Carma Race Coach

P19 to p11 in race 1. Car has strong pace, it just goes to show how much missing a tow in qualifying hurt us... we are having fun, Jayden is racing well, so looking forward to race 2 tomorrow!

Qualy due to start in less than an hour, so up bright and early! Yesterday was a bit of a fact finding mission, today we put it together and give it our best shot.

Last minute checks over the car after it's long travel to the event bouncing around on the trailer. But we are here at a very chilly Bathurst, ready to have a good crack at the race weekend ahead :)

One race to go today at 11.40 Melbourne time, 11.10 Adelaide time. Jayden is feeling much improved today so looking for a good, result and a safe run.

So today is one of battling through to gain results. We still are bending shocks every time we are out on track which is disappointing but part of the game. This has made it very hard to learn about the car and getting Jayden to make the most of it. Along with this, Jayden has been struggling to eat food the last couple of weeks, and after large weight loss he now is struggling with exhaustion in the car. Adrenaline is a wonderful thing and gets him through. Now the medics are giving him a tune up for tomorrow with a good does of energy from a drip. So tomorrow we start now in 8th after climbing these spots in todays races. Here's hoping for more gains on track tomorrow!

Big day today. After sacrificing practice yesterday to save our last straight shocks, we will see how the land lies after qualifying early this morning. With two races today with only giving us about an hour or so between them, makes for a busy and testing day! and again thanks to for some fantastic images!

Interesting day today. We badly bent a right front strut insert on lap 1 of practice. Turns out most of the field have been going through the same issues so we decided for p2 we would drive around staying off all the aggressive curbs which is not the fastest way around here. Curb bouncing will happen again in qualifying :)

Round 4 of the Toyota 86 national series about to get underway with where we hope to show similar front running pace as the last round, with a couple more pointy end race results. Will keep you posted!

Race 2 due to start shortly (8.30am local time). Here's hoping for a good clean run again at the front of the field.

Race 1 completed. moved into the lead from the start, though faded a little through the race to finish p2. Fantastic result considering that's the first time we have made the finish with no problems, so now we can tune it up as a race car with what we have now learnt for tomorrow!

and popped into the garage to see how is enjoying her day with BJR! Huge thanks to Brad Jones and crew with showing Jess around the teams facilities and their operations here at the Bend.

Second on the grid in Qualifying! We are very happy with the cars performance and feel it should have strong race pace. The race is on at 2.50pm SA time this afternoon.