The ‘Fiesta Clubracer’ outfit leads their class in the Trackday Championship
Following an overall class silver in a dramatic and successful 2023 campaign, the Fiesta Clubracer outfit are once again competing in Class D of the MSVT Trackday Championship for 2024.
Comprised of drivers Henry Wright and Kevin Glover, Fiesta Clubracer use EBC Brakes Racing’s RP-X™ motorsport brake pads up front and either EBC Yellowstuff or Bluestuff NDX pads on the rear of their Ford Fiesta ST race car, as well as uprated EBC discs – the same setup used last year.
It’s been another success story of a year so far for the duo, who we last caught up with when they dominated the round at Kent’s Lydden Hill Circuit recently. Their most recent round took them to Norfolk’s Snetterton Circuit, where the boys brought home more podiums, putting them in very good stead for the overall standings as the series reaches its half-way point.
Read how the unforgettable weekend unfolded for the team in Henry’s own words below…
“Round 4 brought us to a very humid Snetterton in Norfolk. With the car cleaned down from all the Rallycross dirt and muck from a soggy Lydden Hill, we readied ourselves for qualifying. With the RP-X™ front pads and Ultimax discs fitted before the last round showing very little in the way of wear, the braking zones of Snetterton weren’t going to pose any issues. The Yellowstuff pads fitted in the rear at the start of the season showing less than 50% wear which is also an impressive feat.
“With Class D making up the majority of the grid again, the competition was going to be tough. After the first half the session cut short due to a stranded car, with us sat 3rd in class, Kev jumped in for the 2nd half. Improving on the first half’s time unfortunately didn’t jump us any positions in class but the top-3 bunched nicely together making for a potentially interesting race start. We were later promoted to 2nd due to a regulation infringement by the pole sitter.
“The race start at Lydden Hill, or lack of, due to me stalling was at the forefront of my mind as a sat on the grid in the thick of it again! Luckily some refreshed focus on the basics and a good reaction time catapulted me through the 6 cars in front of me as the red lights dropped. Probably the best race start I’ve ever made! The negative side of making such a good start is having a whole host of higher class B and C cars trying to navigate their way back round on the first 2 laps!”
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“Being careful to pick my battles and not lose tie defending pointless battles the race started to settle into its initial order. Having made it back up to first in class, the 2nd place Mazda was hot on out heals slowly gaining on our 5 second gap. At this point I decided to drop the normal tactic of managing the car and race mitigating reliability and risk went out the window and switched to ‘drive the wheels of it’ mode. Deeper, later and harder on the brakes as I ever have been in race condition. The brake combo simply took the abuse and gave me confidence to keep pushing, allowing me to maintain the gap nicely.”
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“A combination of the race leading car catching fire and another car stricken on the infield in the barriers caused an early red flag, with disappointingly no restart. – However confirming our class victory which was of course a positive! I was glad of the chance to blink and breathe again however!
“Round 5 sees us tackle the ‘Nürburgring of the North’ at Cadwell Park. Not a firm favourite, but a track we have a good record at non the less. Last half of the season coming up!”
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RP-X™ Track/Race Pads
Following the hugely successful launch of RP-1™, EBC Brakes Racing increases its motorsport brake pad range with the introduction of our latest ultra-high-performance track & race material, RP-X™.
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Bluestuff™ NDX Pads
A high friction sport and race material that now has R90 approval on almost all fitments for the EU. This compound is therefore the perfect choice for vehicles driven hard on the road or track days.