2009 Class win for Richard Batty
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| | Richard (Batman) Batty Wins The FWD class Pro Street Drag Series at Shakespeare County April 2009-05-08
What is it they say about the best-laid plans? Well in motor sport there always seems to be more than the proverbial spanner thrown in the works! And to prove it here is Richard’s account of the preparation and the day itself!
“April the 18th/19th saw the first round of the Pro Street Drag Series at Shakespeare County raceway. We had the whole weekend planned. Final mapping session on the Friday, light testing on the Saturday and the competition on the Sunday.. yeah well it didn’t quite go to plan!
On the Friday we had problems on the dyno we couldn’t strap the car down enough to map it, and we snapped a strap. So we decided to do some light road mapping Saturday, but the FTO was having none of it and decided it needed to see a Dentist. It spat all the teeth out from its 4th gear late Saturday afternoon. So Dave and myself had to borrow a gearbox from Don Griffiths (another NR FTO competing at the event) and had a mad rush on to change the gearbox ready for the Sunday. The ratios were too short but at least we could run.
Sunday proved to be just as eventful, with a snapped throttle cable on the 1st flat out run of the day but the good thing about drag racing is the camaraderie and a friendly Swedish Pro Drag Bike team gave us a new one.
We managed 4 runs in all but it was still enough to take a Class Victory and 10pts so although very lastminute.com but its worth it in the end”
Congratulations Richard show what can be done with dedication, long hours and of course excellent support!
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