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Re: Blues rolling
Posted by 'Jole' on 21 May 2009 @ 00:17

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Okay, I agree that Jnr/Formula Blue is an extremely well thought out class. The fact of the matter is that the rolling of the karts is a sub-issue of the general driving standards in JUNIOR Blue and these issues need to be addressed. It's not simply a case of "the tyres are too grippy" they are, but the problem lies in the lack of racecraft with most of the drivers. The main problem being that only a few of the new/novice drivers properly go out and TEST the kart as well as build a basic knowledge of how the kart handles. There's far too many new drivers coming into a class with extremely grippy and fast karts not knowing how to fully handle the karts in a safe and controlled manner. This in turn causes many problems which are endless and repetitive at every meet we have raced at this year. In the 5 years I have been involved in racing at no time have I been presented with so many serious collisions which are completely avoidable. This needs to be addressed and the only way it will be addressed is by teaching these drivers in concern that the way they drive is extremely dangerous as they simply don't see it. Sorry to go on here but on this point it's not just the new drivers that are completely at fault here because at a recent race meet we had a young girl lying upside down with a kart on her after rolling for myself to then hear a father whos son races in the class telling him to "bin him, it's the only way to sort it, bury him in the f****** tyres". So the young lad then goes out to race a kart in a field of novices and newbies with the intention to "sort it". In my eyes binning someone isn't the way to sort out problems as this attitude only creates more problems. So, to the minority of dad's that do this you're part of the problem as well.

This is only my personal opinion and I have driven in the class.

Jonathan Elliot. 27.

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Re: Formula Blue grids.....where?? by 'TheROTAXkidakaTKMkid' (20 May 2009 @ 21:50)

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Re: Formula Blue grids.....where?? by 'muppet22' (21 May 2009 @ 6:48)

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