TOYSPEED SPRINT RACE RD4 29 MAY 07

[slydesigns]

ROUND 4

LOCATION: Daytona Raceway, Bennet St Palmerston North
DATE: Tuesday 29 May 07
TIME: 8.30pm or 2030hrs Be there 10 mins early for a brief, timings are restrictive so no dragging our feet.
COST: $25 per driver (thank Clint for the deals later)
MAJOR PRIZE CONTRIBUTORS: Toyota NZ and Repco

ENTRY FEE TO BE PAID IN FULL BY THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE RACE... 29 MAY 07, TO ENSURE PEOPLE SHOW UP.
Pay either myself or Clint or contact us to make other arrangements.

The 10 Names to seats for the race this month are:

1. Loudtoy - Jimmy - confirmed and paid
2. Slydesigns - Simon - confirmed
3. PRYMAL - Clint - confirmed
4. Lith - Dan - confirmed
5. Snoozin - Richard - confirmed
6. Anth_555 - Anthony - confirmed
7. GX61MarkII - Lochlan - confirmed
8. Truenotch - confirmed
9. Ep82gt - Hagen - confirmed
10. Slightly_Sykotic - Brad - confirmed

Reserve Drivers:

1. Petrolhead - Tim - confirmed
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5.


Priority and right of line goes to Toyspeed members first, then all others. Anyone disagree, discuss it here.

Those named please confirm ASAP as the reserves will be asking you why they missed out if YOU dont show.

Events are:
4min warmup laps
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3

Prizes for:
Sprint King
Crash King
Crowd Favorite
18 Second Club
17 Second Club

Points awarded, 10 for a first to 1 for a 10th each race. Points tally for 3 races determines the winner. Race 1 placings outrank subsequent races.
Example:
Driver 1: Race 1 - 2nd (9pts), R2 - 1st (10pts), R3 - 4th (7pts) = 26pts
Driver2: Race 1 - 1st (10pts), R2 - 3rd (8tps), R3 - 3rd (8pts) = 26pts
Driver 2 wins over Driver 1 due to higher first race placing.

Any questions etc, drop a line on 027 45 00 199 or comment here.

Championship Points Table going into Rd 4

1st Dan (LITH) - 79pts
2nd Clint (PRYMAL) - 74pts
3rd Jimmy (LOUDTOY) - 70pts
4th Richard (SNOOZIN) - 63pts
5th Simon (SLYDESIGNS) - 56pts
6th Cole (SLIGHTLY_LOONEY) - 49pts
7th Brad (SLIGTHLY_SYKOTIC) - 40pts
8th Anthony (ANTH_555) - 26pts
9th Locklin (GX61MARKII) - 16pts
10th Brett (DEVIOUSMR2) - 12pts
11th Hagan (EP82GT) - 7pts

07 SERIES 18 SECOND CLUB
(Best lap to date and when set)
Brad - SLIGHTLY_SYKOTIC - 18.29 (Rd 4/Race 3)
Jimmy - LOUDTOY - 18.43 (Rd 2/Race 3)
Dan - LITH - 18. 57 (Rd 2 Race 3)
Simon - SLYDESIGNS - 18.58 (Rd 4/Race 3)
Richard - SNOOZIN - 18.62 (Rd 4/race 3)
Clint - PRYMAL - 18.76 (Rd2/Race 3)

[slighty_sykotic]

Confirm me up.

[slighty_sykotic]

And what lap time did i do in the last round? I thought I bet my 18.99?

[Loudtoy]

Hey where's my name. I am confirmed and i'm still ahead in the payment stakes as well. Best be putting me up there somewhere else i'l be rather annoyed.

[slydesigns]

Best you pull your F&#king head in Jimmy and try PM'ing one of us or txting so we can correct our obvious mistake instead of bitching in public. We put enough time and effort into this with grief from our partners over the time we spend. A little help and consideration on your part would go a long way.

[slydesigns]

BTW, mistake corrected, I missed a your name, same as I did in the results for the last round in one race.

Brad, results are up in a different post

[Loudtoy]

Yeah sorry dude have been having issues with my phone, tried text and got no replys or anything but then i figured out i'd stuffed something on my phone up.
Next time i'l try pming as well

[GX61 Mark II]

Yeah, thanks for the hard work guys... we certainly appreciate it!

Looking forward to next round....

