Booney, what you noticed is common in situations of mid-corner oversteer correction, where the driver had to counter steer and therefore (having just dropped both rears through straightening the steering) whilst still carrying a lot of weight on the outside and having the rear planted the kart balance is upset and the castor angle lifts up the wrong wheel!
However... on quite a number of corners the ideal line IS taken with (only) the inside front wheel lifted on the kerb at the apex.
This technique depends on the kerb height and can be performed only by inducing oversteer fractions of a second before hitting the apex, which in turn forces steering correction with opposite lock, hence lifting the inside front wheel.
If you get it right it works perfect and the exit speed is optimum, if you miss the kerb altogether or hit it with the inside rear wheel as well, the result is exactly the opposite.
Now once you get it right try and take it like that every time you take the corner. If you can you're the champion!
Typical example of corners where above technique is needed is Chandlers at Llandow.
I'm sure others will add similar examples (as well as possibly explain it better than me?).
Dan
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