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Hello again and welcome to my first blog of the 2010 season. After a great first season in British Formula Ford in 2009 where I comfortably won the Scholarship class and finished 6th Overall we decided it would be best for me to stick around in 2010 and race for the Overall Championship crown. The next decision was choosing a team, a decision that was not taken lightly. After months of head scratching we felt that a second year with the Kevin Mills Racing squad was my best option. After my recent visit to Australia to meet the Spectrum Manufacturer Borland Racing Developments I’m sure we have made the right decision. With a new car in 2010 the Spectrum 012, I believe I will have a car to match the Mygale and hopefully carry me to many wins along the way, if not the title.

It was decided my best option for some pre-season testing was to fly to Australia and get some warm weather mileage under my belt with the new Dunlop tyre. I did five days while I was there at three different tracks and there was no shortage of laps. With only a few cars, if any at times on track I had no distractions as we put new development parts to the test. I was very impressed with the Borland team and their desire to win in 2010. Their commitment to me and to winning is a key reason why I wanted to stay at Kevin Mills. The Dunlop tyre was better than I expected, not that I was expecting it to be bad, it was just very impressive whether new or old. With lap times considerably more consistent than the outgoing Avon.

Its difficult to judge our performance in Australia, the only data we had was from a year earlier on the Avon tire and we were faster at every track. But until we get to Oulton Park for the first race of the season we won’t know how good any team really is. But I am confident in the way the car reacted to the tire that we will have a stronger car than in 2009 which is very encouraging. I feel very motivated for the coming season and I believe as always it will be a very closely fought affair.

For now though I have a Dinner Suit to buy as on Saturday I have the BRSCC awards evening where I will collect my Scholarship trophy. Something I have been waiting a while to get my hands on, I hope this time next year I will be preparing to collect  the Championship trophy.

I look forward to bringing you updated blogs throughout the season and if you happen to be at any Ford meetings this year please come say hello. The first round of the season will take place at Oulton Park over the Easter Weekend. I hope to see you there.

Hello everyone and welcome to my final blog of the 2009 season. It has been a great year for me and one I have thoroughly enjoyed. 2009 was my first season of car racing and it has been a steep learning curve. Karting was all I had ever known so this season was always going to be a challenge. British Formula Ford is a great championship which always attracts young talent from all over the world, this year was no different. However after the first round of the season I already felt very much at home and I had some great results in the first half of the season. A podium in my first ever car race was more than anyone expected of me, and pole at only my second attempt at Rockingham a few weeks later really signaled my arrival on the Ford scene. I had 13 consecutive top 6 finishes this season which helped me to cement a top ten position in the overall championship. I also won the scholarship championship taking 18 wins from 23 starts which is nothing short of dominant. Thanks to my British success I was given the chance to race 3 meetings in Germany for Austrian team Neuhauser Racing in the Formel ADAC championship and this provided me valuable experience into slicks and wings single seater racing. The team were nothing short of fantastic and gave me a very competitive car. The results were not what I had hoped for but with such limited track time I was always on the back foot. It was difficult going from a car with down force one week to Formula Ford the next, the too were just too different. However taking fastest lap at the Sachsenring was a highlight not to mention seizing what may be my only opportunity to race the fantastic Nurburgring GP Circuit. A big thank you to both Kevin Mills and Neuahuser Racing for all there hard work this season and I really enjoyed the experience. 

Having just returned from a weeks holiday in Tenerife I feel re-juvinated and more importantly slightly tanned and ready for the 2010 season. Plans for next year are well underway but nothing is yet set in stone, the biggest issue for me now is to find the sponsorship I need to continue my racing not only next year but in years to come. I hope you have enjoyed reading my blog as much as I have enjoyed writing it and wish you all the best for the New Year.

Hello everyone and welcome to my latest blog. It has been a few weeks since my last post and much has happened since then. With only one round now remaining in both the British Formula Ford Championship and the Formel ADAC Masters series the year is almost over. It has been a superb rookie season for me so far and one which I hope you have enjoyed reading about. As I missed the latest round of British Formula Ford at Brands Hatch in order to contest Formel ADAC at Sachsenring the Ford Championship is now looking very close. I am currently 5th overall with my Kevin Mills Racing team mate Daniel Erickson only a few points behind in 6th. It will all come down to the final round at Castle Combe on the 3rd of October and after recent testing form I’m sure I can finish the season strongly. Despite missing the last round I have attained enough points to be the Scholarship class victor which is a great reward for the efforts of myself and team throughout the year. I just hope now I can put in a good performance at Combe to finish the season in 5th place overall which would be a fantastic achievement for my first season of car racing, especially with such strong competition in British Formula Ford.

