Last round of the FSRA Championship. Without a doubt, this year has been character building! We’ve tried so hard to resolve the engine failure issues and thinking we’d fixed it for one final shot at the Scottish round was wishful thinking! There hasn’t been anything else we could of done to get this right. Ben, Helen, John, Wayne, Phil, Louisa, we have all put our total commitment and 100% efforts into the whole championship, the whole season and unfortunately, this round wasn’t going to be any different! Its an immense journey for everyone to get up to Knockhill, a first for the team and it really is a great circuit. Wayne had Ben had about 8 laps of testing on Friday, feeling like all was going well, engine was strong, not giving it full throttle as it was another fresh rebuild….. then suddenly, it gave up again. Absolutely gutted! The sudden vibrations through the handle bars meant that Wayne knew it was gone without any major damage but enough to finish the weekend. The problem has been relentless and we are pulling our hair out with it! We have a few more weeks to get some more advice and try anything else that’s suggested, but its not going save this weekend!
We would of liked one last crack at the Lord of Lydden title in October, but with the way things are going, its just not possible. Sadly, that’s the end of our season and we’re disappointed that it had to finish on another non finish.
We would like to thank all of our sponsors and supporters for sticking by us all season and for the many that have jumped in to help at every round. Huge thank you to Dorn Hill Farm Machinery for helping us get to Knockhill at the last minute, Boris and Marin Motorsport for the very kind and generous support, Jonny at Dirty Weekender Van Conversions for his unlimiting passion and support for the team… Still believing, we can do it!
For the marvellous job that the marshals and medics have done around Knockhill and all of the circuits we’ve attended this season, we’d like to take our hats off to you and thank you for the fantastic job you do keeping us racing as safely as possible. Pat and John, Jackie and all the others behind the scenes at the FSRA headquarters, thank you and lets move into 2023 with some great racing ahead.
On a somber note…….. R.I.P HRH Queen Elizabeth……… God Save Our King.
Knockhill, a cracking circuit and well run. Loved it.
Would also like to wish Helen Binns, at Knockhill, a very happy 60th birthday….. although it turned out to be a disappointing race meeting and a very expensive one after she lost her wallet and it was clearly found and not returned! Very cross about that! We did, however, have a lovely evening and enjoyed the laughs!
Onwards and upwards!