I agree with many of your comments Dan however you do contradict yourself a tad your comments regarding the youngsters road cars being cheaper and quicker in a straight line than their race cars is true but it could be argued why race a Lola when you have road cars that are much cheaper and quicker? I rest my case

hi Martin

I wish I had a car faster than the lola Check you tube ( type Daniel Gibson and Dijon )

Even our cn car cant get close to the lola in a straight line!!! not by a long way!

its the fastest accelerating car apart from a formula car ive ever driven!!

but on a side note it was my dad who wanted me to race alongside him and I couldn't refuse a big V8 with 520+ bhp and top speeds of upto 185mph and steve McQueen drove these cars with Porsche bodys on in the film leman come on who would turn it down!

so not really a contradiction. also the lap time for a lola at donnington is 1.07.5

my proto time is only a 1.06 so not much difference really

also look at the tracks you get to go to in masters!! Monza spa Dijon etc

its not the same old half tracks with no spectators and small grids I think there was 50 plus on the grid at Silverstone.

anyway this is irrelevant to the point of bringing in new blood. its not what I do personally that matters its the future of the club and lack of new blood and new ideas that's the biggest problem!

you don't see any other formula in the world unless its a classic or historic series retain regs from 18 years ago and not change them or move with the times and upgrade regularly.

think about it this way, have we all got new tvs at home ( no more than 4 years old etc ) or have we got the old black and white ones?? of course we are on modern tvs the old ones were out dated, now look at your racecars with the same notion. dose she not deserve an upgrade? something to bring the spring back in her step?

Weve all herd about upgrades in the past and how expensive they are but that's not what im putting forward a cheap simple chip to the ecu and to free up air and exhaust gives options of experimentation and with it only being the chip to the ecu being mandatory then it wont break the bank. infact the standard air filter and exhaust maybe the best option but to have it open gives freedom like wise the mapping. Tom regularly plays with my proto mapping to give me different power bands to play with and its really interesting. without changing the rev limit I cant produce more power but I can chose where I want it in the rev range! Something different that's the key with little or no expense to achive.

As I said Dan I agree with most of what you have said a cheap way to increase power would be great I have my concerns that maybe some sports 1600's may have already been re mapped, by biggest concern is that clubmans is losing it's roots the way things are going for some of us it is no longer affordable to remain competitive yes I know I need to be coming to see you for some lessons and if we can arrange it I will do trust me ,but even that will not be enough in my opinion some people are spending far to much money on cars to be competing in an amateur club class if they were really any good they would move up the scale we had it when competing horses some people spending in excess of £50,000 to compete against us on a horse that cost £750.00 we still won so then they spent even more we still won and then it got bitchy we moved on from that level and upped our game and that is what the wannabes should be doing not just spending thousands more to be pot hunters,I work hard to try and earn enough to enjoy racing Dan, pardon the pun no rich Daddy just sweat blood and tears the college education I done was paid for by me two years hard work before I went and then boxing in Gypsy camps no gloves to fund my way through when you have ear to it the way I have you view life a bit different Dan I like you mate but we have come from different worlds and it is a great pity more in clubmans have had to do it the. hard way. Alex Champkin great guy fab engineering talent but as said why waste it he is better than clubmans so again as said move on and upwards let's see how good he really is trust me mate I was good very good in fact in the rings I was in but guess what up the game and their is always someone better in fact much better and I think that is what the wannabes are afraid of they would be nobody's there ,bet they don't prove me wrong!!! But I really dohope that someday they do.