The One where I flipped the Kart - Clay Pigeon IKR Spring series, round 2
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 for placement, I came 12th again but I also wasn't very comfortable in the kart due to the bent rear axel meaning when driving the kart it would be bumping across the track rather than driving smoothly like you should be.
Final: In the final I had a great start with me gaining rapidly on a group in front of me. I was looking at a top 8 finish when...... there was a spin in front of me, I had nowhere to go, I tried turning right to go round him but at the speed I was going at I just spun and the side of my kart ploughed into him causing me to lose 3 places and going back down to 12 place where I ended up finishing. I was 2 tenths of a second off 11 place but I didnt have enough time to make the overtake on him.
I feel lucky that I didn't have any bad injuries after the crash in heat 1 and relieved. I felt the day went well. I'm a bit annoyed about the crash that took me out in the final as I had a good chance of finishing higher up.
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 for placement, I came 12th again but I also wasn't very comfortable in the kart due to the bent rear axel meaning when driving the kart it would be bumping across the track rather than driving smoothly like you should be.
Final: In the final I had a great start with me gaining rapidly on a group in front of me. I was looking at a top 8 finish when...... there was a spin in front of me, I had nowhere to go, I tried turning right to go round him but at the speed I was going at I just spun and the side of my kart ploughed into him causing me to lose 3 places and going back down to 12 place where I ended up finishing. I was 2 tenths of a second off 11 place but I didnt have enough time to make the overtake on him.
I feel lucky that I didn't have any bad injuries after the crash in heat 1 and relieved. I felt the day went well. I'm a bit annoyed about the crash that took me out in the final as I had a good chance of finishing higher up.
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