Here's a picture of Karen's husband Richard busy swapping brake pads at a practice event at Mallory Park. Whilst Karen only has to concentrate on staying on the black stuff during qualifying and the races, her support crew usually consisting of Richard, Darren and David do everything else required to keep things that way!

The MR2 Challenge contains a varied bunch of people from those with Arrive and Drive deals, to the mechanic/racer who fettles his own car. To all those that have to deal with the nitty-gritty of preparing or repairing their cars, we wish you luck over the winter and look forward to swapping tales of sheared bolts, scraped knuckles and frozen nuts!