Whilst my Kevin Mills Racing team mates were at Brands Hatch over the weekend I was a few hundred miles away at the Sachsenring (Germany) preparing for my second taste of ADAC Masters. Having never seen the circuit before Friday testing I had just 40 minutes to get myself up to speed. Sachsenring is a brilliant venue and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience of this high speed circuit. The opening part of the lap is very technical with some slow and medium speed corners. It is easy to lose a lot of time here and it took me the whole weekend to get fully on top of this sector.  The circuit then opens up in to a series of very fast left hand corners which are taken flat out in my ADAC car. It took me a few laps to build up the confidence not to lift through this section but the data showed it could be done and therefore it must be done. In qualifying I was 0.5 seconds off the ultimate pace and this left me down in 7th on the grid and 8th in race 2. I just couldn’t extract those final few tenths quick enough to pose a threat in qualifying but I was getting faster each and every lap.

In the first race I started 7th and after an unfortunate spin at the first corner due to a nudge from behind I was left in last place. I was determined not to stay there though and I set about quickly catching the field. 10 seconds down on lap 1 I took advantage of the clear track ahead of me to post some competitive lap times and caught the pack to eventually finish 8th. A Disappointing result but we showed good pace for Sunday’s second race and I was confident of a good result. Starting from 8th I managed to survive the first lap and held position. After being held up for the first few laps I managed to eventually pass 7th place man Christian Wangard and set about catching 6th. The first few laps had left me 4 seconds behind the leaders but it wasn’t over yet. I quickly began to take time out of the cars ahead of me posting new fastest laps on the way and caught up with 5 laps to go. I moved up into 6th before passing Adrian Campfield, Saturday’s race winner and fellow Brit for 5th. This is where I would stay for the final 2 laps coming within a few tenths of 3rd position.

It was a great weekend and I was happy to come away with 5th and a fastest lap. I couldn’t help thinking things would of been different had I of had the chance to test but unfortunately there was just no possibility. I think I did a good job considering the lack of time I had to improve and coming away with 3 of the 4 fastest laps of the race fills me with confidence for the final round of the series at Oschersleben in October. I look forward to reporting on my final 2 races of the season in both Formula Ford and ADAC Masters which I hope will be a fantastic end to a so far fantastic rookie season.

Cheers

Dan Cammish

Hello everyone and welcome to my latest blog. It has been a couple of weeks since my last blog so I felt it was time to fill you in on what has been happening lately. My last race was at Donington Park two weeks ago and it was the first time all season that I have really struggled with the car.

Qualifying was my worst of the season giving me two eighth place starts. I was only two tenths from being in the top three but as usual in Ford the grid is so close. My team mate Daniel Erickson did an excellent job to take a double pole position.

In race 1 Erickson headed off into the distance whilst I calmly drove my way up to fourth place and the Scholarship victory.  Alex Jones was also on the podium in third which meant Kevin Mills Racing had all three drivers on the podium. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed to not win the first race of the season for KMR but I was still having a good season, having taken pole in only my second ever qualifying at Rockingham and still running fourth in the overall championship.

Race 2 saw me start eighth once again and I made a poor start and dropped down a few places. I was back up to seventh with a few laps to go but when Jamun’s Patrick Mckenna span on the way out of Old Hall hairpin I had to take to the wet grass to avoid him. I almost caught the spin but at such speed on the wet grass I had no chance and did a full 360!  Luckily I had spun back onto the track so I grabbed second gear and dropped the clutch to get myself going again. I only lost one place in the melee but it was to Fabio Gamberini who was also in the Scholarship class. I caught him quickly over the next lap but it was all too late, I had lost for the first time in the Scholarship class.

Race 3 saw the first wet race of the season for Formula Ford. Starting eighth once again I made an excellent start and was up as far as fourth at turn 1 but I was a little tentative and was swallowed up by Chris Palmer and Josh Hill. This was my first wet race and I was doing ok, we had good pace but it was just too difficult to pass especially with my lack of experience. I was later passed by my far more experienced team mate and I finished eighth once again with the Scholarship victory.

