Playtime@Buckmore.......

...Was so cooool!! the previous post could lead you to believe that the slickego team was a tad better than we were........Quali was the usual scramble to get a decent time, in the 20min window, with two unknown Karts, neither track or karts had been used since the previous day!! A damp track..... spins everywhere, and yellow flags, adrenaline takes over common sense!!!it`s only quali, and everyones in race mode??.... when the 20min was over, and calm reasserted, we had a 2nd, and 10th on the grid....it would seem we had a lemon in the 2nd kart..The Stallion started 2nd,Cap 10th...remember that damp patch on the second apex?.....splish,splash,splosh...we`re running 3rd/4th, It`s nightime,lots of racing wannabees, and 80mph karts.....the top, and bottom of the track continually had karts stuffed into the barriers, and the race was plagued by yellows.... some of the flags were stowed, and this meant an opportunity to pass...a robust defence, or a straight shove by the other kart, and usually you stayed where you were, however, it did come off ...sometimes...then more yellows...As the race progressed we found ourselves in 2nd/6th...this looked good...remember, 5man team, two karts, 24 min changes, two fuel stops....remember those yellows?? somehow the speedichick slid past someone as the yellow went up, black flag....nooooo!!... lost some time....stop arguing with the marshall....pleeaasse!......a little later, Speedy cocked up his fuel stop....more time lost....more seconds were slipping away on the changeovers, that seat insert of the cap`s, pedal settings.....some teams could fly into the pits without penalty.....late on in the race the peril got all excited, and posted the fastest lap...50.5something....in the end we had a podium for team 1, and 4th for team 2....our rivals were local, and had 2man teams....our leading kart was, according to the Buckmore website, 16 seconds behind the leader!!!....we were so hot!! take away our mistakes, and we would have had the lead by a lap!!! Enduro racing is so cool.....the next race we are planning here will be the 3, or the 6 hour....bring it on!!!

This was our second visit to Buckmore, and we are still learning about being a team, and this circuit.... today, we could have won....next time we will!!!!...........Yea Baby!!

We came, we saw , we conquered !!! .............almost Part 1

Its 2:17 now Sunday the 30th of December 2007 I have got in and done the most important thing I have done all day opened a peroni!!!! (And drank it obviously!) Now that, that is all done and dusted, back to the main point. Buckmore and what a day it was. Apart from the long journey that none of us can say that we liked (seemed like half an hour for me with all that sleep) once we arrived at the track we were ready for anything, even war if necessary. Although the track was free for at least 2 hours before there was any activity our spirits were not dampened by the fact that we could not have a quick blast round to find our feet.

Moving swiftly on to the important aspects of the day, qualifying! And the race! Qualifying went well with both karts in the top ten (2nd and 10th). Need I say any more? I think not.

THE RACE!!! or battle to the death if you will ( or till your hands fall off from gripping the dam thing so tight as u hang on fort dear life as it drives you round the track! )

the captain and I ( stallion! ) started the race within a few laps ( and fortunately uneventful ones at that as there were no spins as we both majestically flowed through all the mishaps and mayhem of the 1st corner! and the following laps ) we were in 3rd and 4th place respectively and were keeping up with the front runners which as far as we could tell have been there at least one more time than us, but given our skill and concentration levels we were keeping up and at points challenging them.

We kept our positions and before we knew it we could see speedy chick franticly waving boards and helmet bags while shouting Obscenities at us and our 24 minutes were up. To be continued..............................

Men don`t feel the cold.........

So we understand.... sun the 23rd....... black ice at Pfi, gloomy with freezing fog..... speedy was unimpressed after the first race.. the speedichick even more so.... it was bitter..... the cap, of course was serene, in his Captain America outfit....yea right!! no quali for the cap, problem with the throttle....his race.... last to 12th... conditions were vicious... but 19 die hards had a go, and if you ignored the cold, it was fun....both speedy, and the`chick had a tough time, being bumped of the circuit, and in those conditions, it was very difficult to make up the time.....Race 2, reverse grid, it was a tad warmer...(ha ha!!) heading into the first few laps, the chick was making ground in front of the cap... but the guy in the lead was a little rough, and shunted her into the tyres/grass,.... the cap tried to capitalise but had a half spin, in the complex, generated by pansie-breath, which killed the progress, as we had a battle for quite a while, until he put himself off, and left me alone....yea!!.... for the first time the cap had speedy, and the`chick behind in both races...not due to his skill, but the atrocious conditions.. It was followed by a cold awards ceremony.... so many congratulations from the other slickegos on your 4th place in the Big Guns championship, to the Speedychick...Yea Baby!!!

