Cadwell Park Revisited (by Katie Pyle)

Project Merlot made its last track day appearance of the year by revisiting Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire. Robbie and Jon were the drivers for the day and clocked up a respectable 210 track miles, with Tracey and Katie as passengers. The Merlot handled the twists and turns of the course well, holding the corners tightly. Jon and Tracey were a little late arriving leaving Robbie and Katie to wait for half an hour in the cold; however this did not detract from a fantastic day at a fantastic circuit!!

More photos here

Another Busy Weekend!

SATURDAY 15 September saw the Merlot head to Woodbridge Airfield for another Javlin Track day. Two new track day drivers, Chris Gage and Gary Smith joined Ken Ward and Katie Pyle driving on the Suffolk track.
The day got off to a very bad start when the exhaust system failed completely on the way to the venue. A quick trip to the nearest Exhaust Centre and half an hour later it was welded back together. Thanks go to Hadleigh Tyres and Exhausts of Woodbridge Road Ipswich for the invaluable assistance.
After a successful day on the track the Merlot headed west in convoy with several other Eastern Region 5s to the Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon ready for the MX-5 Owners Club National Rally on the Sunday.
The Merlot featured on the Owners Club Motor Sport stand on the Sunday where it was conveniently located immediately adjacent to the AON Insurance stand and was joined by several other club motor sport cars including the Phoenix 5s racer.

Cadwell Park

Project Merlot returned to the track on 29 August with a visit to the Cadwell Park circuit in Lincolnshire for another day organised by Javelin Trackdays.

Full report to follow, but check out the video here;

Merlot at Cadwell.

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