How to get kicked out of K1 Speed Indoor Kart Racing

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  • Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
  • Skip to 5:10 for the crash
    My coworkers and I decided to head out to K1 Speed and have some fun as a team. It ended fairly quickly when our designer and I got kicked out. As you can see, there wasn't a whole lot I could do. Will there never be peace between designers and developers?
    For those of you who follow my motovlogs, I have a ton of content recorded and I intend to edit and upload it soon.
    Only got two good laps in, but my best time was 30.9s. If you're here in Austin and have raced this track before, post your time!

Комментарии • 924

  • @ajtct98
    @ajtct98 6 лет назад +2140

    Guy kicked you both out to cover his abysmal marshalling skills.

    • @NickyD
      @NickyD 6 лет назад +14

      yep

    • @Triavanicus
      @Triavanicus 5 лет назад +10

      This is just like iracing

    • @TheGavinM40
      @TheGavinM40 5 лет назад +10

      Wouldn't be going back there ever again. They look crap anyway. Marshal can stick his carts where the sun doesn't shine for being so incompetent. Karma will get him back.

    • @isaacmtb4863
      @isaacmtb4863 5 лет назад +7

      The marshal couldn’t have done anything ethier if you replay it you can see he entered the corner as the accident happened

    • @kartdriver92
      @kartdriver92 3 года назад +5

      Such bs move, and this comes froma ex racing marshall AND someone working on a kart track.

  • @joelbarranco9236
    @joelbarranco9236 7 лет назад +2589

    im a supervisor at k1 san diego there was no reason for them to take you out of the race. they did not wave a yellow flag and if the kart did break they should have switched it.

    • @LighthouseProductions2
      @LighthouseProductions2 7 лет назад +12

      Joel Barranco how do you guys compare to sykart is it the same rules ?

    • @jorntillema6087
      @jorntillema6087 6 лет назад +1

      Joel Barranco uu

    • @mono-sb2ol
      @mono-sb2ol 6 лет назад +9

      Itchy Itchiford it’s only one rule. Don’t bump into other karts

    • @matthewgeschke2394
      @matthewgeschke2394 6 лет назад +9

      Dawg if you were a super, you would know that if a kart is broken the customer does not get a new one, read your manual. Usually kicking people out like this is because they have been black flagged before.

    • @sirgriffinman
      @sirgriffinman 6 лет назад +62

      Yeah, that guy is just about the biggest idiot I have ever seen. "the nature of the accident".... The guy spun out in a corner behind and was obscured by polls and the guy with the cam would not have been looking at that point at the track until he got right up on it. He had very little time to break which he did and turned sideways to scrub even more speed. Lame.

  • @dhawerd
    @dhawerd 8 лет назад +2830

    Wait so the guy spins, you can't see him cause of the flagsman in front of the turn, who should be on the other side of that wall for that exact reason, and you spin trying not to hit him and get kicked out?! That's absolutely moronic

    • @NathanRJones
      @NathanRJones  8 лет назад +237

      +dhawerd That's pretty much exactly what happened.

    • @josht5288
      @josht5288 8 лет назад +16

      +dhawerd Basically the reason why Is cause from their point of view They think you were drifting around the corner which in some Go-Kart races they do that.. I've even done it before and it doesn't end well.. So Some advice Nathan.. When you see a car crashes just take it slow Many times Flagmen and officials will do that so You gotta just slow the car past.. They aren't allowed to pass anyway since their is a crash and It'd result under Yellow.

    • @mosk11tto
      @mosk11tto 8 лет назад +95

      You kidding me with the advices

    • @EvO24
      @EvO24 7 лет назад +76

      Jackson Cage the yelliw flag was not issued though so therefore the guy ws aware to slow down for the incident not his fault at all and it was clearly not a drift. Im a professional go karter and in all my years have i seen people drifting the karts

    • @Kartracer6
      @Kartracer6 6 лет назад +66

      LOL it basically comes down to most of these K1 employees are idiots. I actually got yelled at for going to fast under green flag conditions. I never went back after that because they act like it's a professional league when it's just recreational Karting.

  • @RJASE5
    @RJASE5 8 лет назад +1451

    Yea you shouldn't have been kicked out or even in trouble. 100% not your fault

  • @BioDiesel112
    @BioDiesel112 8 лет назад +2289

    i see no flags not your fault dude :)

    • @NathanRJones
      @NathanRJones  8 лет назад +165

      Unfortunately, my X-Ray vision was on the fritz that day... Totally should've seen that wreck =P

    • @canadienbeastmode1532
      @canadienbeastmode1532 7 лет назад +1

      Ty rie the crazy guy White people 21 first century. Did you just assume my gender 😂

    • @walsh5799
      @walsh5799 7 лет назад

      BioDiesel112 the guy clearly has a yellow flag

    • @Tsxtasy1
      @Tsxtasy1 7 лет назад +1

      ZErO GRaViTY where?

