Update 16 - Aintree

So on Saturday we were off to another new race venue... the reduction in races this year has left us travelling a little further afield than we are usually used to.



So on Friday we headed off to Aintree with the little car in tow. We are still running the interim engine and it was going to be a tough meeting as the entry field with 14 Morgans running with a couple of drivers with the home track advantage. One interesting competitor who was going to be there is Tim Harison with his 4/4 Special the 2.3 Duratec Cosworth lightweight. Whilst he is competing in Class 10 with the Roadster lightweights with nearly 300bhp on tap running somewhere around 750kg.. it's a serious piece of tasty kit.

Anyhow... luckily the day started dry and sunny...all be it with a blustry wind. We were later to find out how much the wind was to affect the times, causing noticable reductions in VMax on the back straight.

Unfortunately in practice there was an off in the Morgan camp, luckily the driver was fine but the car needed to be collected by the recovery crew to get it back to the paddock. frown

As the day progressed, it went from sunny and dry to absolutely torrential rain... we watched from the paddock tent as the single seaters and little Austin drivers got absolutely soaked.... the race meet was paused whilst the worst of the rain passed over.

We chipped away at our times along with the rest of the field heading towards the target.... as the weather cell swirled above the wind swung round, denting the runners VMax by 3-5mph on the back straigt through the speed trap before the finish line.

We are continually impressed with the engine dynamic and our only wish was to have the extra 1500 rpm to play with of the full race unit. The depression in the track at the back end of Bechars Bend being just at max rpm of 3rd when you really want to be able to snatch 4th.

In the closing run of the day, the wind and broken sun had dried the track with all runners chopping significant time off their previous runs... Missprint and I managed to get under the target time.. with another runner splitting us on his final run.

So in the final standings - Missprint came third with an extra point for getting under target and I came 1st with another 11 points in the bag.





Since the weenkend I've been in touch with Northampton Motorsport and the Cylinderhead has been machined and the we are only waiting for the valves to arrive from Supertech in the US for the engine build to commence.

We're hoping to get the full race engine in before Goodwood, but depending on exact timing of holidays and component delivery it may have to wait until Curborough.

For now the car is packed away as we are off to Assen in my sisters +4 .....