24/11/2025
Super proud of Hayden’s efforts again today. Last minute decision to enter Cooloola’s last round for the year and because this was not a planned event and Hayden’s little brother had plans on Saturday morning we were not able to get up to Cooloola on Saturday in time for any practice sessions.
So a brand new track with no practice and a massive storm Sunday morning delaying racing for almost an hour due to lightning it was just straight into qualifying. With lots of puddles still on the track the decision was made to go out on wet tyres and Hayden managed P2. Unfortunately there were only 2 other drivers in Hayden’s class.
Heat 1 - p2-p1
Track was dry so we were back on slicks (because there were only 3 of them Hayden did not get new tyres for this race meeting).
It was evident that Hayden was much quicker and had a lot more experience than both the other drivers in his class and his fastest lap time in heat 1 was 39.460 only 0.637 off the lap record of 38.823.
So we set Hayden the goal of trying to beat the record…
Heat 2 - p2-p1
After dropping another 0.181 off his quickest lap time in heat 1 doing a 39.279 Hayden was now only 0.456 off the record.
Heat 3 - p1-p1
Shaved off another 0.157 with a 39.122, now only 0.299 off the lap record.
Final - p1-p1
Hayden managed to get down into the 38’s three times in the final with his quickest lap being 38.852 only 0.03 off the lap record of 38.823…
Great weekend with great friends, Hayden is determined to go back again next year and try again 😁