    • @walsh5799
      @walsh5799 7 лет назад

      Tsxtasy1 5:17 guy in the right

  • @peeweedougal1683
    @peeweedougal1683 8 лет назад +901

    wait a minute the guy spins and the marshal is NOT waving the yellow flag it is up to the marshals to let the driver know if there is an accident or anything dangerous ahead

    • @gijs.22
      @gijs.22 6 лет назад +5

      The Cat of Tens these peope are trained to follow a car going trough the corner and know where is crash most likely happens

    • @jadenanimates8338
      @jadenanimates8338 4 года назад

      666 likes

  • @1515foxracer
    @1515foxracer 8 лет назад +443

    From a k1 speed track official (me) that was not your fault, the flagger should have been waving the yellow flag (caution) but the video proves other wise, you should have been able to keep going and finish the race

    • @NathanRJones
      @NathanRJones  8 лет назад +61

      +fox racer Thanks.
      I totally understand being overly cautious, but I asked to atleast get a refund for the race and showed them the video. They wouldn't have it, which was pretty lame.

    • @liamturner6135
      @liamturner6135 3 года назад +5

      @@NathanRJones Which K1 location?

    • @andrewschannel4259
      @andrewschannel4259 2 года назад +2

      @@liamturner6135 Austin, TX

    • @skinnycol809
      @skinnycol809 2 года назад +11

      lmao i work at k1 right now, thats not your fault. dude flagger needs to be watching ALL karters not just the ones coming up to him, should of cautioned you or slowed the karts down a bit due to it being a blind spot type of thing

    • @SI0AX
      @SI0AX 2 года назад +7

      @@skinnycol809 The flagger should pay special attention to blind corners. Are employees especially flagger required to run a lap of the track to identify trouble spots before beginning a job as a flagger?

  • @creaseguard
    @creaseguard 7 лет назад +396

    That is complete BS and I would have taken that video to the owner or higher up. There was no way for you to see that and avoid it. Your driving was spot on and in always in complete control.

    • @NickyD
      @NickyD 6 лет назад +14

      amen he really didnt have time to even take action

    • @thatguymar3383
      @thatguymar3383 6 лет назад

      Rex Racer rs

    • @jaywilkins2093
      @jaywilkins2093 4 года назад +1

      The owner “or higher up” whose higher up than the owner lmao?

    • @Geereg69
      @Geereg69 4 года назад +5

      @@jaywilkins2093 he means owner or, if the owners not there, a higher up

    • @miskers12
      @miskers12 3 года назад +3

      Not to mention that the negligence of the marshall is a serious safety hazard.

  • @mikeydaman1
    @mikeydaman1 8 лет назад +249

    wow for real. money back or something. that's y I don't go to k1. that wasn't your fault. were was the flag.

    • @connorsargent9213
      @connorsargent9213 4 года назад +2

      Yeah I stopped for a read since it's drifrent in the UK and I got rear ended so flipin hard the fuel tank broke and the other stupid kids where blocking the track and the people didn't care I was like what the flip and they blamed me for the accident and the others got extra time 😡

  • @cierapalmer6939
    @cierapalmer6939 6 лет назад +485

    Their track rules suck

    • @yep.1106
      @yep.1106 5 лет назад +22

      It's international rules pretty much in Go-Karting and that's drivers must follows marshals instructions whilst on the track, he did just that, didn't see a yellow or red meaning track all clear...

    • @jlouis91
      @jlouis91 5 лет назад +8

      If I was the one getting kicked off for accidentally hitting someone who was spun-out I would be mad as shit, because that's ridiculous.

    • @goxyeagle8446
      @goxyeagle8446 5 лет назад

      This wasn't a driver's fault.
      Will they give him money back or they just don't give a shit

    • @kevinthompson7649
      @kevinthompson7649 5 лет назад

      Does no one even consider that maybe this is just to make sure everyone and the equipment are safe and unhurt? Of course not, it's always about "but I'm right and fuck authority". Assholes

    • @Sean-vh1rr
      @Sean-vh1rr 5 лет назад +3

      No, the karts were designed to withstand crashes like that, hence the bumpers... and it wasn't his fault, it was the guy who was spun out and the flag guy who was blocking his view

  • @danielr5779
    @danielr5779 6 лет назад +296

    5:18

    • @neo4329
      @neo4329 5 лет назад +3

      Thanks

    • @Hanspeter4665î
      @Hanspeter4665î 5 лет назад +4

      Vote that up so you wont waste so much time on that boring driving

    • @reiryuhnz1396
      @reiryuhnz1396 5 лет назад +1

      Thx fam

    • @planeguybryce
      @planeguybryce 4 года назад +1

      It’s in the description so you shouldn’t take credit but thanks for showing all of the non description readers!

  • @Chevette924
    @Chevette924 8 лет назад +194

    Corner worker doesn't throw yellow for spin, blames driver blindsided by the pole in the middle of the line of sight and kicks you out.
    elegiggle

  • @MikesLuxuryHouse
    @MikesLuxuryHouse 8 лет назад +240

    A few years ago at the Arizona location, i had a really nasty crash. There was a hairpin turn that was at the end of a straight and i just hit the brake slightly too hard and i spun out sideways bringing me to a complete stop. About 2 seconds later the guy behind me going full speed tboned me. It didnt hurt much but his cart ended up partially on top on mine so everyone freaked out lol. They asked me if i was alright then i was back to racing. Its dumb how you got kicked out for something minor like that.

