This was meant to be (part 2) of our suspension and handling piece, but we will have to put that on the back burner for a couple of weeks.

Reason being...WE ARE RACING THIS WEEKEND..Yay!!

After a difficult birth, we've now reached a point where we can get the car on-track and see if all the effort has been worthwhile. A big thankyou must go out to Andy and his team at the Farnborough VW Centre (01252 521152) for rewiring the whole car at such short notice and putting in some long hours on our behalf. We wouldn’t have made the race without them.

So the plan is pick the car up from GAC (vwracing.net) tonight, drive down to Llandow circuit in Wales for an afternoon shakedown tomorrow (Thursday 2nd July) to run the engine in, check the oil temperatures and pressures and generally make sure that everything works as it should.

The following day we are at Brands Hatch for a full days testing and then the race is this Sunday (5th July)

I would just say...Don’t expect too much from this race, as we haven’t had time to get it on a rolling road, plus we haven’t fitted a power pulley yet, so we could be 10-15bhp down on power. So this weekend is all about just finishing the race and keeping our eyes peeled for any ‘new car gremlins’ that may occur.

We will be in a better position at the next round at Mallory Park when the car is better sorted and after I’ve squeezed more track time under my belt.

So if you’re in the Kent area on Sunday, pop down and say hello....I’ll be the lanky bloke walking round the pits looking like he doesn’t know what he’s doing!!!

And if you can’t make it. Don’t worry...It’ll all be covered in next weeks blog!

Wish me luck!

Ian