Who wants to split a kart @ VIR?

[Maengelito]

I'm Andy now.

haha, oh yeah... sorry andy

[getfast]

I'm going to punt felton. Hard. Hope you bring a neck brace.

LOL first you gotta catch me, on your show kart :roll:

J.

[.RJ]

My kart wheels will be gold, dammit!

RJ - packing the paint now

[D_Eclipse9916]

Are there 3 free spots in the third heat. Sign me up now for three spots (me and 2 friends, let me know)

[D_Eclipse9916]

If there are 3 free spots, please let me know and I will fill them for anyone that has to jump out of practice....give me a call 703-674-9771

[getfast]

Might have spots tonight, might not. Best thing I can say is show up around 6pm and find out. :wink:

Leaving shortly,

Jon
804-397-FAST cell

[BLINGMW]

haha that rocked, never raced karts in the rain before. Or gotten to pour the last little bit of my beer on G as he came (slowly) down the front straight. :lol: Jess took some pics, maybe she'll put up some good ones later. We didn't come in last, hooray! Pete and a very motivated Chad kicked all our asses. :wink:

[G.Irish]

Or gotten to pour the last little bit of my beer on G as he came (slowly) down the front straight. :lol:

That SUCKED. Good thing I was in a fairly chill mode that day, otherwise I might have just wrecked that piece of shit kart on purpose.

[getfast]

Gerald, I'm sorry you had a bad kart. Skeeter (the kart boss) looked me in the eye last night and told me they were all the same and that we had the best of the bunch for the enduro. Why didn't you pit in and switch to another one? They had like 5 spares on hand :wink:

At any rate, I had a blast during the enduro... Team Cobetto Fanclub started 12th and ended up 2nd (with 3 drivers and 2 pit stops.) Our kart was fine, the track conditions were what made it interesting. My first stint in the drying wet was one of my all time favorite drives.

Thanks again to all the MMers who came out to play. I'll have results online soon...

Good night,

Jon

[Dave]

my kart felt fine to me. I'd agree, driving the first stint on the wet asphalt as it dried, was an absolute blast.

for the record Jon, i was not being a jackass when I pitted and spun on the slick floor. I may have come in hot, but you get used to being able to stop on dry pavement, then drive down a wet road and brake on a surface nowhere near the traction level you are used to, and a recipe for disaster occurrs. I apologize if I made us look like apes, but it should have been mentioned when they were prepping us and I don't feel that it was entirely my fault. I like the way it was remedied though and I kinda feel that it needed to happen so that they can be prepared for their next events, as I'm sure this is not the first time it has ever occurred.
Thanks a ton for organizing such an excellent event and arranging it in such a matter that it went off so smoothly. I had a blast and I think I speak for all of us that it was a fantastic experience that we would definitely like to participate in again.

[white_2kgt]

I agree, the karting was a blast, sorry if I drove any of you guys hard (I kinna feel bad for what I did to Sean now, nah, not really, it was pretty funny) but after the day I had on the big track, the kart race was JUST was I needed. BIG props to pete for holding onto the lead and extending it some more :-D

[getfast]

That pit situation was not your fault at all, or anyone else's who came in too hot before we put the cones/spotters/flags out - and we knew that no intentional jackassery took place. We just didn't realize how slick that pit entry road was until we saw people trying to get stopped (semi-dry pavement on track + wet pavement on downhill pit in + wet tires on dry concrete in the pit shed = slippy for sure.)

It was a tense moment at the time, but Skeeter and I immediately and unanimously decided that it was an honest mistake and that your team would certainly be allowed to continue. Then we fixed it for everyone incoming. So thanks for your post, but don't sweat it - we knew what was up once we saw it happen and we fixed it shortly thereafter. Plus, we all learned something for next time :wink:

Thanks again,

Jon

[getfast]

but after the day I had on the big track, the kart race was JUST was I needed. BIG props to pete for holding onto the lead and extending it some more :-D

So happy to see a positive end to your day. You guys fuggin' rocked that enduro - fast and smooth and smart. Thanks again for being there, and congrats for beating my (2nd place) team by 5 laps :lol:

