Here at Time Machine Racing we would all like to say a huge get well soon to our crew chief Darren Galloway, who is in hospital following a triple heart attack last week.
We wouldn’t be racing now if it wasn’t for all Darren’s hard work over the years, and wish him a speedy recovery. He was last seen hassling the nurses for more ‘Nitrolingual’ as we all know that the more nitro you can get the better.
If you would like to talk to Darren then his bedside number is 07041 136273.
We were all deeply shocked here at Time Machine Racing when we heard about Richard Hammond’s accident whilst driving the Vampire jet dragster at Elvington, and wish him the speediest of recoveries. Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time for them.
As you may have heard in the media, over on the PistonHeads forum there was some discussion about what could be done to show support for him - initial conversations were about delivering flowers and messages to the hospital when someone hit upon the fantastic idea of raising money for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance which airlifted him to hospital. Since each mission costs £340 on average, this was set as the target. When I last checked the total was at nearly £50,000.
Air Ambulance services within the UK receive no public funding and rely on charitable donations - if you would like to donate to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance visit the Richard Hammond / Yorkshire Air Ambulance appeal page.
Our thoughts are also with the family and friends of Roger George following the tragic accident at the Euro Finals.
After minor teething troubles at the Open Sports Nationals (which were to be expected for the first time with the car) we ended up with only one that was insurmountable - we weren’t making enough compression. After looking at our options with the current motor we decided that the small block isn’t suiting our needs, and so went off in search of a new engine.
The small block is now for sale and we have a new fuel injected 517ci big block Chevrolet. We do not currently have any plans to stick a blower on it and so will be running in Super Pro ET, although who is to say what may happen in a few years time - it’d be ideal for NFAA if supercharged! We plan to debut the new combination at the National Finals at the end of September, where Adam will complete his licensing runs. Martin plans to license at a later point once Adam is comfortable in the car, possibly at the RWYB after the Fireworks Meet.
One positive note did come out the Open Sports Nationals though - both Adam and Martin passed their blindfold cockpit orientation and escape tests. Photo from this can be seen in the gallery.
2007 should see us with a full calendar of competitive and demonstration events - dates will be added just as soon as they are confirmed.
In one weeks time we will have debuted the new Motor Psycho at Shakespeare County Raceway’s Open Sports Nationals, and by this time next week we should know whether it has all worked or not. In preparation for this, we have relaunched our website to reflect the style of our new car, and at the same time improved the functionality and build quality of the website.
If you are going along to the Open Sports Nationals please feel free to drop by and talk to us - if we aren’t too busy we will be happy to answer your questions and bench race with the best of them.
See you next week!
In preparation for our return to the track we have decided to resurrect the ‘Motor Psycho’ moniker. Keen followers of the sport will recognise this name from the late 1960’s and early 1970’s when it adorned a Ford Pop, and the new paintwork is a direct tribute to this car. Although more familiar in it’s later blue guise, Motor Psycho was first seen in aubergine, as can be observed in the excellent Acceleration Archive by Alan Currans.
We are still retaining the existing www.timemachine.co.uk domain name and running under the banner Time Machine Racing, but thought that with our ambitions to run in NFAA the name Motor Psycho was simply too good to resist.