Monthly Archives: November 2007
Firebird Main – Endurance Race 11/25
The kart had run well at the last event so we have not made any changes to it. Then this morning just prior to the practice session Tyler decided he wanted to try and adjust the throttle cable to help the kart idle better (well, actually to idle at all). Adjusted the cable and off he went to the grid but the kart was activing odd so he asked me to take the tension back out of the cable. Thought I did. He heads out for the track at increasing amounts of throttle. When he approached he first corner where he would need to lift the throttle did not want to cooperate and he had to kill the engine there in the first turn. Missed ALL but about 100 yards of practice. Not real helpful for dusting the cobwebs off.
Got the kart back to the paddock after the session and made sure to get rid of the tension in the cable. Gave the rest of the kart a once over and pronounced it ready .
Head out for Qualifying with some sticker tires mounted. Not sure how many karts but it was a lot. Not as many as last months 48 karts but certainly more than 30.
Qualifying went well except for a short black flag incident where another kart also had a stuck throttle and did not end as well as Tyler’s incident. First reports we heard on grid was a “broken ankle”. Turned out to be a broken axle. Big difference! The kart did flip and the driver did play superman but other then some bruises he was ok.
I was blown away with Tyler’s qualifying effort. No practice laps, just 7 full laps run in qualifying and he ended up third!
The really amazing thing however was seeing the times posted by the top four karts.
Pole:
2nd:
3rd:
4th: