At 19s into prefinal I get mobbed and give up a couple spots.
What, in your collective opinions, should I have done differently?
Squeezed one of the attackers down? If I had totally closed door and forced him to back off the second guy couldn’t have followed through.
Did I leave too much space? Trying to not be an asshat so was conservative. @speedcraft
I struggle with what’s fair in terms of D.
You didn’t commit enough to either the crossover or the defense and you were stuck in a no-man’s land. You had to lift as you closed up on the kart in front, opening the door on the inside.
Either shut down the attack from behind immediately by defending into turn 1 and slow-rolling the apex to kill the crossover attempt from behind, or setup even harder to attack the leader so you can get under him on exit, rather than having to lift to avoid hitting him.
Hesitation is the death of any attack or defense.
Then you overcook at 0:41 and end up bleeding more spots. It was a good attempt to squeeze the inside driver down, but you were just too hot into that left-hander. Fortunately you got a good run through the next corners because of how well that over-cook set you up, but then you just push the kart in front and don’t take the run, instead trying to cross-over on the exit of T1.
Honestly I think over-eagerness to go for a cross-over attempt is a fairly common mistake for less experienced drivers, because they don’t have the commitment dialed in yet to yeet it up the inside. Instead, the cross-over feels safer and less risky, but it opens you up to attack on the entry to each corner. A good driver will be able to shut down that cross-over pretty easily, so it’s not a high percentage move usually.
On the start I would’ve defended into turn 1, especially given you didn’t get the jump on the start. I wouldn’t want to try and cross over the leader into T1, given that you have a pack of karts behind you. Opening the door at all to those karts behind is a bad idea.
Adding this expression to my coaching toolbox.
All of what @tjkoyen (and Mr. Miyagi) said!
You defend position Yes, or defend position No; never defend position Guess So! 
Thank you my collective Senseis.
Ok everyone, it’s spring. Let’s see that footage of all those races!
Am I holding the inside of t1 stupidly when I have the pace on the other guy? Should I float it out to the outside and try to get outside position?
I was trying to prevent further pace loss and bringing pack closer. So, I would just push if the guy wasn’t doing it right.
Are you talking about the start of the pre or something else?
In general. I’d always come up under his bumper coming out of 1. I coulda maybe gone wider and tried to establish some sort of dominance of the outside and then progressively squeezed on the run down.
I would get stuck inside.
Not sure specifically what timestamp you’re referencing, but in general that’s why I’m saying the cross-over, trying to emphasize the exit of T1 and get under him is sort of a weak move. I think you’re too fixated on T1. There are other places it looks like you can pass but you just push the kart in front. Like at 8:40 in the pre, you have a run building all through that last sector but you just push the kart in front down the straight and then try to cross him over on exit. If you have that run you need to take it. Go to the inside and send it. I wouldn’t be putting my kart on the outside unless I had exhausted all other options. As you see at 6:33 in the pre, the outside line is dirty and slippery and doesn’t work.
When you break free of the white suit and stop pushing him, you immediately go 0.4 faster on that lap in clean air. If you’re pushing someone halfway down every straight and he’s making mistakes and sliding wide, you’re hurting yourself by trying to work with him. Just go by and get it done yourself at that point.
I understand, thank you! I think I misjudged my runs, in general, and figured I’d be best moving us both forwards.
I will trust myself to “send it”. I need to do this more if I want to win more races.
My hesitation comes from making t1 slow by taking the inside on the approach. Here’s me not pushing Micheal because I had a good run. T1 is somewhat compromised but no damage done:
Timestamp 13:36
If you have an old sprint chassis sitting around, try getting it out in the dirt, it’s a ton of fun!
I actually totally tore down this chassis after this, got everything straightened out, and have taken it out for a few practice sessions at my club track. it was still fun as hell sliding around this little oval.
I wish.
Will I be able to mount my GoPro for the endurance race? Are helmet mounts or body mounts allowed?
Super psyched for this
That’s overtaking, there will be a compromise. You’ve got to charge the entry to make the move, so inevitably you will be compromised on exit.
I think rental racing provides some luxuries in racecraft because you have guys who are braking way too early for a corner, so there are times where you could just send it down the inside and lose almost nothing on exit because they are so slow on entry. But when you’re racing against competent drivers, those luxuries don’t exist. You’ll always be compromising your corner to get by someone who is braking at the limit, because it means you need to go over the limit to get past them.
Thanks. I see what you mean and shall take this to heart next race. Expect a win! (Maybe).
Yes. GoPros are fine! Helmet body whatever. I even have sticky mounts we can use
@Chris_McCoy do me a favor plz, and let us know here when we can start registering for the upcoming 2022 races. OVRP is soonish.
This is Scott Monison’s track? He’s a regular on our discord (United Karting).
Sure is! He’s got it squared away.
Great pass. At 16:05 you are pushing the driver in front. You could have pulled out and beat him/her to next corner. Instead you are stuck behind and lost the next few corners as a result. Like TJ said, “Send it”.