Associated RC10 B6.4d

After a season and a half with the Schumacher LD2, I got to feeling that I wasn’t suited to it. I wasn’t the only one to feel that the LD2 has a very narrow performance window, and that unless you’re very experienced, and have masses of talent that can discern a very nuanced car, you can chase your tail finding pace. The best alternative available to me is the Associated RC10 B6.4d. After a rather annoying episode of repeated Top Link Turnbuckles failing (3 over the course of 11 laps at Tiverton), I’ve made the the jump to Associated. This is very exciting for me. I’ve only owned an Associated 10th Pan Car before, and never an AE Buggy, so I’m very revved up to get out there and see how this compares.

Kindly supplied by John at RC Octane for a great price, it has a reputation for being more forgiving to drive, easier to set up and crucially, more robust than …. (OK I won’t bang on about it).

Some Happy Snaps from the Weekend at Tivvy

Me in my happy place, on the rostrum 🙂

Andy takes a tumble, I take a very wide line and give up a place to John Howe to stay out of trouble.

But by the bottom of the hill, I want that place back…badly!

A moment later, John backs out of the tangle with the heavier car.

And that’s 8th Place from 10th on the grid. Lovely Jubbly!

And here’s a photo of Finchy and Farringdon’s Orbs…

Mendip Summer Championship RD1 – 07/04/2024

A busy day today. Running the meeting as well as competing is always a little tricky.

A damp start meant I didn’t have tyres ready for the 1st heat. 10 rather slow laps with no grip at the back. Time to glue up some Ballistics.

Qualifying – Round 1

Race 2 – 2wd Buggy

Driver	Alistair Munro
Position	5
Result	10 / 316.33
Average	31.63
Best10	31.63
Best	27.20
Consec3	87.81

Lap	Time
1	27.20
2	32.52
3	34.12
4	30.98
5	29.33
6	30.67
7	43.70
8	28.73
9	28.42
10	30.66

Quali 2 was better with the right tyres. Fewer mistakes but still to many.

Qualifying – Round 2

Race 2 – 2wd Buggy

Driver	Alistair Munro
Position	4
Result	12 / 327.00
Average	27.25
Best10	26.05
Best	23.71
Consec3	73.97

Lap	Time
1	30.52
2	26.93
3	25.91
4	26.13
5	32.22
6	24.94
7	24.84
8	25.42
9	23.71
10	26.30
11	25.82
12	34.26

The car wasn’t far off, steering wasn’t quite sharp enough, and a quick look at the ride heights showed the front was a little lower than the rear so a couple of mill added to even it up…

With the track starting to dry, but only in places, I decided to stick with the Ballistics and just manage any grabby moments.

Qualifying – Round 3

Race 2 – 2wd Buggy

Driver	Alistair Munro
Position	5
Result	12 / 310.19
Average	25.84
Best10	24.19
Best	22.90
Consec3	69.87

Lap	Time
1	40.42
2	24.83
3	23.49
4	25.43
5	27.86
6	24.07
7	23.99
8	26.54
9	23.69
10	23.34
11	23.63
12	22.90

3 felt better, but was buggered by 2 bad mistakes on the first lap, and some silly scrapping on the 5th and 8th lap.

A Clean 4th round saved the day from catastrophy. If i’d have found that pace earlier in the day, an A Final would have been on the cards. Coulda, woulda, shoulda, I know. But nevertheless, Encouraging…

Qualifying – Round 4

Round By Round. Best 2 Rounds to Count

2wd Buggy

Pos	Name	Best	Tie Break	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Stuart Ball	15 / 321.70		0	0	2	0	2
2	Keith Halsey	14 / 302.49	14 / 302.98	2	23	3	2	0
3	Paul Rose	14 / 303.33	14 / 319.11	2	2	0	3	3
4	Dane Winterson	14 / 317.44		7	3	5	4	7
5	Michael Evely	14 / 313.98		8	12	4	21	4
6	Chris Law	14 / 324.49		10	5	8	5	5
7	Cam Pollinger	13 / 300.70		12	8	6	6	6
8	Ian Russell	13 / 316.81		16	9	7	9	9
9	Andy Leach	12 / 302.54		17	6	22	11	12
10	Kevin Greenway	13 / 307.77	13 / 307.77	17	11	10	7	10
11	James Wherlock	12 / 301.77	11 / 308.39	17	7	12	10	13
12	Richard Evely	13 / 314.96		17	17	9	8	23
13	Jamie Stringer	12 / 311.89		19	4	15	15	20
14	Alistair Munro	13 / 315.94		21	18	13	14	8
15	Ian Brooking	12 / 302.26		21	10	11	12	11
16	Terry Leach	12 / 308.44	12 / 308.44	27	14	17	13	14
17	Ross Everill	12 / 319.49	10 / 300.17	27	13	14	17	15
18	Marc Biddis	11 / 303.25		32	16	18	16	16
19	Doug Moreton	11 / 308.30		33	23	16	18	17
20	Matt Martin	11 / 325.44		34	15	20	22	19
21	Alfie Ball	11 / 308.70		37	19	19	19	18
22	Joe Ball	9 / 317.17		40	20	21	20	21

