Last year at Brands Hatch the track was wet enough to fit paddles to your car, but my result from that race has yet to be bettered, so the pressure was on not to make a mess of things this year, especially with Jon coming down to offer his expertise in criticism if I cock it

Don’t get me wrong, Mallory Park is a really nice place. It’s a fun circuit, the views from the paddock over the lake are beatiful and the paddock cafe is awesome, but on this particular weekend it wasn’t really ‘the friendly circuit’. Things started with Triumph Live, an event held on Saturday which was ending

Having driven Cadwell Park less than a month ago there weren’t really any excuses for not having a good race. But as you’ll all know racing drivers turn up preprepared with excuses and apply them to every eventuality. This time, wheel alignment. Having spent a day hammering over the kerbs on the track day I

Many years ago on holiday I remember dad saying (quite loudly) in Tesco that everyone down here sounds like Farmer Giles. This comment came to the front of my head pretty much as soon as I arrived. The security guard, clerk of the course and a marshal I was chatting to for a couple of

Snetterton is a very long way away. Really, a very long way away. It’s in Norfolk, which when you’re in the High Peak makes it 200 miles each way. That doesn’t sound a great distance, but consider the roads in Norfolk and you’re looking at nearly 4 hours by car, let alone the van which

After the track day last week I was feeling fairly confident. I had the confidence to push the car and with sealant holding the engine together, it was running well. I arrived on the Saturday evening as I had bought a Janspeed exhaust off Jon Winter, and also some graphics for the car and van.

Heading into my first race I really didn’t know what to expect. Mo said he would give me one of his mechanics to guide me through everything which was more reassuring than I can describe in words. I had everything planned, sort of. I planned to drive the car down on Friday morning for testing