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| - | ===Wanneroo ProKart Enduro Information 12th dec 2009=== | + | ====Wanneroo ProKart Enduro Information 12th dec 2009==== |
| - | Credits to Dan Farley for providing | + | Credits to Dan Farley for providing |
| - | The details for Kart racing | + | ==The details for Kart racing== |
| - | - Get to the track by 4.30pm to sign in, sort out money, choose kart etc... | + | * Get to the track by 4.30pm to sign in, sort out money, choose kart etc... |
| - | - 5pm Driver briefing followed by a 20 min practice session | + | |
| - | - Qualifying hot lap (each team picks 1 driver) | + | |
| - | - 6pm - 10pm Race | + | |
| - | It is at the Wanneroo International Kart Track, which is the turn off as you go to Wannaroo Race track. [http:// | + | It is at the Wanneroo International Kart Track, which is the turn off as you go to Wannaroo Race track.\\ |
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| - | **Be aware that the satilite | + | **Be aware that the satellite |
| Enclosed shoes are a must. Race suits and helmets are provided though you may bring your own if you like. Helmets must be full faced enclosed helmets. | Enclosed shoes are a must. Race suits and helmets are provided though you may bring your own if you like. Helmets must be full faced enclosed helmets. | ||
| - | Food: I (Rob) will be bringing | + | Have a read of the official page, especially the lower section "The Race Deal": |
| + | http://www.wannerookarthire.com.au/ | ||
| - | Each team will need to have someone take responsibility for their kart, this means a credit card kept in the til of the office during | + | Rain, Hail or a clear night, |
| - | In saying that, if you take care your biggest concern | + | If you are a Motorcyclist and want to use your own helmet, remember this is a night race, do not forget to change to your clear visor. |
| - | Along with taking responsibly for the kart, you will need to sort your team out. All of your teams will have 4 drivers. You will need to agree on your strategy for your pit stops, driver changes and who will drive when. Its a good idea to make your strategy flexible. As an example, in a previous race, one of the teams was rear ended about 10 laps before they had planed to have a fuel stop in the driver' | + | ==Team Information== |
| + | At time of writing, Dan Orlowsky is organising one team, Rob Orlowsky is organising two teams, | ||
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| + | Keep in mind that this is just for the purposes of getting numbers really, we can organise who is in what team on the night if you like. | ||
| + | ==Food== | ||
| + | I'll (Rob) be bringing a portable BBQ, if anyone wants to throw some meat on. Be aware that there are drinks to buy there but not a whole lot else. I recommend you bring some snags and buns or something! | ||
| - | Below is just some basic rules, tips on how not to damage the karts and possibly tips on how to go faster. | + | ==Credit card info kept, per kart== |
| + | Each team will need to have someone take responsibility for their kart, this means a credit card kept in the til of the office during the race (of course the driver is still responsible for the kart when they are in it). There is usually a bit of bump in the races and the karts are fairly hardy. They will not ping you for a scratch on the side pod or nose cone, but you do have to be mindful of the kart. Not only can you bend steering and break pods if you crash. The way you drive can cause damage | ||
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| + | In saying that, if you take care your biggest concern is someone else hitting you. It's reasonably rare that anything would need to be paid for to be fixed or repaired. Some times things just wear out and Wanneroo Kart Hire takes responsibility for it then. As an extreme example, | ||
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| + | ==Team strategy== | ||
| + | Along with taking responsibly for the kart, you will need to sort your team out. All of your teams will have 4 drivers. You will need to agree on your strategy for your pit stops, driver changes and who will drive when. Its a good idea to make your strategy flexible. As an example, in a previous race, one of the teams was rear ended about 10 laps before they had planed to have a fuel stop in the driver' | ||
| - | The Track with rough racing line. | + | ==The Track with rough racing line.== |
| - | http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/ | + | {{:wanneroo-kart-track-with-racing-line.jpg|}} |
| - | Rules | + | ==Race Format== |
| Most things are pretty self explanatory. But the biggest thing is how the pit stops work. The race is split up into 4 hour blocks, you must stop once with in each hour long window for a fuel stop. As soon as the driver tells the track staff you are in for a fuel stop they start a timer for 2 mins. The driver then gets out and the staff will lube the chains and add fuel to the kart. There is no rushing here. The driver who is get back in the kart is handed the fuel cap to put back on the kart. They get into the kart then put the fuel cap on while waiting for one of the staff member to release the kart. | Most things are pretty self explanatory. But the biggest thing is how the pit stops work. The race is split up into 4 hour blocks, you must stop once with in each hour long window for a fuel stop. As soon as the driver tells the track staff you are in for a fuel stop they start a timer for 2 mins. The driver then gets out and the staff will lube the chains and add fuel to the kart. There is no rushing here. The driver who is get back in the kart is handed the fuel cap to put back on the kart. They get into the kart then put the fuel cap on while waiting for one of the staff member to release the kart. | ||