6th in the B, and I went with Proline Pyramids on the back because there were more dry areas than wet at this point.

The first lap carnage meant I had to doggedly claw my way back and scrap for my life to get to 4th. But the handling seemed to be going my way.

Finals – Round 1

Race 2 – 2wd Buggy – B Final

Driver	Alistair Munro
Position	4
Result	13 / 316.06
Average	24.31
Best10	23.62
Best	22.38
Consec3	68.18

Lap	Time
1	27.39
2	25.51
3	25.60
4	23.49
5	22.38
6	22.89
7	22.91
8	22.83
9	23.64
10	23.62
11	26.84
12	23.43
13	25.53

Finals – Round 1

Race 2 – 2wd Buggy – B Final

Pos	Car	Driver	Result	Best10	Best
1	2	Kevin Greenway	13 / 300.55	22.75	21.45
2	1	Andy Leach	13 / 303.80	22.97	21.88
3	4	Richard Evely	13 / 310.37	22.89	21.59
4	6	Alistair Munro	13 / 316.06	23.62	22.38
5	3	James Wherlock	13 / 321.16	23.41	22.51
6	5	Jamie Stringer	12 / 302.95	24.47	22.86
7	7	Ian Brooking	12 / 316.33	24.42	22.35

Managed to score a win in Round 3, I think it ranks as one of my best drives ever. The car was just hooked up and everybody else was too busy tangling to worry me. Very chuffed with the consistancy as well as half decent pace.

Finals – Round 2

Race 2 – 2wd Buggy – B Final

Driver	Alistair Munro
Position	1
Result	14 / 318.69
Average	22.76
Best10	22.27
Best	21.54
Consec3	66.59

Lap	Time
1	25.54
2	24.68
3	22.07
4	22.44
5	22.29
6	21.98
7	22.38
8	22.23
9	22.45
10	22.71
11	21.54
12	22.66
13	22.85
14	22.87

Finals – Round 2

Race 2 – 2wd Buggy – B Final

Pos	Car	Driver	Result	Best10	Best
1	6	Alistair Munro	14 / 318.69	22.27	21.54
2	1	Andy Leach	13 / 303.22	22.73	22.10
3	4	Richard Evely	13 / 309.34	22.93	21.17
4	7	Ian Brooking	13 / 326.45	24.01	22.63
5	2	Kevin Greenway	12 / 273.42	22.30	21.29
6	3	James Wherlock	12 / 300.58	24.49	22.68
7	5	Jamie Stringer	12 / 318.09	24.98	23.29

The last final wasn’t my finest hour. The car was going like a steam train, and Andy Leach was doing a good job in 2nd, but klipped him twice trying to make moves that now the dust has settled, I admit weren’t really on. I pushed really hard to catch him, but I wasn’t going to make it. Then, with horrible cruelty, he clipped a rail with two corners to go and rolled it to allow me through. Sorry Andy, I owe you a beer.

2wd Buggy – B Final

Pos	Car	Name	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	2	Kevin Greenway	2	1	5	1
2	6	Alistair Munro	3	4	1	2
3	1	Andy Leach	4	2	2	3
4	4	Richard Evely	6	3	3	7
5	3	James Wherlock	9	5	6	4
6	7	Ian Brooking	9	7	4	5
7	5	Jamie Stringer	12	6	7	6

I’ll take that, a pretty good start to the season.