    • @AlexTurbo
      @AlexTurbo 8 лет назад +7

      The Austin K1 doesn't take shit from anyone.

    • @fortressofsoliddudes4597
      @fortressofsoliddudes4597 8 лет назад +7

      I'm sure K1 Speed in Austin gets a lot of business, so they can afford to dictate their races that way. When you're actually out to get some decent lap times in, it's something you can really appreciate! I'll be going there in October so I'm curious to see just how strict they are.

    • @TheBlackopsbeast360
      @TheBlackopsbeast360 8 лет назад +3

      At K1 Arlington I've never had a problem with getting in trouble for unintentional crashes not have I seen it. Maybe it's because I league race so I know the workers and they know who I am but the other day I was there with my friend who karts as well and we had much more pace and the people ahead didn't obey the blue flag or the "LET PASS" sign we both were all over his tail and eventually got past but later in the race I hit the back of a girl who braked in a flat out sweeper. I was full on the brakes and the kart yawed a bit but there was nothing I could have done. After the race one of the guys pulled me aside while going back to the pit and said that something was wrong with the kart (it was making noises) then he sent it to the back and said its not your fault. It happens. It makes me feel more comfortable knowing they know what they're talking anoit

    • @kylejones8397
      @kylejones8397 7 лет назад +4

      What's funny is I raced at the same location and I've seen the very same accident right in front of the tunnel. The guys that work there are really nice like Jake. (the manager)

    • @nathanfillmore4955
      @nathanfillmore4955 7 лет назад +3

      Mike Arnold I also had an incident at the AZ location. Right before the tunnel in the turn, some dude squeezed me out of the corner with no time to react but I ended up getting kicked out and had some neck pains afterwards, but after I explained what happened they gave me my money back for that race along with a free race.

  • @Super11SAM11
    @Super11SAM11 8 лет назад +374

    That's really stupid you both got kicked off! The person in front of you couldn't help for spinning out, there should've been a warning and you couldn't see around the turn to begin with. Crashes happen but by all means, that was a legit unintentional accident. I blame the people who were watching, kicking both of you off is dumb. They should be more concerned about both of your safeties! The polite thing to do is to walk it off and then hope back in. If I was the manager, I would've said something to all of them!

  • @thedrivingtrain2481
    @thedrivingtrain2481 8 лет назад +183

    the marshal wasn't even waving the yellow flag so not your fault atal

    • @bobbaganush17
      @bobbaganush17 7 лет назад +9

      that spin happened right b4 the the corner the marshal had no time to flag it was 1 second later. but they were wrong in kicking him out that is one of many reasons why I don't race @ K1 slow cause my battery was over charged

  • @cryogeneric
    @cryogeneric 8 лет назад +213

    Can you feather the throttle in the electric karts? Also, I'm not sure why you would be kicked out over that incident. The spin was partially obscured by the pole and flag guy. There was very little time for you to react. I don't believe you acted in an unsafe manner--it was just racing incident

    • @SacredxInsanity
      @SacredxInsanity 8 лет назад +6

      You can feather the throttle

    • @ryanlidel1848
      @ryanlidel1848 6 лет назад +5

      cryogeneric yes you can but it slows you down dramatically

    • @MEISURHUSBAND
      @MEISURHUSBAND 5 лет назад +5

      Also strange thing about electric carts is that they stall if you press the brake and accelerator pedal at the same time.

    • @doubleutubefan5
      @doubleutubefan5 5 лет назад +4

      @@MEISURHUSBAND thats actually not strange. Its a built in kill switch so that you dont rise the brakes and put extreme wear and tear on the karts

    • @ReMz10184
      @ReMz10184 5 лет назад +5

      In my experience, you can "sort of" feather the throttle. It is a lot more "on, off" than a gas throttle cable. Best to brake late and hard and punch it on the apex. Most of the time you can just let off the gas and let the kart brake itself into the turn.

  • @BRN14fan
    @BRN14fan 8 лет назад +45

    kinda bullshit to throw someone out for a wreck they couldn't control. it was a blind corner and that guy was sitting in the racing groove. i know they have policies about horseplay and being rough, but that was just an accident.

  • @midgetmayo
    @midgetmayo 6 лет назад +119

    Yeah everybody is on your side on this one. You were probably the best driver on the track when that happened and that was totally unavoidable

  • @AstroTundraBASS
    @AstroTundraBASS 8 лет назад +263

    not your fault. Btw your a good driver

    • @NathanRJones
      @NathanRJones  8 лет назад +25

      Ha yeah, I don't think it was my fault. And thanks!

    • @ChrisLoganVlogs
      @ChrisLoganVlogs 8 лет назад +5

      he didn't want to get kicked out it was obviously an accident and an un avoidable one at that!

    • @Roy123lol
      @Roy123lol 7 лет назад +6

      I've been competing in karting for a while now, I can tell yeah at the first two sectors you're alright, but at the last one you cocked it up a bit. Overtaking needs a work but you've got raw talent!
      By the way, you couldn't see him, neither were flags raised. Not your fault

    • @paulwintermute1495
      @paulwintermute1495 5 лет назад +2

      @@NathanRJones there are few people that post gopro footage that can actually drive. You have skills.

