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Mychron4 Hints and Tips and Race Studio Tutorials

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Once you are a pretty competent driver there are still huge amounts of time to find using data logging. I use Mychron4 because its easy to use and not stupidly expensive, plus loads of karters already have the base unit MyChron 4. All you have to do is then plug in the GPS unit [...]

Looking Ahead Karting Question

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

A Dutch Rotax kart driver writes to ask about my looking ahead karting tips
Hi there,
I’m a rotax driver from the Netherlands and have some questions about your driving technics.
Before I read your articles I thought I was racing quite well, but wanted to try everything you said.
Unfortunately there are some things that doesn’t go [...]

Kart Racing Questions: Mental Focus and Pressure

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

A question from a kart racer who found winning kart races easy, until the he was under pressure to get results

When i was younger i had the mental focus like you would not beleive, i drove “subconscious all the time, but as i started to win championships i started to drive “conscious”, and from [...]

Kart Racing Questions: How to Make Clean Overtaking Moves

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

Here’s a question posted by a serious kart racer who developed a problem with making clean overtaking moves
Hey Terence,
I’ve got a serious problem that I hope that you can help me with. I’ve got the butterfiles after I attempted a big time outbraking move and ended up flipping my kart over onto my head! Now [...]

Kart Racing Questions: How to Get a Good Start on Cold Tyres

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

Here’s a question sent in by a kart racer called Paul
“Great website, your braking advice and articles on wet driving have really helped me improve my driving recently. Have you got any advice for the first laps of racing on cold tyres, im fast but i seem to lose ground early on in a race [...]