DELAYED START TO THE SEASON (what happened)
Having collected “THE NEW CAR” from Holden Racing, and been out at a very cold Brands and silverstone for a few sessions behind the wheel, I began to look forward to the season ahead with regards to car prep. So, the car went to Moore Racing just before christmas to have the engine and gear box removed, this done, i collected an “empty” car, the box went to Drenth to be measured so the sequential could be fitted correctly, and the engine went to Grantura Engineering in Blackpool to be refreshed!!!
This is where it started to go wrong, Drenth, based in holland are a fantastic company, however, like all succesfull motorsport companys there is a bit of a delay around Jan/feb as everyone wants work done, I am told 75%of motorsport income for engineering companys is generated in the first three months of the year!!! Things were starting to get a little tight for time, the engine was back from Grantura, bright red paint job and looking great, we were still waiting for the sequential from Drenth, who also had our H pattern box. Eventually, the box returned from holland, the car was returned to moore and all looked good for testing prior to Cadwell. Just when we seemed to getting somewhere moore racing wrote off the Dodge Viper they run in testing at silverstone, this meant they unable to do any other work on our car.
The car went to Owen Developments of Oxford, to be run in on the rolling road and the ECU mapped, this took a little longer than expected. When finally finished “on the rollers” it was ready for setup and testing, however, moore were having issues with “the viper” and our car could not be seen…………… This resulted in missing Cadwell Park (rounds 1&2) but fingers crossed for snetterton (rounds 3& 4). Viper issues continued with moore and I began to wonder what was going on. To cut a long story a little short, I collected our unfinished car, and with a lot of help from some very kind people, left the next day for Snetterton with a car that was un tested and not totally ready. The theory being, use snett as a test, take it easy………
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