All things considered this was far from my greatest weekend. I struggled all weekend for outright pace, the nature of the track really helped the more experienced drivers who had mastered the traditional Formula Ford slide. I’m sure I will get my championship back on track at Silverstone in two weeks time where I will be pushing harder than ever for that first victory.

Formula Ford is no longer my only focus for the 2009 season however. I have recently signed to race for Austrian based team Neuhauser Racing in the ADAC Formel Masters championship. I tested at Eurospeedway Lausitz around a month ago and last week had my latest test ahead of the Nurburgring race in which I will be competing. The test was held at the Nurburgring circuit using the shortened Grand Prix track and it went very well indeed. For the first time I tested alongside team mate Dominik Baumann and we were both quick enough to feature right at the top of the time sheets. I found the circuit to be a great challenge and a joy to drive. There’s a definite atmosphere about the place and I couldn’t help but enjoy myself. I posted the fastest time of the afternoon just a few hundredths shy of the quickest lap of the day set in the cooler morning session. Many other drivers were also present including championship leader Daniel Abt.

The race will take place on the 22nd of August and we will be supporting the ADAC 1000km for the weekend. This is one of the biggest events in Germany and will be a great experience once which I look forward to telling you all about.

Cheers
Dan Cammish

Hello everyone and welcome to my second blog of the week, this one all about my recent visit to Germany for a test at the Eurospeedway Lausitz in Formel ADAC.

On the Monday night after Snetterton I travelled down to Stanstead in order to stay in the Holiday Inn Express. My flight was at 6.25am Tuesday morning and would mean a very early start if I was to drive down from Leeds so it was easier to stay over. On arrival at Berlin airport we picked up the hire car – A Volkswagen Golf, very smart I must add, it would later be put through its paces. The track was 70 miles from the airport straight down the A13 motorway. Not fully understanding the speed limits we wait to be passed by a big BMW or Mercedes doing some silly speed before we get our foot down.

The Eurospeedway is a brilliant track. Very similar to that of Rockingham, just with a much better infield section and atmosphere. I would be testing for Neuhauser Racing, an Austrian race team who had competed at the track that very weekend so it made sense for the test to be here. The car itself is very smart indeed and a definite step up from the tubular Formula Ford I was driving. The car featured a Carbon Fibre tub, sequential gearbox and front and rear wings. The engine is from Volkswagen, and is a lot slower than what I am used to with the Ford. But the brakes and downforce mean the corning speeds are much higher and the car handles brilliantly. The sequential gearbox and the grip make the car very easy to drive. The time is really gained on the brakes and also keeping up the rolling speed. With the lack of power it is important you carry as much mid-corner speed as possible.

The team also run in German Formula 3 and have a brilliant setup. Hannes Neihuaser oversees the ADAC operation. Despite his young age he has a lot of experience, having raced in both the F3 Euroseries and Porsche Supercup.

We spent much of Tuesday setting up the car to my liking, making a seat and adjusting all the pedals. We then walked the track to see the lines and get a general feel for the place. The track looked like a good challenge with some wide open corners meaning various different lines could be used.

Wednesday morning rolled around and we were on track at 9am. We had time for a quick few laps in a road car to see the track at speed. We opted that the best vehicle would be the hired Golf and Hannes was at the wheel. A few slow laps at first before being passed by a Seat Cupra. Things got a lot quicker from here, in England they are very strict on the speed of the cars when doing these sort of things. If anything the marshals were cheering us on, lots of tyre squeal ensued and we almost visited the gravel at turn 2 but still all good fun.

I was rather nervous I have to admit. I had only competed in four car races in my life, yet here I was being strapped into a totally different car with a different team and surroundings. Not to mention I was here after being invited, I was feeling the pressure to perform. Left foot braking was a must in these cars, something I had left behind in Karting and the gearbox was also new to me. It took me about a lap to figure the car out, the gearbox was very simple, pull back on the stick when you hit the limiter going up, and blip the throttle going down. Straight out of the pits I could feel the difference in the grip to what I was used to. The car doesn’t slide around underneath you like the Ford and just wants to be driven deeper and deeper into the corner, using the downforce to pull you round.

It was a great experience and by the end of the day I posted a very good time on my new tyre run. Hannes seemed very pleased with my performance, and despite my lack of experience with the car by the end we were testing setups and wing angles for his own knowledge.

