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“We will have an [b]F1-style start[/b] with 20 karts from the grid!!”
I am not sure if this is the best start. Karting used to be rolling start. And it has it’s point. Kart cannot be idle for too long..
yeap exactly.
Standing start is tough. some karts might just stall the moment the lights turned green.Try rolling start.
Folks, register here….I’ve put in Desmond’s name as another example!
#|name|nickname|contact no|email
1|fuji sartono|jive|xx|xx
2|Desmond Khoo| it’s GOOOOODZ|
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4|hi all ..
on fazz’s suggestion i’ve posted this event in the calendar
http://club.my-kart.org/node/2314should’ve thought of that in the first place 🙂
Des, can I confirm your participation? If so I’ll book a slot for you. Our 20 pax limit is reaching very soon.
For the rest who are interested, please fill up the form that I’ve posted at http://club.my-kart.org/node/2314 and send it back to me ASAP.
Alternatively since this thread is already on a roll, register your name in the format started by fazz as follows, and I’ll PM you directly to confirm your participation. CHEERS!!
1|fuji sartono|jive|xx|xx
2|Desmond Khoo| it’s GOOOOODZ|
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4|Hi ALL,
Less than 2 weeks till our karting race on the 24th. Just want to let you know that we’re meeting this Friday on the 16th at 9pm at MacDonalds at West Coast. This is to get to know one another, and to finalize a few things like qualifying/race formats, and logistics. Hope you can make it.
If you can’t, just letting you know that we’ll be meeting at the Old Woodlands Center at 8:50AM to carpool/convoy together into JB/Permas Jaya Track to reach there by around 1045. The event will start around 11AM.
Other things to note:
– Bring valid passport
– Wear non-open toe shoes
– Practice: 10 mins, Qualifying: 10 mins, Race: 20 lap race
– After event: the group will decide to go for lunch / shopping / massage
– Bring your spouses / family / etc.If you have any questions, do let me know.
Fuji
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fuji_sartono@yahoo.com.sgHi Fuji,
McDonald’s West Coast sounds pretty far away from Meritus Mandarin Orchard Rd…how to get there? Nearest MRT station?
😎 Quick report. I met up with Fuji Sartono on Friday night who kindly agreed to fetch me from the Harbourfront Center as I had no idea where West Coast Park was. Together with his lovely girlfriend Beverlyn (hope I got the name right!), we went over to McD’s to meet up with the rest of the Sing Karters.
It was a healthy turnout with most of the 20 or so participants turning up, and the first problem was lack of seats! However, we eventually rustled up enough seats to start the meeting.
Basically:
– Fuji and his new friend Paul (they met on the Net) are the Fazz/AJK Makan equivalent!….I see great passion in them both and they were already talking to me about how to grow this Singapore group and karting in general in Singapore
– The group that turned up had different levels of experience in Karting, andone guy, David, was president of the now defunct Singapore Karter’s Commission!
– Crucial to the success of this group will be the success of the first event next week, and making sure the group “gelled” and got along very well. They took some cues from the “AJK Makan” and will be arranging makan trips heheheh…
– Lack of facilities in Singapore is a big problem, but the level of interest in karting will pick up very fast in the runup and after the inaugral F1 Singapore.
– They are planning about 6 events per year, and will try to use other tracks such as Batam, Bintan, Permas and even Sepang and Shah Alam. They are plannign a karting trip to Sepang to coincide with F1 – potential for us to host them here!
– Also, they would benefit from alliances or help from karting enthusiasts in Singapore – I would urge Angie/Jason, etc to join and help them out, and any others, eg James Mitchell (Lotus team mate).
– They are not following my-KART’s race formats now. In fact, will be running qualifying heats followed by a 20 LAP race! ,…i mean, wow, 20 laps is actually an ENDURO!…and especially since it’s 1 min 30 secs per lap on 80cc.
– They are still debating the kart selection and weight of karters , etc, and have heard from me what we do..but will try their own format and perhaps refine them later.
– I heard Desmond Khoo has signed up for next week…pls confirm with Fuji and tell us if the track and format is goooooodz!OKm, that was my long quick report! Lots more stories and photos too…will upload them when I get back to KL.
AJK Makan….looking for more Lobster dishes in Singapore!
[quote=saa73] 😎 Quick report. I met up with Fuji Sartono on Friday night who kindly agreed to fetch me from the Harbourfront Center as I had no idea where West Coast Park was. Together with his lovely girlfriend Beverlyn (hope I got the name right!), we went over to McD’s to meet up with the rest of the Sing Karters. [/quote]
thanks for the report bro. hope to see fuji and paul more on this site to share experiences.
[quote=edwynlow]fazz.. maybe next finale at permas jaya, or somewhere else rather than CK?[/quote]
good idea but planning is needed and also to ensure participation (how many want to travel to kart only?).
hi all …
first a BIG BIG THANK YOU to Azlan aka saa73 for meeting up with me and witnessing the ‘birth’ of Singapore’s karting group. Paul (my partner in crime) spoke to me about how lucky we were to have one of my-kart’s founding member there with us that night to impart some of his experience and guidance ..
to add to saa73’s report above:
– yes we’re very keen on organizing an f1-sepang trip+kart event+joint race w/ my-kart .. Fazz, we might want to start developing this plan early.– race format for nov24th: prior to that night’s pre-event meeting, we had several discussion on quali/race format: reverse grid, my-kart’s format, normal grid, etc. in the end, we decided to leave the decision to the group to make sure everyone has a sense of ownership to how the club is run.
– I stated publicly that I want to achieve what my-kart has achieved and that philosophy and vision is similar .. I’m not ashamed to say that I’m copying shamelessly my-karts way of running the club (lol)
– my-kart guys in Singapore, namely Jason, Angeline, etc. please do support us in our upcoming races (january, etc.)
– January race = we’re planning an event in Batam (possibly 3rd week of Jan). Azlan mentioned that members from my-kart might be keen. I’m more than happy to have you guys join us.
All right.. .that’s it for now .. catch you guys again soon.
Fuji,
You’re most welcome and I enjoyed meeting the group. As mentioned..a key success factor is how you guys bond after the first race, through other social activities, etc.
That Batam race sounds very appealing and I was talking to some other friends in Singapore last night and they also mentioned that Batam and Bintan tracks. I’m sure there’ll be some interest from my-karters….guys and gals, what say you…let’s head down south for some Soto Ayam Chicken Wings!!! 😛
[quote=saa73] Fuji,
You’re most welcome and I enjoyed meeting the group. As mentioned..a key success factor is how you guys bond after the first race, through other social activities, etc.
That Batam race sounds very appealing and I was talking to some other friends in Singapore last night and they also mentioned that Batam and Bintan tracks. I’m sure there’ll be some interest from my-karters….guys and gals, what say you…let’s head down south for some Soto Ayam Chicken Wings!!! :P[/quote]
any sites that links to batam track? and where is batam? how is the track layout?
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