Brilliant fun and my best driving yet at Bristol. The rebuilt truck seems much better now I’ve sorted the rear wishbones and generally fettled it. Chuffed as a chuffed thing. Here’s the footage I managed to grab of the Fronties and Trucks:
I stuck my Gopro to the front of the LD2 at the last summer round of Tiverton in September 2022. The track was still quite wet and I was using yellow dry tyres, so I was spinning out and going quite slowly.…
You might have noticed that I always have the same livery on my cars.. The scheme isn’t random, it’s because I’m a massive Van Halen Fanboy! The colours come from Eddie Van Halen’s “Frankie” Guitar. (It was called Frankie, short for Frankenstrat.…
RC Kit Pop down to your local racing club and spectate a meeting. RC Racers will be more than happy to give you handy advice. A 1/10th RC Buggy. Although you can pick up cheap used buggies on Ebay etc, Many racers…
He’s only gone and done it! It’s true. I’ve been a loyal Schumacher off-road man since the Mid 80’s, but I’ve been persuaded by test-drives, seeing the quality of manufacturing, testimonials and on track performance that it’s time to try a brand…
So Tiverton tomorrow. And seeing as I haven’t quite had the results I’d like there this year, I spent a whole day today preparing to put my best car on the astro in the morning. The plan went mostly well. Ball diff…
So the Summer champs at my local track came to a close today. Over all, it left me scratching my head a bit. This summer, I’ve learned a hell of a lot about dialling the car into the track and conditions. What…
Just got home to find some much anticipated bits have finally arrived from Japan… Firstly the rear Motor Guard. With the motor hanging right at the back of the car, this is a bit of an essential, so this is very welcome…
Driving still scrappy when it matters, but I started the day with a smashing 12 lapper in a clean run. Then the remaining qualifiers and final were silly mistakes that made what could have been a B final and a good result.…
