The Greatest Karting Competition in the World
After all the excitement of Autosport International, we’re now heading towards Teamworks Karting in the centre of Birmingham. The plan is to meet up with a host of familiar faces and thrash out some laps on the track.
Attendees at today’s inaugural F1 Bloggers & Friends karting event include Alianora (who organised the entire thing wonderfully), Steven Roy, Andy Taylor, plus myself and Mr C, whilst Jackie joined me trackside. We were also joined by Neil, Stuart and Scott from another website.
A practice session, followed by seven heats of qualifying, led up to the race itself, and we saw plenty of action. One particular corner caused plenty of trouble, whilst we had a few bangs, prangs, cheers and tears. Okay, no actual tears, but we even saw a few appeals to the official ref (a computer who wasn’t having any of it), and to top it all off, we had a black flag.
Only the Sidepodcast crew could turn a simple karting event into a politics filled evening Max would be proud of. There will be plenty of pictures forthcoming, although Andy has already posted his. We’ll also have a full round up of the night’s events in a forthcoming podcast. Stay tuned.
You shouldn’t let him...
Both, and add happy to the mix as well.
January 10th, 2009 at 17:05 #1 - R.G (Sidepodathon reciever on line #4.) said:
Ladies and Gentleman, sssssssssssstart your engines. Legends of Sidepodcast sadly couldn’t make it, but there are still decent people there
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Looking forward to this. Will it be like the BBC live text for football?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7820192.stm
January 10th, 2009 at 17:05 #2 - me said:
we’re running a bit late. eta 15mins if anyone’s reading this.
January 10th, 2009 at 17:07 #3 - R.G (Sidepodathon reciever on line #4.) said:
Aw, just like old Sidepodcast.
Lets hope you don’t finish late in the race, if you know what I mean.
January 10th, 2009 at 17:16 #4 - Dom said:
Do we have an entrants list?
January 10th, 2009 at 17:21 #5 - R.G (Sidepodathon reciever on line #4.) said:
As far as I’m aware, here
http://alianoralacanta.wik.is/Sidepodcast%27s_Corner/The_F1_Bloggers_and_Friends_Karting_Competition
January 10th, 2009 at 18:06 #6 - me said:
Right. We have arrived. Mr C is suited and booted. Pics coming soon.
Andy T, Steven R and Alia are all here, plus some GP Wizard people.
January 10th, 2009 at 18:06 #7 - Christine said:
That wasn’t him, obviously. He’s putting a helmet on.
January 10th, 2009 at 18:17 #8 - Jon Waldock said:
thats right, he never uses capitals
January 10th, 2009 at 18:20 #9 - Christine said:
One of the karting guys has just cleared the track by bombing into walls to straighten them up. I’m hoping to see more moves like that later on
January 10th, 2009 at 18:25 #10 - Christine said:
Have completed the pre-race interviews. Safety briefing is in progress now.
January 10th, 2009 at 18:32 #11 - R.G (Sidepodathon reciever on line #4.) said:
Looking forward to it. Come on Mr C!
January 10th, 2009 at 18:34 #12 - Jon Waldock said:
Whats hte track like? Is it a tilke drone?
January 10th, 2009 at 18:37 #13 - R.G (Sidepodathon reciever on line #4.) said:
It looks more like Paul Ricard from the pic above
January 10th, 2009 at 18:47 #14 - Christine said:
The track is pretty good. Mr C seems to think he’s in a dodgem, but has been told to tone it down slightly.
January 10th, 2009 at 18:47 #15 - R.G (There's only one Mr C) said:
Haha. This could/will/should end ugly
January 10th, 2009 at 18:50 #16 - Christine said:
Andy T went out first and managed to pull out a heck of a lead. Turns out it was just practice. I dread to think what the race will be like.
January 10th, 2009 at 18:52 #17 - Christine said:
Steven Roy says those who haven’t turned up are missing up. Alia was doing some great defensive driving.
January 10th, 2009 at 18:52 #18 - Scott Woodwiss said:
Well it’s taken us 4 hours to put my new wardrobe up, which then meant changing the whole layout of my room which I didn’t really want, and now I have hiccups. Apart from that, I’m all good.
January 10th, 2009 at 18:52 #19 - R.G (There's only one Mr C) said:
You mean as in missing great stuff?
January 10th, 2009 at 18:53 #20 - R.G (There's only one Mr C) said:
I just lost to my dad on Tiger Woods Golf.
It’s worse as he beat me 6&5
January 10th, 2009 at 18:53 #21 - Christine said:
Missing out, sorry.
January 10th, 2009 at 18:56 #22 - Scott Woodwiss said:
Not as bad as having hiccups though. Bloody annoying. :/
January 10th, 2009 at 18:57 #23 - R.G (There's only one Mr C) said:
They are, but so is my dad when he beats me at anything
January 10th, 2009 at 18:57 #24 - Christine said:
Attempted to commentate on the practice, but can’t tell all the karts apart. Hmmm. Must acquire a list.
January 10th, 2009 at 18:58 #25 - Scott Woodwiss said:
So Christine, did you meet Franck at the showby any chance?
