Yas Drag Racing Festival

Day 1 of the show went very well with just a few minor hiccups. FireForce 3 was only allowed to do ‘shows’ for safety reasons, mainly resulting in the circuits’ fear of the glass panels in the race tower smashing! Therefore Martin couldn’t stage the car at the lights and had to start from the 60ft mark meaning that there were no timed runs. We are hoping today that they will let us run the car normally from the tree now that we have shown that the glass panels will be fine! Obviously due to this being the first time a jet car has performed at this track, the highest of safety measures are being taken both for the spectators and teams sake.

With 3 runs scheduled for yesterday, it was a quite tight turn around time between each run and unfortuantely for us, the on board batteries failed on our last run causing the burner not to light on launch. However, the team managed to get this problem resolved once back in the pits so hopefully it’s all systems go for todays 3 runs.

What can we say about Yas Marina Circuit, other than the facilities are second to none. From the pit garages down to the shower blocks, everything is completed to the highest of standards. Martin said that the track is like a billiard table and one of the smoothest tracks he has ever known. The only disadvantage to us is not having our own trailer and complete supply of tools and equipment. Luckily for us though, everyone is happy to help us in any way they can and will source anything that we need.

A full photo gallery and report will be posted on www.fireforce.co.uk once we have completed the event and returned to the UK at the end of this week.

For now take a look at these great videos.