Nov 06
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WOEHOE, was the first thing i said when i left the karttrack. You will get a very big load of energy if you are karting with high speed (well it feels like high speed) and you need to calm down a bit afterwards. How did it went? Well to be honest, the first heat was the only i lost in every possible way. People passed me a couple(!) of times, leaving me wondering why everyone could pass me while i was hitting the gas 100% all the time. With my weight (60kg) i was the one that should have had a lot of speed, though all my rounds were slow and i got a blue flag every possible way. So after 14 rounds(!) the marshalls gave me a red flag (why was the thing i asked at that moment). With all the adreline in my body it was difficult to get up, but in the meanwhile the marshall was jumping on my karttires, and why? Well the left rear tire was -dead-, i understood instantly why everybody could pass me so easily. I got a different kart and drove like a madman (well sortoff, i got used to the other kart and this one actually responded to the steering and gas peddle). I had 2 collisions with the new kart, causing my brother to slam into me 2 times! In the final lap i had my fastest one which was significantly faster then the previous rounds in total! So that was the first heat.

The second heat was an hour later because of an other party that was driving with 2 girls driving at 10km/hr. They could not even get up the track because of their slow speed. A bit sad because the driving was very bad for everyone (they slammed into eachother and hit the tires a LOT). Our second heat was at 23.00 and i got kart "30" which was different then the 2 karts i had before. I started at the 4th or 5th place and i flew over the track. I took all corners very sharp and i enjoyed much much more then the previous heat. Simply because i could go and pass people (and darn, they tried catching me as well). Though i didn’t loose my people in front of me, i drove near Rik and my brother for ages and when i made a steering error i lost them in the 4 meter series (They were at 10 meter at that moment). I finished 4th (out of 8) which was a major improvement. If you see my laptimes you will see the difference. First heat around 35seconds per round, secondheat 28seconds per round, which is a "slight" difference :-)

Perhaps we will do this again next month, after my bluespots and backpain ;-) is gone again (well it does not hurt that much but you feel it in the back, side and knee) .

Yesterday before i left my causine called me. "remko my msn is broken, can you help me please?" Well i tried from remote but it seemed that i was unable to. I asked her to give me a yell tommorrow (today) if the problem still occured. and ofcourse it still occured so i went to see them all. I fixed MSN (firewalling issue) and tried reparing the DVD drive which ejected the tray all the time. Sad because it was an hardware issue but well. I talked with my aunt for a little and we drunk a couple of coffee before i decided to head back home.

Now i am in my pyjama again (my throat hurts a bit) and i am watching Formula A1 (country racing). I will beat my PCTV Pro card first, because there seems to be an problem. The tv works great, but the sound is 4 seconds faster then the movie screen itself. It seems that i am unable to solve it (tried a couple of things already) so i am a bit annoyed by that since "CRASH" and when i look the car isn’t even crashed yet.. strange and such. Ah well, tonight some FreeBSD work and early to bed to get rid of the throat pain.

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