Saturday.
Cold and damp, as usual for Rowrah. I was off the pace slightly in the first session because of a problem with my brakes, so we changed the brake pads and as soon as they had bedded in I was able to push harder and get on the pace of the front runners.
As the track dried later on in the day we managed to go onto slicks for the last session.
Sunday.
Very cold, wet and icy in places
Heat 1.
After grip problems in the 3 lap practice we changed setup and the tyres and we went from 8th on the grid to finish 2nd and setting the fastest lap of the race on the way. I had been following the leader Max Vaughn all the way through the race and planned to pass him on the last lap going in to the Stewart esses as I was much quicker there but a novice driver was aslo in the corner as we arrived so it cocked me up and i had to settle for 2nd place.
Heat 2
I started 6th and was soon up to 2nd place with a small lead over the 3rd place kart, unfortunately as I came to lap a novice driver i got held up in the chicane which allowed the 3rd place kart to close the gap, as i started to turn in to St Johns the 3rd place kart (Darius Karbaley) rammed me from behind and put me off the track into the kitty litter, ending my race with 300 metres to go.
Heat 3
I only managed to do 100 metres because i was rammed so hard from behind by number 44 that it took my chain off.
Final
I started 23rd even though i didnt finish 2 heats, I had a great start making up 8 places on the first lap and then made my way through the field, I was pushing really hard and was given a warning flag for contact with Chad Little (sorry Chad) on the last lap I overtook James Manning
at the pond as we were coming up to a lapped driver and James ran into the back of him and nearly flipped. In the end I finished 9th which wasnt too bad.
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
PFi Feb 2010
Saturday, test day
It was cold, wet and foggy and the track didnt dry all day. In the first session i soon settled in and put in some really quick lap times even though the track was very slippy. through the day the track dried slightly but was still wet so we couldnt test on slicks.
Sunday, Race day
Heat 1
I had a good start and moved to 4th on the first lap, but during the race I struggled for enough grip and slowly dropped some places, on the last lap i went into the 2nd hairpin tight to defend my position,which caused me to run wide on the exit over the rumble strip and lose some more places.
Heat 2
I had a brilliant start from 25th on the grid, I gained about 8 places on the first lap and through the race the kart was really good and I picked off the other drivers one by one to finish 10th
Final
From a grid slot of 17 I had another good start and gained about 5 places on the first corner, but at the hairpin a kart spun in front of me so i had to slow down to avoid it but someone hit me from behind causing me to spin and lose loads of places. During the race i battled past the other drivers to finish 13th.
It was cold, wet and foggy and the track didnt dry all day. In the first session i soon settled in and put in some really quick lap times even though the track was very slippy. through the day the track dried slightly but was still wet so we couldnt test on slicks.
Sunday, Race day
Heat 1
I had a good start and moved to 4th on the first lap, but during the race I struggled for enough grip and slowly dropped some places, on the last lap i went into the 2nd hairpin tight to defend my position,which caused me to run wide on the exit over the rumble strip and lose some more places.
Heat 2
I had a brilliant start from 25th on the grid, I gained about 8 places on the first lap and through the race the kart was really good and I picked off the other drivers one by one to finish 10th
Final
From a grid slot of 17 I had another good start and gained about 5 places on the first corner, but at the hairpin a kart spun in front of me so i had to slow down to avoid it but someone hit me from behind causing me to spin and lose loads of places. During the race i battled past the other drivers to finish 13th.