So here we are over a year since I last sat in a race car, where Brands Hatch saw the last round of the farce that was the Trofeo Abarth, and at last I am on the verge of racing again.
Motorsport has been my passion since I was tiny and this grew into an equally intense passion for my family and my Dad, Paul, inparticular. So it was really sad that last year’s events left me feeling negative and my Dad hated Motorsport for about ten months. However time is a healer and his enthusiasm is quickly returning.
We were left unsure of where to go in 2011 and we looked at many options with the team and eventually decided to have a year out, however in the meantime Lunar Racing have continued their excellent job of education through Motorsport and the students have been busy building a MkIV Golf which is eligible for the VW Cup. So I was thrilled to receive a phone call from Paul Kneeshaw last week saying “come on grab your helmet let’s go racing.” We will be using the last two rounds of 2011 as a test, with a view to competing in the full series in 2012.
Unfortunately the car will not be finished until early next week, and as I have had to take a full time job while not racing the first time I sit in the car will be for 20 minutes qualifying, so in at the deep end again. New car, new series, partly new track (donington) and a year out of a race car, so I guess the pressure is off for this weekend then.