Thought i would start a thread on my latest project, Repairing / re shelling my mighty mini racecar
This season started quite well, missed silverstone due to not finishing the car in time but managed to get out for the next round at the brands hatch mini festival with a nice new paintjob to promote my business
Next round was at oulton park where unfortunately, this happened...
Locked the brakes going into one of the chicanes which pitched me slightly sideways, had to come off the brakes to settle the car back down but that meant going into the corner too quickly (there is an escape road to straight line the chicane but by the time i had thought about it i had already commited to the turn) had it not been for a stack of tyres at the edge of the track I would have been fine, but unfortunately the car rode up over them and threw me over, first roll wasnt too bad but when it came back down on its wheels it bounced back up in the air (pause the video, its 4 wheels off the ground at one point!) and came down, Hard, on the drivers side, which resulted in a red flagged race, a trip to the medical centre and more importantly, this!
Which doesnt look tooooo bad, from a distance!
Unfortunately getting up close reveals a bit more
You can see where the bulkhead has moved over towards the passenger side (Look at the gap between the cage and the door post) and also the damage to the crossmember (there is no sill damage so the only way that could have happened is by the shell twisting) also when looking down the drivers side of the car, it looks like a very shallow z shape so im thinking the current shell may be past it, although im yet to measure it up and strip it down so it may be saveable yet, but im reckoning on a reshell
Target is for late january to join up with some other mighty mini racers at donnington for a pre season trackday test / shakedown, but knowing me i will be finishing it in the paddock at the first round, watch this space!
Ryan
