[Greg Wright]

To get an 8.70 ratio with a 14T you would need a 121 tooth axle sprocket!!!!!!!

[Greg Wright]

[quote quote=14844]“If someone showed up with one, they would be in the back.”

 

 

I’ll bet there are more then just a few racers reading on here that are saying, hummmm.. maybe? That’s why there racers.

[/quote]

I’ll take that bet, not happening.

[Greg Wright]

Gee Paul, with all due respect I have to ask why you continue to pursue your theories in this and the “Slow in, Slow out” thread when by your admission you do not race and also own up to the fact that in a few attempts you were’t very good at it.

   Somehow you seem to want to impress us with the depth of your knowledge and write long treatises on chassis setup and driving styles. You don’t have the chops to back it up!! Why do you do this to yourself?

 

[Greg Wright]

Depending upon the track we regularly will turn a Leopard in the low to mid 16s, Some tracks 17K is not out of the question.

[Greg Wright]

Just to throw another wrench into all of this overanalyzing of the art of driving think about this.

There is more than one way to skin a cat, I’ve witnessed and/or raced with very fast drivers that have totally different approaches. For example Mark Dismore Sr. doesn’t appear to move his hands at all while the late great Dan Wheldon absolutely thrashed the kart around the track. Both styles resulted in competitive lap times.

Food for thought at least. Certainly an inexact science.

[Greg Wright]

Hey Chris, I’m not sure what you are proposing. Possibly an industry only message board or something of that nature.

If that is the case I would think that it would be useful, on the other hand from experience I have found that much of the industry is unwilling to work together even if it is a universal problem.

Whatcha got going on?

[Greg Wright]

Paul, Paul, Paul, I will go along with some of your ramblings when it comes to oval track racing where you are using stagger, wedge (cross), and various and sundry tuning elements when it comes to cornering. However most do not apply in road course (left/right) driving.

I’m beginning to find it mildly amusing that you are trying to explain the science of driving after reading your own quote below.

Paul wrote;

“I don’t race, I just watch and BS. … ”

 

Please don’t take offense, that’s not my objective at all. However this board is populated with a number of people that are very effective racing drivers and your overcomplicated explanations of your own theory tend to bounce off particularly considering that you don’t race by your own admission.

[Greg Wright]

Throwing hands in the air in dismay!! Oh wait, make that banging head on desktop.

[Greg Wright]

It appears that the term “threshold braking” is being misused in some of the post in this thread.

Threshold braking as taught by performance driving schools world wide has nothing to do with “rotating” the kart or car for that matter but merely refers to braking as hard as possible without actually locking up the wheels.

This entire subject is being highly overthought and overcomplicated. Drive the damned car.

[Greg Wright]

Great weekend of racing, this event has certainly become one of the “Crown Jewels” of karting. It was good seeing you there David.

I had a blast.

[Greg Wright]

Paul, There are only 4 classes for this event, Yamaha Jr. Sportsman, Yamaha Jr., Yamaha Sr. and the Robopong 200 for TAG.

  With lots of money on the line for all classes ($10K to win the Robopong 200) there will be plenty of people to race with.

This in not counting the Dan Wheldon Pro-Am Challenge charity race to benefit the Alzheimers Foundation.

 

If you come to the race come and visit the tower, I’ll be the announcer for the weekend.

 

[Greg Wright]

See ya there David!!

 

[Greg Wright]

Actually Paul, the method that I described will work regardless of HP, however the apex will not be in the same place.

[Greg Wright]

No Paul, I’m not trying to cause trouble or create issues. My earlier post was just pointing out that turning the art of driving into a mathematical equation is most likely not going to help the beginner just trying to figure it all out.

   I still maintain that there is no magic and we can go down all the friction circles etc. that we want but when it comes down to driving truly fast it becomes much more about heart, desire and soul than it does mathematics.

   Earlier in the thread I posted that I subscribe to and teach the “Cool in, Hot out” method of driving not “Slow in, Fast out”. This method along with an understanding of moving the apex of the corner in regards to your line seems to produce the best results for a developing driver.

   Think about making the apex of your line as far around the corner as possible and then moving the apex back until you start running out of race track on exit. This will produce the desired results.

 

Greg Wright

Rapid Racing Inc.

[Greg Wright]

David, You’ve never seen celebratory donuts after a shifter kart race? No he should not be DQ’d racing is becoming too passionless as it is.

 

Greg Wright

Rapid Racing Inc.

[Greg Wright]

Wow, Has this become complicated or what, I’m sure that there’s a newbie reading this while his head explodes. Somebody want to try it again but this time in English?

 

There is no MAGIC!!

 

Greg Wright

Rapid Racing Inc.

[Greg Wright]

It’s going to be cool but a great event with the Dan Wheldon Pro-Am Challenge to benefit the Alzheimers Foundation on Saturday and then the 10th Annual Robopong 200 on Sunday.

 I’ve just been confirmed as the announcer for the weekend and I want to thank the Dismore family, the entire staff at NCMP and of course the racers themselves for the privilege to be in the booth during this great event.

 

Greg Wright

Rapid Racing Inc.

[Greg Wright]

My opinion, too big of a jump too soon. I long for the days when a driver had to be 18+ before jumping in a shifter kart.

  Don’t discount the increase in costs, they will also be a big jump.

 

Greg Wright

Rapid Racing Inc.

[Greg Wright]

Is it not charging the battery or is the battery not taking the charge. Probably the latter of those two.

[Greg Wright]

I’m not sure why you posted this in the shifter kart forum but any kart shop worth it’s salt should have a clutch for you. We keep several models in stock.

 

Greg Wright

Rapid Racing Inc.

[Greg Wright]

<div class=”d4p-bbp-quote-title”>Ray Lovestead wrote:</div>
So you are saying that after the initial threshold brake I should immediately begin picking up some throttle (until max throttle at the apex)?Once you have turned in yes you should be getting after the throttle. Depending on the corner you often will be at WFO throttle before the apex.

  Regarding braking, My style (Cool in, Hot out) doesn’t include a lot of threshold type braking. I prefer to concentrate on getting through the middle and exit of the corner as fast as possible in order to maximize speed down the following straight. Very hard braking can unsettle the kart badly and result in poor mid corner performance.

Lazy on the brakes? I didn’t say that.

 
 

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[Greg Wright]

I prefer the term “Cool in, Hot out” but I subscribe to the general idea and always have. It depends on what you consider to be “Slow in”. That doesn’t mean creeping but there is a lot of time to be lost charging in too hard and a lot of time to be gained with a good fast exit.

  You definitely should be hard on the gas before the apex of the corner, if you aren’t picking up the throttle until the apex you are giving up time and straightaway speed.

[Greg Wright]

<div class=”d4p-bbp-quote-title”>mike clements wrote:</div>
Choose one:

Karting is a motorsport all unto itself. It just happens to be less expensive in which to participate than those more famous big car races like NASCAR and Indy. But, it’s just as competitive and requires just as much effort and knowledge to preform at the top level as those other motorsports.

 

This one!!

[Greg Wright]

<div class=”d4p-bbp-quote-title”>Jim Derrig wrote:</div>
The carrier itself is just as reliable as a fixed one.

That has not been my experience.

[Greg Wright]

Tom Barth in three, two, one…..

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