DemonDriverDan's Rallye Race Car

[DemonDriverDan]

Never updated this to include the final race of the year at Brands Indy in November. No real changes to the car since Snetterton apart from a new set of Brembo front pads as we finally managed to kill the XP8s. Unsurprisingly the Brembos were a bit crap but they were only designed to last 1 race!

As expected, Brands was wet and cold which meant a lot of sideways fun, particularly through Paddock Hill. Qualifying was fairly uneventful, my brother's stint was a little slower than normal as he had to bed the brakes in and mine was hampered by the fact a Golf had decided to dump fluid around the entire wet line. Useful. We still qualified 5th overall and 2nd in class which was pretty good considering out wet tyres were a bit crap and the diff not being setup for the wet.

The race was much more fun. Ben gained a few positions but ultimately the car didn't have the pace to keep up with the ones in front so he pitted 3rd on the road and 3rd in class, shows how competitive our class is when there are no cars in the class above in front of us. My stint was mainly about overtaking lapped cars although I had a great battle with the class B (class above us) leader who ultimately got past to take 3rd overall. In the end we finished 4th on the road and 3rd in class so another podium and trophy for the collection. Although we did get a nice dent in the side courtesy of another Golf deciding to defend far too hard when I was lapping him.

Some fun sideways moments from the race:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoRd8s9m7n4

And a few photos: