Latest update, seeming as it's been a while, and I've been mega busy.
The reshell went as planned, as did the test day at Silverstone. So holiday off we went.
Arriving back the day before race day, is pushing it a little bit fine, but we got to windy wet snetterton with no bother.
Quali, was a little damp, and being a mixed grid, I was happy with 7th overall.
Somehow I missed the call for race 1, and didnt get to the holding area on time, and was promptly waved up the pit lane.
There I had to sit whilst everybody else did 2 green flag laps, this was because it had chucked it down, and there was rivers across the circuit, not fair really, as I wouldn't know where they were!!
Off everybody goes, and I'm sat there like a lemon until all the cars had already go around the first corner, this is going to be fun, so lights on full blast, and away we go.
Soon caught up with the backmarkers, and started to make my way through the grid, until, Safety car boards came out, b****cks! The marshall's are quick at Snett, as is the safety car (he doesn't hang about lol), right we are back on it, then the end. 14th overall wasn't bad seeming that I was so far back, so pleased with that really, it just meant being stuck in the middle of the pack race 2.
Race 2
Good get away, and squeeze through a couple of squabbling cars in front (mind my new paint work!)
I had decided to stay on my wets, as I wasn't convinced it was dry enough for the Dunlops, others changed theirs. Now after about 4 laps, a dry line was starting to appear, oops, but driving off line was doing me ok, esp as I was still passing people.
Up ahead (a long way ahead), I could see the two leading French cars Don and Carl, I had no chance of catching them, and nobody behind,, so eased off slightly, as my job was done, or so I thought.
2 laps left and cruising, went through Hamilton and, BANG and big smoke! Thats me, fk.
Turns out a valve had snapped, and what a mess it made. The cams survived and will be for sale soon.
I have sourced a new engine ££££££££££££££££££££££££££££, and a big thanks to James Ashton for helping me get it in the car.
So now we are all up and running, just going for mapping at Northampton Motorsport on Thursday, then straight to Silverstone for the next race on the 23/24th April.
Lets see how that goes. I'm broke now lol.
Burp all ready for the off for mapping.