Jon

[Maengelito]

You guys fuggin' rocked that enduro - fast and smooth and smart. Thanks again for being there, and congrats for beating my (2nd place) team by 5 laps :lol:

god damn pete. start eating and put some weight on that frame so you can stop kicking our asses in karting. me and john's battle for fourth was amazingly fun. i was neck and neck with the fifth place guy and i bullied him to spin in the mud with only a few minutes to go. i didnt realize at the time that we were on the same lap and thats what secured our place

damn that was amazingly fun

[getfast]

1- kart 25 / Madison Motorsports #1 (C. Dalton & P. Denbigh) / 99 laps (started 1st) / Best lap 49.944

2- kart 12 / Cobetto Fanclub (J. Felton, Z. Mickle & D. Stephens) / 94 laps (started 12th) / best lap 50.983

3- kart 5 / Spank Monkey (Shawn & Shane Stecker) / 94 laps (started 6th) / best lap 51.375

4- kart 4 / MR2 (J. Chapin & B. Maeng) / 93 laps (started 4th) / best lap 53.366

5- kart 9 / SSM04 (Jason & John Berry) / 93 laps (started 10th) / best lap 52.475

6- kart 16 / Eclipse GSX (D. Fitzpatrick, A. Rohrback & G. Ruetnik) / 92 laps (started 7th) / best lap 51.596

7- kart 10 / TOM Racing (D. Whitis, C. Kraft, Matt & John) / 92 laps (started 3rd) / best lap 50.938

8- kart 12 / Team Shocker (D. Martin, C. Perera & J. Lisner) / 92 laps (started 5th) / best lap 52.468

9- kart 14 / Roanoke (C. Preston, D. Hurst & R. Barnes) / 90 laps (started 8th) / best lap 51.904

10- kart 8 / MM Ryders (R. Jenkins, A. Varner & G. Irish) / 87 laps (started 9th) / best lap 55.992

11- kart 17 / NASA Officials (J. West, S. Thompson, M. Adkins, M. Leech, J. Packer, G. Anderson & A. Simmons) / 87 laps (started 11th) / best lap 50.909

12- kart 6 / Madison Motorsports #2 (D. Allen, L. Treadwell, J. Elsea & R. Elsea) / 80 laps (started 2nd) / best lap 54.426

[PDenbigh]

Jon,

Thanks for organizing all of this! That race (And the friday practice) seriously rivled driving the big car on the big track as far as fun factor.

1- kart 25 / Madison Motorsports #1 (C. Dalton & P. Denbigh) / 99 laps (started 1st) / Best lap 49.944

<--Team Dalton/Denbigh sets fast lap of the race. :twisted:

Between Chad's mad rain karting skills and my 135lbs of "RJ Trained," pure tarmac eating muscle you guys didn't stand a chance ;-).

I'll post some pics and my video shortly...

[Kaan]

haha Team MM, Version Redneck... out in front... putting the smack down. Congradulations to you guys.

Grats to Evan for a 2nd and 1st place over the weekend in SM... are we going to have "Rookie of the Year" and the SM championship at the house this year?

we'll have to have a burn it to the ground party!

[PDenbigh]

Here's a completely unedited low res video. When I get some other pics and Chad's video I'll put up a shorter edited version.

18 megs, 4.5 minutes long: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.85xr.com/Events/Karting_7-29-2006/VIR_Kart_Enduro_Full.wmv">http://www.85xr.com/Events/Karting_7-29 ... o_Full.wmv</a><!-- m -->

[Feersty]

Nice video Pete. Thanks for the commentary.

[white_2kgt]

Here's a completely unedited low res video. When I get some other pics and Chad's video I'll put up a shorter edited version.

18 megs, 4.5 minutes long: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.85xr.com/Events/Karting_7-29-2006/VIR_Kart_Enduro_Full.wmv">http://www.85xr.com/Events/Karting_7-29 ... o_Full.wmv</a><!-- m -->

sweet video. Mine is encoding now, I'll put it up in a bit.