That was a totally fine pass attempt. Just a racing incident.
Your driver lost pace and the other driver had the opportunity and took it. Your driver wasn’t expecting the inside move and closed down. Kind of a risky move by the other guy but one I’d have taken, I think. But then again, I’m used to wraparounds these days and would have just moved your guy.
To Caleb’s point, bonking your guy off could have been an option but the relative speeds were too high, imo. Nose to tail would have been savage, pod would have been aggressive. He just took the gap without forcing your guy wide.
I also don’t get the impression your guy intended to close him out. I am thinking this is a learning experience. He did see the guy coming, did understand that he had someone inside, but didn’t understand that he was screwed and tried to apex down and the result is tire contact/dnf.
Or maybe he did understand but in the heat of the moment his didnt want to accept that he lost pace and opened the door and hoped for the best. Just kept on keeping on. IMO this will give him some wisdom that will allow him to make more tactically smart decisions in the future, understanding when to fight and when to finish.
I think the other guy has the right to be annoyed but he also knew that he was threading a needle, and that this could happen. Risk taken and price paid.
Line em up and go again! Better luck next time and I hope your guy is not too bummed. Shit happens, as they say.
Thought those purple suits were my Korsasport suits…. Same design and colors.
Wonder how well a skin tight suit would hold up when you are ejected from your kart on pavement. Indoor stuff it’s probably less abrasive when you slide across the polished floor, but then again the benefits of aero is probably even less important in indoor karting.
Rebel scum racing is open to make complete asses of themselves if someone would like to sponsor us for team suits. We range from unpleasantly skinny to moderately rotund (with the exception of our young drivers who still have bodies they care about). We would look like a bunch of purple and yellow oompaloompas.
But, I guarantee you we’d be pretty damn quick. I can’t speak for Marc tho, since he pays his way and presumably has a reputation to uphold. And I can’t speak for our combat friar, Nik, who may have more self respect than the team principal.
The trend I have seen of late is roll bars and belts indoors. I have been at a few facilities now that this is the case. With the electrics, it makes sense, they can push big loads, easy. The belts are great with the inevitable sudden impact crashes.
Imagine a kart rides up the nassau, and you can’t move. Could take your head off. Absolute HATE these roll bars with belts. You need full roll cages if you’re to have those. Recipe for disaster.
Spa has a 17meters elevation changes. Not AMP, true, but not bad at all. Combined with banked and off camber turns, it is pretty fun. 13hp is not enough power though.
I would love to see some 4 stroke rentals at 18-20hp, but the honda is so prevalent nobody wants to change