So that was Germany, thank you to Hannes for the opportunity and also to my Uncle, Phil who accompanied me on my trip. He has spent the last seven years following me all over Europe Karting and he continues to do so now in cars, for that I say a big thank you.

Will I be racing it?…I will let you know.

Cheers
Dan

Hello everyone and welcome to my fourth blog for the Motors TV website. In the last two weeks I have been very busy racing at Snetterton for Round four of the Formula Ford Championship and visiting the Eurospeedway Lausitz, Germany, for my first taste of slicks and wings action testing Formel ADAC. It has been a great fortnight and I have enjoyed every minute of it, however it has certainly taken its toll on the body and I am glad that today I can finally rest.
Round four of the Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain took place at Snetterton and once again all three races and qualifying were run in the dry. The weather was up and down all weekend, with a severe rain storm Friday afternoon but it soon dried up for our final practice so I was feeling confident for qualifying after setting some decent times in practice. My team mates Dan Erickson and Alex Jones also looked in good shape and it was clear the grid would be close.
Qualifying here was always going to be difficult, with such a long straight it was clear to get a good time you would need a tow. I teamed up with Erickson for qualifying and we practiced towing then rolling over at the end of the long straight to allow the other through. The hardest part of this was making sure you did your best lap when you were being towed, or it would be useless. I managed to get the job done, qualifying 3rd and 2nd for races one and two with Erickson 4th and 3rd. A good effort all round with Alex back in 8th.
Race one came Saturday afternoon and was run in dry, sunny conditions. Starting from 3rd I finally managed to get a good start and held station into turn 1. Ahead was American Josef Newgarden and Jamun’s James Cole. We quickly began to drive away from 4th place man Erickson and settled into the race. A brief safety car period closed the grid back up but on the re-start once again we made the break. Newgarden passed Cole and began to pull away, I was being held up by Cole but couldn’t find a way past with yellow flags waving at my only possible option. In the end I tried a bold move into turn 1 on the final lap and span myself into the field on the outside. Quickly selected 1st and dumped the clutch to restart the motor I recovered to 6th. I wont be trying anything like that from now on, after all I was going to finish 3rd not exactly bad for my Rookie year. Still better to have tried than never have had a go.
Race two was way more difficult. Sunday morning was much cooler and my Spectrum chassis really struggled to get tyre temperature in the first few laps. I dropped down as far as 6th from 2nd in the opening laps but managed to regroup my efforts and battled back through to 4th to finish behind Irishman Patrick Mckenna. It was becoming clear this track really favored the French Mygale Chassis with the Van Diemen’s also struggling for pace.
Race three was no easier than the last. Starting 5th on the grid I quickly got detached from the top four as once again I struggled with the car on the first few laps. I managed to gap 6th place for almost the entire race. However eventually Garry Findlay’s Van Diemen was breathing down my neck. Helped by the slipstream effect down the back straight he had slowly caught me lap after lap and got passed into turn 1. I would finish 6th, not my greatest effort. But still scoring consistently. I have now finished every race of the season in the top six and won every time out in the Scholarship Class. This really shows the consistency of myself and the team, however we really need to work hard now to improve the car if we are going to challenge for that first win.
So that was Snetterton, three races in the top six and three Scholarship wins. I now look forward to Donington Park in two weeks time where I hope we can get that first win.
Cheers
Dan Cammish

Hello again and welcome to my third blog for Motors TV. Two weeks after my last race at Rockingham near Corby I travelled to the Knockhill circuit in Fife, Scotland for rounds 7,8 & 9 of the 2009 MSA British Formula Ford Championship.

Qualifying didn’t go exactly to plan and it left me down in seventh on the grid. One tenth of a second separated the top seven though and it would remain this close all weekend. The nature of the track kept the grid so close and this meant for some very exciting racing. Qualifying was decided mainly by who got traffic and who didn’t. With twenty two cars on a fifty one second lap there wasn’t much space to find a rhythm and get the job done, my 4th or 5th lap was going to be my best and for sure it would have been pole but I caught my team mate in the top chicane and that was that. It was a great session for the Kevin Mills Racing Team with my team mates Alex Jones and Daniel Erickson third and fifth with Alex taking pole for race two, my second best lap was good enough for 5th which confirmed that I had underachieved a little in the session so I was a little disappointed.