Merry Christmas...

quote; `This can`t really be what life is all about... learning how to live..just to live without'

Guys , a merry christmas from the cap, thanks for some coooool karting experiences this year...

To the peril, who leaves for distant lands soon....to the stallion, a man of passion...to the speedichick, a determined lady... to speedy, a man of heart...

Someone told me.....

that Lewis has been banned from driving in France... well fuck-em!! Lewis, what the hell are you doing driving in france anyway? You are not a member of the golden team,renault, call me a cynic, but if you were, a police escort would be at your beck, and call mate!!! Not that I would accuse the frogs of any kind of bias.........
The other golden team of Cap, and Speedy were in fine form, on Sunday night, from 9th on the grid we fought 16 others for supremacy, and the worlds smallest trophy was the prize!!!
AS is the custom we awaited the mid race punch-up, but, happily everyone stayed calm, and we had a race to the finish...... Speedy had the first stint, showing great finesse, as he barged his way past everyone, lots of local yellows, and the occasional full yellow, allowed young Clarke to close up to Speedy, and overtake , he was in dynamite form, and also set the track record, in the high 40sec for chrissakes!!!!! Speedy kept in touch `til the change over.......The peril, and Stallion were having an off day with a kart that had a misfire, although peril showed great speed initially......Stallion as is normal now, developed a new illness to explain the poor form........
The cap had a stint-long battle with two fists Pat, who although not in contention provided an immense amount of fun as we swapped places, and practised our parallel turns... Clarke senior was on track at this point, and we sailed past him to take the lead, and this left young clarke in a dilemma... should he pinch dad`s time, and change...hmmm.... of course he will, the selfish twat!!!! Cost him time..... but the cap was up for it, despite frantic signals from Speedy, we won with a nice little margin...Yea!! Two-fists posted the track record for a short time, until young Clarke managed to shave a few 100`s off it, well done guys.... but the worlds smallest trophies belonged to the slickegos... yea baby!!!!

Finally

At long last the FIA (Fucking Idiots Association) appear to have got bnored of bullying Mclaren and let them get on with next years car, the MP4-23.

But it seems the French, dont as Lewis Hamilton was stopped by Police on the motorway and has had his licence suspended for a month and has to pay a fine.

He was only doing 120mph. Good Lad!

Speedy

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Great Race

Cheers to the Cpt for giving me the call, " Be there at 8 or else ". Was truly worth it. Two great Iron-Man 30's with around 13 other karts on circuit. Il keep it short and sweet for the Cpt to add later.
Race one, quali 1-2 and all was gravey till about 10 laps in when i was put into the wall by someones emergancy avoidence. Oh well, started to fight to close the gap to the Cpt but was delayed several further times and finnished +6.203secs adrift. FL: Cpt = 41.820 Speedy = 41.680

Race Two, i decided to mount the new camera and only did 2 laps of qulai but got 4th, Cpt 1st.
Got up to 2nd and behind the Cpt after 3 laps, and then went about getting past him. Managed it and then he got me 2 laps later. This carried on for the entirtiy of the race with us going every which way past backmarkers, we couldnt of devised any more overtaking places. By the end i was in the lead and had made a gap of 2.172. FL: Speedy = 41.718 Cpt = 41.775
Great!

Speedy

Fed Up

Im getting sick of this spy scandal! Why cant Ferrari let this go. Its now almost certain that next years Mclaren wont be anything like this years because of the loss of development, even for a day is a disaster, let alone having to dismiss development work just to please the FIA/Ferrari. Why Ferrari has made it this personal is beyond me and everyone else.

The gap between seasons was always about new drivers, new talent, new cars, car launches, winter testing etc. But thats gone out of the window. At this rate id rather watch NASCAR than F1!

Lets just put Jean Todt and Ron in a ring with a knife, and winners the one who kills the other.

Unfortunately...

