Roy B

Update on 1 - Car all sorted. Ready to go!

Pit news after the Final: 1 - The team working feverishly on the back axle. 515 - Ditto, but on the front axle. 445 - Welding outside front bumper corner. 20 - The car copped for a lot of left side damage. Plenty of welding in op. H410 - Porta power on the rear axle.

Pit news after the Consi: 55 - A repeat of Stoke. Propshaft let go again. 276 - Loading up. Prop and links damaged. 24 - Rear outside bumper half bent back. 345 - Did'nt make the Consi. Nige and Jake working on the power steering. 93 - Front inside corner bent back. 211 - Propshaft to gearbox bearing gave up.

Pit news after Ht's 1 & 2: 25 - Suspect clutch release bearing. Clutch pedal stayed down upon entering the track. It's a machined part that fits this particular transmission only so no spare. 259 - Flat o/s front. 280 - Loading up. Starter or ring gear u/s. 12 - Panhard rod bent. 463 - As 12. 16 - Steering box change after ending up in the t2 fence. 342 - Steering box attachment bracket sheared. The box is located in the engine bay firewall area on this car, so the team have managed to get a trolley jack in the cab to support it whilst welding.

Pit news after the Final: 515 - Flat outside front. 217 - Lost power. Car would'nt fire up. 555 - Front outside hub snapped off. 175 - Flat outside front. 483 - Rear outside bumper corner bent in against the wheel. 16 - Trackrod broken. That's it for the last time from the Stoke pits folks. Back from Belle Vue.

Pit news after the Consi: 55 - Propshaft let go down the back straight with only a couple of laps to go. 220 - Carb trouble, and also not 100% confident the oil pipe is fully tight so loading up. 502 - No brakes. The cars previous owner on the spanners. 445 - Welding rear outside caliper mount. Update on 268: Electrical fault traced to the ignition switch. Unfortunately damage from the Consi is a bent front axle and shattered inside front disc. 348 - Loading up. Right side nerf rail and front bumper badly damaged.

Pit news after Ht's 1 & 2: 55 - Outside rear shocker u/s. 1 - Left side wing mounts broken. Slight arcing in right side of engine bay. 275 - Steering box change. 345 - Jake welding front inside bumper brace. 502 - Porta power on outside rear bumper brace. 445 - Changing outside rear shock. 268 - Trying to diagnose an electrical fault. Car died on track. 220 - Oil pipe loose at the back of the engine. Difficult to access.

Pit news after GN: 469 - Dean hit the dip coming out of turn 2 which threw the back end into the fence. Rear axle shifted to the left, mangled shocker and bent rear corner. That's it until Stoke folks as it's now fireworks time 🧨

Pit news after the Final: The following all had flat outside rears: 1,16, 55, 212 & 515. 217's went with a couple of laps to go dropping him down the order. A hole in turn 3 appearing to be the cause.

Pit news after the Consi: 415 - L/h end of front axle sheared off. 445 - Nigel drove the last few laps with a flat outside rear. Shocker top mounting plate has come away. 532 - Kingpin sheared in right hand axle end. 12 - Front bumper upright parted company and a u/s front right shocker. Right end of front axle bent up.

Pit news after Ht's 1 & 2: 372 - A tangle with 326 in turn 3 during Ht.1 leaves Colin with a bent trackrod to change. 326 - Steering box change. 463 - Engine kaput. James having a bad run at present. 20 - Inside rear shocker change. 55 - Starter motor change. 166 - Working on the outside front brake caliper. 445 - Rear panhard rod inside attachment point fractured. Split in the rear axle. Hope to repair in situ. 5 - The team trying to locate a bad oil leak from the engine.

Morning all from Northampton. Bit of info: Pit area has a few large puddles around but i've seen worse. The field for parking is'nt too bad at the moment although it is quite soft in places. Terracing all ok and the track looks wet obviously, but hopefully after some racing laps it will settle down to a good surface. Best of all it's a gloriously sunny day, so get yourselves here folks 👍

It was 2/3rds Kingpin 👍

Cheers Hary

linky's right Will. Paul has bought it. He went down to the Yarrow team's HQ to get it as it was raced by 22 in the WF meeting.

Cheers 0s0. Good to know for the future. It's not normally a problem at Sheffield. It seemed to become intermittent when there was a slight drizzle in the atmosphere. Very strange.

Pit news after the Final: 175 - Flat o/side front. 150 - Flat inside rear. 5 - Flat o/ side rear. 20 - Front inside hub change. 1 - Gearbox fault. Unable to select 2nd gear at the start of the Final. Tom got it in 2nd eventually, and will have to start the GN in that gear.

Pit news after Ht.3: 445 - Flat outside front. 136 - Left side nerf rail mangled. Cab side damage and rear link bracket bent.

Pit news after Ht.2: 555 - Porta power on the rear axle. 502 - Bent trackrod and front outside corner. 268 - Gearbox stuck in 2nd.

Pit news after Ht.1: 463 - Blown engine. 268 - Left half shaft change.

Cheers Bryan. W & Y race not happening.

Gearbox change on the 1 car.

Mark Gilbank not racing today. Roll cage needs repairing after last night. He also does'nt feel 100%. Nigel and Jake not with us, (See Nige's blog).

Morning everybody. Plenty going on in the pits at the moment: 463 - Rear axle slightly bent and keeps breaking half shafts. Mat and James changing left one. 175 - Karl's got the starter out. 313 - Welding ouside rear nerf support. 515 - Welding req'd on steering box. Binnsy adjusting gears. 55 - The team swapping diff ratio. 502 - Left half shaft change. 212 - Clutch slipping. Gearbox and clutch out. 445 - Front end welding to do after last night.

Yes Will. It looks mint too 👍