Karting New years day - GPNY Westchester
01-04-2009, 09:45 AM
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Did anyone end up going?
I was up Tues night, met with Sy, and ran into Matt Farah from Garage419, apparently he races there a lot
It was my first time there and I dominated of course lol I only ran two races and ran a 29 flat on uptown. Once I get my arms out of physical therapy, I think a 28 flat should not be a problem...rehabing nerve damage from hockey and building the E46, sucks....40% loss on left arm after elbow alone.
Anyways, I really like the place, and am looking forward to going back.
I really want to get a faster kart out there though, maybe a 125 tag or something.
I was up Tues night, met with Sy, and ran into Matt Farah from Garage419, apparently he races there a lot
It was my first time there and I dominated of course lol I only ran two races and ran a 29 flat on uptown. Once I get my arms out of physical therapy, I think a 28 flat should not be a problem...rehabing nerve damage from hockey and building the E46, sucks....40% loss on left arm after elbow alone. Anyways, I really like the place, and am looking forward to going back.
I really want to get a faster kart out there though, maybe a 125 tag or something.
01-04-2009, 09:46 AM
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01-04-2009, 10:09 AM
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Went back to V17 yesterday. IMO rear tires are shot on most of the karts, stiff as hell and look glossy. no rear grip on most of the karts. was following one guy when all of a sudden i see misc hardware fall off his kart. his front right TIRE came right off on the turn before hitting the straightaway. luckily he was able to bring the kart to a stop without hitting the wall. apparantly its happened 2-3 times in the past 6 months. YIKES!
01-04-2009, 10:21 AM
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Went back to V17 yesterday. IMO rear tires are shot on most of the karts, stiff as hell and look glossy. no rear grip on most of the karts. was following one guy when all of a sudden i see misc hardware fall off his kart. his front right TIRE came right off on the turn before hitting the straightaway. luckily he was able to bring the kart to a stop without hitting the wall. apparantly its happened 2-3 times in the past 6 months. YIKES!
If anyone plans on going to GPNY again let me know
thanks
01-04-2009, 11:53 AM
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01-04-2009, 07:09 PM
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I'm planning on hitting GPNY once a week during the week. Shooting for Wednesday this week. Anyone up for an informal once a week get together?
...there will be blood
...there will be blood
01-04-2009, 08:04 PM
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01-04-2009, 10:14 PM
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01-04-2009, 10:58 PM
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I will be ok as I will have not been out the night before so no hangover!
Are we going to try and have some sort of mini league with points for position finish? (as there is no qualifying could also have bonus points for every place gained?) or is this just too much effort
Are we going to try and have some sort of mini league with points for position finish? (as there is no qualifying could also have bonus points for every place gained?) or is this just too much effort
01-05-2009, 01:03 AM
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I think I can easily cut down a second from my time. You really have to watch their tires though, they get greasy very easily, but keeping them hot helps a lot. I've driven a bunch on a very similar indoor track and the warmup lap is important to really get some crazy heat into the tires.
The other important part is to really move your weight around...in some turns I was half out of the seat to get around the tight turns
01-05-2009, 08:34 AM
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this is going to be a low key event. I already tried getting a league together once-that's a couple weeks of my life I'll never get back.
95M3 - talk to me about moving your weight around. Which corners/how.
95M3 - talk to me about moving your weight around. Which corners/how.