Arrive and drive Go Karting as good practice?
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Aside from having fun it will be of no value whatsoever. You are comparing a solid axle rear wheel drive kart with no differential, no gears, no front brakes, a weedy asthmatic four stroke lawn mower engine, old tyres that have been through more heat cycles than a Liverpudlian teenager with a tan bed obsession to a race prepared car!
Although you may go withthe intention of using the race as training or practice, most wont and the whole point of arrive and drive karting is the fact that you can hit people and either get away with it with no penalty or walk away with little or no damage. From experience, this means people are going for gaps that arent technically there and being quite forceful with their overtaking....
Now whilst you may take it seriously and only go for gaps that are there and try to make safe progress up the field, others wont and any attempts you make to perfect your racecraft will be reliant on the rest of the grid also driving in a similar fashion. If its something like Club100 the standard is quite high, regular stag-do-esque arrive and drive not so....
Trackdays would be a better comparison.
Although you may go withthe intention of using the race as training or practice, most wont and the whole point of arrive and drive karting is the fact that you can hit people and either get away with it with no penalty or walk away with little or no damage. From experience, this means people are going for gaps that arent technically there and being quite forceful with their overtaking....
Now whilst you may take it seriously and only go for gaps that are there and try to make safe progress up the field, others wont and any attempts you make to perfect your racecraft will be reliant on the rest of the grid also driving in a similar fashion. If its something like Club100 the standard is quite high, regular stag-do-esque arrive and drive not so....
Trackdays would be a better comparison.
Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 26th July 16:08
The Buckmore endurance races are good fun and the fleet is very good. But of course, karting is no help to racing. After all not one of the best drivers in the world grew up on karting did they? Max got out of bed one day at 16, got in a race car for the first time and could just do it.
pablo said:
Aside from having fun it will be of no value whatsoever. You are comparing a solid axle rear wheel drive kart with no differential, no gears, no front brakes, a weedy asthmatic four stroke lawn mower engine, old tyres that have been through more heat cycles than a Liverpudlian teenager with a tan bed obsession to a race prepared car!
BertBert said:
The Buckmore endurance races are good fun and the fleet is very good. But of course, karting is no help to racing. After all not one of the best drivers in the world grew up on karting did they? Max got out of bed one day at 16, got in a race car for the first time and could just do it.
I had a pup at the last 6hours, front was well out. Should have changed it, but only spare karts I saw were the ones being left after swapping out by other teams. First pup i've had at Buckmore, everyone in the team was .5 sec off pace.pablo said:
Aside from having fun it will be of no value whatsoever. You are comparing a solid axle rear wheel drive kart with no differential, no gears, no front brakes, a weedy asthmatic four stroke lawn mower engine, old tyres that have been through more heat cycles than a Liverpudlian teenager with a tan bed obsession to a race prepared car!
OP : if you want rental kart A+D to a decent standard to keep the racecraft sharp, do C100.
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