Double 9 Motorsport

Round 3 of VCS completed and we have made the podium again. Very close racing with nothing separating the top 3 in all the races. Matthew qualified in 3rd only 7 hundredth from pole. Race 1 finished in 3rd. Race 2 finished in second with fastest lap. Final finished in 3rd with fastest lap. Thanks to MFK racing, Tim and Thomas for the help over the weekend.

Well Victorian Country Championships RD1 was a good result for Matthew. Setting the pole time in qualifying on Saturday was a good start. Race 1 was in damp conditions with a single dry line. Unfortunately pole was on the wet side of the track with Matthew been pushed off the track in turn 1. Recovered from mid pack to finish third. Race two finish third. The final was a close battle for 10 of the 12 laps with fastest laps been traded between Remo and Matthew. Finishing in second position was a good result for our first run in a new class.

We would like to say thankyou to a group of people that played a big part in getting Matthew on track in the new West WR1000 prototype. Thanks to Mark Short from MSR fabrication, Tim Allison from Winguard for amazing colour wrap. Mark Povey from SA Motorsport tyres. Hankook tyres for the new rubber. Leon from CECE crash repairs for the painted parts and Dave from Robinsons fibreglass.
The new car ran extremely well on Friday for Matthews first drive in very wet conditions that tested the best drivers. Saturday we continued to improved and qualified in 12th. Race 1 we finished in 9th but we got the bad hand of a safety car just after our compulsory pit stop. Race 2 on Sunday morning went extremely well Starting from 9th and finishing 5th and lap tines were improving on every lap as Matthews confidence in the car continued to grow. Unfortunately race 3 we suffered a technical issue on the form up lap with a gear selection issue eventually leaving the car stuck in second gear on lap 7. Thanks to Jack Bell and Gavin Fowler for the help trackside. Looking forward to the next race meeting.

Well not a bad weekend after some terrible weather. Matt improved in the excel by over two seconds per lap. I also improved the lap times in the Ultra. The Goal was to be sub two minutes. That goal was achieved with a 1.58.79. Thanks to Gavin Fowler and Anthony Thiry for the crew work today. Thanks to SA Motorsport Tyres, Tough As work mats.

Hopefully we get a nicer day today to test the new Hankook rubber.

Something new from for the weekend.

Round 2 of the State Championships time table for 99 motorsports races highlighted.

Thanks to Motorsport Tyres for the new set of Winmax brake pads for the Ultra.