He wasn't quite on top form but managed a 33.752 lap in the first heat and a 33.861 in the second heat. The average of the two times meant that he'd completed in the third fastest time and therefore a podium finish!
Sunday, 9 June 2013
Jacob Makes It Three In A Row!
Jacob has managed to make it three in a row in the Formula Bambino Championship at Daytona Manchester! And he now has a full set (1st, 2nd and 3rd) of the trophies! A link to the Facebook post from Daytona Manchester is here.
He wasn't quite on top form but managed a 33.752 lap in the first heat and a 33.861 in the second heat. The average of the two times meant that he'd completed in the third fastest time and therefore a podium finish!
He got changed after his race rather quickly as Samuel was itching to get out on track. And there was a vacant spot...... more to follow!!
He wasn't quite on top form but managed a 33.752 lap in the first heat and a 33.861 in the second heat. The average of the two times meant that he'd completed in the third fastest time and therefore a podium finish!
Friday, 31 May 2013
ARKS Test for Samuel
Samuel took his ARKS test yesterday at Hooton Park. He remembered all his flags and what they were for (including the cake one!) and he was watched whilst out on track by the examiner to make sure that he was competent. Needless to say, he passed!
And no blog post should be without a few photos so here are some.
As it turns out, he wasn't well when undertaking his test which probably explains the hard eyes in the first photo!
The application for his MSA race licence has been sent and we are hoping he can race soon although he will be classed as a Novice and will race under black and white numbers until he is 'signed off'.
And no blog post should be without a few photos so here are some.
The application for his MSA race licence has been sent and we are hoping he can race soon although he will be classed as a Novice and will race under black and white numbers until he is 'signed off'.
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Samuel - Round 2 IRK Championship - Three Sisters
Round 2 of the IRK Championship was held on Sunday 19 May at the 3 Sisters racetrack at Wigan. Samuel qualified in 7th place from 12 racers (IAME, Honda, WTP and Comer Cadet engines all raced together) on the Club circuit and set a 50.602 lap time.
He finished in 5th place over 10 laps in heat 1 with a time of 50.157 seconds, 5th place again in heat 2 with an improved time of 49.996.
He was placed 4th on the grid for the final and finished overall in 5th place but won the Honda engine category and set his best time of 49.681. Which he was really pleased with (I think more than wining the category!)
Footage of the final:
And here he is with his trophy:
Round 3 is on 16 June and I hope the weather is just as nice!
He finished in 5th place over 10 laps in heat 1 with a time of 50.157 seconds, 5th place again in heat 2 with an improved time of 49.996.
He was placed 4th on the grid for the final and finished overall in 5th place but won the Honda engine category and set his best time of 49.681. Which he was really pleased with (I think more than wining the category!)
Footage of the final:
And here he is with his trophy:
Friday, 17 May 2013
Jacob On The Podium Again!
Sunday 12 May was round 5 of the Formula Bambino Championship at Daytona Manchester. Jacob was still the lap record holder!
He was in heats 2 and 4 along with other quick drivers and he just didn't look comfortable in his first heat and actually finished 4th out of the 5 drivers.
In his second heat he really looked a lot more confident and finished first. However, we didn't know any of this until the announcements in reverse order following the race! I didn't think Jacob had managed to secure a podium finish, but he actually managed to pull it all back in the second heat and completed in the second fastest time (average of the two heats) overall.
So here he is on the podium:
And with his second place trophy which now has pride of place next to his first place trophy!
Samuel is back in action on Sunday 19 May at 3 Sisters in the IRK Championship.
He was in heats 2 and 4 along with other quick drivers and he just didn't look comfortable in his first heat and actually finished 4th out of the 5 drivers.
In his second heat he really looked a lot more confident and finished first. However, we didn't know any of this until the announcements in reverse order following the race! I didn't think Jacob had managed to secure a podium finish, but he actually managed to pull it all back in the second heat and completed in the second fastest time (average of the two heats) overall.
