Not exactly...

The MR2 Challenge control tyre is the Yokohama A539, and must be purchased from the series organiser Steve Vince at Red Dragon Automotive. Yesterday I ordered six tyres from him which would give us a full set and two spares.

We've got ten wheels in total, which means we can still have four wheels equipped with other tyres if we use the car on the road and save our race tyres. Having said that, we need to do a few hundred miles on the new race tyres just to scrub them in and remove any mould release agent, etc. All in an effort to ensure they have maximum grip available ready for the first race.

I'm hoping a friend of a friend will fit them for us, and will also set the geometry to TRD recommended settings. We'd otherwise been quoted £160 for just the geometry settings by a local tuning firm!!

Next on the shopping list? That'd be a transponder unit which is used to recognise when the car passes the start/finish line and to automatically formulate qualification lap times etc. That's another £240!