Report on the Sunday racing at West Kent for me was yet again major improvement.
Firstly, Shinytopman who is without doubt the most kind hearted of them all as far as helping along a newbie, trued a set of tyres for me... First it looks like you have a set of fronts on the back, haha, but the handling I found quite strange. Made th car so responsive and gave the feel of way more sensitivity from the stick (steering) which I initially thought was a negative. But actually, the car was more grippy and allowed the change of direction to be far less of an ordeal and gave me a a small sniff of qualifying for an A final... Heady hieghts for a guy like me at what was a very busy West Kent.
I will definitely be investing in a truer over the next few weeks to come...
Secondly, a great tip for the front of the McLaren body which I have yet to read about which Shinytopman helped me with, was padding out the nose of the McLaren shell to stop it flexing on the corners due to the SSGT posts that make the front end flex and flick the carpet on cornering.
Made yet again more performance gains, adding to a fabulous race meeting. I'll be off to Maritime Thursday to get in some valuable practice and hope to make more gains and sniff an A final (yeh right!!)
In the end, I finished second in the B Final at WKRCC literally missing out by a win by four feet. I had fest places card marked, if it wasn't for a slightly over zealous push which cost me it would have topped one of my most enjoyable meets.
If like me you turn up and see millions of people with huge tables, 8 chargers, pitt lights, surgical gloves, team race wear and a stable of cars, fear not... Small stationary boxes, car, charger and a few tools deliver what is four hours of total fun for a cost of £4, stop it... I concur the best things in life (after investment) are for free (well four quid!!)
Best Wishes
Stu
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