Thanks to NikonMonkey for the above picture!
Pembrey was a great event for us, but first, I'll tell you a little about racing the classic Mini over at Eurocircuit Valkenswaard. To have the little red classic out of the container for the first time in 2 years was a great feeling, it may not be as fast as the supernational but it's great fun to drive, and starting 6 minis abreast at the historic European circuit made for some awesome nose to tail racing. Unfortunately due to a few mechanical problems I didn't finish the second and third heats, and ended up starting on the back of the grid for the final. The final went without a hitch though, I managed to finish in third place! On board video of the final can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a273n4HCAo
Pembrey started off really well, with second fastest supernational in practice, this was immediately followed by 3rd placed supernational in all three heats. This of course put me third on the grid for the final, alongside championship leader Dan Rooke and the mighty Ka of Gareth Wood. Off the line the Millington powered fiesta of local man Mike Howlin got a flyer of a start from the 2nd row and I followed him into the joker lap on the first lap. This wasn't the best for me as his RWD car was very slow through the long loose sections on the circuit but was fast through the tarmac sections where there were more opportunities to over take. This meant that for the first half of the race I was stuck up behind the fiesta and very severely held up. The blue Citroen AX of Dan Rooke emerged from the joker lap just in front of the battle between me and Howlin, but immediately had a problem with 3rd gear. Mike managed to power past the stricken Citroen on the tarmac straight but it forced me to slide round the outside on the transition to the loose surface. This dropped me back towards the cosworth powered Clio V6 of Steve Cozens, who, on the next lap pulled along side me out of the hairpin and fired past me and dropped me to 4th where I stayed till the end of the race despite hastling the Clio round the rest of the lap. There wasn't much could do about this as the Clio probably has twice the power with the same weight, which as a driver was incredibly frustrating. Power is something we will be working on though, with potentially some upgrades coming before Lydden Hill in August.....
Pembrey was a great event for us, but first, I'll tell you a little about racing the classic Mini over at Eurocircuit Valkenswaard. To have the little red classic out of the container for the first time in 2 years was a great feeling, it may not be as fast as the supernational but it's great fun to drive, and starting 6 minis abreast at the historic European circuit made for some awesome nose to tail racing. Unfortunately due to a few mechanical problems I didn't finish the second and third heats, and ended up starting on the back of the grid for the final. The final went without a hitch though, I managed to finish in third place! On board video of the final can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a273n4HCAo
Pembrey started off really well, with second fastest supernational in practice, this was immediately followed by 3rd placed supernational in all three heats. This of course put me third on the grid for the final, alongside championship leader Dan Rooke and the mighty Ka of Gareth Wood. Off the line the Millington powered fiesta of local man Mike Howlin got a flyer of a start from the 2nd row and I followed him into the joker lap on the first lap. This wasn't the best for me as his RWD car was very slow through the long loose sections on the circuit but was fast through the tarmac sections where there were more opportunities to over take. This meant that for the first half of the race I was stuck up behind the fiesta and very severely held up. The blue Citroen AX of Dan Rooke emerged from the joker lap just in front of the battle between me and Howlin, but immediately had a problem with 3rd gear. Mike managed to power past the stricken Citroen on the tarmac straight but it forced me to slide round the outside on the transition to the loose surface. This dropped me back towards the cosworth powered Clio V6 of Steve Cozens, who, on the next lap pulled along side me out of the hairpin and fired past me and dropped me to 4th where I stayed till the end of the race despite hastling the Clio round the rest of the lap. There wasn't much could do about this as the Clio probably has twice the power with the same weight, which as a driver was incredibly frustrating. Power is something we will be working on though, with potentially some upgrades coming before Lydden Hill in August.....
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