...the legendary dutch racing team, Racing For Holland, will be closing its doors at the end of year. Team owner Jan Lammers has been given the oppertunity to race the Van Merksteijn Motorsport's brand new Porsche RS Spyder in next years LMS the Le Mans 24 Hours and selected ALMS races. This accompanied by heavy financial troubles for RFH will mean the end of the under-dog Dutch team. But as ever he vows to fight on and says RFH will be back.

PS: no more long peices...

...Please

Hello....

We`re about to rock!!! yeaa.......

Does this man.........

have cause to be afraid???

Kimi`s Bike

Brolly girl

FREE SPEACH in speedy quest for freee speech i am re posting this.

In February 2007, Stepney made public comments regarding his "unhappiness" following the team’s reorganization which resulted from Ross Brawn’s departure.
I am looking at spending a year away from Ferrari, I'm not currently happy with the situation within the team - I really want to move forward with my career and that's something that's not happening right now. Ideally, I'd like to move into a new environment here at Ferrari - but if an opportunity arose with another team, I would definitely consider it”
Later that month, Ferrari announced another change in the team structure which saw Stepney appointed as head of Team Performance Development: "After many years spent working on the Formula One circuits, the last 13 of those as part of the Ferrari Race Team, Nigel Stepney, with the approval of the company, has chosen to take on a different role that will see him no longer have to attend the races

The main point that you seem to think that Ferrari should have been punished. I am not discounting the fact that a member of the Ferrari team was caught (by Ferrari originally) cheating and by definition means: “Cheating is defined as an act of lying, deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition. Cheating characteristically is employed to create an unfair advantage, usually in one's own interest, and often at the expense of others. Cheating implies the breaking of RULES.”
In this situation by cheating I mean giving help to another team which in this case was Mclaren. The way in which Stepney was cheating was to have made a copy of a Ferrari document which he gave to Coughlan of Mclaren.
Ferrari were unaware that their technical information had been STOLEN until they received a tip from an employee in a photocopying shop. Now, once Stepney steels the document (taking it off site without permission) he is breaking Ferrari’s team laws and principles. Subsequently voiding his membership of the Ferrari team. Due to Stepney acting alone and not coercing (yess any one with any conscience would have needed forcing with some pressure to commit such an atrocity) any members of the Ferrari team to act with him.
Definition of team being: A team comprises any group of people or animals linked in a common purpose.
Subsequently the Ferrari team were not helping Mclaren through the form of cheating. However Stepney was.
What we don’t know is the motive? Going on what Stepney had said, we can only assume he acted out of bitterness and wanted revenge. (Revenge for what? not getting what he wanted? not getting something that was never his………sounds rather diluded to me)
Coughlan of Mclaren was in possession of 780 pages of Ferrari documentation, and his wife is alleged to have taken them to a photocopying shop near Woking to make more copies which (due to the fact they were attempting to make copies of it ) we can only assume and with good reason they were planning on distributing around the Mclaren base.
For Ferrari to cheat it would be rather irrational. Why would a team who wants to win the world championship want to help through the act of cheating another team? This is irrational and as you read it does not make sense does it?
This brings us to a nice analogy.
Why would smart students cheat in a test? Why would the joint favourites (along with Mclaren) cheat to win the world championship? why break a fundemental rule? Doesn’t make sense does it?
We can now revert to the FIA for some closure on the issue. The FIA issued a statement detailing its reasons behind the sanctions imposed on McLaren. In the statement, the FIA said that emails between the McLaren drivers PROVED that the British-based team used information leaked from title rivals Ferrari. (By Stepney who acted alone) The FIA statement also said "The emails show unequivocally that both Mr. Alonso and Mr. de la Rosa received confidential Ferrari information via Mike Coughlan. Both drivers knew that this information was confidential Ferrari information and that both knew that the information was being received by Coughlan from Nigel Stepney.
Due to the data being used, and due to it being used by De La Rosa we we can assume that it had helped in the development of the car through testing. Therefore the whole team became involved.
Im going to stop now so I can get a head start on the mobs that will be inevitably be chasing after me with pitch forks, but il leave u with this quote from David Hume
“Truth springs from argument amongst friends”
and I think it just has.

Finally!

Before i go onto some great news, i have some bad news.

Firstly, Stallions great 1000 word long speech on ferraris greatness has had to be deleted purely because its just too long for the blogs wellbeing. Sorry.

