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Building a VW Scirocco R Track car in New Zealand

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First Day back

Loaded the Scirocco on the trailer and headed for the track, new seat, no much interior left, harness, new tires and so on. It was going to be a lot of new things.

First thing is just getting used to have a HANS on… then getting into the seat and after strapping myself in all I could move was pretty much my arms and feet.

Out on the track it was a different feeling, tyres sticking better and I was not falling out of my seat  anymore.

I am starting to find my race lines or at least know where I am supposed to be be with the car most of the time even though it might not end up there…

Some laps I get the corners reasonably right others I am all over the place fighting with the steering wheel again.

Hankook Ventus tyres
Stilo carbon fibre helmet

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