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!!