Front row all weekend but still result eludes us

February 2012 – PFI Winter series round3

Despite the snow, Sam was one of the pace setters throughout the weekend but still we failed to convert the pace to a result. Running as pole man for much of timed qualifying, Sam was just pipped on the last lap by Stephen Letts. Front row in the pre-final and the same second spot for the final is exactly where we need to be this year. We missed the pile up in mid grid which caused the red flag in the final, and after the restart Sam held 2nd spot for the first half of the race, just unable to match Lett’s pace. A charging Matt Davies demoted Sam to 3rd, but Sam held onto the back of him for a lap or two. Then disaster – a wheel touched the snow and Sam was facing the wrong direction. A furious Sam was unavailable for comment …

Full results here.

 

Fastest lap but no result

January 2012 – PFI Winter series round 2

Despite being the fastest out there on race day, first corner incidents rendered the weekend null and void and frustrated the team big time. Impacts from behind in both heat 1 and the Final both put Sam out of the running at the first corner, both times resulting in him chasing the pack from half a lap down. Achieving fastest lap in both of those races just goes to show we had the pace to challenge at the front, and we even finished a wet heat 2 very much on the pace in p3. We return to PFI again next week – only a win will do….

Full results here.

4th place at Shenington

January 2012

The weekend didn’t quite go according to plan but nevertheless 4th place is a respectable result. Despite dreadful mid grid starts in the heats (a dangerous place to be), a good qualifying performance saw us on the front row of the grid for the Final. A timing ‘faux pas’ meant we nearly missed the race completely!! As it happened, we got there just in the nick of time but somewhat rushed and out of breath. A poor start saw Sam drop 2 places to p4 on the first lap and the leaders got away. The charging Letts came through and Sam was able to work with Stephen using the aerodynamic tow to make up the gap behind Davies in p2. Unfortunately a backmarker came into play at just the wrong time for Sam which scuppered his attempt at claiming p3. So we had to settle for a 4th place trophy but generally pleased with the pace considering Shenington is not our best track. On the bright side, the new helmet was christened!

Paul Di Resta presents the most expensive number plate ever!

January 2012

At the Autosport International Motorsport show held in Birmingham’s NEC, Formula One’s latest British sensation Paul Di Resta presented the top 15 seeded drivers with their championship prizes. After a long period of no racing – Christmas, New Year and A level exams, it was great to meet up with racing friends again as we go into 2012 full of optimism. Sam collected his 10th place award from the Force India star who took a very similar route through karting and Super One. Congratulations to all the winners and good luck to those moving onto other things!

So the fight is on for 2012 Junior TKM National Championship. Watch this space …….

New Look for 2012 season

December 2011

To celebrate the seeded finishing position in Super One, Santa splashed out on a painted helmet design. Specialist SFX designs were commissioned to create this unique design based on our favorite features plus an iterative design input from Sam and Neil and of course, Steve at SFX.  There is lots of detail including the honeycomb effect. The orange stripe is a nod to the Litchfield Motorsport colours whilst a subtle ghosted union jack blends in without dominating the colour scheme.

The new  lid is based on an Arai SK6 and should hit the track at Shenington next week. Overalls remain as red X-Lights for 2012.