See the video showing, step-by-step, the process that we go through for a race start.
December, 2008
Weight Check
On December - 16 - 2008
Minimum weight of kart plus driver in Endurs=ance karting is 185kg. All karts are checked at random during races and at the end of official qualifying and race sessions.
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Driver Change
On December - 16 - 2008
During every Endurance race there are mandetory driver changes. The amount required will depend on the lenght of the race, however, no driver can do a stint loger that 60 minutes. There is a minimum 2o minutes rest bewteen stints as well.
The following is a driver change during a 5 hour race at Newcastle Kart [...]
Canberra
On December - 16 - 2008
The Canberra Kart Club track is on a section of the Fairbairn Park Motor-Racing Complex on the Pialligo Road heading from Canberra to Queanbeyan.
Track type: Bitumen
Length: 750m
Max density: 28 Karts
Direction: Anti-Clockwise
Round 8 – Oran Park
On December - 16 - 2008
5 Hour
Race time: 5 hour
Qualified: 10th Result: 14th
Final placing for 2008: 4th in B Grade
What a great day’s racing for the final round of 2008 (pity about the weather). The day started with a sensational qualifying effort by Gil, he managed to put the kart on the 5th row (highest position for the team so [...]
Round 7 – Newcastle
On December - 16 - 2008
7 Hour
Finally a race without incident!
Qualified: 17th
Result: 4th in B grade, 10th overall
The longest race of the year is always tough on driver and kart but due to an exceptional prep job on the kart by Eric and the added bonus of a new brake system it was an incident free race for Team Canberra. [...]