Love it! Exciting watch 😱👍

If I had a pound for everytime I've gone for the imaginary brake pedal while watching one of your videos Dave, I'd be a very rich man! 😂 Happy new year Dave. I hope you, Rhiannon and family had an amazing Christmas? 😀 - Scott

A pleasant reminder of the blinding result where the car was driven to within an inch of it life 😁

What’s the bhp Dave. Thanks

Love the commentary Dave, and the driving isn’t too bad either!

This is utterly incredible to watch! 😃 I find it amazing just how long you can keep a slide going for in a front wheel drive car Dave 👌😂. You must build up some serious heat in those brakes over the course of the 3 laps! 😱 Although I am concerned the next time your back at Croft doing circuit racing what kind of lines you'll be taking compared to everyone else! 🤣 Great work from the both of you again 👏. - Scott

Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down🫡

Push to the end 😂

Well done that was fast catching cars all over the place good stuff 👍

This is exactly what it's like going to Tesco's with Alana in the driving seat 🤣. First of all, hi Rhiannon 👋, I'm guessing you are Dave's better half 😁. This looks both terrifying and exhilarating at the same time! If the world was ever coming to an end, I want to be around you guys as you're both so cool, calm and collected! 😎 When is the video coming out where the roles are reversed and Rhiannon is in the driver's seat and Dave's calling out the notes? I reckon you could knock at least 2 seconds off that time Rhiannon 😁. - Scott

Seemed to have good grip (in comparison to me) what tyres were you on?

Interesting. I’ve often wondered how a good club racer would perform on a club rally: now I know it’s a circuit rally so only a small step from racing but, it would appear to me that the standard of driver in club racing is significantly higher than the standard of driver in club rallying. My guess is you did better than you expected. Good drive.

amazing, well done both you were brilliant. Cant wait to come watch xx

Crazy!!!crazy!!!crazy!!!😂😂😂😂💪💪💪💪

Brillant racing new subb here buddy

Another fantastic video 🫵! Would you recommend spacers for the FN2? Do they improve handling?

How much tow out do you run on the rear?

Gutted for you. Deserved so much more after the performance over the whole year. Budget for a couple more liters next year 😉 Been great to watch and all the best for the next chapter. Catch you soon.

Excellent race. Right up until the part when you run out of fuel 😂

This was a tough one to watch on the livestream and even tougher to ride onboard knowing the outcome (but not the reason) before you did. Turning a negative into a positive, you were flipping flying mate 😁! It was almost rhythmical watching you nail every apex on every corner, perfect braking points and just generally being at one with the car. While this might not have been a winning video, I think it shows that you have the pace to mix it in the top 3! Dare I even say it, maybe even a championship contender for '25 if all the stars align? 🤞 As much as this was a sub-optimal way to end the season, I feel like you can take away ALOT of good bits from this year and help it power you forwards into the 2025 season. 😃 I know I've said this before, but thanks Dave for starting this channel and bringing us this content. Also an even bigger thanks to everyone around you that has made your racing possible in these tough times. 👍 In the words of you Dave, COME ON! 😁 - Scott

In the words of David Coulthard... "This is exactly the opposite of what I needed, but, thats motor racing!" Good luck for 2025!

Nah man you've got to be kidding me 🤬 I'm so pissed off for you. With that you clearly belong at the front of the grid, with older tyres a slightly less powerful engine and you were leading for so long

Do you know what it was??

Aww mate! was watching from the main building......absolute gutter..you deserved so much more than that...fuel starvation was it? Mate if i had the dosh you'd be in the area awning with an EP3 ready to go!! ...ecellent driving all season....keep gannin bonny lad!

That was soooo unlucky Dave!

Bit of grass tracking, good prep for Xmas stages at Croft 😂

My favourite 2 words to start any recording is either "so" or "right" which is why there is 15 million edits in the stuff we produce 😅. 4:27 At least Kites rear tyres are now nice and toasty and warm. 🤣 5:07 It will always amaze me how cool, calm and collected you always are! I think most of us mere mortals wouldn't have the skills to control that slide. Even if we did, we would probably be screaming like a baby while producing alot of brown matter 😅. As much as the video isn't so intense when you're not battling at the top, I personally still find it a great watch to see you hitting all the apexes and generally doing some hot lapping when you have some free air. I find it fascinating with these Civic's that there is almost 3 states when cornering. 1. There is alot of understeer. 2. The rear tyres end up in a vicious cycle when the car goes into oversteer and they keep losing grip, regaining grip, losing grip which then leads to horrible rear bouncing. 3. The bit that fascinates me the most and it's when there is the tiniest bit of oversteer which allows the back to pivot around the front axle beautifully with no rear bouncing. It will never cease to amaze me when you can sometimes do 75% of a corner with the steering straight as the car is in a perfectly balanced drift. One quick question. You're starts seem to be pretty good in recent times. How do you go about practicing race starts? Is it something that can be learned in sim racing or is there not enough feedback from sims? Or do you just have ALOT of traffic lights where you live and you learn by doing the traffic light GP? 😅 Thanks for another great upload Dave 👍. - Scott

Another great vid with great comentry . Dav can i ask roughly what a full season costs you ?

