It finally happened - after months of prep we got some cars out there on the circuit! and had a brilliant rollercoaster day, filled with the classic mix of anticipation, excitement, disappointments and elation.
We got three cars onto the qualifying grid (there will be more next time hopefully at Brand Hatch as other builders finish their cars!)
But unquestionably the biggest result is that we actually had some bugs out there on the circuit mixing it up!
It was a day of thrills and spills (Literally!) and the best thing was seeing that the control tyre amongst other factors meant we saw very differently spec’d cars within a fraction of each other in lap times…Â
David Charltons frankly awesome 1600cc Forest Rally Spec IRS Beetle (Hastily tweaked for circuit racing) was spectacular to watch race - with 130bhp (way up the rev range!) it screamed like a banshee round the circuit!
It was strong in some places of the track (That straight cut IRS Gearbox and LSD proved handy!) but the larger capacity swing axle bugs, clawed back his advantages on other parts of the track, out torquing him up the hills!
This ultimately led to position swapping, nose-to-tail action on the track, and the drivers came out ‘pumped with adrenalin’ due to the fact that they were dog-fighting… BRILLANT!
We will post more photos and some video footage shortly… but in the mean time you can read a full race review here.Â
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