Samuel - Round 7 Inkart Cadet Championship

Last Sunday was round 7 of the Inkart Championship at Daytona Manchester.  Samuel had two second place finishes and a fifth in the qualifying rounds and was placed third on the grid in the final.

Video below of the start of the race - didn't manage to tape it all in one go as the camera battery died part way though!  Samuel moved up to second on the first hairpin and stayed in that position to finish second.




Here he is on the podium with the other Cadet drivers and the Juniors.

 And with his trophy

Samuel actually did his fastest lap to date too - he's now completed the new track layout in 29.561 seconds, knocking almost 0.2 seconds off his previous best!

He has now moved up to second overall in the Cadet Championship.  And we just have 4 rounds left in the season.

Jacob Formula Bambino Power Lap

Jacob got on the powerlap board following Formula Bambino at the start of July.

He's saying 5th place and giving a thumbs up just in case you were thinking he can't count!

Good Lap Time - Even Better Lap Time!

With the new track layout at Daytona Manchester came a new lap time board for the Junior drivers and Samuel has got his name in the top nine drivers:

15 July 2012 - 29.943 seconds

22 July 2012 - 28.878 seconds

And he went even faster on 25 July setting a 29.748 lap time - no photo of it on the board though as its only Sunday Club times that make it!  And he's the youngest on the board by at least 2 years!

New Track Layout at Daytona Manchester & Lap Record for Samuel!

The track at Daytona Manchester has been changed and today was the first time it was available.  Jacob had a Bambino practice session (its Formula Bambino tomorrow!) this evening so he could get a head start on the track.

Short video showing the new layout:



And a handout from reception:

Samuel had an Intermediate practice session straight after - only sessions available - and he set the lap record on the Intermediate 275 metre track - 17.418 seconds.  It was the first ever session of a Cadet so we are not sure how long he'll be the record holder for!

On the old track his fastest Intermediate time was 18.3 seconds and it was the same length and the lap record was around 17.3 seconds.  Not sure if this is a quicker track, or if he's greatly improved in the period between, or if he's adapted very quickly to the new layout!  We shall see on Sunday when he has a proper practice session (he's booked in for two) with other Cadets and Juniors on the Advanced 450m layout.

Samuel - Round 6 Inkart Championship

It was round 6 of the Inkart Championship on Sunday at Daytona Manchester.  Six Cadet drivers competed and after a few setbacks during the warm-up session and the three qualifying rounds, which Samuel overcame with steely determination and showed that he is a great competitor.  For the final he was placed third on the grid.

As in previous rounds, the start from the grid line was rather exciting and changed the lineup!

Here is the video from the final:


And the results - Samuel came second!  Here he is getting the trophy from Mark:

Podium finish for the Juniors and Cadets - Samuel is far left next to Aaron who broke the track lap record twice in his final race in the Juniors!

 And Samuel with his trophy!

Overall, he is still placed third in the Championship for Cadets although he has gained valuable points on the second placed Cadet.  Six rounds down, five to go!

Formula Bambino Powerlap Board!

Jacob got on the Formula Bambino Powerlap board again following the June round at Daytona Manchester.  He's holding up four fingers as he is fourth on the board (and finished fourth).  The race report is available to view online on the Daytona website - the link is in the sidebar.

Round 7 is on 14 July.

Even Better Personal Best!

After last Sunday and Samuel smashing his previous personal best time we thought it might be a while before he does it again.  But no, he did it again this morning!

It was 25.618 seconds and this morning he knocked a further 0.11 seconds off and set a 25.508 second lap.  He actually came very close again a few laps later.

We think that if he'd had a decent amount of clear track in front of him, he'd have got it down even further!  Samuel said afterwards that he had changed his approach to the second hairpin bend so that is why his time is coming down.

And the fastest lap time on the top photo is wrong - 3 seconds??!!

Thanks to Nick who tweeted this blog via Daytona Motorsport earlier in the week (12 June)

Personal Best

Samuel managed to beat his previous fastest lap this morning at Daytona Manchester!  He set a 25.618 second lap and he had the fastest average of all 10 drivers.

It was a really good session with 9 out of the 10 drivers setting lap times of under 26 seconds.  Jordan and Andre also set their personal bests.

Click on the picture below for a larger image.

Jacob finished fourth again yesterday in round 6 of the Formula Bambino Championship - hopefully next month he will get to stand on the podium!

Getting Better

Samuel had another Karting Blast session on Bank Holiday Monday at the Three Sisters Race Track and this time he went on track with 4 Junior drivers and 2 other Cadets.

Last time he went his best time was 59.204 seconds which was around 2 seconds faster than his first visit.  And this time he managed a 56.628 which, we were told, was one of the fastest times they had seen from that particular kart.

He finished third fastest overall behind two Junior drivers, but beating the other two Cadets and the remaining two Juniors, which considering the Junior karts can go around 20mph faster than the Cadet karts, its not too bad!

On the photo below, I'd seen that Samuel was coming up to go past the two Junior drivers and by the time I'd panned the camera round, he'd gone past them on the bend!

The lap record for Cadet drivers is 51.2 seconds and that is in a race ready specific racing kart, tuned to the individual drivers requirements - not an arrive and drive kart. 

Samuel has another session booked for a few weeks' time!

Some Overtaking

Samuel seems to have got to grips with overtaking and here he is yesterday in his practice session - two short videos for you!


Second video:


Next Saturday is Jacob's round 6 Formula Bambino.