Today I was working for Track - club at Brands Hatch. We had customers trying out some of the cars and my job was to teach them to get the best from the cars (whilst also staying on the black stuff).
The weather was awfull - chucking it down with rain and very windy. Despite this everybody had a great day and the cars all came back in one piece.
Thursday, 31 January 2008
Sunday, 27 January 2008
Sunday 27th January - Alconbury
Today was 13 year old Patrick 'Patch' Mason's first time out in his Saxmax Racecar. Other than a bit of practice around his local supermarket carpark this was Patrick's first time driving a car.
Patrick's dad Edward has bought him Daniel Brown's frontrunning Momo liveried saxo which is extremely well prepared.
We covered all of the usual things for a first day in the car - Gearshift Practice, braking with the right foot, skid control and analysing the feedback from the car. Patrick took to it very quickly and we were doing heel and toe braking within half an hour - most Junior drivers take a day or two's training to get there!!
Now that Patrick has completed an airfield day he can start to drive at some circuits. We're going to silverstone on the national circuit this saturday. I'll try to get some pictures and video and post up here.
Patrick's dad Edward has bought him Daniel Brown's frontrunning Momo liveried saxo which is extremely well prepared.
We covered all of the usual things for a first day in the car - Gearshift Practice, braking with the right foot, skid control and analysing the feedback from the car. Patrick took to it very quickly and we were doing heel and toe braking within half an hour - most Junior drivers take a day or two's training to get there!!
Now that Patrick has completed an airfield day he can start to drive at some circuits. We're going to silverstone on the national circuit this saturday. I'll try to get some pictures and video and post up here.
Sat 26th Jan, Snetterton
Today I spent the day in this caterham. Jonathan who owns the car is a regular customer and this day was the first of a program of days to prepare for his first season of racing. This was Jonathans 2nd day in the car and first time at snet.
We had a slight scare when the throttle stuck open (twice) and I had to react quickly and turn the ignition off. This was traced to an incorrect bolt on the throttle pedal (installed by the previous owner) which we fixed and had no more drama's.
The weather stayed dry but is was very windy which made the high speed corum curve interesting! We had a good day and Jonathan was turning good fast and consistant laps in the afternoon.
Friday, 25 January 2008
Welcome To The Blog
New for 2008 Ben Elliott Racing Ltd will use this blog section in place of the 'Latest News' section on the website.
This section will be used for posting news of events Ben and Katie have been organising and also racing news with results.
Keep checking back for more but just for now here's a nice sideways Porsche Carrera GT for you. This pic was taken on one of our Airfield Training Days at Alconbury (cambs)
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