[skwong]

[table #|Name|2010 Category| HP # |Email
1. |Desmond Khoo|K1||
2. |Ahmad Firdaus Mohamad Esman|K3/70 Champion / K2|0133408825|amad_1011@hotmail.com
3. |Fizree Helmi|K3||
4. |Faibs|K1||
5. |Nafis Ammar Adli|K3||
6. |M. Fikri Rahim|K2|0126235700|fikri_rahim@yahoo.com
7. |Fazz Rahman (full season)|K1|0193855055|fazz.forum@gmail.com
8. |Faiz Rahman|K2|0193855055|fazz.forum@gmail.com
9. |Mohd Zulfadli|K2|0122106640|mzulfadli11@gmail.com
10. |Amin Norizan|K3||
11. |S.Aminudin|K3||
12. |Naza (Masters)|K1|0123351900|naza2851@yahoo.com
13. |Tarmizi (Senior)|K1|0122489197|
14. |Jac Soo|K2||
15. |Kamal Afiq|K2|0148132083|kamal201090@hotmail.com
16. |Rizal Khalid|K2|0182002800|rizalkhalid@gmail.com
17. |JK Lim|K3 Champion||
18. |afiq Hamzah|k2||
19. |Yusnee|K1|012.326 7270|yusnee@gmail.com
20. |Seyz|k1||
21. |MK Tham|K2 (8th)|0127883154|tmunkeat@yahoo.com
22. |Choong Soon Wing|K2|0162221223|wingsetup@hotmail.com
23. |Lim Chong Han|K2|0127201366|tmunkeat@yahoo.com
24. |Kenyi Chew|K2|0177895558|kenmax28@hotmail.com
25. |Syamsul Razmin|K3|0126450927|syamsulrazmin@gmail.com
26. |SK Wong|K1|0166029701|
27. ||||
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[skwong]

Didn’t we have a “125cc for 45 minutes” or something?
I was referring to the individual event

[skwong]

So the most points or the most gold medals wins the championship?

[skwong]

[quote=saa73]Glad that everyone had fun, and the photos of the race looked great (photos on Facebook).

However, the main reason for doing this was to evaluate the feasibility of having this format for all future K3 races, which will include a sizeable number of newbies.

In my view;

– Newbies will be overwhelmed by the sheer number of karts in formation – if they stall, are not sure what to do..then the formation lap and running start will be delayed
– The first corner rush is a huge risk – of course we did well on Sat but this was with a field of experienced karters

In my view – stick to 15 karts per K3 round….safety first over profits or efficiency…

[/quote]

ALTERNATIVELY
We could also probably do this progressively for the 34-kart race:

“JUST AN EXAMPLE”
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Rd 1: 30 K1/2 drivers + 5 K3 drivers as feature race
Rd 2: 25 K1/2 drivers + 10 K3 drivers as feature race
Rd 3: 20 K1/2 drivers + 15 K3 drivers as feature race
Rd 4: 15 K1/2 drivers + 20 K3 drivers as feature race
Rd 5: 10 K1/2 drivers + 25 K3 drivers as feature race
Rd 6: 5 K1/2 drivers + 30 K3 drivers as feature race
Rd 7: 35 K3 drivers only and no more feature race

So eventually, what started as a feature/bonus race for the weekend will eventually become a proper K3-only race.

ok, how the number in K3 drivers grow? When this feature/bonus race is developing throughout the rounds, K3 drivers get to take turns to take part in it or new drivers get to be added everyround after evaluation.
how bout that. These are just some rough brainstorming ideas out of me for now…

Any thoughts?

[skwong]

For the K3 drivers, the 34-kart race would actually be a rather good experience for them to see how they do relative to more experienced karters – everyone is using the same machinery (well, this the closest we could probably get to achieve level playing field, that is.) And I have to agree with Hanif, 34 karts also mean that unless you are rocket quick or hopelessly slow, you will always have someone to play with, no matter how crappy the kart is – which to me is a big plus.

IMO we could easily get the number – 25 or so from K1 and K2 drivers, and 10 or so from K3 drivers (which will be carefully selected by Committee, of course) – Mind you the 34 is not a holly grail number, we could always do 25-kart race, 30-kart race etc. There’s no need to make a firm commitment regarding the number 34 to CK e.g we could propose 25 + 5 (25 karts confirmed plus 5 on standby) or 30 + 4 etc.

Regarding the first corner rush – I think we need to have more confidence in the club members/drivers and the commitees who are to going to have a final say which K3 drivers get to join this race. On top of that that I don’t think the first corner of a 34 80cc-kart race is more ‘dangerous’ than that of a 10 125cc-kart race – The magnitude of possible damage is the same.

It’s very interesting and satisfying to see how we managed to form the grid within 2 laps – I am pretty confident given enough of instruction and practice there’s no reason why we couldn’t do that again. The thing we should sort out too is the schedule – we probably should look into the option to start the event 30 minutes earlier or so etc.

If the idea of 34-kart race came out to see if this thing was feasible, I think the answer as it showed in the opening round (to me at least) was obviously a YES! Or 70% or 80% yes to some people and that is a reason good enough for us to further look into that.

Let it be a RM30 or a RM35 fee to join a proper 34-kart race, bro, kat mana boleh lu dapat lagi? I am all for the idea.

[skwong]

175 cm, 82 kg

[skwong]

A slightly better alternative strikes me – Nürburgring aka THE RING!
With EUR 20 you can blast your kapchai through 100 corners or so!

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Nordschleife.png[/img]
Details are here: http://www.nuerburgring.de/home.324.0.html

Some interesting youtube clips of Top Gear on THE RING

See how Sabine schmitz lapped the Ring in a van!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f95lV9ATzFw

Jeremy Clarkson pushes his Jaguar (Diesel) around the Ring
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA6uEuh0ELY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr1DLLkzKL8

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