Results
Great Eccleston Show 18/07/2010
True Blue makes it three wins out of three events at Great Eccleston Show to win the British Championship with one event to go!
The under 401ci Prostock class was the first class to pull on a very wet Sunday. The rain never really stopped all morning but we were told it would clear long enough to get all the classes pulled. Finally the rain stopped and the track was worked to give a track that we could pull on. At the drivers meeting we had been told that it would be a floating finish, so basically one hook. True Blue was test puller and despite not getting locked into the track as well as we would have liked, managed to pull to 100.49m, which we were satisfied with and kept that run. This proved to be the right decision as the rain was always threatening to come on for the whole class, but managed to stay off just about long enough. The other tractors in the class either had mechanical issues on the line or failed to get a right grip of the track meaning our distance was enough to take first place home with us.
| 1st | True Blue | 100.49 | - |
| 2nd | Red Mist | 91.43 | - |
| 3rd | Herbie | 81.23 | - |
| 4th | Lancashire Bomber | HP | - |
| 4th | Thurston Warrior | HP | - |
Kirkbride 26-27/06/2010
True Blue makes it 2 wins out of 2 at Kirkbride. We left home on friday evening to have time on saturday morning to fix the small amount of damage from the Shakey Pull. After cutting out the bent support bracket at the front we bolted in two stronger bars to help strengthen the front.
The track was in excellent condition when the pulling started and had plenty of grip in it. There were 4 full pulls in our class, and we were the last ones to run in the pull off. Skipper ran just before us and went storming out the end again, so we knew we would have to match him. True Blue managed to get another full pull but the decision was made to have another pull off on sunday morning, as the tractors were hot from 2 good runs. For sunday mornings pull off we filled the intercooler with 3 bags of ice cubes and around 30litres of water. Skipper managed a great run of 91.16m on a tough sledge setting which we did not think we would quite be able to catch. True Blue left the line well and got locked into the track early and up to speed, which to our disbelief helped us drag the sledge beyond the checkered flag to take the win!
After the run we checked the intercooler pipes and noticed a massive difference in temperature, so it looks like we will need a supple of ice cubes from now on!!
Shakey Super Pull 12/06/2010
| 1st | True Blue | FP | FP | 99.00 |
| 2nd | Skipper | FP | FP | 91.16 |
| 3rd | Red Mist | FP | 95.45 | - |
| 4th | Herbie | FP | 91.76 | - |
| 5th | Hit n Miss | 93.30 | - | - |
| 6th | Thurston Warrior | 36.48 | - | - |
| 7th | Lancashire Bomber | 29.77 | - | - |
True Blue wins at the first ever Shakey Super Pull with the only full pull of the class to take first. It was the first run with the intercooler fitted so we were keen to see the effect it would have. After a slightly longer than normal run the tractor managed to get the sledge out the end, where we checked the temperature of the inlet and outlet pipes from the intercooler and noticed there was a massive drop in temperature!
On the sunday there was a test and tune day where we decided to run again but this time without water injection on. The tractor again ran strong so the decision has been made to run without water injection from now on. The only downside was a slight bend to the front of the chassis, after lightening the front end we have lost a lot of strength which we will be fixing for the next event at Kirkbride.
The Shakey Super Pull was an excellent event and we are all looking forward for the chance to compete there again next year!
| 1st | True Blue | FP | - |
| 2nd | Herbie | 97.31 | - |
| 3rd | Red Mist | 67.45 | - |
| 4th | Hit n Miss | 50.69 | - |
| 5th | Lancashire Bomber | 30.66 | - |
| 6th | Thurston Warrior | 1.71 | - |