Race One of the weekend took place Saturday afternoon in warm and sunny conditions. Starting from seventh I immediately dropped to eighth by the first corner, a classic Cammish start, but I was getting better. I battled hard for the next twenty minutes and found myself in third with two laps to go. I then managed to pass team mate Daniel Erickson with a mega overtake at the end of the pit straight with just lap to go and held on until the Flag. Second overall, the best finish of my three meeting-old single-seater career.

Race two came on Sunday morning in similar conditions to the first. I started from fifth and quickly made my way up to third behind Erickson. My KMR Spectrum chassis was working well around this Knockhill circuit and I was feeling confident of a win. Unfortunately my confidence was short lived. At turn three Erickson just clipped the tyres on the inside which were meant to stop people from cutting the corner. The tyres bounced into the air and landed on my right front steering arm bending it and making the car very difficult to drive. I dropped to sixth by the flag which was a good recovery but I struggled to see any positives as it could have been my first win.

Race three was on Sunday afternoon, a quick but torrential downpour had wet the circuit earlier but it was fully dry by the time we came to the track. I was starting fourth as I managed to post a quick lap time in race 2 before the car sustained damage. The times were so close with still only a couple of tenths between the top runners. I made a good start and held station in fourth. Carnage at the first corner ensued when front row starters Gary Findlay and Josef Newgarden locked wheels going into turns 1 and 2, I took to the gravel to avoid the spinning Findlay but recovered to 3rd on re-joining the tarmac. A few laps later I was absolutely amazed to see Findlay in my mirrors after I last saw him facing the wrong way and spinning into the middle of the pack. He passed me a lap later and I was demoted to fourth when I lost traction on gravel spread across the track at the hairpin. The race for me was fairly boring from here on, I managed to gap the chasing pack by a good few seconds but Findlay, Dan Erickson
and Chris Palmer had done the same to me. However I could see them beginning to squabble as the race drew closer to the end and I found myself right in the thick of the action as the last lap board came out. Down the back straight we went with the top three all driving down the inside of the track defending as best they could. At the last minute Findlay pulled left to take the racing line up the hill and I darted into the gap. I just about managed to stop the car on the apex but unfortunately was right in the blind spot of team mate Erickson. As he accelerated he drove over the front of my car and span into me causing damage to both cars, his was terminal. I recovered to take fourth but couldn’t hide my disappointment. Of all the people it had to be my team mate and I was gutted for Dan and the team.

So that was my weekend at Knockhill. With second, sixth and fourth place finishes I came away still third in the championship but having closed on leader James Cole and also gained lots of points on Josef so that was a bonus. I once again won all three scholarship races giving me nine wins from nine races.

My starts were slightly better than that of Rockingham but in truth it would have been difficult for them to be worse, but I’m learning. Now with six signatures on my license I can remove that novice cross from the rear of the car so another milestone reached, hopefully I can move to the top step of the podium at the next round at Snetterton. Also I have a trip to Germany coming up for some slicks and wings action but that’s for another blog.

Cheers

Dan Cammish

Hello again and welcome to my second blog for Motors TV. Rockingham Motor Speedway near Corby was the chosen venue for rounds four, five and six of the Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain and just like Oulton Park six weeks previously the sun was shining all weekend long.

The weekend got off to a great start on Saturday morning as I took pole position for the Kevin Mills Racing squad. At only my second attempt I secured pole from American Josef Newgarden and Jamun’s James Cole who were a mere 0.055 seconds behind after both posting identical times. I would later learn that this was in fact the first pole position for the Kevin Mills Racing team and this made it extra special.

From testing on Friday it was clear that tyre management was going to be a key factor in the outcome of the three races and so I did only 3 flying laps in qualifying before parking my Spectrum chassis in the pit lane. After climbing from the car I proceeded to watch the rest of qualifying from the Fortec timing screens on the pit wall. Nervous times as Rogier De Wit left his run late in the session and was the only man left who could knock me from the top spot. Thankfully, he didn’t!

1. Cammish, 1.22.255 – Definitely one of the best moments of my career to date.

Now qualifying was over I had a long wait until the first race of the weekend later in the afternoon. The Formula 3 drivers had completed two qualifying sessions on new tyres and the track was hot and grippy by the time my race rolled around. Coming from European karting track conditions like these are where I feel most at home so I was feeling confident.

