RCA Stařeč this past week has been emotional to say the least

Post by Tayler Letchford 2y ago Event Reports
RCA Stařeč this past week has been emotional to say the least, the track and the facilities are the best I have been to and I take my hat off to the team for being there serving breakfast in the morning, dinner at night and last orders when we all had a few too many, all whilst keeping the facilities clean in the challenging weather conditions 👏🏻

We lost quite a lot of track time due to inclement weather and so only 2 qualifiers Thursday afternoon and finals run on the Friday meant that we had to be on it, I had the fastest lap time in class of 35.77 after controlled practice and so was confident with clean driving I could be up there. I changed my airfilter for q1 and I didn't clean the excess oil out, rookie mistake as it choked the engine meaning I didn't even start for q1, not ideal! For q2 I checked and checked again making sure there would be no issues, I was confident and it showed in my driving, falling just short of tq by 0.4s I was very happy with that after the drama of q1 so that would put me in p1 of the first semi.

I went out for warm up in the semi final with the intention of completing 2 laps and bringing it in, everything checked out good and so the formation lap to the grid I knew I just needed to keep it rubber down and get through, the buzzer went and after 1 lap complete the car started acting up, I knew something was wrong but kept going until the front left coil spring exited the car and all steering was lost, bringing it into the pits after a handful of laps was not what I envisioned and it was a hard pill to swallow after so much hard work has gone into just being there, to have the shock shaft unscrew from the rod end is gutting, no broken parts!!!

I have to say though well done to Matt At Mmr Raceway for bringing home the trophy for the UK! You drove consistently all week and its well deserved 👏🏻

Thanks to Verkoop Elcon for helping out and Jack Keatley shake and bake well be back lol

How could I not finish on mentioning the best mechanic a guy could wish for!! Natalie Louise is always there for me at home and at the track and we now look forward to our wedding in 2 weeks time!! ❤️❤️ love you loads and we will have better luck next time!!!

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