    • @NathanRJones
      @NathanRJones  5 лет назад +2

      Thanks. I've only been on this carts a couple times and I was definitely losing speed by being too aggressive, but I was leading up until I got kicked out.

  • @Jj5cool1
    @Jj5cool1 8 лет назад +51

    Honestly there really wasn't much that could be of been done to avoid it. You shouldn't of been kicked out. Unfortunately every center runs by different rules and tolerances.

    • @NathanRJones
      @NathanRJones  8 лет назад +6

      +Jj5cool1 I'm sure it was a CYA type of thing. They didn't see what happened and there was a collision, so they had to make an example.

  • @nightbot.2817
    @nightbot.2817 5 лет назад +38

    Drive flawlessly with no mistakes
    Guy infront makes a mistake and the refs don't warn it. Due to that you bump into the kart. Ref "sorry you need to go"
    Fallout guy:Excuse me wtf?

  • @jackw1252
    @jackw1252 5 лет назад +10

    Rewatched it a couples times; no fellow flag, no intentional ‘drift’, no reckless driving. I can’t see anything wrong with what u did. Hope you got your money back xD

  • @TheMatthewDMerrill
    @TheMatthewDMerrill 8 лет назад +96

    I'd ask for money back or something, could of shown the video to them and they would of been in the same situation.

    • @NathanRJones
      @NathanRJones  8 лет назад +86

      I did. They weren't very interested in hearing my side of the story at the time.

    • @neilmeschke
      @neilmeschke 8 лет назад +57

      if you pay with your credit card then dispute the charge

    • @sirgriffinman
      @sirgriffinman 6 лет назад +2

      Next time call corporate. They have a phone number.

    • @NickyD
      @NickyD 6 лет назад +3

      why didnt you send it to a higher up because thats not accetaple

    • @memolopes1044
      @memolopes1044 5 лет назад +7

      Make sure to file a complaint with the BBB and they'll talk to higher administration and you'll for sure get a refund and probably compensation

  • @cookiemonster1823
    @cookiemonster1823 7 лет назад +17

    Nothing wrong on your part, no flags and that pole obstructed your veiw

  • @fortressofsoliddudes4597
    @fortressofsoliddudes4597 8 лет назад +54

    If you got thrown out for this, the guys running the race must not have been paying attention, heard the noise, and assumed you were to blame (though you could've braked a tad earlier or just gone around like the guy behind you did). This is actually a fairly common karting incident, especially with weekend crowds, so that's definitely overkill by removing you from the race. Karting places tend to be really inconsistent with their assessments of individual situations, but in my opinion, the guy that spun out in front of you should've gotten a warning to be more careful and you probably should've received one as well to pay more attention to what's going on in front of you instead of kicking you out.

    • @jordanmaker6444
      @jordanmaker6444 8 лет назад +14

      There were two cars racing ahead of him just fine. They wrecked but were behind a pole and a fat guy. There wasn't really much he could have seen to avoid getting collected.

    • @gman3259
      @gman3259 6 лет назад +8

      There really wasn’t anything he could’ve done.... if you watch going into the corner it was fine... as he cleared the Apex, he then sees the guy was turned around at a complete stop. You can’t really say he could’ve gotten on the brakes sooner, cuz he finished is braking prior to the corner. He hits the apex and should be getting on the gas to be surprised by the spun kart. With no warning from the flagged. The driver can’t be at fault. On top of that, the track is etched concrete, even if you get on the brakes earlier and harder, with your kart not going straight the thing is just going to slide..... totally not the drivers fault. There is nothing he could’ve done if he was racing at full speed like he was.

    • @nasura312
      @nasura312 Год назад +1

      It's as if you watched the clip and determined that whoever crashes is wrong. Other dude spun, don't know how that's an immediate warning but I understand as well. But to say the recorded could have braked earlier (He couldn't see with his vision obscured) and to say he could have turned right is complete bullshit. He tried to avoid the accident, hit the brakes and spun out into the dude so both your points have been proven otherwise. Also shows the lack of complete grip to just make a turn at that speed. The third guy had a better angle of the impact considering the placement of the recorder's kart and as a result, was able to slow down easier and turn through the gap

  • @Gibson99
    @Gibson99 6 лет назад +4

    stuff like this (that is, showing their employees making incorrect assumptions) is probably why they told me i couldn't use my action camera last time i went (houston location)

  • @dimitrisprotopapas7807
    @dimitrisprotopapas7807 3 года назад +2

    The guy had just spun so the marshal didn’t have enough time to wave the yellow flag because u were close to him so i dont think we can blame this on anyone

  • @hezron9536
    @hezron9536 5 лет назад +6

    This video is unnecessarily long for a 40 second incident

  • @TheGoldShot
    @TheGoldShot 6 лет назад +11

    What did the official at the end of the video even say?

  • @ErikWilliamsviolin
    @ErikWilliamsviolin 7 лет назад +3

    I just went racing at K1 and literally got RUN OVER (as in, his kart ended up on top of me before it stopped), and they still didn't kick him out, or really reprimand him in any way. The way it happened was someone pit maneuvered me and then the guy behind him apparently didn't think to use his brakes and went quick enough to end up on top of me and my kart. No apology, no real concern whatsoever. Have some gnarly bruises. The steering wheel mount was completely broken from it.

