The results were rather predictable…
I got an invite from my buddies Karl and Chris to go karting last night, something I rarely turn down. Except when they are asking me to join their ride into foolishness and pain for a 24 hour endurance event at least. We are not the fastest guys around but are usually able to scoot pretty well. It sounded like it was going to be a fast group which was great – things usually move pretty smoothly then plus it is fun to chase and learn from people faster than you. I had never actually seen anyone holding a record on the wall but was in for a treat that night! We headed out to K1 Racing in Addison to run their electric karts on Track 1.
We had a large group and did a fun team format, where we split into 2 groups. The fastest and slowest best lap of either group were tossed out, and the average of the remaining best laps was taken to award a winning team. A nice format encourages those who are caught to let the faster driver by so that they can run a clean fast lap. Also good for the person being passed to learn what someone quicker is doing.
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Track records before the Camden treatment.
This was a fun format and the first group just barely edged us out. I was trying to watch Dan and Cam to see how they were scooting. I think my largest improvement came from watching How Dan was taking a far corner, it was certainly my most drastic change throughout the event. I’m not sure it’s right, but by the end of the event I also only lifted to slow and stopped using the brakes entirely. I felt like my line was pretty good, but had much to learn and practice about being smooth through some of the tighter corners. It was a benefit to watch Dan and Cam for sure, but it would have been fun to have a race chasing them as well. Results by the end of the day:
Cam really crushed it, besting the track record by a good amount! Looks like this group is planning on turning this into a monthly event, which is awesome and will be great fun. I’ll for sure be attending more in the future to try and learn from these super fast guys.
![Out with the old and in with the new!](https://www.pointmeby.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/14264935_10155289421577907_8189839362636778968_n.jpg)
Out with the old and in with the new!
Congrats to Camden Murphy! You can find out more about him and his racing from his official website here.
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