Lazy me

I've not updated this in a while, partly because I'm lazy. In fact mostly for that reason.
Since the last update, I've been to Cadwell twice, been to my first race weekend (Snetterton) and been testing at Mallory. Also I've been trying to get my data off the car's logging system.

SO!
First things first, Cadwell Park. it was december I think and wet. and cold. and also wet and, ooh, life on mars is on. I'll finish this later.

Some Pictures

Here's a few more pictures to look at.



Under the bonnet: 919cc Honda Fireblade engine. It basically works fine as a unit, but the airbox had a nasty habit of popping the carbs off if you had a bump. Sorted that now though. That black and white tube is for the NACA duct (or knacker duct) At high speed it forces a lot more air into the engine, so you can have more power, this means that it's run "rich" at low speeds, as the carbs are set up for the high-end power. The good news means on a downchange it's possible to shoot flames out the exhaust!



This is fairly self-explanatory. Where I sit, rollbar, Digidash with a million functions. Though the only ones I care about are Gear and Revs.




This is russell bend (I think) I like this pic, shows the suspension nice and loaded up. Yes, if I was much further from the apex I'd be back in Doncaster, but give me a break, it was my first time!

Timetable

No real news as yet, I've been moving house, and with Christmas before that I've hardly had the car out.
The fixtures for next year are in though, I doubt I'll be at all the races, but I plan to race these ones:

16th March, Snetterton

19th & 20th April, Brands Hatch

10th May, Cadwell Park

7th & 8th June, Anglesey

22nd June, Brands Hatch

6th July, Cadwell park

6th September Oulton park

Anyone's welcome to pop along and say Hi, judging from my experiences as a spectator it's about a tenner to get in for all day, there's a cafe and you can wander round the pits having a good old nosey at the cars.

Other RGB fixtures are:

20th July, Donnington
23rd August, Silverstone
12th October, Mallory

If I end up having do drop out of some races, these 3 will be the first to go as there's only one race per circuit, but hopefully I'll have a bit of extra cash and make it to one of them. (I'll just stop buying food and other silly things that aren't racing!)

Hello

Welcome to my blog, this will hopefully be a diary of my first tentative steps into the world of motor racing. To bring you up to speed, here's how I got started:

I got a new job from uni that sent me to live in the states for about 8 months, I had a pretty good time and because I didn't have to pay rent I managed to save a few quid.

When I got back last March (2007) I intended to spend the money I'd saved on a beach buggy kit, until I snapped, went to speak to the bank manager, and bought a beautiful baby blue 1987 Porsche 911 carrera 3.2.


It was a great car, but after I moved away I didn't really use it, especially as I was a little too protective over it, so wouldn't leave it out overnight at friends houses, etc. So she was sold!

I intended to buy a kit car, so that if i dinged it, I could also afford to fix it properly, then the seed of kit car racing its ugly yet oh so alluring head.

I went through various ideas of racing series, and finally narrowed it down to the 750 motor club, either in the kit car or RGB (Road Going Bike-engined cars) series.

I went to watch the racing at snetterton, there were about 12 Formulae running that weekend, I went and had a chat with lots of very nice people and finally settled on RGB. I put up an advert and eventually settled on Derek Jones' blue Fisher Fury class C car. In fact the car and Derek went on to win the 2007 championship. No blaming of tools for me next year then!

Here's the fury:


That's all for now, Dan