Lots of changes: 26th April 2011

Yet again weeks seem to have flown by since we wrote our last blog entry, where is this year going? Nearly May already. Anyway as always we have been very busy here at Bennett Racing, lots to update on. First off to say thank you to Robinson Racecars for the help with our new clutch can, it’s a very nice Trick Titanium one which replaces our Browell steel one, we were tired of lifting the steel one in and out in between rounds!

We have also nearly finished the chassis updates we had planned last year, one change was the relocation of the fire bottles, we have mentioned this before but after watching Tony Bett’s crash many times the bottles were the first thing to break from the car and we felt having them inside the chassis rails was safer and we think it should really be brought in as a rule for all cars. Even if we were to run with the funny car body the carbon won’t offer huge protection from the wall. Other changes we more cosmetic, and as we like to do every now and then, we check the chassis for damage or cracks etc.

Since our last update we have also sold our very faithful lorry and made the switch to a large box trailer, just easier to store and a lot easier with the current MOT regs and emissions issues that seem to get worse year by year! It’s a very tidy triple wheel 26 foot box trailer and should make loading and unloading the car far easier too. Well we hope.

Also our new website www.bretitanium.com is now live and were taking an orders for anything you want made, main part for sale to start with is our titanium starter dogs, they offer a 45% weight saving over there steel equivalent. Priced at £150 each.

But if there is something you need made for your racecar in titanium or aluminium then give us a call, we can make pretty much anything you can think up, all work is CNC machined and very accurate. We only use Ti-6Al-4V (Grade 5) titanium and a wide range of high strength/high grade aluminium including 6061, 6068, 6082, 7022, 7050, 7075. Our products range from one off parts to large quantities.

Thanks for reading.