Summer Championship 2024

Best 6 Rounds To Count. Tie Break: Countback

2wd Buggy

Pos	Name	Ability	Points	R1
=1	Stuart Ball	99%	100	100
=1	Keith Halsey	99%	100	100
3	Michael Evely	97%	98	98
4	Paul Rose	96%	97	97
5	Dane Winterson	95%	96	96
6	Ian Russell	94%	95	95
7	Chris Law	93%	94	94
8	Cam Pollinger	92%	93	93
9	Kevin Greenway	91%	92	92
10	Alistair Munro	90%	91	91
11	Andy Leach	89%	90	90
12	Richard Evely	88%	89	89
13	James Wherlock	87%	88	88
14	Ian Brooking	86%	87	87
15	Jamie Stringer	85%	86	86
16	Terry Leach	84%	85	85
17	Marc Biddis	83%	84	84
18	Doug Moreton	82%	83	83
19	Matt Martin	81%	82	82
20	Ross Everill	80%	81	81
21	Alfie Ball	79%	80	80
22	Joe Ball	78%	79	79

COBRA Clubbie – 31/03/2024

Bit of an end of an Era today. With a B7 on order with Mr.Finch , this will be the last time I’ll run the B6.4d on Carpet. It’s not going in the bin or being sold. But it is going into Semi-Retirement as a Wet car. This will allow my to permanently fit the layback transmission, rear weights, short wheelbase and a soft suspension setup with plenty of roll.

The first heat was encouraging. Despite getting into a bunch of tangles, the new Fusion Slim front tyres finally gave the front end a predictable sharpness I’ve been looking for. Early fettling in practice showed up the sensor cable wasn’t plugged into the ESC very well. Re-plugging it gave the push and punch that’s been missing.

Lap Stats

Fast Lap:
16.043

Avg. Lap:
18.834

Avg. Top 5:
16.848

Avg. Top 10:
17.225

Avg. Top 15:
17.576

Top 2 Consec.:
49.823

Top 3 Consec.:
49.823

Std. Deviation:
2.604

Consistency:
86.174%

Lap Times

#	Time	Pace	Pos
1	18.004	20/6:00.080	2nd
2	18.244	20/6:02.480	2nd
3	18.362	20/6:04.067	2nd
4	27.265	18/6:08.438	6th
5	20.896	18/6:09.976	6th
6	17.095	19/6:19.576	4th
7	17.32	19/6:12.362	4th
8	22.946	18/6:00.297	4th
9	19.593	19/6:19.419	4th
10	17.458	19/6:14.648	4th
11	22.353	19/6:19.199	4th
12	17.357	19/6:15.081	4th
13	17.835	19/6:12.295	4th
14	18.289	19/6:10.523	4th
15	16.043	19/6:06.143	3rd
16	16.543	19/6:02.904	3rd
17	17.237	19/6:00.821	3rd
18	18.334	19/6:00.128	2nd
19	17.36	20/6:17.404	2nd
20	18.152	20/6:16.686	2nd

Quali 2 was even scrappier, just didn’t have my head in the game…

Lap Stats

Fast Lap:
16.674

Avg. Lap:
19.209

Avg. Top 5:
16.989

Avg. Top 10:
17.301

Avg. Top 15:
17.940

Top 2 Consec.:
51.079

Top 3 Consec.:
51.079

Std. Deviation:
2.694

Consistency:
85.974%

Lap Times

#	Time	Pace	Pos
1	17.745	21/6:12.645	2nd
2	23.863	18/6:14.472	5th
3	19.605	18/6:07.278	4th
4	20.786	18/6:08.996	4th
5	19.536	18/6:05.526	3rd
6	18.006	19/6:18.547	3rd
7	18.161	19/6:13.763	3rd
8	25.545	18/6:07.306	4th
9	17.616	18/6:01.726	4th
10	16.831	19/6:15.619	4th
11	17.767	19/6:12.160	4th
12	17.162	19/6:08.320	4th
13	23.818	19/6:14.798	4th
14	17.548	19/6:11.842	4th
15	17.258	19/6:08.913	4th
16	17.383	19/6:06.498	4th
17	16.674	19/6:03.575	4th
18	17.022	19/6:01.344	4th
19	22.654	19/6:04.980	4th

I had a word with myself before Q3, and I found some focus. An almost clean run apart from one little pipe clip that just went a bit wrong on the penultimate lap.. But none-the-less, a lovely trade in over takes with Elliott Capper.

