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Oct 19 2013 10:20pm
[QUOTE=ride686,Oct 19 2013 10:44pm][QUOTE=AXIS,Oct 19 2013 11:39pm]Im only 5'10" or so and 135 lbs so it was perfect for me. I just wish it had been a bit more competitive. The first race I lapped literally every person on the track except my buddy at least one (I passed him but he hung on). The second race my buddy and I were pretty much the same distance apart the whole race but lapped everyone else. It was cool how big of a difference you could tell after the first half a lap in traction from the tires heating up. The very first race I about hit a wall on the first turn but once I figured everything out and the tires got some heat in them I was taking pretty clean lines.[/QUOTE

Shifters are completely different than those karts lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIrNNEbWmi0[/QUOTE]


Looks like a 1:42 lap to me.





Porsche 911 Turbo S 1:40.11
Audi R8 V10 5.2 FSI 1:40.20
Nissan GT-R 1:40.45
BMW M6 1:40.52
Aston Martin AM 310 Vanquish
Audi R8 4.2 FSI quattro
Jaguar F-Type V8 S 1:40.81
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 1:40.90
Ford Mustang Boss 302 1:41.06
Porsche Cayman S 1:41.26
Porsche Cayman R 1:41.64
Mercedes E63 AMG S T-Modell 1:42.39
Lotus Evora S 1:42.49

Ford Mustang Boss 302 LS 1:43.00 RANDY POBST


The shorter and tighter the track the more it suits the kart. A 1 mile + track has lots of straights that aren't nice to 125cc's.
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Oct 20 2013 02:30am
Quote (ride686 @ Oct 19 2013 07:59pm)
I raced shifters competitively when I was a kid. I'm 6'4 now so its not really possible for me anymore.


I'm 6'2" 215lbs and still race dirt carts

U can do it if u wanted to lol
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Oct 20 2013 09:51am
Quote (AXIS @ Oct 19 2013 11:39pm)
Im only 5'10" or so and 135 lbs so it was perfect for me. I just wish it had been a bit more competitive. The first race I lapped literally every person on the track except my buddy at least one (I passed him but he hung on). The second race my buddy and I were pretty much the same distance apart the whole race but lapped everyone else. It was cool how big of a difference you could tell after the first half a lap in traction from the tires heating up. The very first race I about hit a wall on the first turn but once I figured everything out and the tires got some heat in them I was taking pretty clean lines.


135 lbs @ 5' 10"? Dude stop getting Subway and hit McDonalds, goddamn.
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Oct 20 2013 11:25am
Quote (KoJ @ Oct 20 2013 04:30am)
I'm 6'2" 215lbs and still race dirt carts

U can do it if u wanted to lol


The last time I tried in was not a nice experience lol. A buddy of my old boss would rent them out so we went and took them out cheap afew years ago. Not only was I losing speed on the straight because of the weight difference (190 lbs vs 130ish lbs) but I was so crammed in the stupid thing the gs in corners were killing me.
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Oct 20 2013 02:31pm
Quote (Malevolent @ Oct 20 2013 11:51am)
135 lbs @ 5' 10"? Dude stop getting Subway and hit McDonalds, goddamn.


I eat a pretty good bit, I really gotta start working out again though...
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Oct 20 2013 03:38pm
Quote (AXIS @ Oct 19 2013 10:39pm)
Im only 5'10" or so and 135 lbs so it was perfect for me. I just wish it had been a bit more competitive. The first race I lapped literally every person on the track except my buddy at least one (I passed him but he hung on). The second race my buddy and I were pretty much the same distance apart the whole race but lapped everyone else. It was cool how big of a difference you could tell after the first half a lap in traction from the tires heating up. The very first race I about hit a wall on the first turn but once I figured everything out and the tires got some heat in them I was taking pretty clean lines.


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Oct 20 2013 03:58pm
L O fucken L
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Oct 20 2013 07:53pm
Quote (KoJ @ Oct 20 2013 03:30am)
I'm 6'2" 215lbs and still race dirt carts

U can do it if u wanted to lol


im 6'4 and i race at K1 rather often i got best of the month number 2 when i was there on saturday.
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Oct 20 2013 11:55pm
Quote (justin_618 @ Oct 20 2013 06:53pm)
im 6'4 and i race at K1 rather often i got best of the month number 2 when i was there on saturday.


I don't like k1, I like the track surfact and lay out and size of our local one, but the electric carts suck bad
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Oct 21 2013 01:52pm
Quote (KoJ @ Oct 21 2013 12:55am)
I don't like k1,  I like the track surfact and lay out and size of our local one, but the electric carts suck bad


It does suck how they can turn your speed up and down but I convince the guy to let me go as fast as they can rather early
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