Wednesday, 2 May 2012

Racers required

The entry list looks pretty poor for this weekends Springspeed Nationals. The latest list posted just yesterday on eurodragster shows only 5 in Comp and 5 in Funny bike. No Phil Leamon or Tony Clarke - so far anyway.

COMP BIKE
CB2 Harold Wolfenden Manchester 1299cc
CB4 Phil Crossley Lancaster 1500cc
CB8 Nick Milburn Halstead 1405cc
CB16 Paul Wing Knockholt 1327cc
CB22 Liz McCarthy Woodford Halse 1428cc

It's good to see Liz McCarthy having another go in comp bike, they will have a busy weekend as the whole family is racing!

Qualifying is on Saturday and Sunday, with eliminations on Monday. If the entry list remains at 5 it will only be a 4 bike field.

Event coverage, featuring live reports and end of day galleries and pit notes, is provided by the excellent eurodragster.com and can be found here: http://www.eurodragster.com/shakespearecountyraceway/live/2012voltzenergyshotsspringspeednationals/default.asp
The webcam is also there or a direct link here:  http://www.eurodragster.com/live/webcam/default.asp



Other than pulling the engine apart twice, due once to valve clearance investigation and the second time to a lost lash cap down the camchain tunnel incident, I've been making a set of brass weights for the clutch arms. Washers of the right dimensions are difficult to find so i made some instead. the problem is getting enough weight without them fouling either the clutch cover or hitting the spring posts. We should have a good range of adjustment now anyway.

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