Secondly, ( To FIA ) I wish the fucking FIA would get a grip of that power mad twat Mosely and leave Mclaren alone for at least 1 month. How can any team in the world make a championship winning car, when they have a twat like him breathing down their necks as well as the French Frogs Renault?!?!?!?!.....

Thirdly, ( Also to FIA ) ...and Martin Brundle!? Where did the freedom of speech go in Formula 1?? FIA not only fine F1 Teams but theyve now moved onto journalists. Yes some of them are rats with microphones, but at least they actually put some thought and mind into it rather than just think " Right, who can we sue next? ". Thank God for Club racing! ( eg: no FIA involved! )

Now the bad stuffs out of the way, i am over the moon that Porsche have finally taken notice of the uberkind under there noses and given our Richard Westbrook a Factory Driver Status. Something tells me he will be unstoppable when he gets into GT2 racing against Ferrari!

Next for Priaulx!

Speedy :D

Someone told me........

That Martin Brundle is being sued by the FIA for libel, `cos he said that they are persecuting Mclaren, he actually said this prior to the hearing in Sept. the significance here is that the latest news that Renault, found GUILTY of possessing, Mclaren info, are not to be punished, what?? eh?? Brundle feels that the FIA are sending out a warning to other journo`s to be carefull what they write, the FIA have apparently written, and complained about Brundle, saying his tv commentary is`nt up to standard, well I loathe the media for the whole intrusiveness they seem to think is their right, but I still believe in freedom of speech, so I have to live with it, So does everyone else, this includes the asswipe Mosley, remember Max your family history could be used against you, and who will cry `witch-Hunt' then.

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Rational thinking. 2

so that argument was good but not great however and this is the killer point , wat did ferrari gain frome the situatation , are u implying that it was orgonised as a sting to get mclaren thrown out ? That would be ridicuclas as why would ferrari want to loose risking the championship like that ? and geting lots of bad press which we dont want as it may comprimise our position with sponsors,
was this aimed to be to their advantage? NO wat is the aim of cheating , the aim of cheating is to gain advantage WAT ADVANTAGE WAS FERRARI TO GAIN? none if they had been implicated they would have been treated the same. The fact of the matter is that mclaren cheated (gained from receiving documentation from stepney) and they gained from it without considering how much they gained they did subsequently this falls under the term cheating.

Stallion (I will fight to the death ........or till u realise how wrong you are.)

Somebody I know.....

Has written an essay on the blog, feel secure, Stallion, no mobs with pitchforks here!.....As a keen motorsport fan I find your argument to be based on the word `team', and nothing else so....taking that a little further.... just because no one was proven to have assisted Stepney, does`nt mean no one else was involved from Ferrari, then we talk about the `team' mclaren,.... as events have since shown, the mclaren `team' consisted of Coughlan, Alonso, and de la Rosa, for a company of over 800 employees, this, so, so, guilty `team' is remarkably compact, and we are aware that Alonso was hanging onto his info to use as leverage, the fact that de la Rosa is still with the team suggests that his info was, perhaps, very limited, so we get back to guilty of what?? 3 employees at Mclaren, 1, possibly more at Ferrari, are disgruntled, documents changed hands, and definitely some verbal info on a hinged undertray, hmmmmm...... that tray was illegal, yes?......But at the crunch, where is the lack of bias within the FIA, punish by all means, ANY infringements, but let`s make sure everyone gets their ass kicked, Renault are linked ......£50million.....Williams/BMW cool fuel...£25 million.... Alonso, the fucking pansie! £10 million....Todt, for being French...£200 million........................................yea!!! yea!!!
We will never know what the docs contained, and I think it matters little, what I think is important here... is a soon to retire top motorsport journo, has, in the past, written more about the wrongdoings by teams within the F1 paddock, without bias,( he even blew the whistle when Colin Chapman was being a naughty boy) takes no prisoners, his opinion has weight amongst all the teams....... the team he has written most about their wrongdoings over the last 25 years is .......wait for it.... yesss you guessed it............. FEFUCKINGRRARI!!!! Yea Baby!!

Someone told me.......