| Pit rules only allow 2 karts in the FUEL STOP area at one time. If there are the 3rd karts in the fuel/ | Pit rules only allow 2 karts in the FUEL STOP area at one time. If there are the 3rd karts in the fuel/ | ||
| - | On the track overview | + | On the track overview |
| Race starts are LeMan' | Race starts are LeMan' | ||
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| - | + | ==Care for the Karts== | |
| - | Care for the Karts | + | |
| Getting in and out of the Kart. It may sound simple, but all the brake and accelerator linkages are on the floor pan of the kart. It is easy to stand on them and break them, most commonly this will result in one engine not getting full throttle, to the tune of 2-3 seconds a lap. At the start of the night staff will demonstrate the correct way to enter and leave the kart. | Getting in and out of the Kart. It may sound simple, but all the brake and accelerator linkages are on the floor pan of the kart. It is easy to stand on them and break them, most commonly this will result in one engine not getting full throttle, to the tune of 2-3 seconds a lap. At the start of the night staff will demonstrate the correct way to enter and leave the kart. | ||
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| Don't drop a wheel of the edge of the track. These karts are rather low, a wheel off the track will drop on side of the kart by 2-3cms. This mean that the brake disk and/or the final chain sprocket will drag on the bitumen. Along with that tyres can be taken of their rims this way. | Don't drop a wheel of the edge of the track. These karts are rather low, a wheel off the track will drop on side of the kart by 2-3cms. This mean that the brake disk and/or the final chain sprocket will drag on the bitumen. Along with that tyres can be taken of their rims this way. | ||
| - | Last, if you spin out, sitting in middle of a corner is not generally a good idea. But before planting your foot, have a look for other karts coming through the corner, | + | Last, if you spin out, sitting in middle of a corner is not generally a good idea. But before planting your foot, have a look for other karts coming through the corner, |
| + | ===Driving Tips - This is ever so much more subjective.=== | ||
| + | It can't be said enough, "To finish first, you must first finish" | ||
| + | As mentioned before, if you go off the track you must come in for a chain lube. The time that is lost when a kart spins out then has to come for a chain lube is a min of 60 seconds. A good lap time is around 59 seconds, so really you loose a whole lap. If you are in the kart for 30 minutes at a time, that means you may as well just gone a whole 2 seconds slower per lap and not spun off. | ||
| - | Tips - This is ever so much more subjective. | + | Clean racing is key to being competitive. If someone is trying to pass you, don't get caught up in trying to defend them. Most times someone passes it isn't for position. As mensioned above, there have been in the past teams of faster drivers that seam to be 20-30 laps behind |
| - | It can't be said enough, "To finish first, you must first finish" | + | |
| - | As I mentioned before if you go off the track you must come in for a chain lube. The time that is lost when a kart spins out then has to come for a chain lube is a min of 60 seconds. A good lap time is around 59 seconds, so really you loose a whole lap. If you are in the kart for 30 minutes at a time, that means you may as well just gone a whole 2 seconds slower per lap and not spun off. | + | |
| - | Clean racing is key to being competitive. If someone is trying to pass you, don't get caught up in trying to defend them. Most times someone passes it isn't for position. As I said before I have seen whole teams of faster drivers that seam to be 20-30 laps behind | + | |
| - | How not to spin. | + | ==How not to spin.== |
| It sounds incredibly simple, but a corner has 3 stages, braking, turning, accelerating. These Karts only have rear brakes, so steering at the same time as braking there is a tendency that the rear wheels will loose traction and over take the front ones. This is often followed by a kart going backwards into the sand. Heavy braking will unsettle any vehicle, try to wait for it to settle before turning in. Easing on to the throttle coming out of a corner is a lot more forgiving, but still can be a hazard. | It sounds incredibly simple, but a corner has 3 stages, braking, turning, accelerating. These Karts only have rear brakes, so steering at the same time as braking there is a tendency that the rear wheels will loose traction and over take the front ones. This is often followed by a kart going backwards into the sand. Heavy braking will unsettle any vehicle, try to wait for it to settle before turning in. Easing on to the throttle coming out of a corner is a lot more forgiving, but still can be a hazard. | ||
