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.

We had a good first day yesterday, showed some speed and had a trouble free run. Looking forward to hopefully more of the same today with qualifying and race 1 on the days schedule! Many thanks to for the excellent images!

Time for Round 3 to begin at The Bend today. We ran the car at a test day last week and have found the issue that plagued us at round 2 and showed some great speed again. Hopefully we can continue this form through the weekend and showcase Jaydens ability trouble free!

So it was a very busy weekend for the team. Unfortunately not being able to test/shake down the car before leaving for the track bit us hard! It shows preparation is very important. We still have an inherent issue with the car and it won't respond to any set up changes. Time to strip the car down and find the issue. We are determined to be back on form at the Bend!

The last race is coming up. Looking to gain some more laps to read the cars performance. It has been right since the crash in Townsville, so we are currently going through plenty of changes to source the issue. Hopefully after this race we will have a good handle on it, let's race!!

Well we finally got to see a chequered flag at the end of a race... Jayden took it easy as planned though another driver lost control passing another car and crashed into the rear of our car and caused a spin. With the big hit, our ABS failed and Jayden had to slow and just make it to the end. So it's a start, there is still a few issues with the car from its crash in Townsville, so now we are effectively trying things to sort issues which should typically be found in a shakedown. Fingers crossed we get through this race relatively unscathed and we can start testing for the bend asap!

Race 2 is fast approaching. Let's go team!

Another bad run with us being hit from behind and pushed into another car and race over... It would be great if tomorrow we can at least see a chequered flag! Onwards and upwards...

Getting ready for race 1 that will be going under lights. After battling through qualy with what now appears to be a damaged front damper, (you may of seen our car bouncing up and down like a pogo stick on tv), we have replaced both front strut inserts. Looking forward to some good 'CARMA' and we have a strong and safe run!

Day 2 is underway at SMSP, we are hoping for a good clean run this time around! We shook down the car yesterday and sorted out the little gremlins since the rebuild, so today is the time to shine. We are definitely starting on the back foot today, but I have the faith we will move forward and build to be competitive again quickly. Nice pic :)

Huge thanks for for their support this weekend! We have had people jump onboard and lend a hand this weekend which we are very grateful for. Have a look at his photography work, he does fantastic work!

In that annoying race against time thing, the team managed to get it all together in time and off to Sydney. The car measures up nice and straight, so ready to have another crack at it this weekend.

Many thanks to Evolution Crash Repairs for turning around the repairs to the body in time, and to our star mechanic Wenzel Race Prep for prepping the car in his own time last minute. The back half of the car car is all wrap done in record time by the guru wrapping guy Asher Johnston at Check It Out Graphics.

Now let's go give them some good 'CARMA' and get a great result!

**Attention** as you maybe aware, our 86 sustained substantial rear damage in Townsville. It's given the team a fair financial hit, so we are appealing to anyone for potential support. We have the complete sides of the car available for the upcoming Sydney round this weekend (and/or the season). We are on live national tv during the Supercars telecast as we are all season. If interested to discuss more and help Jayden succeed, and for any ways we can help solidify a relationship, please message us :)

are currently working on the 86 rocket, tidying it up as best they can for next weekends round. They are great supporters of ours, and we can't thank them enough for their efforts in the tight turn around between race meetings!