So round five of the Schumacher winter series took place over the past weekend. For me I was hoping to have a relaxed week before the event and also at the event.

I tinkered with my car during the week but Thursday evening I wasn’t happy with it. It seemed tweaked and I didn’t know why. I had changed the electrics round but they were like for like. Friday evening I spent a couple of hours going over everything that could have caused it. In the end I was happy. Car was good, electrics neater and a new shell.

I helped prep the track sat evening or at least empty the trailer.

Sunday came and we used a track from the good old wood floor days, with a little adaptation. It was good, and different. But when we got on track it was another story. It was as bumpy as fuck, cars were going over part of the track and flying. Keeping the same line over and over again was a struggle.

So during practice and q1 they found a bottle cap was the cause. But the other bumps were still a struggle.

Q1- I lead the full way but didn’t have the pace it seemed. Alex Brocklebank went back to an original Schumacher and just had the pace. So I walked away with p2

Q2- I made a change to the pss shocks. Even on this bumpy track my car felt fast and I was gaining on Alex. I made a mistake but got back on track in second, before Alex would make a mistake of his own and I would take tq

Q3- My car was fast and going well until two laps from the end I caught a bump which forced me to hit a barrier then coming back on I caught a stranded back marker. Screw coming out of the servo horn.

Q4- was frantic in the pits to get my car back together. Changed servo horn and reset my car. Went out as coasting until the dreaded body tuck ruined my race. That add some loose bulkhead tops and loose rear shock tower.

So I lined up p2 after what was a below par set of qualifying. I set off behind Dan Burks and his destiny, and I knew he just wanted to keep it clean. Spectators watched and gasped as I got close and tried making moves by using different lines. In the end he would get too tight and that gave me the gap I wanted. I would get through and just keep it clean til the end

This win gave me the overall championship as a definite. My package has been strong all year sometimes it’s prep and bad driving letting it down.

So thanks to xray uk, Rcdisco, silly goat graphics, nosram, Speedwurx, race pace bearings, MoodyFools and battcave

I’m not there for the final round due to other commitments and when I do come back it’s back in the mardave class. So my tc wont be back out until April. So plenty of time to prep it, get it right and go again