SW Reigional Rd 4, Tiverton – 23/7/2023
I can't claim today's spiffing result was due to genius wheel-smithing or Adrian Newey like setup. I hit the weather jackpot in round 1 which flattered my overall performance quite a bit. But having stood out in the pissing rain for 20 odd summers marshalling full scale motorsport, I figure the racing gods kinda
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Mendip Summer Championship RD5 – 16/7/2023
After the last, rather disasterous outing at Tivvy, A bit of a confidence builder was what I wanted out of my club championship visit to the old home track.

I was up for being the race director as well as driving, so I left the Optima Mid at home and concentrated on 2wd.

Qualifiying

Qualifying - R
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Tiverton Summer Championship – 09/07/2023
Kept putting the wrong tyres on all day. Really shit performance. I'd rather do it today than at the reigional.

Balls.

Picture is Taki Inoue, because I was as bad as he was today.
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Mendip Summer Championship RD4 – 17/06/2023
New Computers, Running around like a silly bugger, and a good bit of racing in the finals, despite rubbish quali.
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Tiverton Summer Championship RD 4 – 11/06/2023
Busy, busy day. In the height of summer, RC meetings tend to be a bit less well attended. Either folk are on holiday, or they are going to the bigger events further afield that take advantage of the better weather. So running two cars and having to be either driving or marshal
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Mendip Summer Championship RD 3 – 05/06/2023
At Mendip, we have a Gary. Garys are useful things that restart generators all day when they keep conking out, patch in spare generators when the first one permanently pegs it, and a billion other things that you don't realise need to be done until somebody points it out. I wasn't Gary-
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Mendip Winter Championship RD 10 – 26/10/2023
Off to the local for the last meeting before I kick off my 2023 Summer Season with the South West Regional at Swindon next weekend.

Luckily I wasn't deceived by the the dry day predicted by the weather forecast. I left the wet setup on the car from the last outing.

"I wonder why I didn't notice the 6 hour drive to th
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SWORD RD5 COBRA Cardiff – 05/03/2023
The timesheets might tell you I had an off day today. Catching a cold, burning out a motor or losing a round to a pinion with a stripped grub screw might also lead you to think this. But that's not the whole story or to see any of the upside.

Practice was ok, but I found I'd set my camber guage wrong and had way too much rea
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Mendip Winter Series RD8 – 26/02/2023
Brass Effing Monkeys in Weston-super-Mare today. But cocooned in my Team 80 Fleece, it was worth it for the points. I suspected that there would be a frost or very heavy dew again in the morning, and given how cold it was, that the layback box and general wet or damp setup was the way to go. I was only half right, the first hea
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Bristol Club Night – 24/02/2023
The Mardave Minis at Bristol looked so much fun, that I decided to get myself one and have a go.

For a car that's so brutally simple, it's incredible how well they drive. Set just the rear ride height and dab on a bit of tyre additive, & Bob's your uncle, zip zip zip!

The trick with these thin
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Swindon Club Day – 19/02/2023
My original plans for this weekend got knocked into a cocked hat when Marlies' Clutch went on Saturday Morning. But seeing as I had an entry for Swindon, and she didn't need my car today, I managed to rescue some track time by getting out of bed early.

Thankfully, the layback box was the right config as the track was still pretty damp until late m
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Mendip Winter Series RD7 – 12/02/2023
This week, I'd picked with new front steering arm pivots that allow you to change the Front Axle Heights, after I'd been finding the steering a bit wishy-washy on Mendip's astro. And straight off the bat, in practice, I felt like it had done the job.

In the first heat, I set the Slipper way too loose and the nut gradua
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COBRA Sword Round 4 – 05/02/2023
Made a bit of a pigs ear of the final by being too tentative in the first few laps when the car was going better when I pushed it. But overall, I was happy anyway.
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Mendip Winter Series Rd 6 22/01/2023
Sunday Morning, and Brass Monkeys is the least of it at Accommodation Road.

Chiily Mendip

With a Brand new set of Ballistics all round, a New Surpass 10.5 Motor, 3 hole pistons & 250wt oil in the back shocks, and the JConcepts Diffuser bolted on, I felt like I might have finally a demon ready race day.

Pract
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SWORD RD3 – Cardiff 08-01-2023
After the last few calamitous meetings (Broken C Brackets, FUBAR Transmitter settings), today was more about putting in a solid, cock-up free run.

That didn't happen in the morning. Practice and Quali 1 went south due to wheel nuts not being tightened. Buh!

Quali 2, would have been ok, except for clipping a corner marker and copping fo
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SWORD RD2 – COBRA 04/12/2022
Practice. Stripped a Spur Gear.

Heat 1. After rushing to fit a new spur, Pinion came undone 2 minutes into the heat.

Heat 2. Clipped the wall a couple of corners into the 1st lap. Tore a corner off the car. Car fucked. Went home.

Can't even be bothered to find a poop emoji to embed.
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Mendip Winter Series RD4 27-11-2022
With many of the regulars missing today, and the track wet to damp and chilly, the chance to grab some easy points was irresistable. I set the B6.4d up with full monty wet settings and went for broke. And it paid off. A brand new set of Ballistic Buggy Spikes green on the front, and a set of Ballistic's Green Cut Stagger on the f
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COBRA Charity Club Day. 20-11-2022
Bit of a testing day at Cardiff today. I prepped by putting stiffer shock oil in. 500cst rear and 600cst front. I think this worked on the rear, but might bring back the front a bit.

Into rounds 1 and 2, and two quite good showings, they turned out to be my scoring rounds. 3rd round I clipped a corner marker before the timing loop but ende
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Mendip Winter Series Rd 3 13/11/2022
Motorsports are a constant battle to remember that you're usually behind a learning curve and rarely in front of it. This morning was a fairly brutal reminder of that.
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