I can't start to thank the lads enough for all the work put in this weekend. (Dad
(Seano), Steve Brindle, Louis and Aaron Coady
)
Noticed on the drive down something was seriously wrong with the car violently pulling to the right under braking. Had a look when we got to Maidstone and found as Sean says the bearing had split and thrown grease over everything. Basically we wern't going racing. Bearing in mind also the championship is ours to loose and I only now need a 3rd in the final to win the FWD series I was pretty suicidal!
Few phonecalls later and Louis had sorted a replacement with Aaron so off sean and Steve go to meet Aaron and remove the parts needed.
They get back to the hotel hub in hand at 11pm and a few beer and I sleep a bit better.
We get to the track, swaps done and we are ready for first practice. Nosman is right. Tires were rubbing badly on the arches on cornering so its raise it up time.
We are then using the remaining sessions to try and get a good setup and end up running max damping and as much camber as we can given we only have stock top mounts as car is washing out on the corners and then wheelspinning out of them as there is little grip.
We ended up with a car that was pretty stiff but understeering, cocking its wheels nearly every corner but was a real hoot to drive, although I was driving pretty committed and did fall off the track 2 or 3 times!:lol:
Again trap speeds were mega impressive considering the lack of grip as I left the corners so after our break we should have a pretty well dialed car for the final round at Snetterton where I will be pushing to beat Marco.:twisted:
Few more issues found yesterday, we split another driveshaft boot and the lower arm bush on drivers side had split and that certainly didn't help as I was cornering!
Big well done to Dave who drove really well. Was great fun in the final when it seemed like it was just the pair of us out on track racing each other. So much fun and could have done it all again!