05/09/2022
🟢RACE REPORT🟢
RHPK - ROUND 7 - SATURDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER 2022
TEAM TSG KARTING #58
New team drivers for this round. Alex Harley and Ben Johnson join Ami and Tom.
Finishing P5 in class and P14 overall.
Practice went really well and all doing fast and consistent lap times.
Qualified 16th, which was ok. With a 4 hour race we had a chance of catching up, especially with us all setting good pace in practice.
Tom starts the race but unfortunately gets bashed into on the first hairpin. Didn't seem too bad but caused him to go wide and move down a few places, to 21st. He settles down and makes his way back up 15th. Looking at lap times and they didn't seem as good as what he was setting in practice. We put it down to maybe tyre pressure. Unfortunately he spins out which put us back down to 21st.
Alex went out second and did a fab stint, especially only second time around Rye House track too. Pulled us up a few more places.
Ami was up next and the team noticed her lap times were off the pace from practice too and we just wasn't sure why.... She did a good stint and just carried on the best she could....
Ben was up next to bring us home. Also noticing his lap times were off a little as well. Did the best he could for the hour a half and got us up to a wicked 14th and 5th in class. It was an amazing stint
Absolutely brilliant work by all the team.
Once the kart was in the team looked over it and the rear left tyre had be pushed in which lead to the chain and sprocket alignment being off too. We think this was caused by the accident on first hair pin at the start of the race, as no other crashes happened.
That's why our lap times were off by at least 3 to 4 tenths a lap. Lost about 3 to 4 laps over the 4 hours. If this didn't happen we could of finished so much higher but these things happen...
Nice to know it wasn't us physically being off the pace. It couldn't of be helped. Was lucky to even finish the race. So we are all very happy with the end result.
Big thanks to 7Kart UK Limited for helping us out. Bring on round 8!!!😃👍
Huge thanks to James Taylor and JZ Racing for help on the kart and in pits.