Lap Stats

Fast Lap:
16.889

Avg. Lap:
17.980

Avg. Top 5:
17.088

Avg. Top 10:
17.308

Avg. Top 15:
17.510

Top 2 Consec.:
51.902

Top 3 Consec.:
51.902

Std. Deviation:
1.098

Consistency:
93.893%

Lap Times

#	Time	Pace	Pos
1	17.362	21/6:04.602	4th
2	17.596	21/6:07.059	3rd
3	16.944	21/6:03.314	2nd
4	19.379	21/6:14.225	3rd
5	18.115	21/6:15.463	3rd
6	18.286	21/6:16.887	2nd
7	17.848	21/6:16.590	2nd
8	18.084	21/6:16.987	3rd
9	17.48	21/6:15.886	2nd
10	16.937	21/6:13.865	2nd
11	18.461	21/6:15.121	3rd
12	16.889	21/6:13.417	3rd
13	17.83	21/6:13.495	3rd
14	17.884	21/6:13.643	3rd
15	17.701	21/6:13.514	3rd
16	17.327	21/6:12.911	3rd
17	17.344	21/6:12.400	3rd
18	17.498	21/6:12.126	3rd
19	17.926	21/6:12.353	3rd
20	22.147	21/6:16.990	3rd
21	18.544	21/6:17.582	3rd

Ultimately, I think if I’d been as on top of the car as I was in Q3 in Q1&2, I’d have scraped into the B.

But C final it was, and despite a god start from second, I fluffed the first lap and ended up 7th and last after losing 9 seconds to stupid mistakes. I managed to claw a lot of that back and get up to 4th with some respectable laps, only to again get a bit careless. In last for the second time, it seemed I didn’t have the grip for pushing on the tyres 4th Session. I settled down to a pace about 1.5 seconds off my best. During the 3 penultimate laps i’d plodded up 3rd and 2nd place, just over the loop, it happens the times showed me in 4th at that point. The last lap could have, should have been a 2nd place. but i tripped up just before the loop, and the marshal put me back on after. Drat! Of course I’m hoisted by my own petard, a cleaner run would have yeided more. Fuck it, it’s just a clubbie.

Lap Stats

Fast Lap:
16.875

Avg. Lap:
19.679

Avg. Top 5:
17.073

Avg. Top 10:
17.305

Avg. Top 15:
17.610

Top 2 Consec.:
52.188

Top 3 Consec.:
52.188

Std. Deviation:
5.606

Consistency:
71.514%

Lap Times

#	Time	Pace	Pos
1	25.341	15/6:20.109	7th
2	16.875	18/6:19.940	6th
3	17.642	19/6:19.098	5th
4	18.206	19/6:10.802	4th
5	28.305	17/6:01.653	7th
6	19.365	18/6:17.201	7th
7	17.1	18/6:07.286	7th
8	17.427	18/6:00.586	7th
9	17.661	19/6:15.612	6th
10	17.77	19/6:11.814	5th
11	17.293	19/6:07.882	5th
12	18.713	19/6:06.855	5th
13	17.423	19/6:04.099	4th
14	21.149	19/6:06.794	5th
15	16.931	19/6:03.787	5th
16	17.999	19/6:02.425	4th
17	17.535	19/6:00.703	4th
18	18.401	19/6:00.088	4th
19	17.167	20/6:17.161	4th
20	40.943	19/6:19.283	4th

COBRA Club/Vintage Day 21/01/2024

I haven’t got around to writing up the last round of SWORD yet. Suffice it to say that I’d kind of lost my way with the b6.4d. I’d been playing around with some settings and confusing myself a bit. Not to mention, Driving the b74.2d, or the “Turbo Nutter Bastard” as I’m beginning to call it, allows you to drive it so aggressively that going back to a 2wd is a harsh contrast.

Anyway, I went closer to a kit setup when I prepped it yesterday. But with 400wt front and 375wt shock oil in the rear. 12mm ride height all round, Yellow Springs, and 1.6 & 1.7 Two Hole Pistons in front and rear respectively. There were some hardly used Proline Prisms in the Hauler, and these seem to work quite well with the Fuzz Bites on the front. So stiffer, more pack, low and high roll centers.

The Mid didn’t need much fuss, lowered the ride height, put the transponder in. Jubbly!

Optima Mid

Practice was pretty predictable, I seem to have mislaid the fittings for the rear roll bar, so I had to stand on the brakes at the end of the straight, or it rolled too much. Aside from that, it just needed pointing at the apexes and it did it’s thing.

