Started at 39 and still at it at 55 ! Had a lifetime of public tracks . 1978 was 1st try ! From 36 to 39 had a 3 solid years of indoor karting . 4 podiums in 5 races this year 😁🏁!
I started in formula karting and now I’m here. Everybody has to start somewhere and climb up the ranks. You’re doing great. Keep doing what you’re doing
This brings back so many memories of myself discovering my local karting track. Fun times but when I realized just how much money I had spent it hurt a little. The realization that I could have bought my own kart or better gave me some regrets but karting with friends was always a good time and the two I karted with I lost to drugs and they both died in their 20’s so it’s a memory from a better time. Tip for you is if racing for position it’s okay to defend a little but not for lapping leaders. Karting tends to have more blue flagging regardless which you should always move over for to be a good sport as they have deemed the kart behind you to be quicker.
Hey, sorry to hear about your losses! Thanks for the advice, I'll just keep my eyes open in my next race next month. (I'll be doing 2 hours endurance) As for the owner karting, I think I'll stay away from that, rental is expensive, but nothing compared to owner as far as I've heard. (200 euro for tires per weekend and the likes, amongst track cost and a kart cost about the same as a cheap new car etc.) Have a good one!
Thank you so much! I'm going to Edinburgh next month to check out a track there. I've heard the scene is dominated by one big company owning a majority of the tracks in the U.K. and that the level is pretty high. What would you want to get into that's not near you? I'm curious!
@@jossmaxwell00 Oh, that's nice! Hope my vlogs are at least entertaining to watch then! I have noticed 8.5% of all my views are from people 55+, so you're surely not the only person enjoying karting vids but not driving themselves! Did you used to do motorsports?
Something that I think would help is sim racing both for race craft and going faster, especially if you have a wheel & pedals. Single player is good for racecraft (I like AMS2 @ max aggression & RF2 @ 45% aggression). If you're more of a beginner or just lazy, you can turn the damage to visual only and have the goal of finishing a race w/ no obvious damage or other incidents (what I do, for 20-30 min races). Iracing seems best for perfecting your line bk you can set your ghost x seconds ahead (I think I'd do 0.7 or 0.8) but it is too expensive for me. I set my own distance to my ghost by intentionally going a bit slow at the beginning of the lap. Some lines are faster but harder to duplicate so I use "best lap in session". When I can beat that ghost, I will do at least one whole fast lap to have a new baseline to chase. Also the type of car can make a big difference. Race cars are fast and fun but relatively easy (until i go over the limit) when it comes to car ballance and being smooth. I find it more helpful to drive softly sprung road cars. If I'm not smooth or make a mistake it gets exaggerated then easier to find the problem, also they tend to have a larger grey area where you are more likely to be slow than crash.
I get you, but I'd rather just book extra sessions rather than spending even more time behind a pc. Not that much into gaming anymore, and not interested in racing aside from rental karting. I do get how it's similar and you enjoy it though, I appreciate the tip!
@BadDriverKarts from people who have more experience than me, any time even in a slow rental kart is more far more effective in learning how to race than time spent in a sim, time for time. But for someone who is on a budget, even rental karts where I live (western Massachusetts), are a bit expensive. Also, there are only 2 w/ in driving distance. The one w/ the better track IMO, is a 3 hr drive away😐 If I had a direct drive wheelbase, haptics, motion or any other input other than my T-300 wheel, I might feel very different about softly sprung road vs race cars (I usually go for the harder to drive road cars w/ the aids turned off).
De website goed in de gaten houden bij Goodwill, die doen soms wel wedstrijdjes en dan kan je die online bestellen. :) Deze was een opwarmer voor formula karting, maar daar rijden al snelle mannen in mee, vandaar ook mijn plaats vanachter. :D
Started at 39 and still at it at 55 ! Had a lifetime of public tracks . 1978 was 1st try ! From 36 to 39 had a 3 solid years of indoor karting . 4 podiums in 5 races this year 😁🏁!
Damn, that's awesome!
I started in formula karting and now I’m here. Everybody has to start somewhere and climb up the ranks. You’re doing great. Keep doing what you’re doing
Cheers buddy! Maybe we'll cross paths in Bilzen or Olen some time, it seems ;)
This brings back so many memories of myself discovering my local karting track. Fun times but when I realized just how much money I had spent it hurt a little. The realization that I could have bought my own kart or better gave me some regrets but karting with friends was always a good time and the two I karted with I lost to drugs and they both died in their 20’s so it’s a memory from a better time. Tip for you is if racing for position it’s okay to defend a little but not for lapping leaders. Karting tends to have more blue flagging regardless which you should always move over for to be a good sport as they have deemed the kart behind you to be quicker.
