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5th
July - Burnett Working with Frixa Brakes...
Early February 2010, Vic Eacott from Frixa, a leading brake
Manufacturer who is also, and part of Hankook Tyre Group which
is well known in Motor racing and approved in many race series
with the MSA, approached me after liaising with Lee Fitzpatrick,
last year's Champion on the issue of poor brake qualities in
racing conditions.
Vic has over 40
year's experience in motor sport and is Frixa's European leading
brake specialist.
We wanted to improve
and develop and eradicate the current issues with the pads
and brake shoes, we all know as team owners and drivers that
the current calliper set up, which cannot be changed, the
pads rattle, there are also performance issues, brake pads
falling out of their brackets which results in loss of driver
confidence, long pedal, loss of brake control especially at
circuits like Anglesey, as well all know.
I had a lengthy
chat with Vic and the factory to develop a unique brake pad
that will not rattle, fall out of the bracket in the calliper
assembly, more so important to replace the loss of confidence
for the driver and more to the point, we have 3 new compounds
to choose from, as each of our drivers have different demands
on their brake performances.
Vic promised me,
that he would develop a winning material and have these brake
issues dealt with too for the Burnett Motorsport team. They
will be personally delivered to use at the Lydden meeting,
on the conditions that, I replaced the brake fluid, replaced
the old disks with new, and serviced the brake components,
so he could complete a fresh shakedown using these new pads.
We placed 3 different
compounds in 3 of Burnett Motorsport cars - John Jon, Lee
and Darren - and they had a meeting with Vic, on the bedding
in procedures that the Factory had stated.
The practice session
went well, each of the drivers had to be patient bedding in
the new brakes and discs which seemed slow, but worth the
effort in the end.
The results from
the racing over the weekend was good and the feedback we got
from each of the drivers were excellent, even John Jon said
''the pads stood up to everything I gave them and they still
felt as good, reliable and performed well even after the 6
race sessions''
As we move to Angelsey
in July, this will be the true test of the drivers and the
new Frixa brake pads.
I can honestly
say, you can't fit these pads in the conventional way that
is why, I am extremely confident that Vic has developed a
brake pad and material choice, that will bring Burnett Motorsport
continued success.
Lastly, Frixa is
developing the brake shoe materials shortly.
We are going 'one
step at a time' and truly pleased so far, with Vic's expertise
and Frixa's brake technologies.
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11th April -
SMRC Testing...
David, Kieren, Alasdair and Lance were at the test day at
Knockhill on Saturday. We found a couple of issues with David's
car that we did not know about and it was good to get Kieren
some more seat time. Alasdair was shaking down Lance's car
and it looks great. Now it's back to the workshop to get ready
for next weekend when we have the opening round of the Scottish
Championship at Knockill and the double header in the National
Championship at Brands Hatch. Kieren, David, Alasdair and
John Marshall will all be in the Legends with John also out
in his Escort in the Classics. Our regular four drivers Lee,
John Jon, Daren and Ross will be out at Brands in the Nationals.
Pictures from the test day are in the 2010
Gallery
page.
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