More Go-Karting!

I don't claim to be Ricky Bobby, or anything but, "I like racing and going fast." That's probably one of the most obvious statements I've ever made, but with good reason....cause I do. Yesterday afternoon I headed out to my local track for some more go karting action, because I simply cannot get enough. My buddy and I did 3 super kart races, and the video below is from race #3 [although you never see my buddy, he was behind me and having an even harder time with the sliding than I was.]

The track however was very odd yesterday. It was really hot outside and they had their big bay doors open at the track, which usually translates to a stickier track surface, but not yesterday. Yesterday it was the slickest I can remember in a long time, and we were even in the super karts, which supposedly have stickier tires. As you'll see in the video, when I slide there is very little squealing coming from the tires, just no grip and sliding sideways. Given that, I was extremely happy with my lap times. It wont be long before I need to start traveling and looking for other places to go race and test/further improve my driving skills. One thing I know for sure is that you can never stop learning, and someone else will always be faster. Boogity Boogity Boogity, let's go racin'!

Allsports GP Video

On Friday night I went racing out at Allsports with some friends of mine. Naturally I brought the new camera along and had it mounted to the top of my helmet. I didn't get a chance to edit it until yesterday, but here it is. My one friend in the blue helmet is pretty good, but he made a critical error at one point, and I made him pay for it! Consistency is key kids.

Anyway, here's the video, enjoy the carnage!

Allsports GP Karting

I went out to Allsports GP last night for a little bit of karting action. My buddy and I are both qualified for the super karts, so we chose to do 3 of the super kart races. The track was cold, and it took a little while for our karts to warm up [I'm guessing we were the first people of the day to run any of the super karts] but once the tires and engines got up to temp, I was able to put down some pretty quick laps for the track surface being as cold as it was. I hit a best of 22.5, with my averages being in the 22.7 range I want to say. I'm confident enough in my abilities to say I'm pretty sure I can get into the 21's but I think it may require a slightly warmer track temperature. [For those that don't know, Allsports is a slick track, meaning you have to maintain mostly controlled slides throughout the turns. Warmer track will equal less sliding.] Anyway, we had a good time as always, and I came out on top.....almost as always. Here's a video of someone racing there, same track, but our karts would be going a little faster, that and it was just the two of us out there racing mano-a-mano. I need to get a better helmet cam so I can take better quality videos of this type of stuff too.