  • @MK6Guy
    @MK6Guy 7 лет назад +6

    Bad workmanship here. Nothing was signaled, and you cant even see the kart stopped until he rounded the corner. I have raced at K1 in Orlando,FL and its fun, but overpriced

  • @jlc012
    @jlc012 8 лет назад +26

    Not your fault at all, there was no yellow flag or anything. Nice driving !

  • @kewlfx
    @kewlfx 8 лет назад +5

    Same thing happened to me at our track last weekend. There's nothing you can do and it's a pretty hard hit. Although I knew, it made me realize you can get hurt on their karts. I would've let this go assuming both of you guys had been running clean the whole time you were there. I think you were, don't know about the other guy.

    • @NathanRJones
      @NathanRJones  8 лет назад +2

      +kewlfx I had definitely been pushing my kart, but hadn't had any contact before. I've actually been in worse accidents where I stopped to avoid someone and had people run over my kart.
      I actually had a kart stopped on top of mine and my arms were pinned under it. It wasn't comfortable by any means, but it wasn't painful. I don't think you could get very seriously injured there, but you should definitely try be careful.

  • @anothey93
    @anothey93 6 лет назад +6

    It's obvious you attempted to avoid him so it's definitely not fair either of you were kicked for that.

  • @stephenparker8221
    @stephenparker8221 5 лет назад +2

    Wow you must have been doing at least 10mph ..... impressive

  • @cla10cla10
    @cla10cla10 6 лет назад +4

    NOT your fault. That flagman was watching the incoming traffic on the other side of the track giving his back to the your turn that he "supposed" to be watching ! he never saw your crash.
    DON'T let stupid things like this makes you stop racing because idiots shouldn't slow you down !

  • @fabulousgamer2271
    @fabulousgamer2271 8 лет назад +23

    How is that your fault

    • @Luxo087
      @Luxo087 8 лет назад +2

      +Fabulous Gamer probably because a kart was damaged.

    • @computer5272
      @computer5272 8 лет назад +17

      That's irrelevant to the fact that it wasn't his fault.

    • @Luxo087
      @Luxo087 8 лет назад

      It totally wasn't, I'm not saying it was. The person he hit spun out in a blind spot. Guy had no time to react. And sometimes, there isn't much that can be done to prevent crashes like this, they just happen.

    • @NathanRJones
      @NathanRJones  8 лет назад +10

      +Luxo087 That's exactly what happened. As soon as I did see him, the kart didn't have nearly enough traction to adjust my line to the outside. He was exactly where I wanted to go.

    • @Luxo087
      @Luxo087 8 лет назад +3

      I'll tell you about the gnarliest crash I saw. Kart spun out in a blind spot right in the apex in a hairpin, foundation pole was in the way, the other guy couldn't see the kart that was right behind it, similar scenario to that of this video. And this is right after the straightaway, so the karts are hauling ass. Anyway another kart entered the hairpin and hit it, and the kart that hit the guy that was spun out actually launched 5 feet in the air, and completely jumped over the kart that got hit, and it nosedived about 6 feet away. I almost shat myself. I was right by the hairpin watching the race, waiting for my turn when it happened.

  • @Dragoneer
    @Dragoneer 5 лет назад +3

    That was neither one of your faults, just a genuine mistake! Unavoidable, definitely did not deserve to be kicked off for it...

  • @ftw_flamethrower1666
    @ftw_flamethrower1666 4 года назад +1

    I don’t think the flagsman really understood the laws of motion

  • @MODECHARLIE
    @MODECHARLIE 5 лет назад +1

    Thats some incredibly awesome pov driving footage.

  • @coldspider2199
    @coldspider2199 6 лет назад +3

    Hows that your fault when there was no yellow flag??? It was a blind corner with no warning. Clearly you tried to avoid the collision

  • @08StreetGlide
    @08StreetGlide 5 лет назад +4

    I’ll never go there....

  • @sethgastineau8371
    @sethgastineau8371 4 года назад +1

    I think they got mad because he drifted so hard and for so long but you didn’t create any problems and you didn’t cause the crash.

  • @captainofiron
    @captainofiron 2 года назад +1

    They've really changed the layout in Austin since then, twice actually. But from the last one to the current the changes aren't as drastic. I never raced it on the layout you did, looks fun, now they have a lot of fast to slow transitions not so many turns. Fastest lap for me in the last layout was 28.616, on the current track 32.699

  • @danielleg.614
    @danielleg.614 6 лет назад +3

    I really hope you got your money back this wasn’t even your fault the guy didn’t wave the yellow flag.

  • @totallunatic547
    @totallunatic547 7 лет назад +3

    Why do the tracks suck when i watch these? Like i've been in alot better indoor tracks!

  • @GeneralChangFromDanang
    @GeneralChangFromDanang 5 лет назад +2

    I've had that happen before. After graduation, a couple of my friends and I went to an indoor go-kart track to celebrate. One friend spun the other one out in a blind corner. I t-boned him right as I was getting back on the gas and apparently broke some pieces off of our karts. We were allowed to finish the race in 2 mph limp mode but were then made to sign papers afterwards saying we would not sue and would never ride their go karts again. They closed down anyway so no big loss I guess.

