Z Club Karting Grand Prix
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badboy_428
- Posts: 14
- Location: Auckland
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badboy_428
- Posts: 14
- Location: Auckland
I will be there if there is enought interest. Even if I have to crawl
Better late than never. First I must apologise for this report delay, slacker I know but hey it is done now for all to see 
Pics of the event can be found by clicking here
So where to I start, do I talk about the results....nah you will have to go through all this dribble first
A big thanks must go out to Luke (aka Pest) for setting up this event it had been a number of years since a few had been in a go-kart (or in the case of kart #3 slow-kart - more on this later), also to Mrs Pest (Rachel) for risking life and limb to take all the photos/action shots. Some of which involved standing on a tyre wall, holding on to a pole (Luke almost a bit of poll dancing there
) and leaning as far out into the track as physically possible to get close enough to the action for the flash to pic up the speeding go-kart only to quickly jump back out of the way as one of the karts was in the normal corning stance of SLIDEWAYS
So who were the misfits behind the wheels.
Race #1
" raced through my mind - well as the laps past so did the drivers. Ok so now I am at the back of the bunch - "Well Lucas that was a GREAT start you L#$%er". Ok so I picked the slowest kart on the track (see Race #2 for more on that one). Ok so they go past me - well I thought that is not going to happen again. So when the karts came back around to lap me (as expected dam this piece of equipment....now what is the staying about blaming the tools 
) I made that kart as wide as. But not wide enough so it seemed as Kelvin got his nose up the inside in the hair-pin he took me wide and right into the tyres "Hang-on this is a non contact sport!". So that was Race #1 well that is my story and any others you hear are just lies. On the last lap Steve was leading the race but got held up in the hair-pin by us back markers so Luke was able to take the lead which he held for most of the race to take the win.
So the results
So how did Luke fear with the slow-kart #3 well not too well in fact by lap 2 he was p!$$ed off with the kart he pulled into the pits and got a new one (hell why didn't I think of that 
) so this time it was game-on. Excellent 2 laps down and I was catching Luke and my first kart - but yep he went into the pits. Ok so next on the list was Murray. It took a few laps to catch up to back of the field what with #3 now off and Luke charging ahead in a new kart (he’s been at this track before 
) Ok Murray down - Kelvin was next. And this is were he got the tittle "not going to let Lucas past" the laps past but I didn't Murray was now joining the battle, as was Steve and Dave with Luke gaining all the time. With the others joining in the battle I finally got past Kelvin. Excellent no-ones going to over take me this time.
A few more laps past with me in the lead
so did I care what was going on behind hell no so long as no one was getting too close. With about 3 laps to go the race behind was getting tough Steve had Luke right on his tail, Dave was leading in second place with Murray and Kelvin in the rear. Existing the hair-pin the math did just not add up 4 into 3 was never going to work the final results was Steve in the tyres for 1/2 lap and lots of changing of positions. Now things get a little confusing what with Luke swapping karts therefore needing some timing modifications. But the finial results for race #2 match the finishing positions.
So the results
Nissan managed to come up with a prize thanks to Manukau Nissan a Nismo mouse and mouse pad was up for grabs. Each driver had to write down who they thought was the worse driver for the night. So for my poor performance in race #1 or just because I was the lucky winner of the worse driver.
Finial results
Mike
Pics of the event can be found by clicking here
So where to I start, do I talk about the results....nah you will have to go through all this dribble first
A big thanks must go out to Luke (aka Pest) for setting up this event it had been a number of years since a few had been in a go-kart (or in the case of kart #3 slow-kart - more on this later), also to Mrs Pest (Rachel) for risking life and limb to take all the photos/action shots. Some of which involved standing on a tyre wall, holding on to a pole (Luke almost a bit of poll dancing there
) and leaning as far out into the track as physically possible to get close enough to the action for the flash to pic up the speeding go-kart only to quickly jump back out of the way as one of the karts was in the normal corning stance of SLIDEWAYSSo who were the misfits behind the wheels.
Race #1
- Car #2......Kelvin [sup](not going to let Lucas past)[/sup] Healey
- Car #3......Michael [sup](I am no Schumacher)[/sup] Lucas
- Car #4......Steve [sup](nice and lite and I am a Schuie) West[/sup]
- Car #5......Dave [sup](anybody for kart parts)[/sup] Tunner
- Car #7......Luke [sup](big guy - why are karts so damn small)[/sup] Pascoe
- Car #9......Murray [sup](can I improve this kart before we start)[/sup] Chapman
" raced through my mind - well as the laps past so did the drivers. Ok so now I am at the back of the bunch - "Well Lucas that was a GREAT start you L#$%er". Ok so I picked the slowest kart on the track (see Race #2 for more on that one). Ok so they go past me - well I thought that is not going to happen again. So when the karts came back around to lap me (as expected dam this piece of equipment....now what is the staying about blaming the tools ) I made that kart as wide as. But not wide enough so it seemed as Kelvin got his nose up the inside in the hair-pin he took me wide and right into the tyres "Hang-on this is a non contact sport!". So that was Race #1 well that is my story and any others you hear are just lies. On the last lap Steve was leading the race but got held up in the hair-pin by us back markers so Luke was able to take the lead which he held for most of the race to take the win.So the results
- Pos.....Name.......Bestlap
- 1....Luke.....23.570
- 2....Steve...23.390
- 3....Kelvin..24.020
- 4....Murray..24.080
- 5....Dave...24.170
- 6....Mike....24.570 (1 whole second slower on a go-kart track for god sake)
So how did Luke fear with the slow-kart #3 well not too well in fact by lap 2 he was p!$$ed off with the kart he pulled into the pits and got a new one (hell why didn't I think of that ) so this time it was game-on. Excellent 2 laps down and I was catching Luke and my first kart - but yep he went into the pits. Ok so next on the list was Murray. It took a few laps to catch up to back of the field what with #3 now off and Luke charging ahead in a new kart (he’s been at this track before ) Ok Murray down - Kelvin was next. And this is were he got the tittle "not going to let Lucas past" the laps past but I didn't Murray was now joining the battle, as was Steve and Dave with Luke gaining all the time. With the others joining in the battle I finally got past Kelvin. Excellent no-ones going to over take me this time.A few more laps past with me in the lead
so did I care what was going on behind hell no so long as no one was getting too close. With about 3 laps to go the race behind was getting tough Steve had Luke right on his tail, Dave was leading in second place with Murray and Kelvin in the rear. Existing the hair-pin the math did just not add up 4 into 3 was never going to work the final results was Steve in the tyres for 1/2 lap and lots of changing of positions. Now things get a little confusing what with Luke swapping karts therefore needing some timing modifications. But the finial results for race #2 match the finishing positions.So the results
- Pos.....Name.......Bestlap
- 1....Mike.....23.720
- 2....Luke...23.930
- 3....Dave..23.530
- 4....Kelvin..24.030
- 5....Murray...24.390
- 6....Steve....24.370
Nissan managed to come up with a prize thanks to Manukau Nissan a Nismo mouse and mouse pad was up for grabs. Each driver had to write down who they thought was the worse driver for the night. So for my poor performance in race #1 or just because I was the lucky winner of the worse driver.
Finial results
- 1st......Luke
- 2nd.....Steve
- 3rd=....Kelvin and Mike
- 5th.....Murray
- 6th.....Dave
Mike
Last edited by nzeder on Fri Aug 04, 2006 11:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.