First Race at Adelaide

[wrighty]

Having my first race at the Adelaide track on Sunday the 25th, can somebody give me an idea on rear sprocket set up, I'm running an 88 with 9 front. The kart and I are around the 150 + kg mark and I'm running in KT Med.

I have had a few races at Angus (My home track) is the setup about the same or do I need more or less teeth.

Thanks to any one with any help-full advice.

PS- see you Sunday if your racing at Adelaide( if the weather hold out) ;D

[Helper]

Hay there, most ppl run the same setup as @ strath. 88 teeth will be ok.

Good luck matey. Hope you do well & enjoy it!

[Karterdude!]

Yeh, the setups the same as Strath both fast tracks with long straights.

[wrighty]

Thanks for all your help Karterdude (Again) and also thanks to you Mr. Helper Guest I will try to have fun.

I have look at the aerial photo of the track and it looks like it has very long straights.

Good luck to all the drivers racing at Adelaide on the weekend, hope the weather is good to us.

[wrighty]

Just a quick update had my first race at Adelaide on Sunday, thanks to all for a great day, the weather was very nice and the track and the facility's were first class.

It was too bad that such a nice day was messed up by some poor set up choices and some bad driving.

Had set up issues all day and was only able to finish 2 out of 5 heats, but I did finish the finals and I think I got my set up a little better.

[Onlooker]

May 26, 2008 11:58:03 GMT 9.5 wrighty said:

Just a quick update had my first race at Adelaide on Sunday, thanks to all for a great day, the weather was very nice and the track and the facility's were first class.

It was too bad that such a nice day was messed up by some poor set up choices and some bad driving.

Had set up issues all day and was only able to finish 2 out of 5 heats, but I did finish the finals and I think I got my set up a little better.

Saw in the program that you starter from pole on heat 2. Sadly i didn't get to see the race had kart problems myself.
How did you go in that race?

[wrighty]

Yes, I was a bit scared but when I spun on the form up lap and NONE OF MY MATES came out to push start me, it was all over (bar the embarrassment of having to pull my kart back to the pits.)

[wrighty]

May 26, 2008 16:12:19 GMT 9.5 @Onlooker said:

May 26, 2008 11:58:03 GMT 9.5 wrighty said:

Just a quick update had my first race at Adelaide on Sunday, thanks to all for a great day, the weather was very nice and the track and the facility's were first class.

It was too bad that such a nice day was messed up by some poor set up choices and some bad driving.

Had set up issues all day and was only able to finish 2 out of 5 heats, but I did finish the finals and I think I got my set up a little better.

Saw in the program that you starter from pole on heat 2. Sadly i didn't get to see the race had kart problems myself.
How did you go in that race?

How did you go on over all, hope that your problemss were not to bad.

[Racer1]

May 27, 2008 11:53:22 GMT 9.5 wrighty said:

Yes, I was a bit scared but when I spun on the form up lap and NONE OF MY MATES came out to push start me, it was all over (bar the embarrassment of having to pull my kart back to the pits.)

You spun out on the form up

And no one came a helped you.

I'm sure if you sat in your kart and put up your hand someone would have ran over and helped you. If you just pulled your go-kart off the track people would have thought it was engine problems or something and not have helped you.
Did you put your kart back onto the track or pull in onto the infield?

[wrighty]

May 27, 2008 16:21:13 GMT 9.5 @Racer1 said:

May 27, 2008 11:53:22 GMT 9.5 wrighty said:

Yes, I was a bit scared but when I spun on the form up lap and NONE OF MY MATES came out to push start me, it was all over (bar the embarrassment of having to pull my kart back to the pits.)

You spun out on the form up

And no one came a helped you.

I'm sure if you sat in your kart and put up your hand someone would have ran over and helped you. If you just pulled your go-kart off the track people would have thought it was engine problems or something and not have helped you.
Did you put your kart back onto the track or pull in onto the infield?

I was trying too hard to get up to speed and took the first corner too fast, I was thinking too much about what I had to do in pole instead of just racing, and I also had some set up issue that I was trying to fix.

I put my hand up when it happened, but then I pull my kart off the track to get out of the way of every body that was getting started, I'm sure that if I had of put my hand up someone would of helped me. But to be honest I was pi$$ed off at the time and was not thinking straight.

I was not having a go at anybody, but my mates and they had just finished a race and did not see me spin.

Lets hope that I do better next time

[donks]

sounds like driving on dirt is a little like driving in the wet on bitumen, gotta luv opposite lock