However confidence does not make up for a big lack of experience when it comes to standing starts and this one was about to be a shocker. I was in third by the time we got to the first braking zone for the tight hairpin of turn two. After a squabble with James Cole and De Wit I held position as the safety car was deployed. I’m sure many of you saw the WTCC incident from Pau, well this was nothing like that but it wasn’t exactly text book. The field shot past the safety car on the exit of turn one leaving myself and others wondering if we were meant to be behind it. Newgarden controlled the pace and acted as the safety car until a few laps later it showed up again with its lights off signaling we were going racing next time over the start finish. I was passed by Cole a lap later and settled into fourth. This is where I would finish far ahead of the chasing pack led by De Wit. However the car showed great pace late in the race as I had done my best to preserve the tyres in the middle of the race.

So that was Saturday, up and down but not a bad start. Another victory in the Scholarship class complimented my fourth place.

Sunday morning saw the paddock pay tribute to the late Joe Tandy who was a very popular young man who will be sadly missed. It was great to see Nick Tandy win for the JTR team on Sunday and the whole team showed great character all weekend.

The second race of weekend was at 13:00 – the hottest part of the day and I started from third position. Another bad get away saw me drop to fifth position by turn 2 but I managed to battle my way back up to third at the flag, just behind second place man De Wit. Once again the car was very strong in the final few laps. Our final race of the weekend was the last race of the day and I would start fifth. Another awful start saw me back to seventh at the hairpin behind team mate Alex Jones. After passing him for sixth I found myslef stuck behind the

Jamun of Chrissy Palmer. The eighteen minute race which seemed like an eternity finally came to an end and it couldn’t have come soon enough. I was sick of looking at the gearbox of the number 99 car and did everything I could to get past but Chris drove a very wide car and made it near impossible. A chance at the turn two hairpin was my best effort but Chris had good traction from newer tyres and edged ahead once more as he exited the corner.

So a long hot weekend came to an end. Three Scholarship class wins, a fourth, a sixth and a podium with third place. Not forgetting three awful standing starts and my first pole position.

Next stop Knockhill in Scotland, See you there!

Dan Cammish

Hi Everyone,

For those who don’t already know me let me take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Daniel Cammish, I’m 20 years old and come from Leeds. This is my first season of car racing as I make the step up from National and European Karting. The 2008 season was a great end to my Karting career with some good results at home and in Europe. However after much debate we decided that it was now or never to give car racing a try and here I am. In 2009 I am part of the Kevin Mills Racing squad in the Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain.

After winter testing it was clear to us that Kevin Mills and his team would give me the best opportunity to excel in 2009. We were fairly late to sign and this meant I missed the first team test at Oulton Park, although I was out only a week later with at Rockingham. I am eligible for both the Scholarship and Championship classes this season as I have no prior car racing experience as well as driving a car which is over a year old. The team run the Australian made Spectrum chassis which is proving to be a great car and one I hope will carry me to podiums this season.

Oulton Park was my first meeting and it took place over the Easter weekend. It was a great weekend and a big culture shock coming from Karting. I have never raced in front of so many fans and the addition of British F3 and British GT provided a great spectacle. More importantly the sun was shining all weekend long, which is unusual for Oulton Park as testing had been mostly a washout.

The biggest difference between the Karting life I had left behind and the car racing one which was just beginning was the lack of track time. You really don’t do much and when you do get on the track red flags can often put a halt to consistent running. It was really starting to get to me I must admit. Here we were the Friday before the meeting officially began and I had done maybe eight laps all day. I wasn’t happy and it didn’t give me a lot of confidence for Saturday’s qualifying. You don’t get a warm-up in Formula Ford, you turn up Saturday morning and the first time you turn a wheel is qualifying. This is the hardest thing to adapt to as you have to have full belief in the car and yourself to get the best lap time possible. Thankfully, I did just that, qualifying 2nd at my first ever attempt and only a tenth shy of pole. This really gave me confidence for the weekend’s three races and after numerous battles, safety cars and first corner incidents I emerged with a 3rd, two 4ths and Scholarship wins all round. A truly great weekend.

Now as I write this I am looking forward to Rockingham at the end of the month. It was unfortunate we missed Donington due to their current license problems as it would have been great to carry the momentum to a track where we will feature strongly. I am glad Donington has been re-scheduled instead of cancelled as this would have been a big disappointment.

I hope to bring you more blogs as the season progresses and now the introductions are over I promise it won’t be this long!

Speak soon

Dan