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Post by greg99 on Jul 22, 2003 16:42:43 GMT -5
errr......I posted them, a long beautiful post, a piece of art, my best work so far.....and now it's GONE!! GONE I tell you!!!! AAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH I have to start all over again unbelievable geez, I can't remember who won......
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Post by raptor22 on Jul 23, 2003 4:41:57 GMT -5
seems like a mild case of dehydration induced delirium........ the post that never was.
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Post by greg99 on Jul 28, 2003 18:16:06 GMT -5
Consuelo was vacationing somewhere on a tropical island with no access to internet. She has now come back with a tan and a new exotic boy friend That lazy woman has asked me to publish the following report: It was a beautiful Saturday by Lake Geneva and finally time for the 2003 Shamu Karting Championship season to begin. After an amazing 2002 season, expectations were high, especially considering that the runner up was to participate in this first race.
An early rise, a healthy breakfast, a quick shower and drivers Raptor22 and Henrik were chauffeured to the ring, errr sorry I mean the track. A magnificent indoor track, recently renovated for this unique occasion: the 1st 2003 round of the World Shamu Karting Championship! The 10 newly acquired 200cc karts were purring, in an attempt to seduce the drivers and be chosen for the race.
Spring had seen the Gregs invest in their very own karting circuit, and so it was only natural that this was to be the site for the showdown between Henrik and Raptor22. It could be expected that this would give a home track advantage to Henrik, but Raptor’s karting skills were an unknown as he had not taken part in the previous season. As such, it was two pumped up racers that made their way to the karts for the first heat.
Henrik had assumed that Raptor would arrive tired after flying over from the UK, but seeing as he had “cheated” and not used his own wings, preferring to travel in the comfort of an airplane, he was perfectly rested and set to go. In view of this, Henrik let Raptor take the lead, hoping to reel him in quickly in order to take the first victory.
As the race was at its peak, an unsuspected race incident occurred. Coming down the main straight, Henrik was hit on the shoulder by a wasp, causing a painful sting. Not sure what damaged had occurred, he chose to pull in to the pits for a check up, letting Raptor continue on his own. By the time he got back on the track, his tires had cooled down, considerably reducing the grip available. He pushed hard to improve on his lap times, but Raptor had proven to be a formidable adversary, and so after the 15 minute time trial, the verdict fell….Raptor had the best time by a few tenths! Was this perhaps thanks to his flying accomplice?
After a short break, the two racers were again set to go, changing karts in order to ensure there was no advantage given to the other.
The second race proved intense, and ran without the slightest incident for a good 20 minutes. Although it had seemed as if Henrik was the faster driver on the track, having made up nearly half a lap during the course of the race, it was still necessary to look at the best single lap as it was this that would be the decisive factor.
Both drivers were congratulating each other for a clean race, as the time sheet was printed. The results showed that both drivers had considerably improved their lap times during the second session, but Henrik clearly came out on top this time around, scoring an even bigger advantage than what Raptor had in the first one. As a result, it was one race each, but the fastest lap overall going to Henrik!
Congratulations to Raptor22, the Ice Cream Monster, for an outstanding performance on his first entry on his rookie year!
I was the official photographer of the event but I am still waiting to finish the roll (lousy excuse, I know, but I had to find one). So stay tuned for visuals in the coming weeks!
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Post by raptor22 on Jul 30, 2003 4:37:33 GMT -5
it was rigged i tell you rigged it was.....
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Post by daSilva on Jul 31, 2003 12:33:14 GMT -5
Alexmd and I will be attempting to meet tomorrow for the second installment in the SKC2003 Championship!
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Post by Wycco on Jul 31, 2003 12:44:54 GMT -5
Is there a limit to the number of "Heats" one may compete in?
Theoretically- you could have scored a max of 21 points at the first event this year with 2 heats...
But had you raced 10 heats- thats a max of 101 points in one day (a min of 80 points).
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Post by daSilva on Jul 31, 2003 13:07:08 GMT -5
The way to best work it and what we have done in the past is to have two heats, the second heat consisting of the drivers switching karts negating any advantage which may have been gleened from better machinery. The tie breaker as Consuelo has stated is fastest lap of the day!
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Post by Wycco on Jul 31, 2003 14:18:11 GMT -5
LOL...
Thats fine- I like those "rules"- I just wanted to clarify. Otherwise technically- two people could spend all day racing- and as a result run away with the championship!
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Post by greg99 on Aug 1, 2003 17:54:39 GMT -5
If you can spend all day on a kart, then be my guest and knock yourself out!!! Just kidding. 2 heats sounded like the fairest deal. Da Silva, please give me the results as well as the location of the race. I have heard through Consuelo, who is very well informed, that 2 other rounds will take place in August: one in Germany, the other one in Geneva. I'm just waiting to see the super licenses of the contenders before approving the races
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Post by daSilva on Aug 7, 2003 14:45:45 GMT -5
I wonder where Dr. Alex is?
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Post by Henrik on Aug 7, 2003 16:15:08 GMT -5
You mean he was so fast you didn't even see him at the track?
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Post by daSilva on Aug 7, 2003 17:12:17 GMT -5
Right!
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Post by alexmd on Aug 11, 2003 8:53:10 GMT -5
I'm back boys and girls!
Ok, here's the unofficial results: DaSilva 2-AlexMD 0 I got my ass kiked badly. The first time around DaSilva's fastest lap was 2 tenths quicker and second time by about .5 secs, maybe more. No contest really, the champagne goes to DaSilva!
I'll have the official results with times (they're still in the car) later today.
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Post by Henrik on Aug 11, 2003 9:04:20 GMT -5
Ouch! Half a second! That da Silva is one fast driver.... Oh, and I would think that puts him in the top of the championship standings right now. Well done to both of you, and I hope you enjoyed it.
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Post by alexmd on Aug 11, 2003 9:05:44 GMT -5
It was really fun. DaSilva shelled out for after the race so that made up for it.
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