to the next rounds at Oulton Park.