Glan Y Gors 7th August

This was a real eye opener for us.  Doing a race weekend elsewhere was really different to Llandow and an all round good experience.  We arrived late afternoon on Friday and were shocked to find very little place to park as the car parks were packed - This is never the case at Llandow even if you turn up 5 minutes until the race.

We set up camp and had a look around.

Everyone was so friendly and helpful and Saturday practice was very strict meaning Ethan only got a total of 1 hour track time.  By the end of the day at a very different track Ethan was about 3 seconds off front running pace. 

Race day on Sunday was also fun - we struggled with set up a bit only having had to do it at one track.  Ethan got bumped off track a few times by more confident yellow plates but he didnt let him bother him and got on with the job at hand. 

It was a full grid of 30 with reserves waiting patiently for their turn.  Ethan had not really driven in a full grid but again it didnt bother him. 

By the end of Sunday Ethan was two seconds away from the front runners and given more track time we believe he could have been alot quicker.  He found the devils elbow corner very difficult and struggled to find a good line through it all weekend - he could have made a second up here.  His Mychron was quoting a theoretical front running pace.  At the end of the day he finished 3rd place comer novice and whilst there wasnt a trophy for this we believe he made excellent progress.  Next race Llandow - 20th August.

Race van

We have been working on getting beds in our van - Here are a few pics of what we have done so far.

Llandow 24th July

Despite wanting to practice every weekend unfortunatley Llandow has had events on all weekend since the last race meeting so we havent been able to work on things.

We decided to practice both Friday and Saturday before the race on Sunday.  This meant by Sunday after working on set ups and driving lines we were able to take over a second off Ethans laptimes. 

All in all this was a fun weekend and although Ethan is still not as fast as his other novice friends he does enjoy every single second at the track (whether he is on it or not)  He finished 8th overall with much better laptimes than at previous races.  He is however dissapointed not to have had a novice trophy yet but Llandow does only have one novice trophy for the whole race meeting. 

Having now completed three races at Llandow we decided that it was time to travel further afield so the next job is to complete the van so we can all sleep in there and get travelling.  We have now compiled a calender of events for the rest of the year at lots of different tracks that we hope will help Ethan gain experience.  So our next race is on the 7th August at Glan Y Gors

Llandow 19th June

Ethans first race back after breaking his arm was a difficult one.  Ethan after having three months off found it difficult to get used to things - especially the fact that his other novice friends had progressed so much.

We also suffered set up problems which meant that in heat 1 Ethan spun off and threw the chain and in Heat 3 the kart simply stopped altogther.  It was a stressful weekend for us all and Ethan despite pushing hard was still way off the pace.

In the final Ethan finished 5th out of 8.  His times although still way down were better for him and considering this was only his second race we are pleased with the progress he made.  Next race is Llandow again in July.