There were a couple of people on here who successfully got into the Semi finals of the VXR driver of the year competition, so wouldn't mind hearing how they got on.
Yesterday I took my place on the grid for this years competition. I thought the registration was at 4, so nearly died when i realised it was at 3. Luckily there was no traffic on the motorways and I just about made it in time. I filled out the paperwork when i got there and was gutted when i realised i didn't have my driving licence or passport!, but luckily they let me race anyway!
From looking at previous fastest times on the day, there were a few karts which stood out to be quicker than the others. I ended up in a kart which liked bouncing around when you threw it into bends but still pulled off a good enough time of 22.7 to get a provisional 9th place slot in the day's final event. There were a few qualifying sessions after mine though, and was gradually knocked down the leader board to 11th, then 12th, then out the competition. The fastest time was 22.0, so not much in it, and 0.1 second between myself and a qualifying position! Very gutted.
Was an awesome day though, completely free, with food, drink & Sparco race suits etc all provided by VXR. I highly recommend you all try and enter next year, even if it's just for the experience & totally free day out.
Yesterday I took my place on the grid for this years competition. I thought the registration was at 4, so nearly died when i realised it was at 3. Luckily there was no traffic on the motorways and I just about made it in time. I filled out the paperwork when i got there and was gutted when i realised i didn't have my driving licence or passport!, but luckily they let me race anyway!
From looking at previous fastest times on the day, there were a few karts which stood out to be quicker than the others. I ended up in a kart which liked bouncing around when you threw it into bends but still pulled off a good enough time of 22.7 to get a provisional 9th place slot in the day's final event. There were a few qualifying sessions after mine though, and was gradually knocked down the leader board to 11th, then 12th, then out the competition. The fastest time was 22.0, so not much in it, and 0.1 second between myself and a qualifying position! Very gutted.
Was an awesome day though, completely free, with food, drink & Sparco race suits etc all provided by VXR. I highly recommend you all try and enter next year, even if it's just for the experience & totally free day out.
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