Time Attack - Round 2

The 2nd round of the UK Time Attack series took place recently at Silverstone, in glorious weather but it would have slight imperfections in terms of grip and performance for some cars, but still it wouldnt put people off!


The overall winner was the RC Developments Evo 6 driven by Clive Seddon with a 1:01.455 laptime, if the weather had been a little cooler this time would have been faster again


2nd again was the Roger Clark Motorsport Subaru Impreza WRX driven by Olly Clark,not even a second off 1st place


And 3rd again was the Gugliemi Motorsport Lotus Elise, again just 1/1000ths of a second off the fastest time


1 of my favourites from the weekend,Dave Ellen in the Prolex UK Toyota Aristo Vertex V300, running with full leather interior,aircon and stereo, along with a 2JZ-GTE with automatic transmission with the steering wheel paddle shift controls, and it didnt finish last either!


Winner in the Club Normally Aspirated class was Nadine Gearys Dodge Viper,easily the most menacing car on the track,coupled with the soundtrack provided by the 8 litre V10 engine, which set a winning class time of 1.06.312 which was a comfortable 4 seconds ahead of..

Dixon Chengs DC2 Honda Integra Type R who was just ahead of....


Simon Miskellys newer J's Racing Dc5 Integra Type R which proves my own theory that loads of revs and no torque are no substitute for higher engine displacement,lower revs and high torque levels, or maybe its just Im not a big Honda fan!!

2 in a row for Ron Kiddell in the RK Tuning R32 Skyline GTR who once again placed 1st in the Club Forced Induction (Turbo) class

And finally Andy Middlehurst who won the British Saloon car championship in the R32 GTR in the 90's,aswell as introducing the GTR to the UK market was driving the Trackday Performance R32 GTR in the pro class, which was very quick but a few mechanical gremlins got in the way of things,so should be interesting to watch in Round 3 as only minor problems put the car out

Round 3 takes place at Knockhill in Scotland on July 28th

EDC / Time Attack 2007 is here

I was recently at the NEC in Birmingham for the Autosport International show, 1 of the biggest motorsport shows in the world where the European Drift Championship / Time Attack 2007 series were formally launched. EDC was formally known as D1GB and although the name may have changed,very little else has, the same with the Time Attack series. EDC had a stand with both drift and time attack cars there and there was a lot of interest in both series, particularly from the UK motorsport industry. I was there for Time Attack as I am the series official photographer, but ended up covering the event for EDC too as sadly the EDC photographer could not make it, so there was loads to see and take photos of

A few pics,it was a stuggle in the halls with the lighting but learned a lot about shooting in these conditions



Pink jacket,pink bag, pink........



Norris Designs Evo IX SWB. Very big power levels,very big turbo,very long spec list,very fast. If Satan modifed a car it would be a bit like this.........


In Satans corner we had the Norris Evo,but in Emperor Palpatines corner we find RC Developments new car,their Evo VI. Evo IX Mivec engine,rear mounted radiator,400kg lighter than their last car, loads of carbon and a big turbo. Let the fight begin......

SVA Imports Nissan 350Z drift car,with added turbo,rebored engine (3800cc) and rear mounted raid. Mark Luney aka Sidewaysbuff will drive this car in 2007, so hopefully some excellent results are in store. With a speical mention to the lovely Yokohama ladies


Overall view of the stand on Sunday with the Sumo Power 350Z after its clutch had died in the life action arena,of which Ill be talking about soon, so watch this space. A more indepth look at all the cars on the stand will hopefully follow also