Was recklessly, needlessly tagged at Brands Hatch, first lap of first race of last season. Car torn apart. Me in med centre for an hour. 6 months physio/pilates. Just two weeks before it was due at...
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Was recklessly, needlessly tagged at Brands Hatch, first lap of first race of last season. Car torn apart. Me in med centre for an hour. 6 months physio/pilates. Just two weeks before it was due at...
First on track test 15th March.
Like a phoenix rising from the blah blah...
https://i.imgur.com/Zvjg71Ll.jpg
Barely Alfas. Until you’ve had a 105 you’re not really in the club.
Here's what I don't drive. Not anymore.
Was hit from behind exiting a corner and sent into the only concrete wall on the circuit, twice. An hour in the med centre, 6 weeks of not walking properly...
550kg, 1216cc Climax, 40dcoe Weber, ZF gearbox, original suspension and brakes, Dunlop CR65 L sections...if it had ballast it would be Appendix K.
Finished, tested, fully set up aaaand back in hibernation without ever turning a wheel in a race.
https://i.imgur.com/CAql0i7h.jpg
There are some simply wonderful bits of machinery on this now very lengthy thread, but I’m curious how many on here paid for their extraordinary cars outright, against using borrowedor money or some...
The 4th Alfa in the garage!
A 3 litre uprated Alex Jupe special.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t4/roughets/IMG_1624_zpscsicspoy.jpg
The car in front is an Alfa
(Although it wasn't for long.)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t4/roughets/56david%20alexander%20002_zpsnunlxfpw.jpg
A new race car for me.
No brake servos, historic tyres make for an exciting time on track.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t4/roughets/Alfas/DOY75Dracing_zps1ae94a56.jpg