Driver Needed for British 24hr Karting Race Team (Aug 2011)
Discussion
Hello,
Would anyone be interested in taking part in a 24hr karting event in August this coming year? I'm looking for one extra driver to make up a team of four.
The race is held at Teeside Autodrome in Middlesborough over the Sat/Sun of the August Bank Holiday weekend, with practice sessions available on the Friday. Qualifying and the race itself are on Saturday, with the race usually starting at 12 noon.
The circuit can provide a kart, fuel and tyres plus everything else needed to do the race at a total cost of £900. I'm looking to enter a team of 4 drivers. So, the costs per person would be £225 each, all in.
The organisers require £500 up front once the application is submitted (ie £125 each). There are then 2 further payments of £200, one on 1st May, then the next on 1st July (ie 2 x £50 each).
So, each team member would make the following payments -
1. On submission of team application - £125
2. 1st May - £50
3. 1st July - £50
Alternatively, if you want to pay it all up front that's fine.
Here's a link to the website and the details on the race -
http://www.teessidekarting.co.uk/british24-karting...
Places are limited and having done it for the last two years I know that interest just keeps on increasing.
Both times I did this event it has been fantastic, if pretty tiring! The Teeside circuit is a great track and some good speeds are possible. The karts used are twin engined 4-stroke Prokarts that are pretty quick and dead easy to drive.
The three of us are all decent drivers, although we'll be using hire karts so we have no chance of winning overall. We should, however, place well within the hire kart class. Last year we finished in the low 30s out of 78 starters. Two of us competed last year, and the third driver has been karting for about 4 years now, as have I.
Let me know if you fancy a go!
Cheers,
Tom
Would anyone be interested in taking part in a 24hr karting event in August this coming year? I'm looking for one extra driver to make up a team of four.
The race is held at Teeside Autodrome in Middlesborough over the Sat/Sun of the August Bank Holiday weekend, with practice sessions available on the Friday. Qualifying and the race itself are on Saturday, with the race usually starting at 12 noon.
The circuit can provide a kart, fuel and tyres plus everything else needed to do the race at a total cost of £900. I'm looking to enter a team of 4 drivers. So, the costs per person would be £225 each, all in.
The organisers require £500 up front once the application is submitted (ie £125 each). There are then 2 further payments of £200, one on 1st May, then the next on 1st July (ie 2 x £50 each).
So, each team member would make the following payments -
1. On submission of team application - £125
2. 1st May - £50
3. 1st July - £50
Alternatively, if you want to pay it all up front that's fine.
Here's a link to the website and the details on the race -
http://www.teessidekarting.co.uk/british24-karting...
Places are limited and having done it for the last two years I know that interest just keeps on increasing.
Both times I did this event it has been fantastic, if pretty tiring! The Teeside circuit is a great track and some good speeds are possible. The karts used are twin engined 4-stroke Prokarts that are pretty quick and dead easy to drive.
The three of us are all decent drivers, although we'll be using hire karts so we have no chance of winning overall. We should, however, place well within the hire kart class. Last year we finished in the low 30s out of 78 starters. Two of us competed last year, and the third driver has been karting for about 4 years now, as have I.
Let me know if you fancy a go!
Cheers,
Tom
would love to put have entered a cycle event to london that weekend (from bristol) for charity and that!..
try www.karting1.co.uk as they are a good bunch and you will probably get some takers.
try www.karting1.co.uk as they are a good bunch and you will probably get some takers.
Tyre Smoke said:
PulsatingStar said:
How tough is it physically? Id love to do a 24h race one day but I really dont think id be able to manage 6 hour long stints. Id feel exhausted after the first hour!
I don't think you do 4x6hr stints!
Tyre Smoke said:
I'd love to, but would be the boat anchor to your team. Having only done 'fun' stuff before.
You'd be welcome all the same. Its a fun event after all - we wont win, but we'll have a good time doing it. Drop me a line if you fancy having a go - rodgers73@hotmail.com
Cheers
Tom
PulsatingStar said:
How tough is it physically? Id love to do a 24h race one day but I really dont think id be able to manage 6 hour long stints. Id feel exhausted after the first hour!
Generally, it is tough for the first 15 mins or so in each stint as you get warmed up. After that (painful) period the adrenalin takes over. If you run out of steam we can always give you a longer rest period and do a bit more while you recover.
Hope you fancy giving it a go!
Tom
If you want to stand a chance of doing well, you need to be doing 2 hr stints. The first one i did, our team of four did 1hr stints and came fifth. We used the numerous full course yellows to pit meaning that we didn't lose much time. I honestly find two hour stints easier as you just relax and you have less stints.
See you out there!
See you out there!
drakart said:
If you want to stand a chance of doing well, you need to be doing 2 hr stints. The first one i did, our team of four did 1hr stints and came fifth. We used the numerous full course yellows to pit meaning that we didn't lose much time. I honestly find two hour stints easier as you just relax and you have less stints.
See you out there!
Stop giving away our secrets Captain Crash!! See you out there!
StuartMcKay said:
Stop giving away our secrets Captain Crash!!
Honestly, anyone thinking of doing a 24hr race should. At 4am it seems like a stupid idea and you question yourself, but as soon as its over the only thing you can think about is doing it again. If you did well, you want to do better. If you had a mechanical or a driver failure then you want to go and do it again to show what your team can do.
JUST GO FOR IT!
brierleys said:
A friend of mine did the whole thing on his own last year for charity. I think that would cure me of the karting bug forever.
This Guy? I was there for the majority of the event and ended up with quite a few photos of him. If he is interested in getting them just drop me a PM and I'd be happy to email them through to him.
DPP_13493 by Tom Eggleston, on Flickr
TWRodgers - What was your Kart number last year? Just wondering whether I may have some of you aswell.
Edited by TomE on Tuesday 15th March 15:06
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