Well I decided after the amount of fun had at round 5, despite the DNF, I just had to enter round 6 for some more fun. Talk about engine problems!!! In heat 1, just as the race started after the 4 min warm up, the Glow Plug gave out. How I managed to keep the little bugger running for 5.5 mins I don't know. Then after putting in a new plug for heat 2, we could not get top speed and she ran like a dog. Thanks to Tony Drabble having a play with the engine while I was marshalling, I ...
Updated 27-03-2012 at 10:07 PM by zadsoft
Well, over the last 8 weeks or so we have had plenty of running at Deerdale Park when the weather has permitted us too (and on occasion when it did not, lol). As this is my first intro to this kind of racing I have to say the car has behaved itself nicely and been alot of fun to drive. Deerdale is a very technical astro turf track with big jumps, tight corners and plenty to unbalance a car. But it is fun learning to fly. Once I started getting faster and more confident with the car ...
Updated 27-03-2012 at 10:02 PM by zadsoft
Richard, 21, from Beeston, grew up in a two-bed house with his parents, four brothers and one sister. The family struggled to ensure they had enough money to make sure they had everything they needed, and as he grew up, Richard’s childhood ambitions began to fade. As a child, I dreamed of becoming an electrician. But as I reached my teens, that idea began to fade and feel like I'd get nowhere because of my family’s lack of money. ...