01-22-2006, 12:50 AM
I've done plenty of autocrossing and ridden along on a few tracks throughout the country in hpde's, but I had never been karting. So over winter break I grab some people from ccvt and we went down to G-Force (after hearing so much about it from you guys). We did three races and had a blast. On my third race I was running consistant 25's. Our fastest was stephen, who qualified for super karts on only his second race (He's also a fellow autocrosser, he was my competition in STS before I moved to SM).
So, a few weeks later (today), I'm back in Richmond for my National Guard stuff so me and a buddy that lives here decided to go back. Ran a few races and there was tons of traffic. I hit some 24's but couldnt get 5 of them. There where a decent number of girls running in the 40 second range. Even so, actually racing with other people is sooo much fun. It really makes me want to hurry up and join SE-R cup even sooner. During one lap I saw some congestion ahead, three karts. I knew I was going to catch up to them at that 180 degree hairpin and sure enough I did. I managed to cut through all three of them without any problem and loosing almsot no speed. I had such a huge smile on my face after making it through that mess.
We decided to wait a little while and let the crowd die down and then try to qualify for super karts. Just the two of us went out on the track. I hit three 24's and a bunch of 25.0xx's. I decided to give it one more try (this time there were a few more people with us too). I didnt think I made it, but I turned out 11 sub 25 second lap times with a fastest lap of 24.3 and average lap time of 25.103. Next time I go I'll have to try out the superkarts, although I think I may stick with the regular karts for awhile. I'd like to get down into the 23's.
Anyways, there really isnt much of a point to this story. Just that I'm going to be wasting even more of my money on crap like this. Wonder how long it will take me to build up an se-r cup car :twisted:...
And then I found five dollars.
So, a few weeks later (today), I'm back in Richmond for my National Guard stuff so me and a buddy that lives here decided to go back. Ran a few races and there was tons of traffic. I hit some 24's but couldnt get 5 of them. There where a decent number of girls running in the 40 second range. Even so, actually racing with other people is sooo much fun. It really makes me want to hurry up and join SE-R cup even sooner. During one lap I saw some congestion ahead, three karts. I knew I was going to catch up to them at that 180 degree hairpin and sure enough I did. I managed to cut through all three of them without any problem and loosing almsot no speed. I had such a huge smile on my face after making it through that mess.
We decided to wait a little while and let the crowd die down and then try to qualify for super karts. Just the two of us went out on the track. I hit three 24's and a bunch of 25.0xx's. I decided to give it one more try (this time there were a few more people with us too). I didnt think I made it, but I turned out 11 sub 25 second lap times with a fastest lap of 24.3 and average lap time of 25.103. Next time I go I'll have to try out the superkarts, although I think I may stick with the regular karts for awhile. I'd like to get down into the 23's.
Anyways, there really isnt much of a point to this story. Just that I'm going to be wasting even more of my money on crap like this. Wonder how long it will take me to build up an se-r cup car :twisted:...
And then I found five dollars.
CCVT VP 05-06
1991 Sentra SE-R w/ SR20VE
1994 Yamaha Seca II
1991 Sentra SE-R w/ SR20VE
1994 Yamaha Seca II