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The car is going up for sale soon. I could be after a Renaultsport Clio to replace it!

I know I haven't updated this recently. Season is now over. I feel I could have done much better. The car has been great! I haven't been so great. Much improvement to be made. The last round was at Donington Park on the GP circuit. It was also televised. Here is the youtube version. It's...

The racing was like this all race! I'm at Croft this weekend. Anyone local? Would be a good meeting to watch as the clio 182 championship is there also.

You should definitely have a go. Especially if someone with experience can see you have some natural talent behind the wheel. There's a lot of pretty clueless drivers on track believe it or not. You're safer towards the front of the pack rather than at the back.

Recently been to brands hatch. Me and car performed really well. Very close racing yet contact free! Great race 1 footage of myself on TV!

Would you say it's the same level of competitiveness though? Like in mazdas I was 0.7 seconds off pole at brands and that put me 16th on the grid out of 35. A new set of tyres and brakes could have been the little extra I needed to get up there. Fair play to you if you can do it on used hard...

yeah you can make your brake pads and tyres last more than one weekend, but you wont be anywhere near the front.

I looked into it moving from mx5 racing to the clio 182 championship. Asking around you need a set of new tyres and a full set of discs and pads per weekend. 2 or 3 gearboxes a season. Lots of spare panels and doors. My race budget wasn't big enough so I stuck with mx5s.

Erm... Well what can I say? April the 2nd was the first meeting of the 2016 season. Bare in mind the car hasn't moved since October 2015. Myself and the car has had no practice or testing prior to Oulton Park. Saturday morning was wet. I re-timed the engine over the winter and I'm very happy...

Donington Park 2014. Rubbish qualifying put me 20th on the grid. I made up 15 places to finish 5th. Last lap lunge included at the final chicane.

Cadwell park 2015. Finished 14th. Good 3 way battle. I got put into the barrier on the first lap.

Here is the first race of last year. A little rusty. First time in the A race. Had a little contact on the first lap dropping me back to dead last in 28th place. Work my way back up to 21st. Man on a mission with a bent wishbone.

In the meantime I'm waiting for a few parts so thought I'd polish up the AK Automotive exhaust sy stem

I bought it off someone who bought it off finishline. It was okay back then but nothing compared to how I have it now! I'm good friends with one of finishlines welders. He used to race in 2014 also. Finishline supply my brake pads - mintex m1144. Great for the money on a car like this. Maybe not...

New calipers! :)

Thanks Lee! I'm definitely in it purely for the enjoyment factor. Seeing myself towards the front end of the pack is just a bonus. At least 31 cars in each race at oulton park on the island circuit with the beefy hairpin. Await pictures of bent doors...

Replacement panel air filter. 63mm cold air feed. Standard exhaust manifold but you can grind off the internal welds for better flow, exhaust system free up to a bore of 3 inch I think. Head skimming is free to raise compression. Valve seats can be cut. .50 larger pistons if you have the block...

With the first meeting of the season just days away, I thought I best finish off the preparation of the car. Oil and oil filter change, timing check and a full brake fluid flush with Millers motorsport 300.

Starting up is the hardest bit. Licence, racewear, trailer, registration, the car itself! Luckily I had use of a tow car - Mercedes viano 2.2turbo courtesy of my disable dad and my disabled brother. I used the tyres and brakes that came with the car. If your honestly interested in how much it...

Yeah he's probably got the fastest engine on the grid too. He has about 6 to 10mph over my car along the straights. I also have a bit of his paint down my drivers side after brands hatch. But yeah he's a lovely guy and a great character!

I managed 14th with lap times into the 1 minute 47s. Big contrast to the times I was doing in 2014. Oulton Park however saw my best result of the season with a 12th! Croft didn't go to plan. Wet qualy meant I was in the B race due to my inexperience of wet weather driving. However the sun...

And then back to the notorious cadwell park. This meeting didn't disappoint. It was my best chance for a top 10 overall. Close racing would be an understatement. Only us in mazdas could prove you can go 4 abreast into the mountain!

2015 Silverstone saw me straight into the A race. I went from 28th to 21st. The competition is so much greater than the previous year. I must have had contact 6 or 7 times in the 2 races. My freshly powdercoated right wishbone got bent slightly in race 1 :( The improvements I made over winter...

Engine/Gearbox Skimmed head, 3 angle cut valves, standard bottom end AK Automotive race exhaust, K and N panel filter Cold air feed, adjusted MAY and engine timing Alloy radiator, SFS coolant hoses, motul coolant Rebuilt gearbox, AP Racing clutch, Quaife knob, Vlsd. Suspension/brakes Gaz gold...

With all the tracks being new to me bar cadwell park, I was always slow in qualifying as I was learning the track. This made for good Overtaking experience for myself. Brands hatch saw a 9th and 10th, Croft saw a 16th out of 36 overall and Donington Park saw a 20th to 5th in race one. A 24th to...

I sure am! Its very close. Often too close. Next round was Oulton Park. Fair way to travel for me for just a Saturday. Practice was wet and slow. Qualy was damp and slow. Race 1 I made it around the first corner and got caught up in someone elses mess. DNF for me! Will had written his car off...

Race 2 saw 7th, no dramas. I made up all 3 places on the first lap. Race 3 on the other hand...disaster! Someone stalled on the grid causing a 3 car pile up. 2 cars were write offs. In a separate incident, also on the start line, 2 cars went into the pit wall but were able to take the restart...

Qualifying went horrifically. I thought to myself to just take the first few laps steady but then on my first fast lap the heavens opened! RWD isn't so fun in the wet for a newbie! My driving style changed. I stiffened up which is probably the worst thing I could have done. Oh yeah I was blind...

The time came. My first race weekend! Was I prepared? Nope. Lol. I was honestly ready to sell up after this meeting. You will see why further down... The championship I chose to race in was the BRSCC Mazda Mx5 Championship. Because of the high number of entries the races are split in to an A...