July 2011
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Laps led, on the pace and 3rd overall
It was an interesting weekend in Durban as I took part in a “Pre-National” event to gauge my pace against some of my main opposition.
Friday testing was awesome as I was clearly the fastest in my class but Saturday did not go so well.
The pace was upped by the other drivers and for various reasons I just couldn’t match them. It was a big dose of reality and to be honest I was a...
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Pre National - Day 1. We're getting quicker!
Just a quick update, the day could not have been better. We obliterated our best time from the previous test with a 44.7 and did consistent 44.8 - 44.9 second laps during most of the day.
Some of the main competition was also testing but they couldn’t seem to match our pace. We will see on Sunday whether they were playing games or if we are genuinely as quick as it seems.
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WatchI don’t think there is a car on this planet which sounds like this.
The new Pagani Huayra.
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Back to Durban I go
On Thursday I get back on a plane to Durban for some more testing. Since I’ve been back I have tried to do as much exercise as possible but my ‘other life’ (read: work) seems to be getting in the way!
This weekend is a regional race event but because it’s the last race before the main African Championship event I expect to see many of my competitors entering this race to...
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Fourty Five Dead.
While I wait to board my plane back to Cape Town.
14 hours later…
So I’m back and, wow, what a trip. One thing I forgot about motorsport (actually sport in general, no doubt) are the highs and lows you can experience in just one day.
For day two of testing we got to the track nice and early as we had some work that we still had to do on the kart. Once preparation was done I went out...
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Day two: Do I still have it?
It’s been a super long day but I finally have a chance to fill you in on my first day back on a kart track in three years.
The long and short of it is that things went really well.
In karting, pace/lap times are measured in the 1/10th of a second. That is juuust faster than the blink of an eye.
If you are three to four tenths off the pace of the fastest guys then you are considered slow...
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I'm going racing.
In a few hours I’ll be on plane to Durban.
The reason for my trip is to climb into a kart to see if I still have what it takes to compete at the highest level.
Once upon a time, my dream in life was to have a career as a racing driver. The pinnacle of my ‘career’ was competing in the World Rotax Max Championships in 2007. I ended up 6th at the race but wasted an opportunity...