A bit of sun boosted the entries nicely today. But even with 21 2wd buggies, the racing was really quite tight and competitive all day. Without much morning dew, the B7 was the obvious choice. Practice told me I had a responsive,…
Nice to get back to competition after my winter between jobs moment. It was bleeding freezing down Accomodation road, and weeks worth of rain fall made the surface like driving of a freshly buttered ice ring for much of the day, but…
You go 50 years without winning a Championship, and then you win 2 on the same day. Yeah, a bit by default, but a win is a win 🙂 And quite pleased with 6th out of 65 in the 2wd…
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…
After the rather testing time at Cardiff, getting back to home turf at Mendip was welcome. Gary had spanner work to do on his Daughter’s Mini, so I volunteered to run the meeting. Running the meeting and two cars is a bit…
Time to take a peek at what I spent my summer doing. First off, the 2wd Championship at my local track, Mendip. First off, Congrats to Keith Halsey. Seeing off stiff challenges from Dane, Gavin and Neal while spannering 3 or 4…
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…
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…
Ever since I was asked to join the Mendip comittee at the end of last year, it pretty quickly became aparent that the whole year was basically going to Pivot on this meeting. In the intervening months, which seem to have whistled…
