Behind the Wheel with Jackie Stewart
Found this video from the 1980’s featuring Jackie Stewart talking about performance driving. Although a lot of the focus is on road safety –...
Author: richy
Montee Ballon d’Alsace (11th Aug 2019) – Preparation underway
My entry was accepted for the Montee Ballon d’Alsace, so there’s a lot of logistics happening behind the scenes to ensure I can get...
Fault diagnosis and back pain.
A couple of weeks ago I was making space in the garage, kind of like a reverse Jenga in which you take all the...
Bits and pieces for sale
Racing cars can cost a few bob, especially if you blow the engine up. To help raise funds I’m planning on selling a few...
So.. Zandvoort Classic 2019
Due to an unexpected extra day off in Luxembourg to celebrate Europe Day I managed to get everything loaded up on Thursday and ready...
Rust, Tea and Other Important Things
I’m heading off to Zandvoort shortly so this is just a quick post to another new and interesting Spitfire blog : https://rust-tea-and-things.blogspot.com/ It’s written...
Adding a cheap laptimer to the Spitfire race car.
For many years the Spitfire has been fitted with a Rollcenter T200 laptimer (pictured below). It works based on an infra-red timing beacon that...
Motorsport Rain Maps
Anybody who’s watched the F1 or MotoGP will know that the weather plays a significant role in determining the strategy (and the outcome) of...
Triumph Spitfire Differential rebuild
My Blackline LSD came and I was trying to sort out a way to get it fitted. However, most of the people who I...
Racing around the rules (video)
There’s some interesting discussion about interpreting the rules in this video from Historic Racing News. Enjoy 🙂