After previously winning three Time Attack Championship titles in Club Class, this year Bo has moved up into Club Pro Two Wheel Drive.
He is now competing against supercharged VX220's, Honda S2000's and Honda CRX's just to name a few.
After finishing 3rd in the 2013 opening round at Cadwell Park, Bo was keen to up his game for Croft and get some more points to secure his place in the Championship table.
In the weeks running up to Croft, Bo's Forge Motorsport sponsored Astra VXR headed up North to have his engine rebuilt.
However when the car was started up, Bo discovered a problem with the cylinder head, meaning it had to be replaced the day before Croft, not what any driver wants to have to do before round two.
As everyone was heading to bed before race day, Bo was only just arriving at the circuit and getting set up.
Despite the poor weather predictions, warm up stayed dry and Bo was able to setting gentle time of 1.40 getting a feel for the car and the track.
Having only driven the track in his day to day car earlier in the week, the uneven and fast circuit was taking some getting to grips with.
Soon Bo realised he was having problems getting the power down out of the corners:
"I liked the circuit after driving it earlier in the week in my Vectra Diesel Estate so had been really looking forward to the weekend. However when I got the car on track I soon realised I had big problems with the power delivery as I had last year."
To try and compensate for the wheel spin and acceleration issues, Bo tried adjusting the boost trim, turning it down coming into the corners and up again when the car was in a straight line.
This meant Bo was able to set a time of 1.35 in the final putting him into 4th place.
"I did the best I could with the tools I had, but never managed to set a time anywhere close to what the car should have done around that circuit. All in all it was a very disappointing weekend, but I am confident the issues can be resolved for Snetterton."
For the full race report head to www.timeattack.co.uk
Flat Out Photography Copyright John Stewart
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