We’re 2 races into the 2013 season and so far, it’s going brilliantly with runner-up and a win under our belts!
 
Our first outing was over the Easter weekend at Santa Pod when the temperatures never rose above 38 degrees and combined with a freezing Northerly wind it made the whole event an endurance battle.
 
The outlook before the event wasn’t looking promising. Santa Pod had just been resurfaced, but awful weather for the following 4 weeks hampered any attempts to prep it to any decent standard, so we were not really looking forward to running on such a slick, untried track. However, the track crew really managed to turn it around and our performances did not suffer – in fact we ran a new personal best of 7.61s @ 174 mph. The freaky weather conditions gave us a Density Altitude of -900 ft which made up for the freezing conditions, although it was a constant battle keeping the motor warm.
 
We qualified 2nd in our 32 car field and worked our way to the final where our opponent ran a perfect 0.000 reaction time. Hard to beat that one, but a good start to the season anyway.
 
Our 2nd event was at Shakespeare County Raceway in Stratford upon Avon over the first weekend in May. Here there were only 16 cars in our class but at least we had better weather throughout the race. We again qualified in 2nd place and again made it to the final but this time we won! The car worked great and ran consistently on the dial in all through eliminations.
 
These results put us firmly in the lead in the National points championship. Our next race is the International Main Event at Santa Pod in a couple of weeks. There are already 46 cars entered in our class so it’s going to be another long battle, but we will be prepared.