Mighty Minis - Brands Hatch pictures 20th April

[Den]

Folks,

I have uploaded a shed load of Photos of my first outing in the Mighty Minis at:

www.denlyonracing.com

some images really capture how much fun these cars can be.

Cheers, Den.

[Den]

Thanks, the pictures were taken by Phil Hetherington, my racing partner this year, using a Canon S45 compact Digital,(we bought the car between us and are going to race alternate events)

The car was prepped, with a competetive engine, we paid £5300 for it with no spares.

the official line is, that you can convert a road 1.3spi Cooper for about £1500, well that is true, if you are just talking about the parts cost. (even then it's stretching the truth a bit)

so far, we have spent approx £4500 ontop of buying the car and trailer this year, this includes all fuel, tow and race, testing , entrance fees, hotel / B&B / camp sites etc.

It will still be a relatively cheap year of motorsport (assuming we don't get any major accident damage)

Race entry fees are approx £165 per race, or about £250 for a double header.

Testing costs between £150 and £200

These fees don't change wether you are racing a Mini or a TVR Tuscan, so there is always going to be a know cost for Test / Race entries.

The plus side, is that parts are mostly standard, and cheap as chips.

We replaced the steering rack, an upper ball joint and a rear hub bearing for about the price of a cup of tea ;-) with some scraped knuckles and a few expetives.

I am recording everything I spend on the racing this year (never have before) so at the end of the year I wil have an accurate breakdown of where the hell my salary has gone ;-)


The racing is very close indeed...
with a mixture of abilities, making for some spectacular in race battles.

Cheers

Den



>> Edited by Den on Monday 28th April 10:50