03/08/2026
🏁 Race Report 🏁
What an emotional rollercoaster that was! 🤯😂
Round 4 of the Javelin Sprintdays started exactly how they usually do for me these days… slowly! 😅 And yes… another trip to on the very first run. 🫣🚧
The heat was absolutely savage. Me and the car were both melting, with intake temps averaging 50°C+. 🥵
First run Something just didn’t feel right with the car, and the only thing I’d changed was the rear tyres. So it was back onto the OG tyres (which didn’t have much left on them !) but instantly the car felt great again.
Massive thanks to Jason Farrer for swapping them over as I’m not much use on the spanner’s these days 🧑🦽😂
Heading into lunch I was sitting 4th. Not too shabby … but 3rd looked doable. 1st was somewhere in the next postcode, so I focused on trying to nick a podium.
Run 4 put me into 3rd by the skin of my teeth with a 1:14.39 to his 1:14.86…
…which lasted about five minutes. 😑 He immediately fired back with a 1:14.34.
On run 5 he then went and pulled out a 1:13.58, while I could only manage another 1:14. At that point I thought, “Well… that’s that then.” 😅
So for the final run I decided there was only one option…
BIG BOY PANTS ON… S**T OR BUST! 😬😂
1:12.65!! 💥💥
I’d absolutely sent it, jumped into 2nd place, and even better… I’d smashed my pre-stroke PB from 2024! ❤️
I was buzzing…
Then peplow pulled the biggest Kansas City Shuffle I’ve ever seen. 😂
He’d been casually knocking in 1:14s, then didn’t even bother starting runs 3 or 4. Naturally, I assumed he’d packed up or broke
Oh no…
He then rolled out for the final run and slapped in a 1:12.24. 😫🤣
Cheers for absolutely pi***ng all over my chips, mate! 😂😂 (Only joking… massive congratulations, mate! 👏)
So I packed up, and had a little sulk on the way home…
…only to get a phone call saying I’d won a trophy anyway! 🤣🏆 (thanks Paul Stott for grabbing for me 😎)
Motorsport, eh? One minute you’re on top of the world, the next you’re questioning all your life choices… then someone hands you a trophy! 😂
Today’s wins:
🏁 New Blyton PB 💥
❤️ Beat my pre-stroke PB from 2024
🥉 Podium finish
🏆 Another trophy in the cabinet
🚗 Car back in one piece… which is always a bonus!
Bring on the next one! 💪🔥
Thanks to my sponsors as always
C D Motors staffordshire Fiat / Abarth specialist
Motor Robs Garage
Fogartys Insurance
D.C.Edginton & Sons
And to James Beanland and Chris Livsey for building / prepping the car