    • @danieldorn9989
      @danieldorn9989 Год назад

      they closed down because they were sued by someone else :D

  • @BigMacProDaddy
    @BigMacProDaddy 7 лет назад +1

    Watching this over, the red padding on the post totally obscures the view of the spun out racer until the last second when Nathan spins into him.

  • @joezeit7391
    @joezeit7391 6 лет назад +3

    Its why K1 and electric karts suck.

  • @Buflonob
    @Buflonob 4 года назад +2

    No way you could have reasonably told he'd spun watching the footage, when you did realise you tried to stop, even swerved and impact was a lot slower than if you'd not. Bad marshalling without a doubt, most places wouldn't have taken you off and would have reviewed why the guy spun there as it was unusual as he would have been expected to be preparing for the left turn after.

  • @Quentin76410
    @Quentin76410 6 лет назад +2

    I don't kick out people when this happend.
    They are wrong.
    Why did they don't switch off the kart ??
    (I work in a go-kart place in switzerland)

  • @rodrigoalvarez1712
    @rodrigoalvarez1712 6 лет назад +2

    Frame by frame analysis shows that as soon as you saw it you lifted and turned. There is nothing more you could have done. Not your fault.

  • @jeangenibrel2358
    @jeangenibrel2358 6 лет назад +1

    The flag guys all do the same thing. They watch the car/karts coming towards them at turn entry instead of coming out of the turns so they do not see the spins until after the spins. They also wave the yellows AFTER the spins which is too late.

  • @CoolStoryCoD
    @CoolStoryCoD 8 лет назад

    As someone who works here, he did NOT get kicked out for driving recklessly or anything. He got kicked out because the accident was pretty serious and is what we call a Kart On Kart. It is policy for when a Kart On Kart happens, to pull the drivers from the race. Sadly no refund.

    • @NathanRJones
      @NathanRJones  8 лет назад +1

      What I find interesting is I've been run over twice while at K1 and the people that hit me never got kicked out.
      Once, they kart stopped on top of mine, pinning my arms down. It wasn't quite painful, but definitely unpleasant. That was before I had a camera so I didn't have it recorded.
      Although, these have been a few isolated incidents out of many uneventful days out there.

  • @5yri5
    @5yri5 5 лет назад +1

    These places are a disgrace to kart racing. They almost never last. Poor track routings, glossy sealed concrete, freshman college student employees just paying the rent, poor pricing, have to pay for lessons to unlock electronic governors.

  • @semtrez2258
    @semtrez2258 2 года назад

    The wind is the best thing about this video

  • @gradybishop2691
    @gradybishop2691 3 года назад

    I work at a K1 Ive yet to see anyone removed even after a KART ON KART more times than I can count. Even after grown adult racers aim their karts at smaller racers. I finally found out and started the rule to be put on a green square to run at the highest speed you must run at our track consistent non bumping or slamming/crashing into barriers/walls/other Karts to obtain the Top Speed Green Squares. Had the mother of a small daughter that was tall enough to race to the smallest inch within the limits. First lap at speed the mother slammed into the daughter hard hit. When we got to her she was dazed then convulsed. Shocked told the mother who didn’t even turn to her daughter to check on her then calmly said oh she has epilepsy. We asked do you wanted to check on her as we had the field stopped. She replied no you can push her off the track so we can race. Again it was the Mom who wrecked her. Pushed her off into the pits allowed her to sit in the kart in the pits until the race was over sat with her giving her water and cool wet wash cloth until calm. Because I have a daughter I pictured my daughter sitting there. See the just big enough for the adult karts roughed up and like the before in this beginning of this post get away with it. I started my daughter at 5 in Orlando at Lil 500 she went threw each graduation to fast karts family owned track knew and practiced the limits in speed when racing with smaller children because of Father Don Schmidt Sr & JR and their daughter. Not a “CORPORATE FACILITY” but family run. Being in Orlando have numerous indoor and Outdoor tracks and facilities. They are practice safety the same even the K1 of course in Orlando we have much kart racing within 20 minutes of each other. Never felt endangered more real racers and regulars. Those who didn’t were and still are removed and noted on their information in the computer systems. Why I only race at the outdoor tracks in Dallas Ft Worth. It pains me jobs a job I do all I can to keep them safe. I dare say this doesn’t go in Orlando Tracks nor the tracks down south near Miami or any track in Florida.

  • @ChrisDelMac
    @ChrisDelMac Год назад

    it seems like k1 tends to have less than great marshaling at some locations. i had an experience recently in denver where someone two karts ahead of me was going slowly and got a blue flag, let the person directly behind get half a kart length ahead, then overtake them and ignore persistent blue flags and pit signs. didn’t get a black flag even though they directly ignored the stewards and the basic rules of racing.

