Monday 1st of June I will be offering to run a 2 hour session so we can get some practise in before our first race on the 6th. Â If you want to use this time please clear it with your parents beforehand!
It was great to see everyone driving on batteries this week, hopefully we will have the bodywork ready in time for the 1st.
The Minchinhampton Moochanics team have been stripping and rebuilding the car ready for the new season. Â We are entered into a South West race, and the national gathering of the Goblins featuring 100 cars! Â The dates are:
Wooton under edge
The programme of the event will be:
– 09.00 – Arrival
– 09:30 – Scrutineering Starts
– 10.00 – Team Briefing
– 10.30 – Events Start
– 12.30 – Lunch
– 13.00 – Events Recommence
– 14.00 – Prize Giving
The programme of the event will be:
– 09.00 – Arrival
– 09:30 – Scrutineering Starts
– 10.00 – Team Briefing
– 10.30 – Events Start
– 12.30 – Lunch
– 13.00 – Events Recommence
– 15.30 – Lap of champions
– 16:30 – Prize giving
Please save the dates – we will discuss transport over the next few weeks.
What better way to celebrate our new stack of racing tyres than to crash into them at 15 Mph! Â No prizes for guessing the identity of the driver! Â Needless to say he has shown a marked improvement since this first run.
A very generous donation from Reg Windpower has secured racing coveralls for the whole team, we will post a photo up soon.  The UK is one of the windiest countries in Europe, and Reg Windpower are helping harness that wind for clean renewable energy.  We are really happy to have them on the team.
Thanks to Blueboys garage for sponsoring the team! Blueboys is run by an ex pupil of Minchinhampton school, maybe our club will inspire one of you to follow in his footsteps!
We are very pleased to announce that our electric car will be exclusively charged by solar panels, generously donated by The Greenshop group. Â We think this will make us the most eco-friendly car on the starting grid! Â We will update the progress of our panels as soon as Ecoelectrical begin to install them.
As part of our green mission we are trying to involve ourselves with some eco-friendly companies, so when we wanted help with our electrics we naturally had to ask Ecoelectrical to come along!
We have pumped tyres, working brakes and the motor is mounted. Fingers crossed, this was our penultimate build session. Â As long as we wired it up correctly, we are hoping for our first test run next week…….
The Moochanics are now the proud owners of a handsfree bluetooth intercom helmet kit thanks to the kind sponsorship of BLD Group. The motorbike specialists kindly sourced and provided the kit, which will allow our pit crew to speak directly to the driver during a race. Â The Moochanics enjoyed testing the range yesterday!