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Well. Most of you will have seen that I've been sending quite a lot of cars to Spain lately. I've done that free of charge to help fellow petrolhead friends in spain and our club members, avoiding the hassle to have to sell overseas... All this cars, along with some other friends got along in a trackday in calafat. A very nice and technical track in Tarragona, 120Km south of Barcelona last weekend, and I was invited to share cars with all of them. See a video of myself in a flying lap 6 years ago... Once there, Old friends got excited to see me there, and I ended driving **** loads of cars, some of them quite impressive, and maybe, is worth to share the experience and some pictures... Lotus Elise S1 Sport160- This was my courtesy car while I was there. I got to drive it for about 300km, and I enjoyed every bit of her. For those who know the car, you will know is a special car... a bit in a dodgy way. Cam profile is very agressive, and lotus did a rubbish work to tune the low load and idle correctly, therefore you have to love the car, and is really unconfortable to drive steady and in traffic, however its responsiveness over 4k rpm and its handling, was FANTASTIC. This one, was only driven on the road and some spirited mountain drives, and it was awesome. Caterham S3 275R- This one was driven hard in mountain roads and in the track. Surprisingly, I enjoyed every bit of her. Out of the box, felt SOOOOOOOOOOO much better than our average Westfield (sorry guys, I'm a sinner) Ergonomy, and pedal feel was just outstanding, and I felt really confortable in her despite its narrow chasis. On track it felt somehow pretty agreesive. The weight transfer front to back was almost inmediate, and that meant that you could have the car understeering and oversteering in a few different occasions during the same split second. I think tyre pressure were a bit too high. Regardless of that, felt really good for its little 140hp. Westfield SEIW XE, 190hp former WSCC member- This is one of the cars I did sent to Spain... and Its been a great surprise. It does lap much faster than expected (about 3 seconds faster than my former MK in the same track) and given its "roadgoing" setup, its a car with shaitloads of potential. Balance on it was very very very good, feeling very simmilar to my current westfield, and alowing going fast with confidence and really compilant when breaking grip in the rears. Westfield SEIW 2.0Zetec, Ex TKM_Dave. This has been the great surprise of all the cars I did sent to spain. A car that I almost bought and I did discard it in favour of the Canary... And now i really regret. (well, not really... but is really good, and the build quality is one of the best I've ever ever seen). This car was the third fastest of the day, behind Myself in a KTM X-bow, and an Atom... so.. Yes. REALLY fast piece of kit. Its allegedly only 180ish HP, but the gearing is sooo good that would chase easily other westfields with known 220hp. Really enjoyable car. Really Dave... you made a huge mistake. That kit was a keeper. Westfield SEIW 2.0Zetec with 4 weebers. Purely a road car. well. I made a mistake, I was offered to drive it on the road... where is lighting fast, compilant and confortable... but rejected it in favour of thrashing it on track... and on track it track was... well. Enthusiastic would be the best way to describe its efforts. you could drive it well over the limit without having any scary moments... SOOOOO forgiving, but unfortunately, not fast and not too responsive. Westfield SEI 1.6XE . This car is also a former's WSCC car, and the one we bought with more perspectives... as, in paper was a fantastic piece of kit. Light, fast, reliable, not too expensive and with a propper Motorsport heritage that should warrant a decent setup and development. In truth, the car will need A LOT of development, as the handling is currently quite poor... and also broke the flywheel doing a bit of a disaster in the drivetrain. Its been a hughe disappointment as I did vouch for the car really badly. However, it does have so much potential... that i think once we have sorted all the gremlins, she will be a proper fast car. Time will tell. KTM X-Bow. I want one. Period. It feels like a Golf, Handles like a S7ven, and it has the power of an space shuttle. Really fast and Easy to drive. I know that track really really well and in my 4th lap I was lapping consistently faster than Any other KTM in the day, and taking the luxury to slide the rear like a mad man... Absolutely great piece of kit. The price is a big Pitty... as I really can't afford not quite justify it, but I'm wondering that I could sell the beemer, the westy, my dog, and Ana's mini, and maybe I could buy one to have in the garage. What a fantastic car my good. Gineta G50 Long Race Speck. Well. I can't really analyse this car, as is the most propper race bit I've ever driven. It was wild, amazingly quick, and easy to drive when in its sweet spot... but if you under drive it, or Over drive it, you will get bitten really quick, ending in a massive spin. Apparently I did it very well because I didn't quite spin, only a few big moments that I did solve with solvency, and impressed the owner. Not my cup of tea as a trackday car, but definitely, an amazing piece of kit and one of the most intensive experience I've ever had. As you could see in the picture, we needed about 3 people to make me fit in the cockcpit... really small and narrow. Well That is it!! hope you have enjoyed the write up, and the pictures!!!

New Westfield owner and new to the forum. 1996 narrow body 2.1 pinto built by Vulcan engineering few issues to sort , but a good base to start with hopefully.

I literally stop strangers on the street to tell them!

Second video from me: Afternoon session.. the slippery parts were less slippery! There's some exhaust flames on show.. they looked better from where I was sitting though. There's also a tin top that got a big slide on in Hawthorn.. Megane maybe? I then got a clear lap or two towards the end, when the green Lambo past me. I tried to keep up, but had to pull out when I noticed the coolant swashing around in the passenger footwell.. dam! I could have had him.. maybe..

4 cars tied at 1000 points at the end of the season... I can see it...