Fast Lap:

21.292

Avg. Lap:

23.680

Avg. Top 5:

21.931

Avg. Top 10:

22.648

Avg. Top 15:

Top 2 Consec.:

65.243

Top 3 Consec.:

65.243

Std. Deviation:

2.154

Consistency:

90.905%

 Lap Times

#	Time	Pace	Pos
1	22.845	14/5:19.830	4th
2	24.223	13/5:05.942	6th
3	28.246	12/5:01.256	7th
4	23.207	13/5:20.193	6th
5	28.038	12/5:03.742	7th
6	25.074	12/5:03.266	7th
7	22.662	13/5:23.691	6th
8	22.724	13/5:20.156	6th
9	22.187	13/5:16.631	6th
10	21.764	13/5:13.261	6th
11	21.292	13/5:09.946	6th
12	23.829	13/5:09.932	6th
13	21.751	13/5:07.842	6th

The First Round had two rather obvious cock ups, but still managed >90% consistency. Good enough as I’d never driven the thing on Carpet before.

Round 2 started well, the timing said I went from 6th to 2nd. But…

Fast Lap:
21.083

Avg. Lap:
21.083

Avg. Top 5:

Avg. Top 10:

Avg. Top 15:

Top 2 Consec.:

Top 3 Consec.:

Std. Deviation:

Consistency:
100.000%

Lap Times

#	Time	Pace	Pos
1	21.083	15/5:16.245	2nd

Oops.

Ah well, not an expensive breakage, and I proved there is potential there.

Associated B6.4d

Practice was a relief. It seems like I’ve got back on track (pun sort of intended, soz) with the config. As I found in Round 1, Something needed warming up. Not much, I don’t know whether it was tyres, diff, slipper, shocks, motor or a combination of these. But it just got better throughout the race, more consistent and predictable as the laps clocked up. I dropped a couple of places and ended up with a 14 that felt like it should have been quicker. But the consistency was >90% so I’ll take that.

Lap Times

#	Time	Pace	Pos
1	23.831	13/5:09.803	7th
2	20.547	14/5:10.646	6th
3	26.079	13/5:05.314	6th
4	24.318	13/5:08.019	6th
5	20.15	14/5:21.790	5th
6	20.833	14/5:16.769	5th
7	21.912	14/5:15.340	5th
8	21.741	14/5:13.969	4th
9	22.606	14/5:14.249	6th
10	19.777	14/5:10.512	4th
11	19.693	14/5:07.347	4th
12	23.182	14/5:08.781	5th
13	20.153	14/5:06.731	5th
14	22.299	14/5:07.121	5th

Round 1

Round 2 was a case of finding the pace but lost the consistency on two dumbass arguments with corner markers. But a 15 was as faster than I’ve gone all winter by some margin, so chuffed. Without the mistakes on lap 6 and 12, I’d be in the 16s. Exactly the reason i set my consistency target at 90% or higher.

Lap Times

#	Time	Pace	Pos
1	21.505	14/5:01.070	4th
2	20.353	15/5:13.935	4th
3	20.278	15/5:10.680	4th
4	22.39	15/5:16.973	4th
5	19.057	15/5:10.749	4th
6	25.058	15/5:21.603	5th
7	19.531	15/5:17.511	5th
8	19.54	15/5:14.460	4th
9	18.774	15/5:10.810	4th
10	19.939	15/5:09.638	4th
11	19.39	15/5:07.930	4th
12	27.706	15/5:16.901	4th
13	20.646	15/5:16.347	5th
14	18.935	15/5:14.038	5th
15	19.134	15/5:12.236	4th

The Third Round was slightly less pacy but the consistency was back over 92% again, a nice neat drive.

Lap Times

#	Time	Pace	Pos
1	20.916	15/5:13.740	4th
2	20.058	15/5:07.305	4th
3	19.999	15/5:04.865	4th
4	21.38	15/5:08.824	5th
5	19.258	15/5:04.833	2nd
6	20.138	15/5:04.373	2nd
7	20.254	15/5:04.292	2nd
8	25.443	15/5:13.961	2nd
9	23.506	15/5:18.253	4th
10	20.421	15/5:17.060	3rd
11	20.915	15/5:16.756	4th
12	19.722	15/5:15.013	4th
13	22.029	15/5:16.199	4th
14	19.508	15/5:14.515	4th
15	21.846	15/5:15.393	4th

Round 3

Round 4 and I’d done my quali work. Slipped back down to a 14 because of scrapping and steering round trouble.

Made the C Final Mid Pack, which is much more like it. Thankfully, there were two rounds of finals. I say thankfully because I drove like an incompetent tit in the first final. Best to skip forward to the second final.

