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« on: October 11, 2022, 11:06:57 PM »
Some great racing tonight, but these cars are so tricky, it’s like balancing on a knifes edge
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« on: October 05, 2022, 02:08:23 PM »
Wow, I wasn't expecting a night like that!
I don’t remember driving any go-kart mods before so this has been a real return to my grass roots and all those $$$'s spent at various hire kart places during my teenage years....Every session I was going quicker and quicker and I found these cars rather consistent in their handling once I changed my driving style to them. Once I knew when they were going to slide it was just a matter of staying within track limits and not dropping wheels off the track.
Quali and Race 1 was a matter of head down and push hard not making any mistakes and I was shocked with the results.
During race 2 I saw a couple of 34's on my delta and so I went for it and tried to take the last corner flat because I felt that was where I was bleeding time...that didn't turn out too well after running off the road and hitting the wall and flipping several times I felt like a tennis ball in the middle of a very long rally! Dead last with a handful of laps to go....but I won't complain because the kart survived and I was soon back lapping in the mid 35's.
Race 3 was fun. I started well having a fun battle with Sparky. He was driving very well and it was quite hard to get into a clean passing position until he launched off the big curb at the 2nd last corner. From then on it was a matter of not going for a lap time, despite having a little spin at turn 3 towards the end of the race, in the end I finished with only 150ml of fuel in my kart.
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« on: September 06, 2022, 07:32:20 PM »
Sorry but I’m not going to make it, have literally just finished a very long meeting, so I’m too hangry to think atm
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« on: August 31, 2022, 02:53:42 PM »
That wasn’t a bad night in the end despite my criticisms of the layout. I really detested that infield section, yet that was in the end where I found bucketloads of time. What I found easier through there (& this was completely by accident) was that if I gave the car oversteer and controlled it with the throttle it actually rotated much better than if I was trying to be precise with the power. In the end I found myself sliding around a lot of the track (apart from the chicane) and that was where I found all my speed. It felt like I was driving the car like an old Trans-Am monster and that was a lot of fun.
For most of the races I was able to bide my time and capitalise on the mistakes of others but in race 3 it was me being impatient which resulted in my Space shuttle impression at turn 5. I kept getting too close to Freezer in the mid corner to exit phase and eventually after many near misses, I had to avoid punting him and went too far left onto the grass and the embankment became a massive jump ramp….if only these things had a dukes of hazards horn!
Congratulations to Joe on his dominant season! Despite the efforts it’s been bloody tough trying to keep up and in reality I lost too many points by dumb mistakes in first half of the season to put any real pressure on him. Well done to Wally, despite my efforts I still could not steel 2nd from you. Thanks for another great season on sone very interesting tracks.
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« on: August 30, 2022, 10:32:53 PM »
I got the Covids... been feeling a bit shit since Friday but not that bad, decided to test today and its positive. I may race tonight will see how I feel. Pretty sure 60 points ahead I can miss the round and nobody can beat me anyway?
I’m sorry to read this, hopefully it doesn’t hit you too hard and you’re back on track again soon
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« on: August 29, 2022, 10:04:46 PM »
When you take the shortcut which avoids turns 3,4 & 5 this place is epic  !!!
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« on: August 24, 2022, 02:24:26 PM »
Results are up - congratulations to Joe again. Just too fast in these cars!
Yep, I’m trying, I’m trying, don’t worry about that! I just can’t seem to find that last three 10ths that Joe has in the death of qualifying to snare a pole! Perhaps I need to spend some more time practicing on light fuel instead of race fuel levels….. Race 1 - After what felt like a very long red leight I made a meal of the start and then played a very long game of follow the leader with Joe. The margin fluctuated around 0.7 to 1.5sec but I unable to make the gap. From a far it looked like I was making time into turns 1-2 so I decided to have a big go into turn 1 on the final lap but I was too deep and then lost 3seconds. Race 2 - changed my tyre pressures for the big temperature change and this was the wrong move, I simply couldn’t get full temp and so by the time I got up to second I was about 9s behind Joe. That said I had a very intense and enjoyable battle with Freezer for most of the race and Wally not too far behind me. Race 3 - Finally made a reasonable start (this time!) and then got the most epic of tows down the long straight that despite forgetting to select 6th gear I was able to use the hill and brake into 1st place at the mega hairpin. From then on it was head down, pushing hard doing qualifying laps as Joe tried to run me down. Every lap we both kept lowering the fastest lap mark fractions at a time, until Joe went to that level which I can’t find, well into the 13’s. Eventually I was able to hang in for the win to spoil Joe’s whitewash…
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« on: August 23, 2022, 07:54:49 AM »
Wow, mega commitment required around this one! With all these high speed flowing corners, we could see the return of the Truli train…I still think there is a lot of time to be gained in the first two corners and coming off them well will really set up a fast lap.
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« on: August 17, 2022, 05:56:12 PM »
Good nights racing. Pictured running 3 wide into the right hander . . . the only time I saw Joe and Brad all night 
That image looks so much better into the corner than out of it  where very slight contact and a little too much right foot resulted in a spin and contact with the wall….after that I just overdrove and couldn’t get into a rhythm
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« on: August 10, 2022, 05:47:11 PM »
a big night of shoulda, coulda, woulda, but all ended up in an epic fail for me!
Race 1, I was on the front row, got a blinding start into the lead then took the chicane too hard on lap 2 resulting in a spin...
Race 2, I made anther good start settling into 2nd behind Joe and then at the fast left hander took too much curb, resulting in a spin...
Race 3, I made a crap start then fought back until a mistake game me the win and on the 2nd to last corner I had a massive 1/2 spin...luckily I only lost 2 seconds and fall over the line for an underserving win.
A really challenging track in these cars, but one where I found I spent too much of my time on the edge which produced mistakes...well done to Joe for another domination!
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« on: August 01, 2022, 06:28:08 PM »
Sadly I can’t make tomorrow night due to a family birthday dinner. See you next week
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« on: July 26, 2022, 11:24:49 PM »
Results are up. I won the round
Well done Wally, I simply didn’t have enough pace tonight job well done!
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« on: July 26, 2022, 08:20:04 AM »
Wow, what a track! Another new one for me and this is an epic challenge. Normally I like to take the car and chuck it around a corner but around here I feel like I’m turning it in and hoping I can hang on without making a mistake and losing the rhythm required to make that corner and the one after it as this places feels like groups of sequences of corners. This could make for some rather challenging racing tonight, another great pick from the track selectors 
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« on: July 20, 2022, 05:39:55 PM »
Have to say I still enjoy it but finding it increasingly hard to be on the pace and/or keep it together for a whole race! 
See I find this to be the interesting challenge of these cars. You’ve got to be careful under throttle, cornering and braking which is so much better than some of the more gas brake honk modern day cars. I must concede that it times I find the speed of these cars a real struggle and after last night I’ve learnt the hard way that trying to avoid someone’s accident mid corner only ends in your own demise.
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« on: July 19, 2022, 10:31:24 PM »
Sorry for quitting, but I give up.
I’m sorry to read this, these cars are bloody hard but I’m finding that to be the actual challenge, however I can understand how frustrating that can be too
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