| - | Easiest way to pass | + | ==Easiest way to pass== |
| - | Very obvious, best way to pass is to get on the inside of them (you are on the right hand side of their Kart on a right hand corner) before the next corner, believe me, you get far enough up the inside, | + | Very obvious, best way to pass is to get on the inside of the kart (you are on the right hand side of the Kart you want to pass on a right hand corner) before the next corner. If you get far enough up the inside, |
| - | The way to get on the inside of them is to exit the previous corner faster than the kart in front, that you will have to work out your own racing lines for etc... | + | |
| + | **The way to get on the inside of the kart in front of you is to exit the previous corner faster than the kart in front.** That you will have to work out your own racing lines for etc... | ||
| The other way to pass is if someone makes a mistake, either spinning out or braking to early or late. | The other way to pass is if someone makes a mistake, either spinning out or braking to early or late. | ||
| - | Catching up to another Kart. | + | ==Catching up to another Kart. == |
| - | The most common mistake here is getting as close to the next kart as possible. If you are really close to the kart in front of you the chances of passing actually goes down. As I just stated, the key to passing is to exit the previous corner faster than other kart. This really means you have to catch up to them through the corner. If you enter a corner really close to the kart in front, if he starts braking where you normally would, you will have to start braking before that point in order not to hit him, this means you will be slower for the rest of the corner. | + | The most common mistake here is getting as close to the next kart as possible. If you are really close to the kart in front of you the chances of passing actually goes down. The key to passing is to exit the previous corner faster than the kart in front. This really means you have to catch up to them through the corner. If you enter a corner really close to the kart in front, if he starts braking where you normally would, you will have to start braking before that point in order not to hit him, this means you will be slower for the rest of the corner. |
| - | The other side of being to close is if the driver in front of does make a mistake you need enough room to avoid them and go around them in order to take advantage of the mistake. There have been many times when I have been behind 2 or even 3 karts all too close to each other that because the first kart locked up the other karts are forced to slam on the brakes to try and miss the first and I have gone around the lot of them. | + | |
| - | Keeping your mind on what you are doing. | + | The other side of being to close is if the driver in front of does make a mistake you need enough room to avoid them and go around them in order to take advantage of the mistake. |
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| + | ==Keeping your mind on what you are doing.== | ||
| While you are in the kart, if you are thinking about the spin you had last lap, chances are you are about to have another one. The same can be said for if you know another driver is behind you and are thinking about them passing you. All you can do is think about the corners coming up, last lap is over, think about it after the race. If someone is trying to pass you, the best way to stop it is to be as fast as you can be, that means thinking about where you are going, not what is behind you. | While you are in the kart, if you are thinking about the spin you had last lap, chances are you are about to have another one. The same can be said for if you know another driver is behind you and are thinking about them passing you. All you can do is think about the corners coming up, last lap is over, think about it after the race. If someone is trying to pass you, the best way to stop it is to be as fast as you can be, that means thinking about where you are going, not what is behind you. | ||
| - | Most important tip of all.... | + | ==Cornering== |
| - | HAVE FUN..... Shit happens, there will be more races if you want to come again. | + | Don't lean into corners. You want as much weight on the outside wheels as possible so they dig in. Some times you will see karts go around a corner with an inside wheel in the air. Be assured: it's almost impossible to roll unless you hit something sideways very hard (very fast). |
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| + | ==Cold tires== | ||
| + | Cold tyres are a factor for the first 10 laps or so. If you are the first driver in or have an extended pit stop, don't expect the kart to preform how it did in practice. | ||
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| + | ==Weather== | ||
| + | If the race is wet or damp, note these karts are on slicks...... If you hit a puddle or wet patch at speed you will loose steering, acceleration and braking for a while. You may need to adjust your racing line to be going | ||
| + | straight when you hit a puddle, in order to gain your steering before the next corner. | ||
| + | Most important tip of all....\\ | ||
| + | HAVE FUN..... there will be more races if you want to come again. | ||
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