The acrbirel team fielded three drivers at the February club meeting at PFI, overall the entry was nearly 270 which is a welcome and positive sight for the start of 2010 season. The Rotax max grid was made up of 30 drivers and was a quality field. Michael Simpson sat this test and race out as he prepared to fly to Spain for the Euro Max race this week with Birel.

Conditions were horrible , very damp and a track that was very slippery and refused to dry. In Rotax 177 Steve Cobb tried many different settings to find the balance he liked but had more trouble with his engine before he found his real turn of speed. Two seconds in the heats placed him grid 2 behind Milan Mach. The final saw a dry line and slicks were now required, at the start Cobb shot into the lead before later on a slight mistake saw him drop to 4th. On the last lap Cobby was awesome and somehow was challenging for the lead into turn 3, but alas his rear wheel touched a wet patch and sent him off into the grass, a win lost but a promising 2010 debut.

In senior max new acrbirel drivers Tom Thompson and Chris Thomas did not disapoint. Both were on the pace in testing, in the heats Thomas recorded a respectable 7th place and set him a top ten grid slot for the final, unfortunately an optimistic Tonykart driver who seemed not to be fitted with functioning brakes! helped Thomas off the PF circuit and denied him a sure top 10 finish. Teamate Thompson had a real high and then a real low of a day. In heat 2 Thompson drove a flawless race pulling away from the experienced works CRG driver Ed brand to take his first win in devastating and confidence boosting style. In the final Thompson made a great start and was in 6th before being pushed wide and off. After re starting stone last Tom recovered well to 13th place and set the 5th fastest time despite being in traffic!

In SKF Johnny Walker (AMT Racing) tried the Birel RY30 S2 for the first time, and was mightly impressed. In the final Walker made a great start and lead for four laps before being successfully challenged by Briitsh Champion Mark Litchfield. Litchfield eased surely away to victory but Walker was destined for a secure 2nd place before his chain snapped with 2 laps to go ! Walker will continue to test the Birel this week.

So as you can see whatever the weather or track condition isn't time you chose the Birel RY30 S2 ?

ACR are pleased to annouce a new Scottish agent for Birel karts and accessories : L M Motorsport

LM Motorsport is owned by Lenny Messenger who has many years experience in karting both as a driver and a mechanic. In 2007 Messenger himself took the Formula Blue WSKC Championship. Based near the famous Larkhall circuit LM Motorsport now runs a team for Rotax Max and Formula Blue catagories.

Over the years Lenny has formed close ties with one of the famous karting families in Scotland, the DiResta's. Recently announced Force India F1 driver Paul DiResta and his brother Stefan (Rotax Max) and their father Louis have passed on invaluable advice and support to Lenny in the setup of LM Motorsport.

LM Motorsport will provide a professional, approachable and competitive service to drivers and will go the extra mile to satisfy drivers requests. Services available are kart storage,kart prepartion and race day awning and driver coaching facilities. The team will of course use Birel chassis and LM Motorsport will benifit with full support from UK Birel Importer ACR on technical matters and product development. L M Motorsport will stock all Birel chassis and spare parts to give thier clients a 100% support package.

"I am delighted to appoint LM Motorsport as our new Scottish agents, Lenny has the right attitude and his professionalism and attention to detail is exactly what we need to push the Birel brand in Scotland - he will do a great job ! " commented Birel UK boss Andy Cox.

L M Motorsport have a demo kart of the new Birel RY30 S2, to book a test drive or enquire about the services on offer from LM Motorsport contact them at lmmotorsport@btinternet.com or call Lenny on 07971 605558.