Autosport Show

Knowing it's always the same every year and has been steadily getting less interesting i wasn't going to go to the Autosport Show this year but with Mark's car on a stand we got free tickets so it would have been rude not to go! As expected it was the same old stuff again this year and felt much quieter on both the exhibitor and the visitors side.

Marks car looked great though and so did the other grassers on display. It was a great opportunity to show off the 2 new cars (Marks and Phil Coopers) built by Rade Race Developments. Ian and Colin of Rade are from a rally background and both still heavily involved in this scene but have turned their hands to a spot of grassin over the last couple of seasons and fancied a go at building some cars. Ian has his own class 9 which he raced last season and then Mark and Phil have the first 'customer' cars. We'll see what this year brings in terms of their performence and the outcome of Rade.

The grassers were again invited to perform in the Live Action Arena at the show and this year was the turn of the class 7's. Another great demonstration from our sport alongside the F1 & F2 stock cars, hotrods and many others. I can't help feeling though that the specials last year were just a little but more exciting than the 7's. I personally felt there wasn't enough chopping and changing of positions and close racing as seen in the other sports and as seen by the specials last year. Still, a good performance and definitely shows off our sport well.