I have made it back from my epic road trip around New Zealand.
It was a truly awesome trip. 4,807km, 15 days, 4 track days, stopped in at another 2 tracks on the way to watch other racing.
After racing on all the tracks, I would say that Ruapuna was my favourite to race at, because it suited my car the best, but Highlands was the one that I was most looking forward to, just because it is such an amazing track.
My car went almost perfectly, snapped a throttle spring at Highlands (I run dual throttle springs for just such a event)
Cracked my alternator front housing at Levels, duct tape and cable ties couldn't quite fix it but I got a new one out on a sub 60 courier and was up and racing for the afternoon sessions.
I also broke my steering wheel on the last session at Ruapuna, lucky it was the last track. With no power steering, my arms were killing me by the end of the track days.
But other than those small problems the car went really well, not bad for a 43 year old car.
Some lap times for the last 2 track days.
Timaru (Levels)
Ruapuna
And some videos of the final two tracks
Timaru (Levels)
Ruapuna
It was a truly awesome trip. 4,807km, 15 days, 4 track days, stopped in at another 2 tracks on the way to watch other racing.
After racing on all the tracks, I would say that Ruapuna was my favourite to race at, because it suited my car the best, but Highlands was the one that I was most looking forward to, just because it is such an amazing track.
My car went almost perfectly, snapped a throttle spring at Highlands (I run dual throttle springs for just such a event)
Cracked my alternator front housing at Levels, duct tape and cable ties couldn't quite fix it but I got a new one out on a sub 60 courier and was up and racing for the afternoon sessions.
I also broke my steering wheel on the last session at Ruapuna, lucky it was the last track. With no power steering, my arms were killing me by the end of the track days.
But other than those small problems the car went really well, not bad for a 43 year old car.
Some lap times for the last 2 track days.
Timaru (Levels)
Ruapuna
And some videos of the final two tracks
Timaru (Levels)
Ruapuna
