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It was fun going in a full steame.. making sure I got far enuff to the right.. having to wait so long to power back on.. not so much.

Now the finish turn.. was a HOOT (with500hpontap) LOL!
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The finish was the only part I never got right I think if I could have gotten it right I would have been 3-4 tenths faster... It was just wait wait wait now go.......lol
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John Brown wrote: Mon Sep 25, 2017 9:29 am It was fun going in a full steame.. making sure I got far enuff to the right.. having to wait so long to power back on.. not so much.

Now the finish turn.. was a HOOT (with500hpontap) LOL!
For me, it was get on the brakes, get the rear to step out a bit, BACK ON IT! Getting that right on my 4th run was almost magical.

No turnarounds are great in my car, but the finish was painful.
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My opinion on elements like where you have to wait on the car for so long is that is that I like to see a big reward for getting it right. The finish did that, but the lefty pinch which went right into another slow element kind of kills that feeling
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I would have liked to run that course. Life gets in the way.

Hey Boito, any noticable bumps or other annoyances? I know you and the kart weren't having a good day. :(
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thrdeye wrote: Mon Sep 25, 2017 10:08 am My opinion on elements like where you have to wait on the car for so long is that is that I like to see a big reward for getting it right. The finish did that, but the lefty pinch which went right into another slow element kind of kills that feeling
I thought we referencing the lefty into the little slalomy thing near the right side of the lot. I loved that part

If we are talking about the turnaround before the turnaround at the finish, yeah, I hated that. LOL. I was counting that as "finish".
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I thought the finish would have been faster for my car and I saw 57 mph was the fastest.
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jcox07 wrote: Mon Sep 25, 2017 10:15 am I thought the finish would have been faster for my car and I saw 57 mph was the fastest.

uphill... and not much power does that.. :wink:
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steverife wrote: Mon Sep 25, 2017 10:14 am
thrdeye wrote: Mon Sep 25, 2017 10:08 am My opinion on elements like where you have to wait on the car for so long is that is that I like to see a big reward for getting it right. The finish did that, but the lefty pinch which went right into another slow element kind of kills that feeling
I thought we referencing the lefty into the little slalomy thing near the right side of the lot. I loved that part

If we are talking about the turnaround before the turnaround at the finish, yeah, I hated that. LOL. I was counting that as "finish".
OH. Yeah, that part was cool.
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thrdeye wrote: Mon Sep 25, 2017 9:11 am Dave, not sure if you've read this, but when I think about what you were saying, it came to mind.

http://www.beyondseattime.com/smoothness-vs-aggression/
Thanks. I understand the concept, its just the implementation that's lacking :D

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disneyd wrote:
jcox07 wrote: Mon Sep 25, 2017 7:31 am Just a shout out to Steve V and Jim Thomas as they finished ahead of Dave Disney and it looks like cam is shaping up to be a good class next year for sure.
Yes, congrats to those guys for bringing a better game than I did yesterday... but I'll get you next year (as soon as I figure out WTF Cathers is doing) :pirate:
It's been fun trying to keep up with you all year long Dave. Congrats again on the class championship! But I'll be back next year with a leaner and more well tuned beast. [emoji41]

Congrats to Jim Thomas on a great finish yesterday too. We've pushed each other all year long and had some back and forth battles and yesterday was no exception. It's been a lot of fun for sure.

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Cam might be where I end up next year maybe....
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yea, me too. I might need all 6 of those runs to get fast next year.. lol!
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Heck, looking at the results Mark and I got cheated out of our 6th run we only got 5 I want to talk to the event chair about what kind of event he was running.... who dat be...lol
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hey, Im not the one that got out of sync... lol
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