AROCA Winton Nov 2016
Two weekends in a row at Winton Raceway, this time for our own club track day with supersprints and racing. The day turned out to be quite warm, well into the 30s which provided some challenges. We had a strong field of 13 starters in the racing, which was fantastic. I had some good competition in every race, especially from Adriano (car #91) who was not giving an inch and I was unable to get in front in either of race 2 or 3. I...
Veloce Racing Winton Nov 2016
The Veloce Racing Association is based primarily in NSW, and runs a great all-Alfa series including the famous East Coast Challenge run across Victoria, NSW, and Queensland. I missed last year’s Winton round of the ECC due to other commitments, but couldn’t miss it this year despite it being so close to our own Alfa Racing round the following weekend. Neil Choi and I took our cars up to represent Victoria against the...
AROCA Broadford August 2016
I approached this event with a bit of trepidation as the weather forecast was for very cold and a lot of rain. Turns out the day was cold but dry in the morning at least, and we got some good runs in. We had a fuel pump failure, but luckily had a spare and some help from Pasquale of Maranello Pur Sang got it replaced quickly. I was really pleased with my best time for the day at 1:10.99, the Sud is clearly well suited to Broadford....
Welcome Mito QV
We acquired this 2013 Mito QV from a mate who was heading overseas. It’s a fun little car, with the 1.4 Multiair turbo motor giving it a nice muscular feeling especially around town. Looking forward to doing some club runs in the car, it’s already taken us away for a couple of nice weekends in the hills.
1750 GTV – June 2016
Milestone! The engine is together, with all the shiny water-blasted alloy parts. Fresh bearings, rings, timing chains, water pump, oil pump, gasket set, all supplied by EB Spares. Now to look for a gearbox…
Buy a T-Shirt!
I made a handful of t-shirt designs which you can buy from RedBubble online. Click on the image to look at the selection.
