Rockingham 09/07/06- Final Prep
We've been a little behind target on preparation for Rockingham owing mostly to two major factors.
This is the first time the team have worked on the car and so have been incredibly thorough spending many hours running through it inside and out to check, modify and generally get to grips with the whole thing.
Secondly, Richard is enjoying a much earned family holiday in Florida and in so doing has left Colin in charge of both the car and running the business.....a man down!!!
As the car has been out of serious action for some years, there were a number of very minor but time consuming tasks that needed attention. There were also some 'non-mechanical' oddballs there to trip us up which if not spotted would have ruled us out of the weekend - simple things such as harness out of date, oh and the lack of a plumbed fire extiguisher system!!!
The tyres that came with the car were a little dry, showed evidence of surface cracking and where the car had been standing for some time suffering from flat spots. We got a very good deal on a soft compound all-round tyre only to then discover that all new tyres must be of Dunlop manufature! This forced me to make a decision on tyres at the back end of last week.
The weather having been incredibly sunny for a good couple of weeks and, being the sort of guy never afraid to take a gamble, whilst basking in brilliant southern sunshine I plumped for a new set of Dunlop slicks. Looking at the weather forecast now I may have to concede victory to the bookie in the Sky!!!
Anyway, we had a final inspection of the car last night and apart from some fiishing touches such as stickers and polishing we're now ready to roll with a very sound car!
The team have performed up to now and it's just down to me to do the business on the track!
My goal for Rockingham is to see the car to the finish in each of the two races so that I can get
the signatures on my licence and the target off the back of the car, that said, I'm not ruling out a challenge for the class win!!
This is the first time the team have worked on the car and so have been incredibly thorough spending many hours running through it inside and out to check, modify and generally get to grips with the whole thing.
Secondly, Richard is enjoying a much earned family holiday in Florida and in so doing has left Colin in charge of both the car and running the business.....a man down!!!
As the car has been out of serious action for some years, there were a number of very minor but time consuming tasks that needed attention. There were also some 'non-mechanical' oddballs there to trip us up which if not spotted would have ruled us out of the weekend - simple things such as harness out of date, oh and the lack of a plumbed fire extiguisher system!!!
The tyres that came with the car were a little dry, showed evidence of surface cracking and where the car had been standing for some time suffering from flat spots. We got a very good deal on a soft compound all-round tyre only to then discover that all new tyres must be of Dunlop manufature! This forced me to make a decision on tyres at the back end of last week.
The weather having been incredibly sunny for a good couple of weeks and, being the sort of guy never afraid to take a gamble, whilst basking in brilliant southern sunshine I plumped for a new set of Dunlop slicks. Looking at the weather forecast now I may have to concede victory to the bookie in the Sky!!!
Anyway, we had a final inspection of the car last night and apart from some fiishing touches such as stickers and polishing we're now ready to roll with a very sound car!
The team have performed up to now and it's just down to me to do the business on the track!
My goal for Rockingham is to see the car to the finish in each of the two races so that I can get
the signatures on my licence and the target off the back of the car, that said, I'm not ruling out a challenge for the class win!!
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