Posts tagged Cadwell Park
Cadwell Park October 2010 ~ Championship Finale
Nov 4th
Cadwell Park, in autumn, we’ve just had a week of frost covered mornings and now were going into the final race weekend of the year… Championship deciders in every class…. We must be mad.
The ‘TESTING’ Day
Nov 4th
A test day to test the team, October the 29th was a cold damp day with a cutting wind gusting at 35mph, track opened at 09.00hrs, before 09.30hrs we had had our first crash, a fast off at Park bike and rider tumbling to a twisted halt, second bike suffered a mechanical failure rendering a £ 1,400 repair useless, add to this wildlife, cooked tyre warmers, our first failed scrutineering and an all night scavenge hunt to effect repairs and you’ll understand why our test day was deemed so testing that it deserves a report of its own.
Cadwell Park…. Closing the Gap
Aug 9th
Cadwell Park, Closing the Gap! words by Nick Matthews It’s time to get serious and to get the lap times down I decided to book extra track time and invest in a little help from Simon Crafar, former 500cc Grand Prix Winner. Thursday the 5th August and I find myself with a free day, Kirsty is at work [...]
Tightening the loose nut on the bike ~ Skip’s Blog
Jun 4th
Investing in the largest nut on the bike – ME !! In short the biggest thing which will improve a lap time on a bike is the rider. I have done the “basics” with the bike, which is up rated the suspension, exhaust pipe & air filter, but the next biggest thing which will help [...]
Cadwell Park – From the Other Seat
May 20th
Cadwell Park Race report from the other seat. Words By Nick Cadwell Park, Lincolnshire 3hour Endurance Race Not many people realise, but Cadwell Park is one of Britain’s oldest circuits. In 1934, a farmer by the name of Wilkinson laid down a three-quarter mile chalk track on the land adjoining his farm near Louth in [...]
Cadwell Motogrande Race Report
May 11th
Cadwell Park, Lincolnshire – May 2010 Races 4,5 & 6 of the Hotttrax Motogrande Race Series. 600cc class. Words by Glen Levy Friday Test Day Up at 05:00 (boy it’s going to be a long day) to be round Adams for 06:00 – load up and head North to Cadwell. Arrive to find Nick has [...]
Cadwell 3hr Endurance Race Report – Part 2
May 10th
Info taken from Official Timing Sheets – http://www.tsl-timing.com/hottrax/2010/101878.pdf Junior Endurance 600cc class 1 JR Racing (Fastest Lap) 1.43.3 2 BLDS Couriers 1.43.3 3 L A Stone 1.43.6 4 D N A Racing 1.43.8 5 Ringsting Racing 1.41.3 6 Syntema Alfa 1.44.1 7 MC Racing 1.47.0 8 Apex Racing 1.45.2 9 Louth Bikes 1.47.2 10 Snug Racing [...]
Cadwell 3hour Endurance Race Report – Part 1
May 9th
Cadwell Park 3hr Endurance official race report… Part 1 Once more we had a race weekend that was ruled by the weather and safety car incidents. More on that later, first to report on was the test day. Cadwell has a limited amount of hard standing so Nick took one for the team and turned [...]
Cadwell Park Test Day – Saturday 27th Feb 2010
Mar 2nd
Bikes all loaded, weather absolutely miserable & with that the Apex Racing convoy began its journey to Cadwell Park at 0600 Saturday morning for its first test day of the year. Waiting to greet us at the circuit was more rain but on the bright side it was announced to be an open pit lane [...]