who's got what lap times round buckmore park karting circuit?
26 August 2004, 07:30 PM
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who's got what lap times round buckmore park karting circuit?
what's your best lap time around the 1200m cicuit? went for my first time the other evening and had a real blast
and my best was 51.272.
not trying to say i'm the next schumacher or anything, just trying to gauge how ****e i am and what an average lap for an average abilty driver is, to give me a target to aim for next time i go
and my best was 51.272.not trying to say i'm the next schumacher or anything, just trying to gauge how ****e i am and what an average lap for an average abilty driver is, to give me a target to aim for next time i go
26 August 2004, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason Crozier
... but it wasn't in one of their corporate karts 
what was it? rocket ship?
26 August 2004, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason Crozier
It's a type of engine, 2 stroke 125cc water cooled ... if you can find 2 or 3 seconds on a nice day with a reasonably set kart you would be doing very well ... aim for a 49
mind you i couldn't get to grips with the first hairpin and that'll peg a bit of time back i guess!suppose it's like trying to break into the next second on the 1/4 mile, constantly trying to do better. should be fun trying
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hoskip, you're beginning to exhibit some of the danger signs I warned you about
Comparing times is very difficult except on the day (like rolling roads, really). And every corporate kart I've ever sat in has varied from poor to utter ****e. "They're all the same, Sir." Are they bollx!
Even in identical kit your time will vary day to day, and even hour by hour. And then there's that little thing called set-up, the black art that is the difference between winning and being lapped.
Go to a proper race meeting and see what goes on in the pits - there will be a lot of people very busy with spanners, a lot of swearing and shouting, some crying. Parc ferme after a race is an entertaining place to watch bare knuckle fighting. It's almost always fathers of the junior drivers. Not joking
If I was starting again (it was my son who did the driving) I'd do enduros with a small team of mates. Those guys always seem to have more fun that grief, share the cost, get the girls to man the BBQ, that sort of thing
Comparing times is very difficult except on the day (like rolling roads, really). And every corporate kart I've ever sat in has varied from poor to utter ****e. "They're all the same, Sir." Are they bollx!
Even in identical kit your time will vary day to day, and even hour by hour. And then there's that little thing called set-up, the black art that is the difference between winning and being lapped.
Go to a proper race meeting and see what goes on in the pits - there will be a lot of people very busy with spanners, a lot of swearing and shouting, some crying. Parc ferme after a race is an entertaining place to watch bare knuckle fighting. It's almost always fathers of the junior drivers. Not joking
If I was starting again (it was my son who did the driving) I'd do enduros with a small team of mates. Those guys always seem to have more fun that grief, share the cost, get the girls to man the BBQ, that sort of thing
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Originally Posted by Hoppy
hoskip, you're beginning to exhibit some of the danger signs I warned you about
Comparing times is very difficult except on the day (like rolling roads, really). And every corporate kart I've ever sat in has varied from poor to utter ****e. "They're all the same, Sir." Are they bollx!
Even in identical kit your time will vary day to day, and even hour by hour. And then there's that little thing called set-up, the black art that is the difference between winning and being lapped.
Go to a proper race meeting and see what goes on in the pits - there will be a lot of people very busy with spanners, a lot of swearing and shouting, some crying. Parc ferme after a race is an entertaining place to watch bare knuckle fighting. It's almost always fathers of the junior drivers. Not joking
If I was starting again (it was my son who did the driving) I'd do enduros with a small team of mates. Those guys always seem to have more fun that grief, share the cost, get the girls to man the BBQ, that sort of thing
Comparing times is very difficult except on the day (like rolling roads, really). And every corporate kart I've ever sat in has varied from poor to utter ****e. "They're all the same, Sir." Are they bollx!
Even in identical kit your time will vary day to day, and even hour by hour. And then there's that little thing called set-up, the black art that is the difference between winning and being lapped.
Go to a proper race meeting and see what goes on in the pits - there will be a lot of people very busy with spanners, a lot of swearing and shouting, some crying. Parc ferme after a race is an entertaining place to watch bare knuckle fighting. It's almost always fathers of the junior drivers. Not joking
If I was starting again (it was my son who did the driving) I'd do enduros with a small team of mates. Those guys always seem to have more fun that grief, share the cost, get the girls to man the BBQ, that sort of thing
, merely trying to get an idea of an average lap at buckmore to compare to.gonna get a team of buddies together for an endurance race soon, see how the lap times go then i suppose.
totally agree with what you say about set ups, in the 2nd session i was in the kart my mate had and it felt so much different. a bit more understeery but felt a bit more settled around the high speed corners. maybe my imagination, or maybe it was my raw racing talent coming thru(
) yeah right 
that got me better times.just had such a blast, i can't wait to do it again.
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