RAW APPEAL

Somewhere along the road of this constant battle to build the next best thing and one-up whatever the guy next door has done, many have lost their way, building stupidly complex, over-powered, unreliable machines. But what if we told you that there is another way, a much simpler, much easier, and much more satisfying approach to car building? No, this isn’t the Bluetooth trend hitting the SEMA Show; it’s more about winding the clock back and making the most of the machinery in front of you, through nothing more than refinement, and we’re about to get schooled in the art.

It’s a bitterly cold but sunny midweek winter’s day, and Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park in Taupo is