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Re: Engines or driving?
Posted by 'SimonS' on 15 Aug 2010 @ 11:37

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"first it appears to be a practice session and not a race so lines are not important"

Except that what one has practiced, on every lap, is likely to be what one does in the race. I cannot imagine that Dad would be very pleased if son explained that his race times were seconds slower than his practice times because in practice he missed out the chicane.

"looks like a very good set up and driver in that kart. "

I agree. I think it is a very good example of driving on the drying track. My point was that this was a good driver.

"so dont put tarmac down where there is not supposed to be any track. Sorted."

I would agree with you if you could guarantee an unlimited runoff, safe at almost any speed. (Hullavington for example where most of the track gave a runoff over smooth-rolled, mown airfield grass, but where the Chunnel ran between chain link fences, ouch). Tarmac allows the grip for braking and reduces the impact when the walls arrive. The improvements made at Clay are a case in point, there are far fewer karts in the tyres now that the old skelpings are tarmacced at Billys and the Hairpin

"a driver will use all the tarmac available to gain an advantage"

Yes, I know. I regularly put a wheel on the Esses at Clay because it is a balance between the speed one can carry and the speed that is knocked off by the impact. There's another driver who has fitted his kart with chassis protectors and has found that he can move another six inches further out because he now skis where he used to grind and it gives him a tenth per lap.

If he had made equally non-compliant engine mods, we'd all be complaining furiously, but non-compliant driving is another matter.

Clay has fitted high quality TV cameras though and is moving towards clamping down on the most blatant driving non-compliances. Whether the CoC will do so off his own account or whether he will require a complaint to initiate the study of the tapes is a question. Maybe its a use for those ANPR cameras the police are scrapping?

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