  • @IrishKiltie19
    @IrishKiltie19 8 лет назад +1

    That's what happens when you have a guy making minimum wage in charge of flagging. The flagman is "rubbernecking" and staring at the spun kart rather than waving the flag to alert the other drivers approaching the turn. A third kart enters the corner and he STILL hasn't waived the yellow flag. He's headed over to talk to you are there are still other karts approaching at high speed. Anyone who thinks the incident was your fault (employee of K1 or otherwise) does not have a clue.

  • @triplem9710
    @triplem9710 7 лет назад +1

    The moment he crashed the other dude did a hella good drift

  • @DJSt3rling
    @DJSt3rling 6 лет назад +1

    agree with all - totally not your fault. great driving!

  • @salterplus9205
    @salterplus9205 3 года назад

    I rewatched this multiple times and I couldn't see the other guy at all until it was to late

  • @matthewmcewen1
    @matthewmcewen1 5 лет назад

    Ok guys the guy was only spun for a couple of seconds. The marshal was ok to miss the crash because he was scanning another area. However there is no way they should have been kicked out though

  • @nipsarecomingoff1902
    @nipsarecomingoff1902 4 года назад +2

    Where is this place? I just watched a different video with the same facility. In the other video they weren’t waving the blue flag and this guy that was as slower then the one filming, kept ramming and blocking. This place has s a joke. And the track is boring as hell. The indoor track I live near is in a building half the size and is way more technical than this place. And the marshals actually do their jobs.

    • @mattdo9618
      @mattdo9618 4 года назад

      Steven Pace in Austin tx

  • @tonypitsacota2513
    @tonypitsacota2513 Год назад +1

    Your "designer" spun twice in 4 laps. Someone should give him a "power wheel" and a iPhone.

  • @LarryLopez91
    @LarryLopez91 5 лет назад

    Good thing you got this on video. You didn't do anything wrong.

  • @zakvilanilam3388
    @zakvilanilam3388 3 года назад +2

    My best time at this track was 28.671. Idk what I smoking on that lap because my average for that day was like 31.xxx xD
    Edit: last time I was there it seemed they re-did the layout of the turn at 1:53

  • @redrafiqy5611
    @redrafiqy5611 4 года назад +1

    That’s a BS Decision not even the FIA would penalise that

  • @haunter4708
    @haunter4708 5 лет назад

    Why does it seem like karting marshals never really grasp the purpose of the blue flag?
    They wave it when you’re fighting for a position but they don’t wave it when you’re being held up by back-markers.

  • @miitoob8278
    @miitoob8278 2 года назад

    The corner marshall not only did not wave the yellow, he was not even watching his corner.

  • @kermitttt
    @kermitttt 5 лет назад +2

    Electric gocarts?! Science gone to far!

  • @ShaamanRyu
    @ShaamanRyu Год назад

    Last week, at the Toronto location, I’d gone wide through a hairpin after the long straight+ fast right hander to pass a car that was on a different line…once I passed, the slower car apparently tboned me at high speed, he didn’t get kicked, Marshall saw me shake it off and drive off, gave the guy a stern talking to, and that’s it. How you could have avoided that accident is beyond me. You should have shouted : MICHAEL, IT’S NOT RIGHT!

  • @castrobenji
    @castrobenji 8 лет назад +1

    Your better off going to On Track Experience in Kyle, Tx. It's not to far from Austin and it's right off the 35. Nice outdoor oval track with karts that go up to 65 mph way better than any electric karts.

  • @dga_55
    @dga_55 6 лет назад

    You were turning them corners clean brah

  • @noworriesmate8287
    @noworriesmate8287 5 лет назад +1

    That was totally BS. They have slow remote and the employee wasn’t fast enough to hit the red button but they expected you to see and stop in time🤔 BS

  • @SuperSpreeGaming
    @SuperSpreeGaming 5 лет назад

    I got black flagged three times during a race at Unser Racing. The manager and two employees pulled me off to the side after the race and said I was being too aggressive while driving. They also said I was driving too fast. Now I will admit I was drifting in every turn, but how is that aggressive... They gave me another chance on the track, but kicked me out after that one because the same reasons and because I accidentally slammed into another driver while he was stopped. The track I was in has a huge blind spot where you can’t see any employees or drivers until it’s too late, so it’s not my fault I smacked into him.

  • @cmercierracing
    @cmercierracing 3 года назад +1

    No flags, that was real dumb. Not even your fault. Anyways, nice vid man!

  • @mr.bananahamock2391
    @mr.bananahamock2391 4 года назад +1

    i work at the one in montreal, i really can't see any reason as to why you were kicked out, you werent being dangerous at all, it was just an accident, dont understand the logic here

  • @Smurphenstein
    @Smurphenstein Год назад

    Looked to me that column with the tyres on it was a pretty decent blind spot and this was just a racing accident. They could kick the column out but the building would fall down.

  • @jonahartleb4261
    @jonahartleb4261 8 лет назад

    Man Hahah still looking forward to your next motovlogxD

  • @justjakefornow
    @justjakefornow 5 лет назад

    "Bubba bubba bubba bubba bubba bubba, but what did I do? 😭"

  • @Real1ne_
    @Real1ne_ 6 лет назад

    I worked at k1 in Dallas. As long as there's no kart on kart no One should be kicked out. Make sure both parties are ok and continue the race.

