Double win at Oulton

Finally after two double rounds at Brands this year with a win and a second at each Luke managed to take two wins from two poles at Oulton Park.
The two races were on one day with qualifying in the morning so was going to be a busy day, the weather was very hot up to 30c so tyres were critical, we decided to use slicks for qualifying and race one and for race two we switched to standard grooved as they are narrower and less rubber contact which would help with top speed, it was so hot as soon as we let a pound of pressure out it went straight back up again which led us to go out with too low pressures so the car was moving around under cornering.
We never really came under any pressure from anyone and apart from a wheel banging with a Formula 2000 in race two which you can see in the video, it was quite straight forward lights to flag drive.
Many thanks to Uncle Barrie and Aunty Lorraine for making the trip to support Luke again, big thanks to Craig for doing the bbq and feeding us all and big thanks to Melissa, Luke had the best looking brolly girl on the grid!
Luke is now leading the 1600 championship with a healthy margin going into the next round at Silverstone on the 17th - 18th August on the GP circuit.
Click on the link below to watch race two.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTTDFUIcDFE

Ride onboard.......

Click on the link below to join Luke as he battles from the back of the grid to P14 in the 'Last chance race', check out the race conditions!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-7Cr_R_EjA

If you can't get a link copy and paste it into your browser.

Walter Hayes Trophy 2012.....

After a two days of testing Saturday got underway with qualifying in the morning and heat 1 for us in the afternoon. Qualified P12 and finished P11 in our heat which was more than enough to take us straight through to the 'Last chance' race before the semi-final, unfortunately we were disqualified from the race that evening so were relagated back down to last place (120th). Sunday morning we woke to torrential rain flooding the track in several places and causing our race to be delayed from 10.15 to 14.00, then the organisers had a days racing to cram into a couple of hours before dark. We lined up P37 for the 'Progression' race and to get throught to the 'Last chance' race had to finish in the top six, we knew this had to be done on the first couple of laps otherwise it was all over and we were going home, p20 after one lap, p10 after two laps and p5 after three laps then a big crash and a red flag on lap four just after we had our first off into the gravel putting us back down into p10! as the rules take a race finish from the previous lap we finished p3 and were through to the next race.
We started the last chance race again from p37 and for this one had to finish in the top 18 to get through to the semi's, (This race can be watched from the onboard camera on the link above) after another superb start we worked our way up to p14, the opposition was getting harder the further we moved forward.
We started the semi final again from last p35 and could only manage 20th after getting caught in battles along the way, we caught 19th and 18th place up but the race was cut short to 8 laps as opposed to 12, who knows if we could have made the finals? however, a very respectable 39th was our final position out of 120 in one day and in some of the worst driving conditions.

Eyes closed going through race start before semi final

Thank you to Dad and Mark for their help over the weekend, Louise for being my mum again and looking after me, Gavin Ray of Ray Race Cars for setting my car up properly, Ewen at Team AVIT Motorsport for building me a strong engine and finally a big thank you to Greame Finlayson and the rest of the Scottish lads that shared our pit garage and changed my head valves for me Saturday night.

Formula 3 test with T-Sport

Massive thanks to all at top British Formula 3 team T-Sport at Brackley for allowing Luke the chance to drive in their new F3 sim along with the team drivers in preparation for Donington Park this weekend, just need to get to grips with the extra downforce of an F3 car in the braking zone to get to the top of the time sheets......

Happy 18th Birthday!

Happy Birthday Luke and Alessia on your 18th birthday......

Ready for Silverstone WHT

Our engine has just been fully rebuilt by AVIT Motorsport of Doncaster and gave us pole and our first win at Cadwell straight away, now we're prepairing for the 'Walter Hayes Trophy' at Silverstone on the 3rd & 4th November. This event normally attracts around 150 entries from all over Europe and is one of the largest event's for Formula Ford's in the UK

Cadwell Park 1-2 Sept 2012 -- Our First WIN!!

Finally we got our first race win yesterday. It was a long time coming and although not a classic race finish, still fully deserved by Luke.