We often try to go testing at a track before it closes for a National Event. My next National event in the Super Rok will be held there at iDube on the 3rd/4th of July 2009. So this weekend will be the very important test weekend for this National event as we want to get the gearing and carburation for this track, so when the national weekend comes, we can fine tune the kart and do not need to run the risk of having to try radical set up changes….
This track is a very tricky track, it is situated on a slope of a mountain and all the corners are angled and then you go up and down again, just like on a roller coaster! The one section of the track is called “Thunder Dome”….my stomach lifts every time I go through that section. It is very fast and very dicey…But I LOVE IT!!! It is a big thrill to go through there. The rest of the track is also very cool. The one corner is on the top of the hill and turns left. The kart actually lifts off the ground! I have attached a photo of the track and of the one race I did there for you to see how the track goes up and almost vertically down again, but it is so much more dramatic in real life…
The gearing for this track is very difficult as one needs a big sprocket for the steep hills and a small sprocket for the long straights….But that is what this weekend is for, to test the different ratios.
So I hope the weather stays dry in order for the testing to be successful….
Thank you for reading my blog and hope to write some more soon!
Fabienne
