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As part of our end of season, championship winning celebrations, we were asked to take the Dallara F398 to the local WEX Photographic store where they were holding an open day. Our car, along with some owls and birds of prey were on display outside the store, giving the WEX customers something to photograph to test out their new equipment, and also to give the less enthusiastic customers (mostly children!) something more exciting to do that talk about stutter speeds.

Despite the chilly weather, there was a steady flow of people, most of which wanted to know something about the car (or the owls), and wanting to have a go in it for a few minutes. Hopefully everyone got what they wanted, and we did our best to encourage everyone to sit in the car and have their photo taken – Epson were offering free A3 prints of any photo taken on the day to show off their amazing photo printers, and I think several people left with a photo of them in a racing car.

Laura, Andrew and I were on hand to keep the queues of people interested, and I think we put on a good show, although I think we’ve identified (in typically racing team style) how to do better next time!!

A highlight of the day was getting Stewart Fielder, Marketing and Sales Director of WEX Photographic, to sit in the car and pose for his photo. Hopefully he got that printed out nice and large to hang up in his home (or, more likely, his toilet!). Hopefully WEX will ask us back again for their next open day, and maybe we can make it more of a motorsport event somehow – multiple cars, paddock awning, more ‘interactive’ stuff, and perhaps photogenic stuff laid out. The possibilities are nearly endless!

For more photos of the car, click “continue reading” below.

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 29 November 2011 05:16

Recently found on Facebook, by a user called LentilSouper (known to be part of the Samier clan, and has the username Ibnm on the Monoposto Forum), is this video from Brands Hatch. It’s not very exciting, but it does show me winning, plus you can hear some of the commentary.

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Last Updated on Saturday, 18 June 2011 10:33

Our other driver, Tony Bishop, has bought the ex-Phil Moore/Nemesis Racing Dallara F304 for use in MSVR’s F3 Cup, which was formerly ClubF3 (and continues to be called that by most people). It needed a bit of work doing to it – the windscreen was broken, the reverse/neutral lockout cable had seized, the brake caliper seals were leaking etc – and it needed the setup reviewing as there were some very odd choices on the car to begin with.

I was asked by Tony to spend a morning driving the car, evaluating it’s condition, speed and setup. Below is a short video (the only video captured on the day, thanks to a dodgy battery terminal in our GoPro HD camera) showing me driving the Snetterton 300 circuit on Friday 10th June. My best lap was one or two laps after the camera stopped working, and I managed a 1m48.9. Not bad considering it was my first time in the car, the engine and ride height were considerably different, and I’d never driven a sequential racecar before.

Now, I have to say, I want one!

 

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Last Updated on Thursday, 16 June 2011 04:47

Two videos from Cadwell Park, onboard with me, using a GoPro HD camera mounted to the roll hoop. Data overlay is done with Trackvision software and our Racepak datalogger. Speed is captured via GPS, so it suffers from lag and occasionally over reads, particularly when I hit the brakes and speed keeps rising! Enjoy…

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Last Updated on Thursday, 16 June 2011 05:33

This is a short video of my pole position qualifying lap at Donington on Sunday 3rd April 2011. It is quite easily my best lap in a racing car, though it was far from perfect. Only Anglesey 2010, when I managed to muscle a misfiring car around like a go-kart to pole position comes close.  Do enjoy it.  And if anyone has videos or datalogging they want me to look at for my two-pennies worth of advice, then get in touch, I’ll be happy to help if I can.

 

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 April 2011 12:10

The new Snetterton 300Here is a short video showing a simulated lap of the new Snetterton 300 circuit, from trackside and driver’s eye view. This video is NOT made by me. The lap is generated using the rFactor simulation, one of the worst modern ‘simulators’ in the world. Hence the appaulingly unrealistic driving lines and speeds (flat through T1, but braking in the Bombhole).  However, it does show (as is its intention) the new layout. A fiddly bit that all looks the same (like Rockingham’s infield), and a rather interesting final corner – braking from high speed whilst turning and changing direction. Crashes ahoy!

Video after the break (hint: click READ MORE)

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 5 January 2011 05:08