CSMCC Round 6 Race Report

Something new for Knockhill! Reverse direction! Was really looking forward to learning a “new” track and hoping for some decent results!

Qualifying

P4! Sat in P2 for most of the session however was nudged down to 4th with seconds remaining. The setup on the car was spot on, Scott Mckenzie at Minimax Motorsport set the car perfectly! My teammate Hannah Chapman Racing pulled it out the bag and stuck it on pole!

Race 1

Having watched the previous races before us, starting on the outside was always going to be difficult with the run down into the hairpin. I just hoped for the best and thankfully stayed in 4th by the end of lap 1. A few laps later I made a move into the hairpin and was up to third and a mistake by Dom on the exits of clarks allowed me into 2nd. Now behind Hannah with the roles revered since the last round! Tried everything possible however she drove brilliant and we both held on to a Minimax Motorsport 1-2! Happy with 2nd and top newcomer and to get the result the team deserved!

Race 2

The plan? Run away with Hannah and make it another 1-2… however not all went to plan, everything was going well until the safety car came out. Restarts are defiantly something I need to work on… Hannah bolted off and left me in the dust and allowed Ian to make a move into the hairpin and I fell down to third. Determined to catch back up and a scrappy lap later contact forced me more than sideways on the exit of the hairpin, for a second I was going in normal direction on the reverse layout! I fell down to 5th and managed to fight back up to third however, again contact at the hairpin made me finish in the race in fourth but after post-race penalties I was moved into third! Result! Top newcomer again!

Race 3

Starting 3rd another podium would be the icing on the cake. Compared to the other 2 races on the race it was quite tame and spent the whole race in 3rd. 2nd in the newcomers just behind Mark.

Overall, a fantastic weekend! 5 out of 6 trophies and nearly a clean sweep of the newcomers! I have now moved into 2nd in the newcomer’s championship and made some ground on the overall championship! A congratulations has to go to Hannah for taken two wins in the first two races!

Without the help from Minimax Motorsport this wouldn’t be possible! A big thanks goes to the work they do with the car between the races and getting the car setup allowing me to push it to limits!

Thanks again to the marshals! without them we wouldn’t be able to race, I hope we made your life easy!

A huge thanks to Allan and Angela at AP Autocentre as always because this would not be possible without them! Really glad I could get 3 podiums as thank you for all the work they do for me!

Photos by CMC-Images and Peter Lawrie