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So, the middle of the season, Frankie had started the season well, and a lot had been changed since Donnington; new brake callipers, brake discs, brake pads, wheel bearings and water jets along with a different turbo too. So, fingers crossed for the Iveco. Practise on...

So, to Donington, perhaps the traditional home of British Truck Racing, maybe even European Truck Racing  too, the summer “holiday”, the party event. Here it all started 41 years ago, November 1984 – I was there (aged 13 !).  There may have been a small “club” event...

At Thruxton, due to noise restrictions, there is no testing on the Friday.  Instead of leaving “HQ” on the Thursday, everything is put back a day.  For once we were on the ball and loaded and ready before time, rather than just after.   I even had time to sweep out...

So, the team trooped down to South Wales.  It is one of our longest drives of the season, with the exception of Le Mans, arriving Thursday afternoon to set up the Paddock for the three testing sessions on the Friday. To cut a long story short,  Friday was not the best...

We knew Frankie would be fast, well at least we knew she would be “faster”, but what about the competition – would they have made improvements too; and would they be more or less effective than ours?  In reality, we had “shaved” nearly 3 seconds a lap off last years’...

For “Frankie”, Simons IVECO, there have been some major changes.  *Northern Truck Services*, one of our major sponsors, have completely refurbished the gearbox for us and it has been refitted within the race truck with a brand new clutch, thanks to *Clutchfix*,...

So, the finale, and down to the wire for Simon and Frankie vs. John Powell to be crowned in Division 2 of the BTRC for 2024.  We knew it would be tough, but with a fully rebuilt rear suspension set up in Frankie we had high hopes for the weekend. Testing went well on...