Getting there

Had another stab at the ol' racing malarkey on Friday night at Blackpool again, t'was good fun and I think I improved a little bit - i.e. one more step back towards where I feel I was before!



The track layout has been changed again, partly to get rid of a vicious corner, partly to go around the bit of the track which gets wet when it rains due to the hole in the roof!





In summary it was a good night, like I said before I felt like I improved again - bar the moment when I clipped a track marking and sent my car backwards into the far wall. I came away unharmed so I put that down as a draw in the ongoing wall vs. me war. My best lap was often second fastest behind Andy but consistency was my achilles heel again, putting me a lap down on the top runners in my best qualifying heat and two laps down in my final, which ended messily despite a strong start.

I'm not back for two weeks now due to a friend's birthday party next Friday but I'm planning to get some work on the car and some new bodyshells painted in the break.

Hello again old friend

It's been a while. I'll throw my hands up and admit that, but sometimes life can just take over. I was back racing at Blackpool the other week, although I must confess I have unfortunately had to give up on Morecambe as a regular occurrence - I just don't have the time or money to make the trek every Monday.

I am however booked in for all five BRCA Nationals coming up this summer and I'm already looking forward to them, I just need to make sure I put in the practice beforehand and get back up to where I feel I was before I took another long break from racing.
Anyway, back to Blackpool, I dusted the old girl off and gave her a run around. I felt very rusty and it showed in my lap times. Best laps weren't disastrous but my consistency was, not really too surprising considering that's what always 'goes' for me when I stop racing regularly.

Blackpool have got a new track layout too which I'm really liking. Less destructive potential than the old track bar one corner which I think we're planning to change in the coming weeks anyway.
All in all it was a reasonable return to racing although I do need to sort out my car after it's storage period and get some new bodyshells painted too. Oh and I got beat by a kid who just started racing touring cars... but what can you do eh?!