Bathurst 2008?

Just found out the Improved Production class is running at the 2008 Bathurst Festival of Speed. Some Targa cars are eligible to run in that class, the Skylines being one of them.
This could be my chance to race at Bathurst. I'm sure I know a few others that would join me too. Got just 9 months to work on it. I'm going to need sponsors to do it. If you own a business, know someone who owns a business, friends with your bosses dog, contact me.

Finally, Some video 2007

Not the greatest but I hope to have some incar footage next time.



First lap of final May 27th




Second lap




The moment of truth, not that you can see much



Fighting my way back

I was going to include some footage of Symmons Plains from the weekend but none of it it very good.

New Lap Time For Symmons

Forgot to mention that I lowered my lap time down from 1.06.83 to 1.05.69. Symmons isn't that hard a track but you need good brakes and good horsepower, 2 things I don't have a lot of. Plus I'm having trouble getting what power I have to the ground. The Diff is coming out as I think it may be worn out. I'm lighting up the left rear quite often.

TSS Round 4 Symmons Plains July 1st

Today was one of those days. One of those days when you realise there is more to racing than meets the eye. Its not all about having the fastest car, its also about concentration, reliability, speed, staying on the track etc etc. I had a pretty uneventful day's racing. I qualified 9th which I was disappointed with. I finish 6th in race 1. I tried to get up to 4th but I couldn't catch the two in front of me. They were dangling there like a pair of carrots to a donkey, but by the time I caught up to them each time it was the braking area and I wasn't close enough to attempt a pass. So that was frustrating. Race 2 started better until the red flag came out before the first lap was done (same thing happened with race 1) At the restart I managed to squeeze through a narrow gap between 2 cars down the straight and passed a third that had trouble and though this is alright. That was the most exciting thing to happen all day. Finished 4th.

Race 3 was a case of holding position and finishing. I was by myself for the most part, a few seconds behind 3th and a few in front of 5th. Nothing I can do until I have more car speed (oh I don't like these modern terms.) I found it amusing that when your dicing, its fun. When your winning, its fun. When your not doing either it can be a drag. You don't feel like your going anywhere.

Race 4 (the Final) I got a good start and was along side Ross marsden into turn 1, it was tight and he tagged me. We went side by side under the bridge until he got the better of me. The contact knocked his indicator loose and it went flying. I tried my hardest to stay with him but the gap gradually grew. I did think I finished 3rd, but the car that was slowing wasn't the car I thought was leading. So a 6th, and 3 4th's to be 4th overall. Not a bad effort considering.
Ive just picked up a boost control which should make things interesting for the final 2 race meeting. Ive now dropped back to 3rd place in the series, but the points are very close. The leaders have roughly 410 points to my 379. That's unofficial at this time.

Its going to be a busy 3 moths till October to get everything that needs to be done, done. A rear window, the diff needs to be looked at, fit the boost control and dyno it, get braided brake hoses, new front disc's, at least 2 tyres and find some more sponsors.

As always you can view photos at http://www.davidclifford.com.au/ and ill have some on here when shorty.
Also ill have some video up. Its not the best but its something.

Ho Hum Im A Dumb Bum

Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed. The day before a race meeting and I decide to try and remove a stubborn wiper motor and smash the rear window instead. Panic is not the word Id use to describe what I felt. Anyway, after a few phone calls I found out I would still be ok to race.