Very chuffed indeed with the Second final. Didn’t pussy out on the start, 6th to 3rd on the first lap and settled into a nice groove as the car warmed up. Clipped a Corner Marker out of a switchback on Lap 5 which opened the door for Fran Bravery to pass. James Harris Spent the next 8 or 9 laps trying to give me heart failure, but eventually both he and Fran made mistakes that cost them both, and rewarded my re found consistency with a 3rd place. Only 6 seconds off a 16, >95% consistency, little fist pump as I stepped off the rostrum.

The rear wear pattern on the Prisms tells the story of my day, it looks like I’ve found the rear config I’ve been looking for with the B6. Much more wear on the inside to center line without the car diffing out or oversteering under braking. Looks like 2 Deg of camber is about right.

COBRA Cardiff SWORD Rd2. 05/11/2023

Sometimes a win doesn’t mean you crossed the line in first place. Looking at today from that angle, means I can claim a couple of wins today.

B74.2d

I set the ride height this morning and didn’t have to touch it again all day. I left the Gear Center Diff in to see what that was like. And it was great. You can still push it aggressively, but you don’t have to be quite as on top of the car. And with the option to start playing around with stiffer diff oils, the consistent and predictable handling of the car makes it feel like there’s much more to come.

I posted 3 15 lap heats and 14 in the 3rd round was all down to my mistakes. This was enough to put me 9th in the A Final, and in amongst some quick peddlars.

Managed to squeeze another place out of the final, and went home having had a much better result that I thought I was going to get. Fuzz Bites seemed to work nicely on the rear, Well worn Cactus Fusions on the Front. Nice!

Fast Lap:
18.976

Avg. Lap:
20.704

Avg. Top 5:
19.177

Avg. Top 10:
19.650

Avg. Top 15:
20.357

Top 2 Consec.:
59.444

Top 3 Consec.:
59.444

Std. Deviation:
1.443

Consistency:
93.033%

Lap Times

#	Time	Pace	Pos
1	20.095	18/6:01.705	8th
2	19.274	19/6:14.003	5th
3	19.887	19/6:15.286	3rd
4	20.581	19/6:19.224	6th
5	18.976	19/6:15.488	6th
6	23.698	18/6:07.532	7th
7	19.763	18/6:05.847	6th
8	22.771	18/6:11.351	8th
9	21.439	18/6:12.967	8th
10	22.09	18/6:15.433	8th
11	21.425	18/6:16.362	9th
12	19.88	18/6:14.818	8th
13	20.501	18/6:14.372	8th
14	21.137	18/6:14.807	8th
15	19.449	18/6:13.159	8th
16	22.914	18/6:15.615	8th
17	19.151	18/6:13.797	8th
18	19.037	18/6:12.068	8th

B6.4d

2WD was altogether tougher today. I threw everthing at it, but just couldn’t find a consistent feel at the back. Added some neg Camber at the back, Slidy and oversteery. Changed the Diff oil from 10k to 7k, a little better, but still a handfull. Changed the ESC settings for more aggressive Brake, still couldn’t get it slowed down when I needed. Put Some Hexons on the back, just as bad as the Fuzz Bites, maybe worse. By Q4, I got a bit tired and stuffed it big time about 4 minutes into the heat.

At first glance, I thought I’d just done a wishbone. When I got it back to the pit, I found I’d done the stud mount as well. 20 minutes to do a front end rebuild or miss the final. Tick Tock!

It got worse as I started to reassemble it. As I was remounting the Shock Tower, I found I’d snapped one side of that as well.

Now not so long ago, I would have given up at this point. But the new meds for my Bi-polar seem to have the positive effect that I seem to have a bit more focus and resiliance. So despite a bit of a tall order repair in very limited time, I wasn’t ready to throw in the towel.

Rather Heroically, Matt Hodges gove me a spare shock tower, and Lee Marson Glued me up a set of Cactus rears. As I dismantled the broken Carbon Fibre, I tore a couple of holes in my Thumb, and covered my bench, car and floor in blood.

Somehow (mainly missing a couple of screws 🙂 ),I managed to get it to the line without a second to spare.

Much to my chagrin, I have to admit that for Cardiff, the Schumacher Cactus is the best tyre, (see Things that Boil my Piss in RC Racing for details). I dropped a couple of places in the final, getting to grips with a completely different handling car is kinda tricky when you’re up against 9 lunatics set on death or glory. But that and the result was academic today. I didn’t give up when it got tough, started and finished the final, and went home with more points than If I had quit. That was the win today.