Danny Kart Racer

Today was my second Karting race. Qualifiying:qualified 14 out of 16. Heat 1:big crash at the first corner where kart 45 [the kart ahead of me] spun and ended up hitting into me. I then fell out of the kart at around 20mph rolling to the barrier along with the kart that also ended up doing gymnastics and falling onto me - I WAS STUCK!!!!! A few seconds later kart 45 [who had caused the crash] got out of his kart to come and help me out from under the kart. Almost immediatly after the contact the red flag was raised and the race was restarted. Lucky for me I landed on grass and only came out with minor injures and somehow managed to make the restart. Unfortunately for my kart it got a bent rear axel which meant that for the rest of the day I had to race with a damaged kart. After that the restart happened and we were racing again. That heat I ended up coming 12 out of 16 meaning I would be starting 12 on the grid for the pre-final.  Pre-final: In the pre final nothing much changed

It was an early start, up at 6:30am and out by 7am to get to the track on time to sign on and do scrutineering. There are 2 practice sessions, and I had a mechanical failure early on my first session which meant I had to stop and come off. Luckily some other dads helped dad and they were able to get the kart going again so I could go out for the second practice session. Then it is qualifying, which determines your place on the grid for the first heat. I had on the wrong tyres because it was really wet on the track and I had on my old wets which had hardly any grip left so I was sliding around and that meant I qualified in last place (but only by a tenth of a second!) The qualifying times In the Heat race I managed to overtake 3 people to get to 14th, still wearing the old tyres! This meant that I started the Pre- final 14th on the grid. Before the pre-final we got some help and managed to put on the brand new Wet tyres which would hopefully give me a bit more grip. In the

Today I took my ARKS test at Clay Pigeon. I need this to get my karting licence. The examiner checks your driving to make sure you are safe on the track and can maintain a good lap average, and then there is a written test. On part of it (naming and describing the meaning of 10 different flags used in racing) you have to get 100% to pass. I got all the flags right and on the rest of the test I got 19 out of 20 so I passed and will get my licence! My ARKS test form, signed and ready to be sent off to get my licence.

Today I got my first Go-Kart! I saved up for it myself, it has taken me 2 years to save all my birthday and Christmas money, plus money that mum had saved for me from when I was younger. I got to drive it at Clay Pigeon Raceway in Dorchester, I really loved it. The track was wet at first which was fun and then it dried up and I got faster and faster. I have now signed up for my first race which will be next weekend! This is my Kart - 5 was my temporary number for the day. Classic inside helmet shot Lining up on the dummy grid, getting ready to race Out on track                                                                                                                                            An overtake by me.