FireForce 4 – Saturday 9th April 2011

Unfortunately, on the new car’s first test run, a problem occured with the steering which resulted in the car being damaged after contacting the wall around half track. No-one was hurt thankfully but the car has some slight damage to the front of the chassis and some damage to the front of the body.

As yet, we are still investigating what went wrong. Hopefully we can establish what problem occurred with the steering and find a solution. We are arranging to get the body back in the paint shop as soon as possible and get the chassis repaired shortly.

Not exactly the start we were after with the new car but after numerous small problems which prevented us running at Fast Show and GTi Spring Festival last weekend, there was obviously an underlying problem which wasn’t apparant on static shows.

Obviously future dates for FireForce 4 are unconfirmed but we hope to have number 3 back from Abu Dhabi ready for the Easter Thunderball and get some runs under our belt for 2011. FireForce 4 should be turned around within the next couple of months and hopefully ready for the Summer Nationals (just need to dig deep in the pockets for some additional repair money as everything is self-funded)

Thanks to all the track crew and emergency services yesterday at Pod for their fast response and to all those who have contacted us with their comments and offer of support.

See you all at Easter