17 July, 2006
Ouch – garage door dangers
If you don’t open your up and over door properly you can get hurt when you walk into the corner of it. Here’s a quick shot to show just how much – note that I’d already rinsed my head once and this was the bleeding quite a few minutes later. I wasn’t too happy. Being […]
12 July, 2006
Competing in Your First Sprint or Hillclimb
I’m often asked by people how to start competing in sprinting, and the reality is fairly simple. This information also applies, by and large, to entering many other events which don’t require a special license – eg, trials, autotesting, navigation rallies and so on. First, find an event with a local club. In the North […]
Aintree Circuit Trackday Video, May 2005
I’m afraid that due to issues with recoding some of my videos to this website’s flash player I’ve had to stick with the Google Video system for some videos, at least for the time being. A lap of the Aintree club circuit. It’s a classic little circuit in the old school format – ie, fast, […]
Loton Park Hillclimb Video, July 2005
I’m afraid that due to issues with recoding some of my videos to this website’s flash player I’ve had to stick with the Google Video system for some videos, at least for the time being. A quick but not really that quick run up the classic Loton Park hillclimb course. It’s a real test of […]
Aintree Sprint Video, September 2005
I’m afraid that due to issues with recoding some of my videos to this website’s flash player I’ve had to stick with the Google Video system for some videos. In this one I set what, at the time, was up there amongst the fastest times at Aintree for a road going production car under two […]
Donington Park Trackday Video, November 2005
This one’s with thanks to the Goldtrack Driving Club who I do most of my trackdays with. Towards the end of the day I’d been improving my speed around the circuit when I spied a Ferrari 360 Competizione Stradale ahead, riding slicks, and going well. But I felt that with just that little effort I’d […]
Gordon Holmes Demonstrating What Autotesting is All About
This video clip shows Gordon Holmes autotesting a Westfield. I believe Gordon’s got the most natural talent in the sport today – a good sponsor could really make a difference, I’m sure, and get him to the top of the national stage. Just leave a comment on here with the e-mail address filled in and […]
11 July, 2006
Spinning a BMW Z3 M Coupé at Rockingham
The very first video posting on the new format website – a fine display of what can go wrong when you forget that a full fuel load will affect your car’s handling. I also learned that my reaction to narrowly missed disaster is to laugh about it….
9 July, 2006
How to Get Started in Motorsport
Getting into motorsport isn’t especially difficult, expensive, or even all that time-consuming. Of course – there are a few things you need to sort out first: Access to a car of some description. Always handy. Any car will do – there’ll be a motorsport to suit, though levels of preparation and costs may vary. A […]
How I started in motorsport
I’ve been involved in motorsport since the end of 2002 after my inaugural sprint at New Brighton. Myself and my friend Gordon Holmes (a champion Autotester) set off in a pair of Golf GTIs with the aim of finishing approximately mid-field in our very standard, very ordinary cars. It would have gone a lot better […]
25 June, 2006
Aintree, 24th June 2006 – Pushing harder and harder… yet…
When you compete in motorsport one of the peculiar things is the change in your perception of what’s possible. You do an amazing run and you just think to yourself “there’s no way I could go any quicker there.” And then next time out, you go that bit quicker again. And you wonder where on […]
21 June, 2006
Of broken toelinks (Anglesey May and June 2006)
A bit of a long time since the last update, but here we go….. At the end of May I did the MGOC Anglesey weekend sprint and, on the day before I did a trackday at the same place. All seemed great at the start of the trackday – the Elise going beautifully and showing […]
26 April, 2006
Aintree, 22nd April 2006
Ok – I’ll admit it…. I’ve become so used to making Aintree my own that I was getting complacent. Last year Gary Thomas was running me close but I stayed ahead, kept my record, and was happy. Ish. But I knew the car wasn’t perfect – roll oversteer made it a sometimes tricky proposition and […]
21 April, 2006
Pre Aintree Jitters
Right…this is my first ever posting using a mobile phone. And it must be said that my usual 69wpm typing has rather gone astray but it ain’t half bad either… Anyway, it’s the night before Aintree and I’m more nervous than usual due to lack of prep and track time. The car has been set […]