[ON PSI]

please confirm me ill be there

[Lith]

Hey hippies... looking forward to tomorrow nights karting, quite in the mood for some mayhem:)

[Loudtoy]

Hey hippies... looking forward to tomorrow nights karting, quite in the mood for some mayhem:)

As am i although i will be hoping to have a nice easy race - well at least one with no cart to wall action anyhow

[Lith]

As am i although i will be hoping to have a nice easy race - well at least one with no cart to wall action anyhow

Of course!! This is all about finesse etc

[GX61 Mark II]

See you tonight guys.... I wonder if I can pass anyone who hasn't crashed tonight? haha

[slighty_sykotic]

HAHA w00t,

18.2

Sure pulled that one out of my ass...

[Lith]

Yes that was uber impressive - you don't normally run that quick aye?

Good racing this time, was quite clean considering how tight the racing was and how slippery the track was.

[slighty_sykotic]

managed a 18.5 or something last time, so yeah, its a big jump up.

Kart I had this time was weird..the brakes sucked, like they wouldnt lock up unles you REALLY jumped on them, so i was braking earlier and slowing down slower.

Maybe that helped?

--Sykotic

[Lith]

managed a 18.5 or something last time, so yeah, its a big jump up.

Kart I had this time was weird..the brakes sucked, like they wouldnt lock up unles you REALLY jumped on them, so i was braking earlier and slowing down slower.

Maybe that helped?

For what its worth, thats how I normally try and do it - slow down conservatively then start nailing the throttle as early as possible. This time my kart just couldn't do the slow down thing so I was doing something more akin to coasting into sharp corners.

[Loudtoy]

Well i must say that i had a reasonable cart this time round Also there are two corners that i find it helps if i jump on the brakes hard for a split second - once coming into the sweeper off the end of the main straight and once coming into the hairpin part of the left hand side fo the split. Both time i lift the inside rear on those corners doing that and it's quite a bit faster than trying to slow slowly in and nail out. Fly in, jam on brakes at turn in point and carry the inside rear through the corner, lot faster and if you think i'm joking ask snoozin about how many time i carried the inside rear through the sweeper
PS if somebody can tell me the best way through the hairpin on the right side of the split i'd love to know, i just cant get that corner sorted

Big thanks to si and clint for organising it again, awesome. Also to sam for helping out by pressing the stop buttong for the guys as soon as the red comes up and pointing out the shortcut through the pits that i used race 1

[Loudtoy]

Good racing this time, was quite clean considering how tight the racing was and how slippery the track was.

Well actually

07 SERIES 18 SECOND CLUB
(Best lap to date and when set)
Brad - SLIGHTLY_SYKOTIC - 18.29 (Rd 4/Race 3)
Jimmy - LOUDTOY - 18.43 (Rd 2/Race 3)
Dan - LITH - 18. 57 (Rd 2 Race 3)
Simon - SLYDESIGNS - 18.58 (Rd 4/Race 3)
Richard - SNOOZIN - 18.62 (Rd 4/race 3)
Clint - PRYMAL - 18.76 (Rd2/Race 3)

So maybe not as bad considering that half of people above set there best times on tuesday
Was slippery race one and the left side of the split never really gripped up but thats standard, apart from that i thought it wasn't bad, and normally people complaining about not being able to lock there brakes aka slighty_sykotic

Maybe that helped?

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[Lith]

PS if somebody can tell me the best way through the hairpin on the right side of the split i'd love to know, i just cant get that corner sorted

I'd suggest, but I did keep getting told how wrong I took a variety of corners so take it with pinch of salt.

I carry out wide after the first left bend after the hairpin off the end of the straight and head towards the left corner (not at a sharp angle) of the tires which basically form a box in front of you. I lean on the brakes and turn hard right at such a time that I might possibly almost clip the right hand side of my gokart against the left hand side of the tires which create the "hairpin" on the right split. As soon as I have got this angle (before I actually pass the "clipping point") I am back on the throttle.

I suspect I carry more speed out of this corner and around onto the straight which could possibly be why I find I am carrying too much speed/have too little traction to carry the line you and Richard suggested I carry out of there, either way I will try that line next time I am on a kart there to see how it goes.

There was no jumping on the brakes and getting a sharp turn in for me this time, they were only barely better than engine braking

Re: the slippery comment - either my kart had really shit tires compared to everyone else... or everyone else just capitalised better on the straightened out corners. I was FRACTIONALLY off my pace from the last two meets, and really couldn't get the heavy lateral G thing happening I normally can - I just assumed that everyone else was experiencing the same thing at the time, hence being impressed there was little carnage.