27th March 2018
It was an epic escape from the heaviest snow fall in nearly 25 years. To simply get to the airport from my home in Kanazawa to Osaka is normally a 350km journey. But I had to go north to come south and 650kms later I was at Kansai Airport ready to fly to Christchurch.
It is now 9 years ago that I sent the money to confirm my order and have McGregor Motorsport build me one of their Mach7 cars. Looking back at my first blog entry Monday 2nd March, 2009 I would never have predicted that in March 2018 I would be doing it all again.
This time it’s very different and certainly far more demanding than 2009. I only committed to a new build to support the new owners Scott and Delwyn and to make an entirely new car. This has been a ground up project, the new chassis and suspension had been in development for several years. We all agreed to go Honda powered, and while it’s been extremely challenging on a new canvas which would become the 2018 MMS MACHsr7 prototype.
So, where are we at…? I am back in Japan but in three weeks I will once again be in Christchurch for what I believe is the most significant event of the entire process. I will keep this under wraps but it’s a major step forward in having an exciting new McGregor Motorsport back in business. The culture has changed with new faces, new ideas and a positive future ahead.
February was recorded in video as usual….it was a great time!