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Latest Update:- January 30, 2005 13:23

January 30th 2005

Provisional race dates for the Porsche Club Championship have finally been published and are available from the main page.

The calender does not fit together as well as it did for me last year, and there are three clashes, a common meeting at Oulton park in May with the final round of both championships being at Croft at the end of September. There's little chance of working around things as I did last year. For example one of the clashes is in June when I am supposed to be at Spa and Knockhill at the same time. What's a racing driver to choose, the ups and downs of Glenvarigill & Duffus, or Eau Rouge, Pouhon and Blanchimont ?. I'm afraid the undoubted temptation of haggis doesn't quite make the difference so Spa it will be.

The season seems to be starting earlier this year as well with the Porsches kicking off at Snetterton on April 9th. Maybe we'll all be on winter tyres. With the season over by September I can already see next witer being a very long one.

January 3rd 2005

Happy New Year to everyone.

Both race cars are tucked away for the winter months. The 924GT is away in the bodyshop having last seasons cuts and brusies attended to while Strasse are looking after the 944 turbo and thinking about what we can do to extract more pace from her.

The upcoming event is the DDMC award dinner next month. I'll be working on the website in preparation for the new season before then.

November 17th 2004

Well, the 2004 season is over and it has been my most successful season in the Porsche Club with more a number of podium finishes and ultimately battling for class honours in the Championship. In the NSSCC the new car has run well, though it is clear that some more development should release further potential from the car. Even so, a second in class in its first year isn't bad going and without a couple of incidents or niggly mechanical problems it could well have been one place better.

Plans are now being made for the 2005 season, and DDMC are well on the ball with provisional race dates as follows:

24th April                         Knockhill
7th May                            Oulton Park International
29th May                          Mallory Park
25/26 June                      Croft
10th July                          Cadwell Park
13/14 August                  Croft
27th August                     Croft - Double Header
10th/11th September    Croft
24th/25th September    Croft - Double Header

The final race report for the final NSSSC round on 24th October at Croft is uploaded, together with the Porsche Club report from Castle Combe and Donington Park.

October 13th 2004

Some more race reports are completed including the 924GT at Brands Hatch, the 944 Turbo also at Brands Hatch while the 2.7RS performed a splendid job stepping in for the 944 at the penultimate NSSCC round at Croft.

August 18th 2004

Last weekend at Knockill gave mixed results. In the first race I finished second, while the second race ended in disaster due to another major crash. The "sweet & sour" race report is available here.

August 8th 2004

Q. What does a racing driver do when there's no racing that weekend ?

A. Watch the Carrera Cup and BTCC and support races on live on MotorsTV and write his own race reports.

Race reports are now done and uploaded for May15 Silverstone, May 16 Croft and May 22 Snetterton.

August 4th 2004

Race reports from the Porsche round at Oulton Park have been uploaded. All I can say it was double trouble as an accident and freak mechanical failure caused problem in both the Porsche Club and Porsche Open races.

July 10th 2004

Ok, I know you all wanted to see it so I have uploaded the video from the start of last weekends race at Oulton Park.

Strasse have been hard at work. The engine is out, the car has been jigged & should be painted & back at Strasse for Monday. That gives them time to put the engine back in so I'm going to be at Knockhill next weekend.

July 4th 2004

Yesterday was the fourth round of the NSSCC Championship at Oulton Park. With the car performing well and confidence in my driving I was looking for a good result but for the it was all over in 4 seconds. Read the Oulton Park race report and look at some of the post accident pictures.

There's also a selection of new NSSCC competitors pictures, with more to be added in the coming weeks.

June 21st 2004

It's been a hectic start to the season and I'm a little behind with the race reports. Several of them are part complete, its a good job I have the videos to helpl my memory of what happened. I have one complete report which is from the most recent Snetterton round, happy reading.

June 6th 2004

The new 944 just gets better, scoring it's first ever outright win at Croft on 6th June in a meeting in which I took part in three races

Race report to follow............

April 4th 2004

The 2004 season gets off to a great start with a class win in the first outing for the new 944 turbo race car. Yesterday saw a visit to Silverstone for a non championship round of the NSSCC and the race report is now available here.

Some additional pictures of the new car are also available on the 944 Turbo page

March 27th 2004

Today sees the official launch of the latest addition to the dbRacing fleet. It's another front engined, water cooled, turbocharged car, this time a 944 Turbo with a fine pedigree having previously been built for and raced by Chris Heeley. The winter has seen some development of the car take place, with the final stickers & decals being completed this very afternoon at Strasse.

This car has been prepared for the NSSCC Championship and Porsche Open series, and is finished in a nice quiet shade of Continental Orange. Pictures, and some more information about the car can be found on a new dedicated page , but please make sure you are wearing sunglasses.

For the very first time 2004 will see dbRacing as a two car team. Will I remember where all the gears are? Will I take the right car to each meeting? Only time will tell.

The very first test will take place at Croft on Monday 29th & Tuesday 30th March, with a race at Silverstone scheduled for 3rd April.

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