Scone...,fastest cake in the world...

Just tripped over this new series on Youtube today. Ant Anstead building his own "special" basically a replica 1930s Alfa Romeo 158 Grand Prix race car. This isn't like a Wheeler Dealers restoration, he's starting with a donor MG chassis and making it up from there. In fact it's not at all like Wheeler Dealers at all. He also creates a fibreglass body from his own mold, explaining the gel-coat and fibreglassing techniques as he goes. To date there are 5, 30-minute episodes uploaded with more to come over the coming weeks. Here's a link to episode 1

October 19th, 2019 Spend: £0.00 Earlier this week I had a small electrical faux-pas as my carbon cycle wing had slowly worn away at my wiring and caused a short! At the same time my engine would turn over but not start, so after a lot of failed attempts at diagnosing the issue, it actually turned out to be the damn idle adjuster screw again. Have now marked it's position, so I can spot it earlier. Repaired the wiring and all is good again... other than knocking off my centre mirror when refitting my scuttle 🤬 October 26th, 2019 Spend: £0.00 Found a (temporary) replacement mirror cheap on Ebay only for it to be not as advertised with flat glass, but having convex glass. It now looks like every car behind me is riding my A***... Got a refund after complaining. October 31st, 2019 Spend: £0.00 As my commute to work is 98% motorway, and the risk vs reward is low, I've decided to SORN the car until the weather is kind again next year... Last month: £ 9402.26 This month: £ 0.00 ----------+ Total: £ 9402.26

Hi everyone, We are running a 20% discount on some of our clothing range. Ideal chance to get those stocking fillers ordered while we have stock available. Stock is limited so get in early to avoid disappointment. https://parts.westfield-sportscars.co.uk/special-offers Many thanks Westfield Part Dept

Hi All, ive just joined and I am building a SDV using a Mazda with the 1.8 engine. While I’m in the early stages I just wanted to ask for advise and experiences from your builds if you have any dos or do nots. Look forward to hearing from you! Bambam

Dave The method of deciding a tie break was discussed at length and it’s fair to say it was very difficult to decide what to do, whichever method we thought of, it wasn’t ideal or fool proof. It was decided to go with this method this year but if anyone can come up with a fairer system for the following season please let the SSOT know and it can be looked at. We hope there will be close competition again but hopefully the tie break situation won’t arise. ( Famous last words 😂) Mark Anson SSOT.

Funnily enough, I read this yesterday knowing I would be doing something very similar for my 13yro boxer Molly soon Unfortunately, it came a bit too quickly and this morning after she had a series fits I had to make that very decision. Today has been an extremely tough day. I feel exhausted, it was a very hard decision to make. **** I will miss her

I don't really have an opinion on the regs, they have to be tested to see how the work... but apparently you've done a great Job guys!! NOBODY has moaned properly yet!! that mus be a good sight. I wish you all the best. Less classes and "on the day" scores, I trully think will improve the competition. Wont be fair ultimately, as will never be a system witch is not based on direct competition, BUT on paper looks hundred of times better than the old system!! Nice idea!

Welcome to the club, and good luck with the build. As you are in Glossop, why not come along to one of our meetings? The Sunday morning breakfast meeting would be closest to you, we meet at the Red Kite on Denby Dale Road just off j39 of the M1 on the third Sunday of the month, next one is on the 17th November. Although we have no MX5 builds locally, I'm sure you'll get plenty of info and help, you're also not too far from @Julie Hall - Peak District AO area.

Great consolidation of classes and the scoring system sounds like a good way to go. All around, thumbs up from me! Thank you to those involved in the hard work that goes in to the regs every year, without you we have no championship. As something quite close to my heart...😋 shouldn't the tie break rules be the other way around? Biggest gap over 2nd/3rd etc being more relevant than the sheer number of events entered effectively? Or is it deliberately that way to encourage people to enter more events? Would be interested to hear John Hoyle's thoughts on this in particular 🤣

If Carlsberg did trackdays.. 😎

Thanks Ian The calendar is confirmed as much as it can be but inevitably we are in the hands of the organising clubs. Terry has been working hard on putting the calendar together and is in contact with the organisers. I’m sure he will be along with more info soon If anything changes. Clearly these are draft regs which have to be approved by Motorsport UK, but we wanted to get them out there early as possible so folk could make plans. So far the comments have been largely positive so hopefully they will be well received.

I think the reduction of classes will breed competition and make it all together better. Thanks to all who have put this together I think it’s a very positive move cheers jez

Thankyou for the early look at the 2020 regs. This will be my first year of competition and already looking forward to it. Running as a novice in W2. Just updating the car with my head in the blue book every day .

As reported on Sky News. Appearing on LBC radio (from the USA) with host Nigel Farage ... the US President also heaped praise on Prime Minister Boris Johnson as a fantastic guy. Trump also claimed the Labour leader would be soo bad for the UK. As I’ve owned a Camaro and a Corvette I think I now classify as a “redneck”

Our eldest agility collie is 14 He suffered a couple of vestibular attacks (dog strokes) after the June heat wave of 2018 his back legs have slowly gotten weaker as has his appetite I rolled the ball for him down the garden on Saturday and after 3 times he just stopped and lied down next to it He can walk fine but his rear just collapses when he stops, even to eat Tomorrow he will only be getting chicken and steak tomorrow afternoon all the toys will be out Tomorrow nigh the vet is coming to the house Sorry not car related, just feeling sh!7