January 10th, 2009 at 19:01 #26 - Christine said:
Swoons
January 10th, 2009 at 19:02 #27 - Scott Woodwiss said:
I’ll take that as a yes then
January 10th, 2009 at 20:08 #28 - Scott Woodwiss said:
What’s happening?
January 10th, 2009 at 20:09 #29 - Jon Waldock said:
it appeaers that they’ve all crashed, even christine who wasnt karting lol
January 10th, 2009 at 20:14 #30 - R.G (There's only one Mr C) said:
January 10th, 2009 at 20:17 #31 - Spikey said:
goddammit!!!!! Why cant the put the show on a week later or earlier??? EVERY YEAR I miss it because of a birthday *cries*
Hope you lot are having a fab time
January 10th, 2009 at 20:18 #32 - R.G (There's only one Mr C) said:
Hey Spikey, how ya doin?
January 10th, 2009 at 20:20 #33 - Spikey said:
doing ok ta, RG – hopefully back to work next wednesday (after MORE *sweary* x-rays)
How you lot doing? who is at the show?
January 10th, 2009 at 20:23 #34 - Dom said:
Sounds like Alia, Steven and Andy are having a fierce battle on the kart track.
And ‘me’ is crashing.
January 10th, 2009 at 20:26 #35 - Spikey said:
Well, we should have had odds for this…….
“Me” all dressed up like the stig? or has he confiscated all cameras? lol
January 10th, 2009 at 20:27 #36 - R.G (There's only one Mr C) said:
How dya know that?
January 10th, 2009 at 20:29 #37 - Spikey said:
is there a webcam thing going on?
January 10th, 2009 at 20:29 #38 - Christine said:
Sorry all. Fingers froze. Recorded commentary of the race.
January 10th, 2009 at 20:30 #39 - R.G (There's only one Mr C) said:
I thought it was indoor?
January 10th, 2009 at 20:33 #40 - Christine said:
Indoor a massive warehouse.
January 10th, 2009 at 20:37 #41 - Dave the 1 with all the hair said:
TEAMWORKS CREW ROCK!…especially the from the cool small guy in the tower
hope you all had a good time…teamworks crew 
January 10th, 2009 at 20:46 #42 - Littlepurplegoth said:
So far sounds like a good time was had, and that Andy didn’t, um, no maybe I won’t say…. rofl
January 10th, 2009 at 20:48 #43 - lou said:
January 10th, 2009 at 20:48 #44 - R.G (There's only one Mr C) said:
Please do, otherwise I’ll just complain how Southernist Family Fortunes is.
January 10th, 2009 at 20:53 #45 - Spikey said:
We should have had a party in the south, with drinks and Scalextrix!! Who would have been Mr C though? sitting there out of eyesight, or with a helmet on all the time…..?
January 10th, 2009 at 21:01 #46 - Dom said:
Sounds good to me!
January 10th, 2009 at 21:03 #47 - R.G (Mr C was robbed) said:
Can we make it a more fair location, perhaps York?
January 10th, 2009 at 21:04 #48 - Littlepurplegoth said:
Oh gord – is that *still* on television?
Lets just say that the text I just got suggests that he didn’t fulfill the early promise. Lol.
I’m rather jealous though, but can’t go karting atm
Would go for Scaletrix party though!
January 10th, 2009 at 21:04 #49 - Spikey said:
well yes, but if we could make york, we could have made Birmingham LOL
Party in the hotel rooms?
January 10th, 2009 at 21:05 #50 - jolly said:
better idea
http://www.iriekart.com.jm/nmcms.php?snippet=news&p=news&id=71
January 10th, 2009 at 21:06 #51 - me said:
atm?
January 10th, 2009 at 21:06 #52 - R.G (Mr C was robbed) said:
You are a genius. Scratch York, were goin to Jamainca
January 10th, 2009 at 21:07 #53 - R.G (Mr C was robbed) said:
At the moment
Gosh, it seems obvious
January 10th, 2009 at 21:08 #54 - me said:
i know what it means!!
January 10th, 2009 at 21:08 #55 - me said:
sounds pricey
January 10th, 2009 at 21:09 #56 - Spikey said:
oh man we HAVE to go there!
Karting in bikinis…..and that’s just the blokes!
I need to get out more…….. (be let out?)
January 10th, 2009 at 21:09 #57 - Jon Waldock said:
that looks amazing
January 10th, 2009 at 21:09 #58 - R.G (Mr C was robbed) said:
So why did you put a question mark next to it and make it sound like you don’t know what it means?
January 10th, 2009 at 21:10 #59 - R.G (Mr C was robbed) said:
…
Erm, have you had your medication
January 10th, 2009 at 21:10 #60 - Jon Waldock said:
i think he meant why cant lpg go..
January 10th, 2009 at 21:10 #61 - Jackie said:
Evening all,
Just back from watching the Karting and I’m sure it’s going to take me another hour to thaw out.
You must ask Christine to show you the picture of the gas cylinder from the patio heater in the karting venue .. boy it was cold.
