Minirod at Lydden hill 19th Sept
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2020 9:20 am
Another outing in the minirod yesterday which was the long track championship (king of the hill). It was a drawn grid for the first race which was the championship race and I was started in 8th. This race went well with me still experimenting with tyre sizes but I finished 5th.
The second race I was going well and up amongst the front runners pack when someone decided my car was in the way and took me out quite hard ( apparently his brakes failed
) which put me into the tyre wall with quite a bit of damage. When I got into the pits I found the rear suspension arm at the top bent in 2 places along with a load of body damage ( rear bumper corner missing, drivers door caved in and front bumper ripped off. A couple of us steamed in and beat the arm straight ish and cable tied some of the front bumper back on and I went out for the last race.
In the last race the back wheel not being right didn’t seem to be hurting much and I finished quite well again ( I think it was 5th might have been 6th )
I forgot to take the GoPro so no film this time but here’s some pics of the car at the end of the day
The second race I was going well and up amongst the front runners pack when someone decided my car was in the way and took me out quite hard ( apparently his brakes failed
) which put me into the tyre wall with quite a bit of damage. When I got into the pits I found the rear suspension arm at the top bent in 2 places along with a load of body damage ( rear bumper corner missing, drivers door caved in and front bumper ripped off. A couple of us steamed in and beat the arm straight ish and cable tied some of the front bumper back on and I went out for the last race. In the last race the back wheel not being right didn’t seem to be hurting much and I finished quite well again ( I think it was 5th might have been 6th )
I forgot to take the GoPro so no film this time but here’s some pics of the car at the end of the day
