Collection & First Drive

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Been a super exciting day collecting the car from Crawley Caterham where it’s been hiding for the last 7 weeks. Thanks dad for the lift and being a wingman to follow home in case it broke down.


First impressions after 45 miles are awesome fun to drive and less bumpy than I thought it would be. Also no roof or heater = f*%king cold!
Just need to pile on some miles before I hit the track and get it wrapped a different colour.

Passed IVA!

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Finally a bit of news of the car front. IVA test got moved forward from 3rd Jan to this morning and after a couple of hours tentatively waiting as the VOSA guy tested the car it passed!!
Now I just have to wait for the DVLA to process the registration. Hopefully will be on the road early Jan!
Already gone trackday crazy and booked days at Donny, Silverstone and Spa. As Brands is just down the road will probably be there every weekend over the winter.

2017 Academy Race Calendar

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Day keeps getting better the race calendar for next year has been confirmed.

Sat 22nd April – Aintree
Sat 20th May – Curborough Sprint
Sun 4th June – Brands Hatch
Sat/Sun 8/9th July – Donington (Caterham Festival)
Sat 12th Aug – Snetterton 300
Sat/Sun 16/17th Sep – Rockingham
Sat/Sun 14/15th Oct – Silverstone

First ever circuit race for a grid of amateurs and the first corner is Brands Hatch paddock hill bend, should be exciting!
Also get to do Silverstone and Donington!

IVA date in 6 weeks!

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Got an IVA date of 3rd Jan.. Going to be a long wait till I see the car again. In the meantime the car did pretty well at the Caterham post build check. Most builds need 10hrs or more work to get them up to scratch apparently. Mine only needs just over 5 of which 3hrs is really minor stuff.
Could fix it myself but by the time I pay for a trailer to bring the car back and my time it’s cheaper to leave it with Caterham to fix.