So here he is on the podium:
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Samuel - Round 1 IKR Championship - Three Sisters
Samuel entered a brand new championship aimed at non MSA drivers at the Three Sisters race track in Wigan. Round one of the IKR Championship was held on 21 April.
There were 3 Hondas racing against Iame and Comer engines and there were 11 racers overall in the Cadets. He qualifed 9th and then moved up to 7th after the first heat. The second heat was a bit more nailbiting as he didn't make it very far due to an incident with another kart - race footage taken with a GoPro Hero 3 black mounted on the front of the kart is below.
He was taken off track by the paramedics in the ambulance and given a through check over - he was ok and fit to race although he had missed heat 2. He started 9th on the grid for the final and at this point it had started to rain although not too heavy.
Samuel enjoys racing in the wet and he picked off the drivers in front of him lap by lap and finished overall in 5th place, just 0.27 seconds behind 4th place. He finished second in the Honda class and all the results can be viewed HERE. Footage below of the final
And here he is with his second place trophy:
Round 2 takes place on 19 May
There were 3 Hondas racing against Iame and Comer engines and there were 11 racers overall in the Cadets. He qualifed 9th and then moved up to 7th after the first heat. The second heat was a bit more nailbiting as he didn't make it very far due to an incident with another kart - race footage taken with a GoPro Hero 3 black mounted on the front of the kart is below.
He was taken off track by the paramedics in the ambulance and given a through check over - he was ok and fit to race although he had missed heat 2. He started 9th on the grid for the final and at this point it had started to rain although not too heavy.
Samuel enjoys racing in the wet and he picked off the drivers in front of him lap by lap and finished overall in 5th place, just 0.27 seconds behind 4th place. He finished second in the Honda class and all the results can be viewed HERE. Footage below of the final
And here he is with his second place trophy:
Round 2 takes place on 19 May
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Jacob Does The Double!
It's been such a long time coming that we didn't think it would ever happen!
Round 4 of the Formula Bambino Championship took place on Sunday 14 April at Daytona Manchester and as Jacob had completed a rather good practice session the week before (he set a new lap record for the year!) and his football season is over, he wanted to enter it.
His first heat (two heats with the fastest average time of them determines where the driver finishes overall) he looked fast and managed to lap the other 3 drivers in the 15 minute session. He looked not quite as quick in the second heat but still held his own.
Then its the announcement of the placings in reverse order once all heats have completed. When the third place driver name was read out I knew Jacob had a podium finish but didn't know where!
Only first place! AND he broke the lap record that he set the previous week by 1.3 seconds!! Apologies for the blurry podium photo - I was shaking!
And here he is with his trophy:
Round 4 of the Formula Bambino Championship took place on Sunday 14 April at Daytona Manchester and as Jacob had completed a rather good practice session the week before (he set a new lap record for the year!) and his football season is over, he wanted to enter it.
His first heat (two heats with the fastest average time of them determines where the driver finishes overall) he looked fast and managed to lap the other 3 drivers in the 15 minute session. He looked not quite as quick in the second heat but still held his own.
Then its the announcement of the placings in reverse order once all heats have completed. When the third place driver name was read out I knew Jacob had a podium finish but didn't know where!
Only first place! AND he broke the lap record that he set the previous week by 1.3 seconds!! Apologies for the blurry podium photo - I was shaking!
And the new lap record:
It wasn't all good news for the day though. Samuel had round 4 of the Indikart Championship at Hooton Park but didn't even get as far as qualifying due to some mechanical issues that could not be resolved. Still, he has round 5 in May to look forward to and next weekend he's competing at Three Sisters at Wigan in their first IKR Championship for non MSA drivers.
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
Round 3 - IndiKart Championship 2013 - Hooton Park
Round 3 of the IndiKart Championship at Hooton Park took place on 10 March. Samuel qualified in 7th place from a field of 18 drivers and after the first heat he finished in 10th place.
The video below is from heat 1 and you'll see some rather quick reactions from Samuel as he manages to avoid other drivers' interesting driving techniques!
He finished heat 2 in 5th place which gave him an average of a 7th place grid start in the final. He managed to finish 10th overall but still picked up 4 Championship points.
