Unfortunatley I think that was something to do with me Grandad
he's always had a bit of an obsession with motor cars
motorbikes, anything with an engine really so it led on from there
then motor racing watching that as a kid and
then wanting to have a go myself
Formula One, when it was still good and touring cars basically
just gone an watch it
or sitting and watching it on the telly at his house, just a Sunday ritual
I think it's the feeling of speed much as I enjoy it yeah it's just a buzz, honestly is
Track days for me it was just a case of being able to vent
yeah it become addictive very quickly and the car that was started nice standard
gonna using it now and again it's gone full race car and there's not a lot
creature comforts left in it
Club VXR was just one of the Facebook pages
great little club, nice people on it to be fair, always a few bits and bobs for when
you're trying to figure out how to do something or someone needs your help
when your stuck doing the job nine times out of ten being vauxhall will have took it
apart in the past so someone's got an idea how to do it
I enjoy the culture I enjoy playing with cars it's just it's one that I've never
got bored of it's not phase. Because of cars we ended up speaking become friends
like we'll go out and do track days together or go out and just have weekends just have a bit of a laugh
I'd always had a bit of an itch to have a go on track
did my first track day and a week later I'd stripped the full car out
and it was no longer a nice place to be whilst on the road. Nothing compares to it
it's the most fun you can have with your pants on
essentially from the moment you pull out the pit its me head switches off and go into driving mode, enjoy meself
that's the weird thing, on track it doesn't feel that fast but each time you
trying to go quicker and quicker so you do have a feeling the speed about it
on track it just feels normal it's different worlds everyone wants
like people you wouldn't talk to in a million years will come start talking
about you car or anything, life in general. Just seems like there's no unfriendly
people in the pit so to speak. Not so much time but there's always a time
element each one I got a bit faster every time it's how I end up modifying
again because he gets that point where you reach the limit of certain components
or you upgrade or you'll change your set up a little bit. Most of the time is just not so
much racing on track with friends but you've got sorta like similar times and
your always trying to one up one another as much as they say it's not competitive it is.
you just go out an have a bit of a laugh
we've got the ultimate top-hat kit got direct route
intake, gearbox breather kit, got the adjustable lower arms.
I think it's just a case
of that I've modified it to make it do what I want to on track and don't get me wrong
I've got I can see why everyone modifies their cars for it's just that's the path that I've
chosen and I encourage others to do the same.
I want something that's like a
compromise of, you want it to handle well but you also want a little bit of get up and go at the
same time. Each has got their merits but if you're trying to find a nice equal
balance would be nice. As soon as you get out the car when you first got a fair enough
you set up it's just literally after you've done your sighting laps to come back
in and everyone starts faffing around with their cars running around trying
everything sorted to go back out and after everyones done the first laps
come in you got hot tires hot breaks people smiling like Cheshire cats
everywhere, so
No I quickly learned the shortfalls of me car. Brakes were terrible
handling was atrocious but I still had fun and this is another one where I had
friends there with me so I made myself faster by nearly
crushing many times trying to keep up with them around the track
yes it was a Honda, yes it was faster than me. An he wont let me forget that
you don't know how fast
well you don't know if you're pushing the limit till you get there so just
finding that limit and sitting on it. I dunno its undescribable for me it's just an elation almost - when you
make it out the other end of a corner and you think they probably shouldn't have got around there like a bit but
we've done it copies Cadwell first colorful start/finish straight here that
just right you and three figures go round incarnate amazing much the same an
engineering the job so it's something I've always had a bit for thinking I was
taking something apart is broken make it work again it's just a sense of
satisfaction for much of achieving getting that thing to work again for
sure I wiped my granddad taught me stock so I just make sure it's something white