Ardent Winter Series Round 6

After a few weeks from the last time I raced it was time for the Ardent Winter Series. Early start on Sunday morning as the clocks went forward losing me an hour of precious sleep!! Tim Ward and I set off to Ardent hoping for a good day! I am trying to use up my random compounds of RC4less tyres and use only CRC control tyres from now on so I put White rears on and Pink fronts for the first round of qualifying. Whites are super soft and normally used on outdoor tracks but they worked fine in here, won't last long though.

Went out for a few mins of practice to check the car was solid and had a bit of a mishap! The screws from the sensor plate on my Trinity D3 worked themselves loose. Only one remained when I looked at the car. With it being a weird size I couldn't get a replacement so I wedged some 4-40 counter sunk ones in there. Think it is time to invest in a new motor. Can anyone recommend me a very quick 10.5 motor that is good in boosted GT?

Car went reasonably well in the first round, set a solid 31 lap time. The track layout had remained the same as the last round and I only managed a 30 lap time there so a 1 lap improvement! Jason Butterfield was on another planet though. 2 laps quicker than the Mark, Chris Taylor and myself on 31 laps!

Second round of qualifying was a right off as I spun after overtaking a back marker who then hit my car bending a front axle. Got a new personal fastest lap of 11.19 though. 

Onto round three and I changed by to my trusty CRC Control Tyres as it was a bit too safe with the white rears on. Problem being is that the because of the change in temperature the carpet has expanded and lots of bumps were appearing. There also seemed to be a dramatic loss of steering that everyone suffered from so the car wasn't perfect but I improved my time and ended up 4th in the A Final. Good to see another good turn out, 22 GT drivers. 

First final went pretty well, a few bad crashes by other drivers meant I was second at one point but got caught by Mark Simpson so finished 3rd. Second final went to pot though, I made too many unforced mistakes and ended up 5ths. Overall result for the meeting was 4th which I am very happy with as the car showed it was competitive it was just my thumbs that threw it away! Congrats to Tim who won another C final on his second time out with the car, hes determined to get in the B Final next time! Roll of the next round in a couple of weeks. Here are a few pics of some other cars at the meetings and a video of the second final. 

Small Update to the car

Well time to update some the last remains original bits on the car. It started out as an original GENX10 but as I have show the majority is now LE parts. Decided to replace the rear bodypost/spring mounts up to the wider LE version. Also go the aluminium 1/2 standoffs to replace my tired plastic ones. Makes the rear much more solid.






You may notice that the motor is missing in those pics. At my last club night at chesterfield I went far too wide on a corner and smacked the barrier pretty hard, this killed the sensor board in my car. Unfortunately finding a sensor board for a 10.5 Trinity D3 in the UK is like finding rocking horse poop!! Fortunately I got one from the USA from Phils Hobby Shop. MASSIVE thanks to them and the USPS as it arrived here in 3 days!!!

Next race is on the 25th at Ardent Raceway Winter Series, can't wait!