Tag: Twinspark Racing

Leonard shares the story of Race Day 2 at the recent State of Art Grand Prix Classic. Went pretty well for us! Pics in this update by Soledad Cordova, Daan Stolk and Eric van Der Schaaf.

Day two saw two races: one dry and one going from wet to dry.

The morning session started with Gerd leaving the grid before the start with what he thought was a clutch problem due to the now fixed oil leakage from the pump. Rather, it turned out he had broken the left drive flange clean off the gearbox!

I had a lightning start for a change and tore the green RSR right to the 8.000 rev limit in first to clench 2nd position in the first turn, gaining a spot. The LONG gearbox I  use allows for advantage at the start on a short [...]

Had an answerphone message from Leonard on Friday. He was very excited about the upcoming State of Art Grand Prix Classic at Zandvoort, and our continued assault on the Techno Challenge for Historic GT and Touring Cars.

Leonard was leading the championship, so this was an important weekend. “We need to keep within a sniff of the podium, and there are a couple of cars that we’ll have to try to keep behind us if we want to retain first position. This weekend will be the first time I have raced with the Hulk on slicks, so how much faster will it make it?”

Good questions, and when the flag dropped for Race 1 on Saturday, our man had similarly good answers.  In the end of race 1, he finished 4th, with a top speed just 2mph behind [...]

I’ve got some details to share with you on Spa lodgings.

Our 2011 Spa track day is the 10th of October, so we’ll be staying over on the 9th. Some people are staying at the Val d’Ambleve in Stavelot: quite a nice hotel with a price to match.

Last time we did this, the biggest group of us stayed at the Beau-Site in Hockai, about 5 kms from the track, and it was fine. Big restaurant and decent beer, clean and tidy rooms and about €40 a head for the night per person sharing, including a simple breakfast. I’ll be doing that again.

So [...]