For the first time, we managed to get both cars to Silverstone and competed in Class 1 and Class 2 events. Unfortunately torrential rain curtailed our Class 1 running as the water leaked into one of our enclosures and blew some of the fuses on the board which took some time to firstly diagnose and then repair the problem. This meant that our dynamic event scores suffered and led to a mid table result of 47th overall, having said this we were only the 2nd ever UK electric team to pass scrutineering and gives us a good base to build from.
On another positive note, our Class 2 entry performed well and achieved 12th place overall, a great result considering that was effectively like starting a new event from scratch (the last class 2 entry was in 2008!).
This is part of the 2 year strategy I spoke of which attracted many positive comments from the judges and teams alike during the competition and now means we have a base car to work from this year’s Class 1 vehicle and a head-start on the competition.
Wixroyd would like extend our congratulations to everyone involved in a successful 2017, we look forward to supporting the team again throughout the 2018 season and see them progressing up that leader board.
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