It has finally arrived, the point on the race calendar you spend the season building up to…The Final!
After a long year the culmination of 9 F24 regional heats and 7 F24+ will come to a joint end at the ever popular Goodwood Motor Circuit. In many ways the home of Greenpower this historic venue is one not to be missed and one that excites me every time I return.
For me this marks the end of GDS Racing and sees M6 steered permanently into the hands of Camborne School, but its not something to look sadly upon. As this blog title says “As one door closes another door opens!” and that door is already wide open!
If you’ve followed this blog from the start you will have read about my plans for next season and I cannot wait to get out on the track in the new build, but more will be said about this in due course.
The focus this week is The Final and with that a few test ideas for next year. I’ve already said about the alteration to gearing in the previous blog (thanks again RLR) and I have a few other things to try out so were see how those pan out…
If you can make it along or just what to follow the race by BBKLive Timing or Cover It Live here is the layout of the day:
- 0730 - Teams arrive and sign in
- 0815 - Scrutineering opens
- 0900 - Team briefing 1
- 0930 - 1030 – Practice
- 1040 - Team briefing 2
- 1100 - 1230 - F24+ race
- 1300 - 1700 - F24 race
- 1730 - Prize giving
I am very proud to say we are the only Cornish entrant qualified for the F24+ final, which considering only requires attending 2 races is not a hard feat but one still only achieved by us. But this is not enough. Considering the previous pace at Castle Combe and the expected increase for this weekend the aim is to break into the top 15 of the 22 cars on track. This for me would see a very up and down season finally end heading in the right direction, hopefully not on the back of a recovery truck for once!
In the F24 race RLR are the highest seeded Cornish team in 16th with their rivals at Penair in 54th. I want to send a huge good luck to RLR and once again a thank you for their help, it’s a true testament to their professionalism and the links held by teams sporting the Cornish name!
So my parting note is this. The 2010/2011 season has been by far the best I’ve been involved in although its sad to know its coming to an end I know next year is going to blow this one off the track!
Watch This Space!!!
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