Racing News

11/11/2011

Britacr 24hr Result

I love Endurance racing, making cars last when they should'nt, adapting to the changing situations and most importantly working with brilliant people. As such if I can only do one race a year it had to be the Britcar 24hrs. In order to make it happen, I had to develop and rebuild the car, build the engine, sort the parts required and fund it, organise the drivers and staff, load the lorry single handed, drive it to and from the circuit and fund a major element of the entry on a lower income than few people actually realise.

On reflection, this was simply too much for me to do. Thank god I have some great people around me who took the strain off once we got to the circuit and on a couple of days prior to the race. To them all I am eternaly gratefull. The ultimate downside to this was that I could'nt get everything done properly, I was unable to relax and drive anything like my best and that combined by a serious let down from the fuel tank supplier, days before the race meant it turned into a battle of survival. As anyone that knows me will tell you a 24hr race should not be about survival unless its not done properly.

Our little Ginetta G40 will be a brilliant and crucially relatively low cost endurance race car. Both Chris Bialan and myself hope to rcae the car in Britcar next season.