鈥淟ast weekend saw Round 4 of the BTRDA Rallycross Championship at Blyton Park聽鈥撀爄t didn鈥檛 go as we planned!

鈥淭his was the first time I鈥檇 gone round the new layout at this circuit, so in practice I took it easy to gets to grip with it and to spot the potholes I鈥檇 been warned about.

鈥淩achy the Porsche was running well and sounded brilliant.

鈥淚n Heat 1, I started towards the back on a 10-car grid so there was a fair few of us. A good start, but didn鈥檛 quite get far enough forward and there was three of us fighting for the first corner.

鈥淚 managed to get in front of a fair few and kept it for a good lap and a half, then I lost power. I carried on until the race finished but didn鈥檛 have the power as normal.”

鈥淎nother weekend of racing. This time, we found ourselves at Blyton Park for round 5 of the BTRDA Rallycross Championship.

鈥淎way we went with practice. Unfortunately, due to no paramedic on site due to an accident, we had a little wait until we could go practice. Practice was going well but unfortunately a boost pipe came loose and we lost a fair bit of power. Luckily, it was an easy fix, and we were ready for heat 1.

鈥淗eat 1 started well; everyone was very close to each other at the start of the race. Coming up to the hairpin on the first lap, I had a little contact with another driver, meaning I ended up pointing the wrong way with my nose in the corner marker. I quickly got back on track and started catching them up again. With no further spins, I was catching up but was still struggling with the hairpin. With the time that was lost (due to no paramedic) in the morning the organisers decided to make the heats three laps long instead of four.

鈥淗eat 2 again started great. Everyone was close together. It was good, close racing. I was getting better at the hairpin but was still struggling compared the other drivers. Times between the two heats were getting better. My time was a full six seconds ahead.

鈥淯nfortunately, a lot of the other classes were having some trouble on track, a fair few cars had issues or had an accident and had to be towed off track. With this, a lot of time was used re-running races, and heat 3 got cancelled.

鈥淔or the final race, I was in sixth position on the grid so quite close to the back. I got a good start and got close to the front. We all seemed to reach the dirt hairpin at the same time and unfortunately some drivers got there before me. Going over the dirt hump at the other side of the track it had started to get really dusty and really hard to see. It was a guessing game as to where the track was. Really close racing happened throughout.

鈥淚n lap 5, it was another hard one to see on the dirt hump except this time I completely lost my bearing of where the track went and ended up going backwards of the side of the hump. I thought I might as well try and get out of the field and I did, easy peasy. Now it was a catch-up game. I was catching them up and with being able to see made that little bit easier. With not enough laps to go, unfortunately I was last.

鈥淥verall, I came third in class. Throughout the day, my times got better and being able to keep bringing 鈥楻achy鈥� the Porsche in with no damage was the best part of the day.

鈥淭he EBC Bluestuff brake pads are really showing their true colours 鈥� the braking we have from the very start is brill and couldn’t ask for better.

鈥淟ooking forward to the next round, just have a bit of a wait now.鈥�

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