Great driving 🫡 Very respectable keening those Area boys honest!

Dave can you not run ABS?

There is a few reasons that I keep watching your videos Dave. 1, You seem like a thoroughly nice chap, even if you do talk with a funny accent 😉😁. 2, The Civic Cup provides the best and close racing round after round. 3, I love seeing someone on a budget go and mix it with people that have more of a budget and prove that it's not always about who has the most money. Granted, if you suddenly got sponsored by Screwfix and were doing 10 grand a weekend, I'd still keep watching because of point number 1 😃. I'm not sure if you're down with the whole "vlogging" thing, but it would be interesting during the off season for you to walk around the car and maybe do a short video listing the bits on a Civic that can be / cannot be changed. Sideways may not be the quickest way to qualify, but it sure-as-hell makes for a great video! 😁 I don't know if you've seen, but "Cars Are Racing" KZbin channel got a few clips of your car going sideways 😁. - Scott

Love this type of content. Just straight raw racing. I love your commentary too, keep it up!

Dave. Love the channel. Very much on your level with regards to cost. Mx5 racing is similar, so love the idea you’re so far up on your budget. Keep going buddy. M

The grip levels remind me of driving my old XR2 in the snow 😁 Your position on the grids and the others you are racing with towards the front just shows what can be acheived on a budget. Its been great to watch and hope it continues next year.

That's £1k at the bare minimum, not even including testing, parts and maintenance in between. I did Type R Trophy last year and the amount you have to spend to be at the front is mental. Had to compete with teams as a privateer as well seemingly like yourself. Came away with 2 lap records and a couple wins but had some podiums and a couple wins robbed from me through reliability issues, being fired off and straight up cheating. But the amount I spent last year meant I couldn't do it this year and probably not next year either because I've got no help on the funding side. All people like us can do is show what we're made of when we have the chance to do so. You've shown clear front running capability this year on a budget so I hope people have taken notice

Another great race brilliant to watch shame about the gearshift

Great race but what the FuuKs all the waving and pointing

Absolutely gutted for you . I was on the edge of my seat all the way through that .

Managed to find some time between editing tasks to watch this one and it was fantastic. Granted the outcome was less than ideal, but the overall video was amazing. 👌 I think most of us mear mortals can only wish of having your car control skills! 😁 A bit of a different question for you... You've mentioned previously that if the budget comes together it'll be another (hopefully great) season of Civic Cup next year. But what's the ultimate goal of Team Dave Marshall Racing if you had the budget to do whatever you wanted for the many years to come? Stay in Civic's and just have a great time like you are doing for seasons to come? Tough it out with the best in TCR's? Rub panels in the BTCC? Or aiming high for some form of GT racing? - Scott

Car control and commitment cant be faulted. Your "moments" are entertaining to watch for sure 😁 Fantastic driving and great racing.

Absolutely incredible driving! Truly fantastic!

Unlucky, that was your race! Mega commitment around the back, good to watch, great driving.

“That was a moment” 😂😂😂 Absolutely mega to watch mate. Envious of the car skills 😎

Dam and blast just when you had it in the bag the gremlin got in your car and buggered it up but that's racing. Your car is getting better every race keep going your day will come.

SO unlucky mate!......great move on Kite early doors......i know silverstone was the same vibe, but you and ya team should be well proud of the development of that car over the last 2 seasons.....I know you'vve had a chance to develop it to your liking, and but for the mechanical gremlins you would have had 2 wins for sure. Well done and great racing and channel

I will say one thing by FU-K you are sooo committed in the corners Dave! Bad luck.

Famous last words to end on 🤣

Been loving watching your races since I found you a month ago Dave, you're a driver for sure. Was watching the live stream for this round so obviously I can't wait for race 2 haha. Also how the heck was that pro alloys fn2 pulling away down the straight while you were right in his tow at Thruxton? It's mental

That was an exhilarating race to watch so thanks again for bringing these to us Dave 👌😀. That car in front of you being 45 degrees to the track towards the start of the race on the fastest corner of the track has to give you brown trousers on where it's actually going to be when it has finished sliding! 💩 I know that putting tyre's on the car is far more important than your media setup, but having a 360 camera recording at the same time would've been epic for a race like this 😁. I'm gutted that I won't be able to make it to Silverstone this weekend seeing as that's our local big track to see you race in person. We are up in Louth tomorrow and hopefully selling Alana's Mini R53 on Sunday. Lastly, and I know I've gone on abit so apologies for that 😄. Do you if next year you'll be able to do these videos? I know with some organisers, they either won't allow in car recording for public consumption, or someone will already own all the rights to any media and forbid the posting of such material. I'm guessing one of these reasons is why stuff doesn't get posted from TCR (unless you're a certain Michael Crees recording footage from Boardleys laptop...) 😁 - Scott

Once again great video and great race thruxton is really hard on engines and gearboxes. Would be great to see how you prepare the car before the race.