14/07/2025
Wow! What a weekend! Skegness Raceway - stadium UK speed weekend always delivers.
But what a weekend for us! Not even sure how to put it into words really so this will be a long post with lots of waffle 😂.
To say we run on a budget is probably an understatement! £100 a month on the car is an expensive one for us, the chassis is probably one of the oldest out there and we just make do with what we have, there's a set of pads on the front that have been in for 2 years probably.
So for us to gain enough points and qualify straight to the final on Saturday was more than we expected but then to get onto the grid for the UK Championship on Sunday with a 3rd in the consolation just means so much to us. It might seem much but the way Andrew celebrated going over the line in 3rd showed how much it meant to him. We have struggled so much over the last 18 months and finally all the hours David has put in on the car, the many shakes of the head when it just didn't go right have got the car probably as far as we can get it on the budget we have.
Yes we would love to upgrade the chassis, brakes etc but we are happy to just get out there and enjoy ourselves and when we achieve things like this weekend it just means so much more.
A quick rundown of our races over the weekend.
1st heat - got away well and the yellows came out, Andrew being the leader controls a slow rolling lap until the 2 yellows behind just went past him half way down the back straight 🤷 much to our suprise they went green and Andrew fell down the order. Another yellow and on the restart the clutch bolt snapped so a DNF.
2nd Heat - a massive jump start from another White caught Andrew out slightly but he soon got into 2nd and kept good consistent pace to finish 7th and score enough points to get into the final
Final - got drawn last White top, got the bumper in 1st corner and into 3rd but yellows soon came out! No complete restart so single file restart and as expected he got put wide and shuffled down the order but drove well and mixed with the quicker cars to finish 14th.
Sunday heat - we changed the outside rear to save the better tyre and it just didn't handle as well so slipped down the order finishing 15th and not enough points to qualify for the final.
Consolation - got the bumper in straight away to get to the front and just drove consistent paced laps to keep out front until lap 11 when a red top caught him but rather than fight the place he sensibly let him thru and followed him and same when another red top him on lap 15 to cross the line in 3rd and put it on the back of the UK championship grid.
Final - nothing to lose in this, 1st start went well with him getting through the 1st corner pile up and gaining plenty of positions but a complete restart was needed. 2nd time didn't go as well but got through to 18th from 34th on the grid by the 3rd lap and yellow flags, restart was messy and Andrew got hit hard on the straight with bumpers caught and a flat rear tyre but also the ECU came out of its box and onto Andrew's knee! So a DNF in the end but we weren't bothered.
The car is definitely scarred from the weekend as expected and a fair few things to fix but it was worth it!😁
