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Wed, 25 Jun 2008
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| Half way through another season already |
I have been meaning to do this for ages but time
seems to fly by so fast, since my last blog the
car has been finished hurrah, blasted round Snett
for a mornings testing then straight out of the
box I finish in the top ten twice which was
amazing. Im so pleased with it, it looks
fantastic and goes so much better now. I hope all
the hard work by my Dad and Brothers and Barry
was worth it when they saw how it went at
Snetterton, I just hope I can keep it up now and
bring in some better results. Anglesey and
Cadwell were good and bad, some fast lap times
but also some bad luck and a few steep lessons
learnt but the car is still looking good and
survived the carnage pretty well. All the rounds
have been brilliant fun so far, the BBQs and
drinking and socializing alongside the great
racing really make Mighty Minis a great fun
Championship to compete in. I have joined the
British Womens Racing Drivers Club as a full
member which I am very proud to be in, this means
I get to compete for their Trophies which are
based on points scored in your own Championship
Events. I cant believe its half way through the
season already but I still have my favourite two
circuits to come, Brands and Mallory which I cant
wait for. Next round is Rockingham which was my
bogey circuit last year so I will be hoping to
improve on that, then I have Oulton Park which Im
looking forward to because I had to miss it last
year and it looks like my type of circuit! :)
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Posted 15:20
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Mon, 21 Apr 2008
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| Sitting on the sidelines.... |
Unfortunately the car was not done for the first
round it still has so much work to be done, it
has been almost totally rebuilt it was a wreck
and the engine was knackered so it was work that
had to be done and now most of it has been done
but the process of putting it back together is
slow with everyone who helps me having heavy
workloads and racing cars of their own it is slow
going. Barry has put in loads of hours and my Dad
is still building my engine between his masses of
other work so it is starting to come together.
The painter has done a fantastic job it really
looks like a brand new car. Im still hopeful that
it will be finished in time for the second round
as I would hate to miss that too. I went to
Silverstone and watched Round 1 and the racing
was excellent it was really entertaining but I
was gutted I wasnt out there. I had some fun
having a photo shoot with the other girls, we
have 6 girls competing in the Mighty Minis this
year so I think we will be having a laugh and I
will have more competition for the Ladies
Championship.
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Posted 14:19
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Wed, 02 Apr 2008
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| first round no-go |
A week and a half from the first round and it is
looking sadly like the car is not going to be
ready in time, in fact nowhere near, as I write
this it is still at the bodyshop, we should be
picking it up tonight which is exciting I cant
wait to see it, but my new engine is not finished
and everything needs putting back together which
realistically cannot happen in time for
Silverstone. Im gutted, its not a good start to
the season missing the first round but the same
old problems Im up against time and money - not
enough of it!
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Posted 11:43
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Wed, 09 Jan 2008
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| Happy New Year |
Its been a long time since I updated my blog as
the past couple of months have been pretty
chaotic even without any racing. My first season
is now finished and I was really pleased that I
won the Ladies Championship. We've had two great
nights out at the BRSCC Awards and the Mighty
Mini Dinner and Awards where I was presented with
my Ladies Trophy. I am intending on continiuing
for another year in Mighty Minis in 2008
providing I have the continued support of my
sponsors without whom I couldnt race. The mini is
undergoing some serious repair work, it has the
engine and subframes out and is badly rotten
underneath so its having new panels welded in
here there and everywhere, poor Barry has been
spending many hours out in the cold workshop on
it. Once all the underneath work has been done
its having a whole new front end on it and my Dad
is building me a new engine, then its being
resprayed in the family trademark purple all
ready for the new season which starts on April
12th at Silverstone.
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Posted 07:04
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Tue, 11 Sep 2007
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 Brands good and bad |
Wow Brands Hatch is a fantastic circuit and my
car was back on song after having an engine once
over and a new set up, I couldnt afford to test
before I went so I was straight out on the
circuit first time for qualifying and it was
great I qualified in a much better 9th position,
I totally loved the circuit all the corners are
fast and mostly right handers and suit my skating
the arse out driving, I loved it. So with things
looking up I was really hoping to get a better
result this time but just my luck on the start I
missed 3rd gear which we put down to a last
minute seat and gearstick reposition, but that
was my race overwith really I was at the back
with everything to make up and everyone against
me, I was appalled at some of the driving
standards at the back of the field, all the boys
that I caught up ran me off the track, I dont
think the big egos could cope with being passed
by a girl so they resorted to dangerous blocking
and running me onto the grass at every
opportunity, I was pushed over the curb at the
top of paddock and sent flying down the steep
grass bank and by some miracle pulled it back and
kept it lit and got it back on the track but it
was a really dangerous move and I was lucky not
to have rolled over, I should have put a
complaint in really to the CoC but its not my
style to whinge, if they want to play dirty they
have picked on the wrong girl. I finished 17th
which was at least a few points but piss poor
really when my lap times in the race were 8th
fastest.
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Posted 15:52
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