Hey, sorry to hear about your losses! Thanks for the advice, I'll just keep my eyes open in my next race next month. (I'll be doing 2 hours endurance) As for the owner karting, I think I'll stay away from that, rental is expensive, but nothing compared to owner as far as I've heard. (200 euro for tires per weekend and the likes, amongst track cost and a kart cost about the same as a cheap new car etc.)
Have a good one!
karting and a runescape reference i subbed
Hah. :) My man!
Great and honest video dude, wish there was something like this near me in the UK. I have subscribed your channel 👍
Thank you so much! I'm going to Edinburgh next month to check out a track there. I've heard the scene is dominated by one big company owning a majority of the tracks in the U.K. and that the level is pretty high.
What would you want to get into that's not near you? I'm curious!
@@KartingQuest Oh I am not wanting to get into carting, far to old at 67! I just enjoy watching others enjoy carting.
@@jossmaxwell00 Oh, that's nice! Hope my vlogs are at least entertaining to watch then! I have noticed 8.5% of all my views are from people 55+, so you're surely not the only person enjoying karting vids but not driving themselves!
Did you used to do motorsports?
Every one has to start somewhere🤷♂ Good video!
Thank you! :)
Great commentary, good luck on your journey!
Thanks a lot :)
@@KartingQuest I got 2nd place in this race due to some bad luck, I was the one who weighted 85,0kg. I lost a whole kg during the race!
it was good start
Hey, appreciate that. :)
Something that I think would help is sim racing both for race craft and going faster, especially if you have a wheel & pedals.
Single player is good for racecraft (I like AMS2 @ max aggression & RF2 @ 45% aggression). If you're more of a beginner or just lazy, you can turn the damage to visual only and have the goal of finishing a race w/ no obvious damage or other incidents (what I do, for 20-30 min races).
Iracing seems best for perfecting your line bk you can set your ghost x seconds ahead (I think I'd do 0.7 or 0.8) but it is too expensive for me.
I set my own distance to my ghost by intentionally going a bit slow at the beginning of the lap. Some lines are faster but harder to duplicate so I use "best lap in session". When I can beat that ghost, I will do at least one whole fast lap to have a new baseline to chase.
Also the type of car can make a big difference. Race cars are fast and fun but relatively easy (until i go over the limit) when it comes to car ballance and being smooth. I find it more helpful to drive softly sprung road cars. If I'm not smooth or make a mistake it gets exaggerated then easier to find the problem, also they tend to have a larger grey area where you are more likely to be slow than crash.
I get you, but I'd rather just book extra sessions rather than spending even more time behind a pc.
Not that much into gaming anymore, and not interested in racing aside from rental karting. I do get how it's similar and you enjoy it though, I appreciate the tip!
@BadDriverKarts from people who have more experience than me, any time even in a slow rental kart is more far more effective in learning how to race than time spent in a sim, time for time. But for someone who is on a budget, even rental karts where I live (western Massachusetts), are a bit expensive. Also, there are only 2 w/ in driving distance. The one w/ the better track IMO, is a 3 hr drive away😐
If I had a direct drive wheelbase, haptics, motion or any other input other than my T-300 wheel, I might feel very different about softly sprung road vs race cars (I usually go for the harder to drive road cars w/ the aids turned off).
Hey ik rij elke week in extreme kart herselt daar hebben ze wel een hobbyrace dus als ge mss geïnteresseerd bent
Hey, maar wel altijd in team he, toch?
@@KartingQuesthad het net nagekeken en het is inderdaad wel minimum met 2
Spijtig, ik doe die races graag alleen, maar meestal moet je in team.
@ er is 14 november wel de 100 laps en die race is op 80kg die race is wel zonder team
hoe kan ik meedoen aan de race die jij hebt gereden?
De website goed in de gaten houden bij Goodwill, die doen soms wel wedstrijdjes en dan kan je die online bestellen. :) Deze was een opwarmer voor formula karting, maar daar rijden al snelle mannen in mee, vandaar ook mijn plaats vanachter. :D
@@KartingQuesta oke bedankt