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Old 09-01-2013, 09:56 PM
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We had another race out here yesterday.
So finished body repairs and prepped the car through the week, painted Saturday morning and was all ready by nighfall Saturday.
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Loaded up Sunday and headed out,
Was going well, there was 9 competitors, reality is I am not going to beat the top 4 guys (young guns from speedway and go karts) so I was competing against the rest in my mind
Heat 1 I started 4th, ended race in 6th.
Heat 2 I started 2nd and finished 4th.
Heat 3 I was from rear of field in 9th, ended up 6th in that one.
Heat 4 I started 7th, was up into 6th pretty quickly but then lost all drive out of a corner and the kart stalled, couldnt get it to fire up again, pulled off the track and checked it out, found the chain missing.

Fitted a new chain but then went to fire it up and found no go, would fire up but not run properly.
Consensus seems to be that the keyway of flywheel has sheared and this puts the timing out for spark.
So that will be inspected through the week.
Still had a ball and great fun.
Here are some pictures from the final.








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