Gordon was busting my balls again as to entering the SMRC race series. Frankly I've been bombarded with the whole SMRC thing and it's getting tiring. Perhaps I don't share folks' obsessive ~ serious focus to win - the Esprit has her wins with her previous owner - she's got provinence and doesn't deserve to be raced full out season-on-season anymore. I'm here to learn, enjoy and compete with minimal financial and physical detriment as possible. Eleanor isn't an easy car to maintain so I want to be picky in what I have a go at. Running the car every weekend would cost a massive budget simply put.
I'm not going to to go and race big power cossies and mental specials etc in year 1 -I'd rather build up my own experience and develop the car which has 10yrs of tweaking to catch-up on. When I do go onto race GT cars I'd rather do it on a faster more flowing circuit.
I have nowt against folks racing SMRC but for me I want to learn the tracks down south - you learn one style of driving at KH - I want to broaden my experience on tracks with more than 6/7 deja-vu turns. Maybe after that I'll come back to SMRC, which I see as way more competitive, higher expense. I've watched enough SMRC to know there's more than the odd big off and trading of paintwork. Yes other big cars appear in SMRC but generally look bloody awkward and absolute sitting ducks for the likes of Kevin his Cossie and that weird Charade thingy. I'll only be lookng at 2-3 events in y1 to balance costs with developing car. y2 - who knows..
the appeals of LOT are plain to see and there's the chance of more Esprits coming into the fray not to mention nutzky's like Neil sticking on s'chargers eventually. I wont even be competing for cup points in class 4 so it's not about winning or losing in any case.
Besides Knockhill is a bloody dreary damp, cold and wet place at the best of times - I fancy some darn saaf sunshine thanks very much. and the chance to race on tracks I've only watched on telly or from the grandstand.
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