It?s been a few weeks since my last blog and things have been as busy as ever! We now approach the half way stage of the championship and despite one or two problems things have gone remarkably well to date and the whole team have done a fantastic job.
The next two rounds (11 & 12) take place at Rockingham next weekend and to prepare for this we tested there last Friday. Except for half a dozen shake down laps in a brand new Juno chassis, which the team had literally finished building at the track, last December in the wet I had not previously driven at Rockingham so we were inevitably going to play catch up against all those who had experience of the track and good data to rely on. But the team worked very hard on the day sorting out a couple of issues and I was very pleased that by the 5th and final session of the day, which was also a new tyre run, we were right on the pace so I am very much looking forward to the weekend.
I was back racing in a kart on Monday with my brother Jon and other Project One Karting Team personnel to participate in a fund raising event at Buckmore Park in memory of Henry Surtees who very sadly lost his life a year ago in a tragic accident. It was lovely to see his father John there who I have enormous respect for as one of the legendary greats of motorsport and it was great to be driving at Buckmore Park again. I have very fond memories of racing with Henry in cadets ten years ago at Buckmore when we actually used to have adjacent awning space in the paddock. Lots of famous names took part including Johnny Herbert, Barry McGuigan and Bradley Smith of 125cc Moto GP fame but the emphasis was very much on fun and raising funds for the Henry Surtees Foundation with the main beneficiary being the charity Headway which John and his family and friends have done fantastic work for over the last year. Bill Sisley and Buckmore Park also need to be commended for hosting such a terrific event. I?d love to see it run every year.
So next stop Rockingham! I?ll let you know how it goes!
Bye for now
Scott
