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Julie The Westfield guys all performed very well over the weekend On the Sunday we took 2nd, 3rd ,4th, 5th and 6th ( Mark Anson was 3rd in his Jedi) and we were only beaten by a Force single seater powered by a turbo Busa ! Pretty impressive

Tel’s Tales Anglesey Sat/Sun 7th and 8th April 2018 After a very disappointing Easter Monday event at Croft which was wet, freezing cold and probably should never have started about 10 drivers were entered for this LDMC extravaganza attended by approx. 70 cars. The Croft event was abandoned before any timed runs had been offered, so we all scored a miserable 75 points (I will be discarding that score). We all arrived on Friday to find plenty of room in an almost empty paddock and plenty of space to get an electric hook up for our campervans and motorhomes. This was a bonus as it was quite cold and heating was essential as we had to leave the onsite café/bar due to too many staff and not enough business. Saturday Saturday morning saw a wet, gloomy start and the rain continued all day until 1700hrs when we finished sprinting! The day saw some great battles between all classes as well as individual personal targets irrespective of which class you were in. This would become the first event in 19 years that I have used wets all day rather than slicks and the competition was close and hard fought on a track that was wet but perfectly driveable and created a bit a level playingfield between cars of different specs/engines etc. During practice the pace was set by Richard Kerr and myself running around 10secs slower than the target time. It was good to see Mick Dent out again after his broken ankle caused a premature end to his 2017 season and his busa was going well. He also had his son as a secret weapon cleaning tyres and checking the car was going ok after the Friday trackday sessions. Their car would not start despite charging the battery and I quickly diagnosed a seized starter motor. Luckily they found a local supplier who had a secondhand one and they did not miss a run !. There was a lot of slipping and sliding mainly on the black stuff as well as a few spins but I did not witness any damage to Westfields. Mike West was enjoying the conditions and during the day he reduced his time down to 78.10secs from 82.74secs. John Loudon kept changing front springs for stiffer ones to improve grip and handling and it seemed to be working as the two of us were having a close battle in class G. Derek Hodder, Garry Bunn and Richard Kerr were after the class H points chasing Mick Dent. Steve Everall and Mick Skidmore were close in terms of times but running in different classes ( D and F respectively) We had 5 times runs and in the end Richard was quickest banging in a last run of 63.23 to better my time of 63.98secs and Mick Dent’s 64.10secs. We were 3rd,4th and 6th overall fastest with John Loudon 9th. Sunday Well it was a cloudless night and there had not been any rain but it was a cloudy start but it stayed dry all day and the afternoon was very good and we had a drying track to play on. Mark Anson had arrived at 0230hrs and was joining us in the Jedi. He had a few jobs to do fixing the front wing brackets and softening the trickshifter. During practice 2 Mark came back to the pits on a tow rope as it turned out he had fried some wires in his harness. This took him around 3 hours to trace the 12v power issues (or lack of power) but eventually he sorted it. I helped a bit by making him a nice cuppa tea. It really was a dream to be able to drive a dry track and push on a bit. We now saw Del and Garry showing the pace of their car whilst Rich K was trying to repeat his Sat performance. Unluckily for Rich when he came in after T1 the engine bay was full of oil and it looked like a blanking plate on the block had come adrift and ended his weekend. My weekend nearly ended too as I was way too quick into the left hander at the end of the garages and as I ran off the end of the outside rumble strip I hit the soft wet grass and soil to do a 360deg spin. I ripped off part of my carbon fibre floor but back in the paddock Steve, Mick Skidmore and John Loudon did a quick and great repair job to keep me running. The car looked like it had been used for grass tracking and the amount of soil and mud under the bonnet was ridiculous and took some cleaning up. Later in T3 Mick Skidmore ran over a rumble strip coming out of corkscrew and split part of his tub. In the end we had 5 timed runs and were well pleased with the day. Garry just beat Del and was 2nd fastest overall with Del being 4th, me in 5th and John Loudon 6th. Mark Anson with only 2 runs was 3rd overall so an impressive performance by him. That made 5 Westfield speed series drivers in the top 6. A newcomer was Chris Griffiths in his class H car and he was 9th overall behind Rich Kerr 8th. (7 cars in top 10!) We return in 4 weeks time to do the MGCC weekend. Terry Everall Class G Competitor

Great to meet everyone and enjoy the conditions. Thanks to Steve H for the discount and Andrew for organising. Very pleased we had garages we could share to shelter from the elements, particularly during the morning. I could tell it was an interesting track day when there was a tannoy announcement to turn lights on otherwise we could be black flagged! Also the 'Calm Down' gantry sign which was on display after the umpteenth red flag in the afternoon Steve

@terry everall I'm currently on Avon CR500, I intended to enter class 2C - road going BEC. A very nice man at the DVLA is going to phone me tomorrow with the new registration number! The main thing is that the registration change request has been successfully processed - quite a relief really as the info I had on the car was sketchy to say the least. I don't think it will be a "Q" plate either. So, all being well I can complete the entry tomorrow and get some number plate made up so I can go for a spin

Excuse me, but have I just read that correctly? At the Anglesey event last weekend, in Tels Tales 'That made 5 Westfield Speed Series drivers in the top 6' out of 70 cars? Really? If that is true and I have read it correctly then RUDDY WELL DONE GUYS...WELL DONE... from someone very proud to drive a Westfield because of your success.

Or a nice shower cap?

It was good to meet you all yesterday, I certainly learnt a lot over the course of the day and thank you for the passenger rides in your Westfields. I can't wait until next time and hopefully some better weather!

Normal operation resumed

Possibly. Car now back in one piece and MOT on Friday, fingers crossed...

Don’t think so as there’s nothing stopping the peddle coming out further, they seem a lot better since changing the pads though.

That's rich coming from the retired man!

You Kev's are going to have to use different nick names or something tooooo many Kev's

Busted, in your bathroom, with your hat, while you were on shift

Don't think that will worry @CosKev as he doesn't race or sprint anywhere these days...:-)

Kev T Kev B Barry Mike Ken (maybe) Richard Paul D Tim Dean Paul C Matt Mark (hopefully) Kev P Good to see the Kev's dominating things

The push rod needs to be able to return fully back. Often the rod is just too long and that means that the MC seals are already part way down the bore. The way to tell is to disconnect the rod from the pedal and make sure that it is fully back, then make sure that when you reconnect the pedal it does not push the MC down a bit. Once that is right they should bleed through easily elsewhere. Hard to put in words so hopefully you have got what I mean, if not send me a PM and I can call you and talk it through

I'll be entering, but I can't do it until my new UK registration number arrives

Should be able to make it

And a snorkel?

We can chip in and buy you a waterproof suit?

Guilty.......................... just think if it wasnt lashing down here, I'd be out on a blat to a pub somewhere

Good meeting up with you guys. Crazy fun. Think this was the driest spot to be!!

Yes, was a bit like this... by the way @CosKev found a full set of wheel studs inc locking ones in my boot! I forgot the bloke gave me them for you with the wheels.

Ah, I’ll leave the grease gun at home then!!

Apart from getting wet feat & legs on the way there, and my indicators packing up due to water ingress no doubt, what a day! So much fun sliding about. Nice to meet you guys and put faces to forum names!

Sadly I'm going to have to drop to "maybe".... something has cropped up and don't know if I'll be free :-(