David Thorpe

Name : David Thorpe

 

Age : 30

 

Home town : Sutton-In-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire

 

Occupation : Senior Project Manager

 

Car driven : Honda Civic Type R (EP3)

 

Daily driver : Ford Focus Diesel

 

Time Attack Car Spec :

 

Engine:

Hondata K-Pro ECU (Fully mapped by TDI North)

DC Race Header

Buddyclub Exhaust

Gruppe M Carbon air intake

TGM Racing Baffled Sump

Mocal oil cooler kit

Samco hoses

 

Chassis:

Ohlins Suspension

J’s Racing Roll Centre Adjusters

J’s Racing Front and Rear Strut Bars

J’s Racing C Pillar Bar

Carbing Rear Tie Bar

Urated Anti Roll Bars

Uprated Suspension Bushes

TGM Racing Reverse Tie Rod End Arms

Eibach Adjustable Camber Arms/Bolts

 

Transmission:

Toda Power 6 paddle clutch

Toda Power lightened flywheel

Quaife ATB Diff

Neuspeed Quick Shift Adaptor

 

Brakes:

K-Sport 8 Pot Brakes with 330mm Discs and DS3000 pads front

AEM Big Disc Conversion with DS2500 pads rear

Goodridge Braided lines

Brembo Racing Brake Fluid

 

Wheels:

Rota SDX alloys with Toyo R888 Tyres

 

Is this your first year in Time Attack? :

 

This is my second year in Timeattack, The first year was a big learning curve, which showed up the areas of the car which I needed to work on, Namely the chassis.

This year i’m running a much better setup and the car is handling brilliantly, just need some power to match it!

 

What do you like about Time Attack and how have you done this season so far :

 

I love the atmosphere at the events and the community spirit amongst the teams. Although everyone is fighting hard they will always help you out where they can.

 

So far my results are:

 

Oulton Park: 3rd

Knockhill: 5th

Silverstone 5th

 

Current sponsors :

·         TDI North: www.tdi-north.com

·         TGM Racing: www.tgmsports.co.uk

·         J’s Racing: www.js-racing.co.uk