Now host to the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships Morgan Park provides everything a driver looks for in a racetrack, plenty of overtaking opportunity, slow and fast sections and plenty of run off when you do make an error.
Having just had my car fixed in time from my crash at Lakeside a couple of weeks earlier it was looking a bit all over the shop. 4 different colours, a borrowed steering rack and broken RPM readout on my dash I had managed to turn my once good looking Formula Ford into a bit of a pig.
Given I did manage to hop out onto the track for my first time and spin my car in the only practice session I had - on my first lap, probably wasn't the smartest idea, as by the time qualifying came around I had no idea what I was doing. I managed to qualify 19th (2nd last), by the end of the weekend I'd end up 13th (or 10th) of the eligable cars in my championship.
It was a massive learning experience, I had to throw out everything I knew about driving a road car, but I knew where and why I was slow and made sure I concentrated on these area's. The biggest thing letting me down was speed, crashing again scared me, not for getting hurt but simply because I couldn't afford to fix my car again. As time went on I worked slowly on throwing this out of my mind and only now is it starting to pay dividens.
Stay Quick.
Can hardly wait until you try and describe the full on racing and carnage at the last lakeside race .. Jh;)
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