  • @TristanWardCoombe
    @TristanWardCoombe 5 лет назад

    I would say because of the crash they more than likely arnt allowed the cart back onto the track before it's been checked out by someone.
    It's probably just a health and safety issue.

  • @Ka_Gg
    @Ka_Gg 8 лет назад +1

    There was a bad blind spot with the pole being there and flag man standing right next to it. On top of that, there was no flag. I watched quite a few times and you didn't do anything wrong based on the video. You had no time to react. By the time you see the car turned around in the video, it was too late.

  • @BensTechReview
    @BensTechReview 4 года назад +2

    The same thing happened to me. Also, my lap record for the Austin 28.7

  • @mr.norris3840
    @mr.norris3840 3 года назад +1

    Lol. That pillar blocked sight, the marshall didnt wave yellow flag, you tried to evade. This Karting place sucks

  • @1999Subaru
    @1999Subaru 6 лет назад +4

    There were no flags!!!!!!!! It's their fault!!!!!

  • @thecincylife1603
    @thecincylife1603 3 года назад

    Im back 4 years later thanks rona

  • @iseetrains
    @iseetrains 3 года назад

    The fact the 2nd dude right behind the camera guy almost crashed as well tells all. Not his fault.

  • @Yootoobsuchs
    @Yootoobsuchs 6 лет назад

    Their 'Marshals' are pretty stupid, I have to say, and the staff aren't too awful up on racing.
    At the Tucson track, I started sixth, race my way up to third, and pushed second until he overdrove and went wide on a hairpin. I passed him, and he proceeded to bump me in the next eight consecutive turns, with the last one a t-bone through the esses. The 'marshal' stopped the race, and proceeded to berate me for not acknowledging the blue flag. I was POSITIVE that the at flag was not intended for me as I had raced from sixth to second, and had passed the guy behind me. Of course, no one said anything to him about the chrome horn.
    I'd dropped more than $200 not a half hour before, and I eventually got $125 back.
    If you are in Southern Arizona and you want to race, real outdoor gas carts can be had at Mussleman's, and you race on a mirror image of the cart track at Suzuka, Japan, which is a miniature (and not a crossover) version of the F-1 track there. Makes the indoor carts feel like toys.
    I'll never go back.

  • @Manradical14
    @Manradical14 6 лет назад +1

    The person with the limiter should have reduced the speed when he saw the person in front spin out. If he isn't paying attention that's his fault.

  • @VinceMoscar
    @VinceMoscar 8 лет назад

    btw hes kicked out at the end the rest of the vid is just racing 5:10 it says in the description

  • @bugrakagan2763
    @bugrakagan2763 3 года назад

    everybody talking about the yellow flag, flagsman didnt wave yellow flag because the guy spinned and 0.5 sec later our guy crashed him. there was no time to wave a flag for caution. BUT there is no frikkin sense for kicking our guy out for crashing, what the heck he can do about it

  • @hourlongsongs2235
    @hourlongsongs2235 3 года назад +1

    He did this for content... legand

  • @sap_phys
    @sap_phys 3 года назад +1

    I would've complained immediately. You pay money just to get kicked out because the guy in front of you screwed up? Lol fuck that, I would want a refund.

  • @killerkilledyou9284
    @killerkilledyou9284 5 лет назад

    The helium of Go Kart tracks

  • @FxckingFiend
    @FxckingFiend 6 лет назад

    That’s ridiculous. In accordance with the New York State rule book stated article 6-1; a racer is not in infraction when said racer complies with article 17-9 of maneuvering around racer after collision or equipment malfunction, I have no idea what I’m talking about.

  • @DillonMurway
    @DillonMurway 8 лет назад +1

    Yesterday I was racing my dad and in the first race, I took a corner WAYYYYYYY to hot and hit the wall so hard you could hear it from across the track (K1 Littleton Colorado

  • @Buddybryan3
    @Buddybryan3 8 лет назад +1

    This track looks so much better than the one we have in orlando. Our's is way to small and tight. It makes it nearly impossible to pass.

    • @michaelm_720
      @michaelm_720 8 лет назад

      +Buddybryan3 K1's site says you have two tracks...?

    • @Buddybryan3
      @Buddybryan3 8 лет назад

      +Michael Marquardt We do! One used to be a drift track? Either way they're but really small and tight with not a a lot of room to run. Basically if you get out front, unless you screw up you're in the order you started. Its very hard to pass.

    • @michaelm_720
      @michaelm_720 8 лет назад

      ***** Ah. We have the same problem in Denver.

    • @Buddybryan3
      @Buddybryan3 8 лет назад

      +Michael Marquardt Thats the one issue about K1 style indoor tracks. Iv noticed a lot of them are a little to small and they can't move the walls to change the tracks up.

  • @Shartie
    @Shartie 5 лет назад

    My only thought is they knew you could have hurt someone with that wreck and didn't want to see it happen. I speak from personal experience, I was at a indoor kart track and the inexperienced woman on the track hit me so hard into the wall that I broke my back and had to be rushed to the hospital. Now if the guys on the track stopped her from trying to drift the corners then this would have happened and I shouldn't have been rushed to the ER and have a large medial bills.