Good luck at Cadwell Tim. The CTCRC are not racing at Cadwell in 2023 but maybe we will see you at Croft Aug 12/13? My next race is meant to be at Brands Indy a week on Saturday but the Golf is still in bits. The engine has been repaired and a dog box is going in. Quite a few upgrades to get more po...

My Alfasud Racing Car is for sale. The engine and gearbox are both repaired/refreshed. Available for viewing in Lincoln.

Thanks Lou.
The car goes well when we can keep it serviceable. We keep breaking things because everything is under stress.
Great fun when on track and I am learning all the time. We still have scope to squeeze another 10hp out of the engine if we want it but we have enough at the minute.

Thanks for the comments Mufasa. Glad you enjoyed it.
The job for the winter is to get a dog box fitted with slightly different ratios.
The Golf is 121mph at max power at the minute and I am told it is capable of 125-130mph before it hits an aerodynamic wall.
All the best
Simon

Hi Keith,
Roll on the vaccine!

All the best,
Simon

Hi Guys, I started racing in 2014 aged 50. Six years years down the track and never a podium finish. A fourth once but never a podium. So just like London buses everything arrived at once. 10th/11th October at Silverstone - Qualified on pole in the dry. Won race 1. Won race 2 and got the driver of t...

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It would be great to catch up with you at a race meeting Keith.
Stay safe.

I do hope it will be September Kev because that will be Snetterton and it’s a great track!

Testing, Tracing Apps, C19 Drug and finally a Vaccine! Bring them all on!

No change from my last message Tim.

I think you might be right about no racing Tim. No sporting organisation wants to get hammered by the media for being seen to be putting the public at risk.
I am guessing there might be some testing.

Hi Johnboy, I had a first hand example. The car was at Castle Combe on a practice day and on passing the start finish straight you want to go flat out but all the focus was on keeping the steering straight. The car seemed unstable and there was a massive effort to keep it straight. Back in the pits ...

We have the brakes sorted now after several iterations.
Good LSD and gear ratios.
Handling is absolutely key. I would rather be in a car that handles really well with 160bhp than one that is not well set up with 190bhp.

Hi Guys, I hope you are all staying well. The engine in Malcolm's golf has been improved. It was previously about 167bhp. It remains 1799cc so he has 49cc less than me and Dunc but his peak power at 7500rpm is now 198bhp - new cam, new carbs, new exhaust manifold and a lot of tuning experience and k...

Hi Ted, Really enjoyed watching you racing the Trofeo at Castle Combe on Saturday. Many congratulations. Great result. I hope you don't mind me parachuting in this video for the guys to see. https://youtu.be/LD8WaaYkhq8 The Trofeo was spitting out a bit of flame as a parting shot in this picture! Im...

Hi Tim,
The car is being brought up to standard by Tom as we speak.
Roll Bar, seat, belts, fuel tank, fire extinguisher and brakes.
Then we might see what it produces on the rolling road and take it from there.
I am keeping my focus on the Golf for now.
All the best,
Simon

Hi Guys, It was great to catch up with Tim and his dad, Keith and Kev. Had quite a few technical problems with the Golfs. Duncs car stuck in third during practice. Malcolms car had a problem with the clutch. When you depressed it the engine tried to shake itself out of its mounts. My car had the nea...

Well done Tim.
See you shortly.

Keith do you reckon you can get some audio for us from the commentary.
We want to put a sample club video together.

Brgds
Simon

Hi Keith,

Qualifying 09:25
Race 4 13:00
Race 11 16:40
As you come in to Cadwell we are in the grass paddock on the left.
See you tomorrow.

Brgds
Simon

Hi Mufasa, The car has put me in a different group and I need to learn fast. Improve race craft and adopt some mechanical sympathy. I end up shouting at myself watching the videos! You can see where I dropped the pace at times for no apparent reason. I felt for the red moggie. He kept his line which...

Thanks for the comments guys. Looking forward to Cadwell a week this Saturday. It’s just a Pre83 grid so less traffic to get through in the latter stages.

Hi Guys, Had a good time at Donington and great to see a good mix of Alfas. Screenshot 2019-08-26 at 12.31.13.png Screenshot 2019-08-26 at 12.32.18.png My Golf is capable of mixing it with the front runners now but I have to up my driving game and not make any silly mistakes if I want to get a podiu...

Excellent. Looking forward to seeing you Tim.

Thanks for putting the video up.
Very nicely done.
I have got to learn a good heal and toe technique like.
Brgds
Simon

Hi Guys, I finished fifth at the end of the second race. Details here: IMG_4406.jpg Last two race meetings are: Donnington Park 24th Aug Cadwell Park 7th Sept In general the guys are very good and make space if you are bearing down on them. The old hands even signal which side to pass. There are hal...

First Race was a washout due to a brake issue. Its a shame because it was my best grid position ever: https://youtu.be/qcOT1OdwDB8 Second race was from the back of the grid but shows the potential of the car to stick with the front runners: https://youtu.be/w0O5pz1y7_U Next jobs: Brake system upgrad...

Nice work in race 4 Bryan.

Brgds,
Simon

Practice went well!

https://youtu.be/zz5zGrJTNaA

Brgds
Simon

Good luck Bryan and enjoy yourself.

All the best,

Simon