Samuel completed his third outdoor race on Sunday 18 November 2012 at Hooton Park. He'd had a good practice on the day before and the weather was a lot nicer this month than the previous one!
There was a field of 18 Cadets and following the qualifying session, Samuel started in 15th place for heat one:
He didn't have a particularly good start but the lights were already showing green, then turned to red and then back to green, hence his stop-go-stop-go start!
Despite this he finished in 12th place, and had a better start in heat two:
He finished in 9th place which gave him a 9th place grid start for the final:
By the first corner he was up into third place but ended up loosing places when he was forced off onto the grass by another driver although Samuel managed to rejoin the race.
He finished 11th overall.
Last outdoor race of the year is on 16 December. Apologies for the light sabre effect - I can't help where the sun is place in relation to grid starts!!
Monday, 26 November 2012
Friday, 9 November 2012
Samuel Round 10 - Inkart Championship
Another exciting Sunday morning on 28 October as it was round 10 of the Inkart Championship at Daytona Manchester! There were 12 cadet drivers which meant more heats than usual although each driver only takes part in three prior to the final.
Samuel started on pole position for his first heat and retained it, taking maximum points. In his second heat he finished third from a fifth grid start, and the third heat he started fourth and finished fourth. So this meant he started fourth on the grid in the A final.
True to form he had a rather good grid start and managed to get past Jordan on the first corner into third place and held of Michael Burrows.
Here is the video from the final. It's a bit longer than usual as the race was red flagged part way through due to Jordan's fuel cap coming off. You can just about see Samuel as he's the one in black and the lights seemed dimmer than normal!
So he finished in third place which meant another trophy (he is getting awfully close to the 10 he needs to get for a trophy cabinet (I promised in February when he won his first trophy that I'd buy him a cabinet if he won 10 trophies, not thinking he'd manage it!)) and a podium finish!
One more round to go at the end of November and then that's it for the year - Samuel is currently in second place overall in the cadet championship.
Samuel started on pole position for his first heat and retained it, taking maximum points. In his second heat he finished third from a fifth grid start, and the third heat he started fourth and finished fourth. So this meant he started fourth on the grid in the A final.
True to form he had a rather good grid start and managed to get past Jordan on the first corner into third place and held of Michael Burrows.
Here is the video from the final. It's a bit longer than usual as the race was red flagged part way through due to Jordan's fuel cap coming off. You can just about see Samuel as he's the one in black and the lights seemed dimmer than normal!
So he finished in third place which meant another trophy (he is getting awfully close to the 10 he needs to get for a trophy cabinet (I promised in February when he won his first trophy that I'd buy him a cabinet if he won 10 trophies, not thinking he'd manage it!)) and a podium finish!
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