Its a damp Sunday in December, its deceptive, driving down the A1, looks like it will be a dri-ish race at Pfi...yea......what a load of bollocks!!! hit Newark and the wet shite is everywhere!!
Another test for the slickegos team, which due to various wusses, needing to wash their hair, and buff their nails, consisted of speedy, and the cap........ 10 teams...quali 2nd with a 1:15 lap....pole, half a second faster!! Single file start, got the lead.....yea...for a lap.... going well for 10 laps or so, sllliiidde, shit!! keep going.... backmarkers, clearly annoyed at being overtaken, for the 6th or 7th time....... little contact.. road rage.. tried to take the cap off.. bust his wheel on a kerb...obviously the cap`s fault.... speedy was awesome with his nearly controlled powerslides...too many little slides from the cap put us in a distant 3rd, same lap as winners, but 3rd.......jaw muscles aching with laughing....cool race.
Dashed back up the A1 to PPIK for a promotional enduro of 90mins.... snappers, and PR guys...
Good turnout of regulars with a few new teams.....rolling start, from 9th.....peril, directly ahead... top kart, we were flying.....2nd in 20 mins...only the peril, who omitted to mention that he was solo....we were parallel for lap after lap, enjoying it too much to really push for the total lead...what`s this at the chicane...karts stopped all over the place... bodies everywhere...fists flying!!!.. We pulled up to mayhem... Pat K. quiet pleasant guy, trading blows with one of the new team guys...Pat???... `course this upset dad, John.K...... lots of verbal.... but the guy thought he was hatton , and was throwing kicks, and punches everywhere, so like hatton he was picked up, by the helmet, and sat on his ass, worthless shite!!!!....The red mist is usually a brief thing, however this was just daft... they took an early bath, and we finished the race... still had great fun... cool moment was outbreaking Dawn into the hairpin, she only weighs 7stone, and is soooo fast, she was laughing in her helmet all the way down the pit straight.....finished 2nd.. had a good day, despite the asswipes...bring on the next race...Yea Baby!!"

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Good Day, Good Racing

Sun 9th was a goooooood day for Speedy and the Cpt. 3rd at PFI then just missing out on a win at PPIK. Meh, it was a cracking race ( litrally for John.C ) for everyone involved at PPIK and i think only one team went away upset lol.

Someone told me.....unsung heroes!!

If someone had told me at the beginning of the season we would have 3 british champions on the world stage, as well as the most convincing gonnabe ever I would have had my doubts.......

Andy Priaulx, top tin topper, the guy overcame all the odds, and secured a great 4th title(the first was the european title) Anywhere else except this country, he would be idolised, and need bodyguards, A fantastic achievment, and he tops my list of unsung heroes........ followed by James Toseland, even his team did`nt want him to win his first title, the double dealing Ducati bastards, but he did, and they dropped him as soon as possible!!! But Tenkate gave him the machinery, and he did it again, albeit making us wait `till the last moment...James....

Finally, a guy who should have had the champ car title that Montoya craftily took....history now....switched to Indy, and despite flipping the car twice in the most spectacular fashion, he finally got the title with a race in hand.. way to go Dario Franchitti.... yea Baby!!

Someone told me.....Eh?????

Someone told me that no further action will be brought against Renault....... Frankly, I am puzzled. What on earth is going on?? First they drop the cool fuel thing, and now this... well I`m sorry, but this makes the FIA look as though, with the help of Ferrari, they(the FIA) had a personal vendetta against Mclaren, as if this was the only team that should be punished for ANY alleged rule breaking. Time after time the point was made that, (by many respected journalists) STEPNEY made the first move, so why were`nt Ferrari punished in the same way, as Mclaren?? This new business is making Max, and his crew look decidely biased, and I`m sure that Mclaren will have a posse of gifted lawyers waiting for the first opportunity to exact revenge..... this of course, will take place alongside their total domination of the next season!!!!Yea Baby!!

Someone spotted a slickego@A1GP....Sepang!

Due to a busted jumbo (which they politely declined my help to fix) the captain found himself with a 24hr extension to his stay in Malaysia. The A1gp was at Sepang, and the opportunity.........Yea !!!!! The rolling start was a cool intro to the proceedings, but the standing start was pedestrian in comparison, and although the lap times are some way off the F1 , the opportunity to draft, and have a go into the corners made up for the ultimate lack of speed/power. The real buzz, for me was the accessibility of the circuit, I could sit/stand anywhere, and actually explore the stand, which is HUGE, get close to the cars, especially the final haipin where the deceleration, and the late braking is awesome to watch, and, aurally, it touches on an emotional level..... Yea Baby!!!!