09/09/2026
Well I needed a few days to let Croft sink in.
On track it was mixed, off track it was insanely good!
A great Saturday and my new personal best lap around Croft Circuit was something I’m very proud of. I’m learning more every time I get in the car with the support of everyone Graves Motorsport. Sunday, well it was all on me. Disappointed not to extract more from a strong qualifying but a spin in a wet race one then the rest without a splitter. A mega start in race two, but again lost the splitter early doors and picked up some track limits penalties.
Off track, in excess of 300 guests over the weekend, 200+ on Sunday. Running our own hospitality is a massive undertaking and something I can’t do on my own. Without Emily Coates, Karen Coates, Rob Coates - Richard, Sharon, John, Bryan, Bryan, Kerry, Sally, Terry, Sarah, Ash, Wendy, Greg, Annie, Robin and Lauren I’d have been totally lost. It might be my vision, but they brought it to life and gave it that personal touch, you guys are awesome and your support helped so much this weekend. Also Bar Events UK for their awesome tipi, Henny’s Kitchen for all of the catering and service, team for their support with everything, specifically Dan, Keith, Linda, Amy, and the Tes’s security team. for his coffee machine too!
I couldn’t do it without my sponsors, great to run staff days for Primex Plastics, and over the weekend as well as guests from .dental .bricks.buildingsolutions
Finally congrats to Sid Smith on his win. Mega mate.
In short, mega quali, not great races, off track, lots of work and bloody awesome!
