Heaven is a race track

My good friend Matt Lawson ((Awesome Lawson) is a racer, you may have read about his 2010 Ducati Desmo season in one of my previous blogs); invited me to be his spanner man at Mallory park which was round 2 of the 2011 season. After several days of badgering the missus and re-organising my work diary, i accepted; and it turned out to be one of the most fun filled and frightening 48 hours of my life. Now, as you know i am a biker, but with limited track experience and having never experienced life inside the paddock on a race weekend i was actually beginning to get very nervous and unsure of what to expect, but Matt constantly reassured me i would be fine. Now, i am going to rewind back to March and round 1 and fill you in on the story so far, the story that led Matt to asking me to spanner for him. Brands Hatch was not a total disaster as Matt scored 2 very respectable 2nd places and a solid 40 points. in most peoples eyes a success. In the build up to the Saturday races Matt had a ...

Casey Stoner is 25 years old and with multiple 125cc, 250cc and Motogp wins and 1 world title with Ducati in 2007, which obviously goes to prove this young Australian has a wealth of talent. After 3 years of trying to regain his world title without success he saw an opportunity to jump ship from Ducati and was offered a unprecendented 3rd bike at Repsol Honda, partnering Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso. For most fans and riders this was the right move at the right time because towards the end of the 2010 season the Honda seemed to have the edge over Yamaha and Ducati. Casey has already ridden a Honda during the 2006 season, his first season in MotoGP and finished 8th overall with his highest finish a 2nd place in Turkey and only being beaten by Marco Melandri in the final turn. Ducati obviously saw a talent and signed him on a 1 year contract and promptly won the title in his first year, with 6 pole positions and 10 race wins. Pretty astonishing for a 21 year old. The following 2 ...

No, you didn't read the title wrong. Let me explain. I have what most people would say is an unhealthy obsession with all things World War 2, yes i know; another passion of mine and all started when i was very young sitting with my grandad watching the legend that is John Mills in The Colditz story. The true story of the allied escape from Colditz castle deep in the heart of Saxony, Germany. An apparantly unescapeable POW camp. From this moment on i was hooked, if it was a true story and WW2, i watched it or read it, and still do today. I have managed to amass around 60 dvd's and maybe the same amount of Books over the last 10 years and never tire of watching or reading them. i am always on the lookout for new material and beginning to get fed up looking.Each and every book or movie that i own are Historically factual or based on real events and they never cease to amaze me. Amaze me? what i really mean is, The men or women that these books or movies portray are amazing, bar...