Oulton Park - 19th July 2014 - PBMW

As with TTRS races the heavy rain seamed to really cause me issues. Went out to qualify, luckily the standing water from the TTRS qualifying was starting to disperse but still significant, A few mistakes on laps 4 and 5, running wide at turn 1 and missing my breaking point at the knickerbrook chicane meant the last lap had to be pretty reasonable if I was to qualify well. Managed a 1:28.890 which meant I qualified 16th out of 27th.

Got a reasonable start in race 1, but with 15 cars on a wet track in front of me the first couple of laps was about keeping the car in one piece and avoiding any issues in front, pleased to say it was a very clean race, much more so than last year where a early accident left a number of cars damaged. ended up staying 16th until the end.

By Race 2 the track had dried out a fair bit but I still struggled under breaking not to lock the fronts, again got a reasonable start but locked a ran a little wide ingot the knickerbrook chicane allowing 1is not two cars through. Had a great battle with Jerry Brown for most of the race effectually managing to pass at Druids.

As always cam home having had a great day but still with a lot to learn.

Oulton Park - 19th July 2014 - TTRS rounds 7 & 8

Rounds 7 & 8 of both TTRS and PBMW were both to be held on a single day, As the last round at Cadwell Park this proves to be a very busy day indeed. Arrived at the circuit on friday night and despite poor weather reports was greeted by glorious sunshine.

However this had all changed by Saturday morning and we face intermittent heavy rain, never good for me as I always seam to struggle with confidence on a wet circuit. Conditions in qualifying we horrendous so was quite content with qualifying 11th Overall out of 22 although 5th in class out of 8 wasn't as good as I'd hoped for. 

A couple of the class F cars who had qualified in front of me didn't make it to the grid for Race 1 meaning I effectively started 9th O/A and 3rd in class. A good start meant I managed to pass Julian Newman in car 170 for 2nd in class although Adrian Tuckley in the class F lead was pulling away, that was until lap 3 when coming round the first corner I saw Adrian having spun. The rest of the race involved trying to keep Julian behind which was a challenge I just about managed to do resulting in my first ever class win and a respectable 8th Overall. 

Race 2 didn't go quite as well, still struggling with the wet weather but without a great start I had to settle for 3rd in class behind Julian and adrian and 14th overall, still good fun but further confirming that me and rain don't get on, maybe some winter track days might be a good idea.

New addition

After many weeks and months of deliberation I finally took the plunge and opted to buy a 7.5t truck for the race weekends in the form of a Iveco 75E15. Very handy as it came complete with a sleeper cab (so no more camping) and would provide much needed storage for the car and parts as the current garage is at breaking point

Picked it up two days before rounds 7 & 8 at Oulton Park, so it was a rush to pack everything up ready for it's first run out which was the 500mile round trip from Sussex to Chester. 

Cadwell Park - 28th June 2014 - TTRS Rounds 5 & 6

Having the PBMW and TTRS races on the 28th June made for a very busy day, certainly less time to stand around chatting than normal, also meant that going into the PBMW qualifying I hadn't had the chance to get some track time in as I'd not done the Friday test day.

Went out to qualify, the track had dried since the TTRS qualifying and managed to improve my time slightly with a 1:51.218, after the last couple of meetings I was a little disappointed with 17th on the grid but with little experience of Cadwell it was nice not to be right at the back as had been the case last year.

Didn't get the best start in race one managed to get up into 16th but was re passed by Arron Morgan and ended up finishing 17th.

Got a much better start to race 2, made up a couple of places off the start, a busy race trying to attack the guys in front whilst defending at the same time, ended with a much more positive 13th.

Left Cadwell having had a great day, not the best results but really enjoyed the circuit