He's currently 4th place overall after 3 rounds.
On-board footage taken with a GoPro Hero 3 Black.
Round 4 is on 14 April.
The video below is from heat 1 and you'll see some rather quick reactions from Samuel as he manages to avoid other drivers' interesting driving techniques!
He finished heat 2 in 5th place which gave him an average of a 7th place grid start in the final. He managed to finish 10th overall but still picked up 4 Championship points.
He's currently 4th place overall after 3 rounds.
On-board footage taken with a GoPro Hero 3 Black.
Round 4 is on 14 April.
Saturday, 2 March 2013
Round 2 - IndiKart Championship 2013 - Hooton Park
Round 2 of the IndiKart Championship at Hooton Park was very very wet and cold.
Samuel had a difficult qualifying session and only managed one decent lap, however that was enough to give him 4th place.
He managed to stay in 4th for heat one and heat 2 so started in 4th for the final. And finished 4th!
The top 4 drivers from the field of 16 were podium finishers so he got another trophy!
Footage below from his qualifying session and taken on a GoPro Hero 3 Black fixed to his crash helmet.
And with his trophy:
Round 3 is on 10 March.
Samuel had a difficult qualifying session and only managed one decent lap, however that was enough to give him 4th place.
He managed to stay in 4th for heat one and heat 2 so started in 4th for the final. And finished 4th!
The top 4 drivers from the field of 16 were podium finishers so he got another trophy!
Footage below from his qualifying session and taken on a GoPro Hero 3 Black fixed to his crash helmet.
And with his trophy:
Monday, 4 February 2013
Round 1 - IndiKart Championship 2013 - Hooton Park
Last Sunday saw the first round of 2013 in the Indikart Championship at Hooton Park - a week late due to the snow the previous week.
There were 18 Cadet drivers on the line-up and Samuel qualified in 7th place for heat one. Here are the starts shown as a spectator and also from the GoPro Hero 3 Black camera fitted to his helmet.
Heat One - started in 7th place and by the first corner he was leading the race!
He finished in 6th place so that was his grid start position for heat two:
The final was the average of the two heat finishes so he started in 7th place:
He finished the race in 4th place (top 5 finished on the podium) with Lee and Alex from the Championship Karting team finishing in 2nd and 3rd, it meant that the team were all podium finishers!
And here they are on the podium along with 5th and 1st place drivers:
Round 2 is this weekend!
There were 18 Cadet drivers on the line-up and Samuel qualified in 7th place for heat one. Here are the starts shown as a spectator and also from the GoPro Hero 3 Black camera fitted to his helmet.
Heat One - started in 7th place and by the first corner he was leading the race!
He finished in 6th place so that was his grid start position for heat two:
The final was the average of the two heat finishes so he started in 7th place:
He finished the race in 4th place (top 5 finished on the podium) with Lee and Alex from the Championship Karting team finishing in 2nd and 3rd, it meant that the team were all podium finishers!
And here they are on the podium along with 5th and 1st place drivers:
Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Mind The Mud (And Ice!)
Samuel had a full weekend at Hooton Park despite it being rather cold and frosty and it was the first time he'd been to Hooton since his third place finish in December.
Look out for the rather large patch of mud on the left hand side of the track - he ends up wearing most of it!
We had fitted a GoPro Hero 3 Black camera to his helmet for the full weekend and here is Samuel getting his nice clean suit muddy in his third session on the track on Sunday:
More footage to follow including some overtaking and his fastest session of the day (he's flat out through most of the corners!)
And yes, the GoPro is fantastic and the quality is amazing - it's just like being there!!
Look out for the rather large patch of mud on the left hand side of the track - he ends up wearing most of it!
We had fitted a GoPro Hero 3 Black camera to his helmet for the full weekend and here is Samuel getting his nice clean suit muddy in his third session on the track on Sunday:
More footage to follow including some overtaking and his fastest session of the day (he's flat out through most of the corners!)
And yes, the GoPro is fantastic and the quality is amazing - it's just like being there!!
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