It was great fun though .. even if we had to have a Stewards enquiry at the end!
January 10th, 2009 at 21:10 #62 - me said:
sorry. the question was… why can’t lpg go karting at the moment?
January 10th, 2009 at 21:11 #63 - Spikey said:
not yet – and re-reading that again, I think a trip to the opticians might be in order too
January 10th, 2009 at 21:12 #64 - me said:
mr. roy was wearing the red overalls
January 10th, 2009 at 21:12 #65 - R.G (Mr C was robbed) said:
Haha
January 10th, 2009 at 21:13 #66 - lou said:
January 10th, 2009 at 21:14 #67 - Jackie said:
What’s funny about red overalls or am I being thick? .. on second thought, don’t answer that
January 10th, 2009 at 21:16 #68 - R.G (Mr C was robbed) said:
Stewarding Decisions – Favour Red (Ferrari)
January 10th, 2009 at 21:16 #69 - Dom said:
January 10th, 2009 at 21:19 #70 - Jackie said:
Haha .. thanks RG, even by brain is still frozen!
January 10th, 2009 at 21:21 #71 - Littlepurplegoth said:
Red overalls…. hmmmmmmm I suppose if you have a spill you can’t see the blood that way, lol.
January 10th, 2009 at 21:22 #72 - me said:
at least two cars went airborne.
think we needed higher cockpit sides.
January 10th, 2009 at 21:23 #73 - R.G (Mr C was robbed) said:
Jawha?
Who? Who?
January 10th, 2009 at 21:24 #74 - Littlepurplegoth said:
Were you one of them?
And who was the other?
And if not you then who?
January 10th, 2009 at 21:26 #75 - me said:
best not say, but we have everything recorded for tomorrow’s show
January 10th, 2009 at 21:26 #76 - Jackie said:
They had a cunning plan so you didn’t know which car was which .. the number on the front of the cars wasn’t the same as the number on the back.
January 10th, 2009 at 21:32 #77 - me said:
ahhh, that explains so much.
January 10th, 2009 at 21:33 #78 - Littlepurplegoth said:
Ack! I’ll just have to pump Andy for info in half an hour…. you can find out a lot very quickly when its this cold out and they want to get in the car to come home
Twisted? Noooo, no, no, no, no, nooooooo
January 10th, 2009 at 21:34 #79 - R.G (Mr C was robbed) said:
Twisted, but clever.
Good idea
January 10th, 2009 at 21:38 #80 - Littlepurplegoth said:
Lol…. DD1 was reading over my shoulder and now knows that she is tall enough to go karting… thank goodness she is still too young! (and I’m not going to tell her about the local track and its ‘youth’ days, oh no!)
January 10th, 2009 at 21:39 #81 - me said:
she would have such a weight advantage, she’d win everything.
January 10th, 2009 at 21:44 #82 - Littlepurplegoth said:
Right, wish me luck I’m off to brave the icy roads… (its not got above -2 here today!)
January 10th, 2009 at 21:46 #83 - Spikey said:
good luck LPG – I just been out (walking) and theres loads of brass monkeys looking for welders!
Brrrrrrrrrr!
January 10th, 2009 at 21:46 #84 - me said:
good luck, and drive carefully
January 10th, 2009 at 21:47 #85 - me said:
am amazed public transport is still running.
January 10th, 2009 at 21:48 #86 - R.G (Mr C was robbed) said:
Indeed drive safely.
Up north, you got more chance of the wind putting you into the bushes. The lamppost is shaking awfully bad
January 10th, 2009 at 21:49 #87 - lou said:
getting back from London at 5pm was a nightmare, i’m almost glad i didn’t go cause it would have been much worse by the time i had got to London from Birmingham.
and yes, drive carefully LPG
January 10th, 2009 at 21:54 #88 - Spikey said:
right – I am away for some quality telly and maybe a beer.
I hope that everyone travelling tonight gets wherever they are going safely and warmly!!!
Take care all
January 10th, 2009 at 22:05 #89 - Jackie said:
Talking about quality, have there been any quality happenings in the F1 world today?
January 10th, 2009 at 22:11 #90 - Jackie said:
Ferrari are moving their launch to Mugello because of the bad weather. They must be going to do a shakedown of the new car and not just doing photo’s.
January 10th, 2009 at 22:15 #91 - lou said:
better than last year then.
January 10th, 2009 at 22:17 #92 - Dom said:
Autosport put a Q&A session with Martin Brundle from the show on their website. Martin’s always interesting.
January 10th, 2009 at 22:19 #93 - R.G (Mr C was robbed) said:
DC’s on aswell
January 10th, 2009 at 22:23 #94 - Dom said:
Although his son doesn’t look all that interested…
January 10th, 2009 at 22:25 #95 - R.G (Mr C was robbed) said:
Do you think he said ‘Aw Dad, but I dont wanna go, its boring’
And Martin had to drag him out of the house?
January 10th, 2009 at 22:26 #96 - Dom said:
About Dayton: “In his bedroom already he has a little pedal car. It’s hanging on the wall, and it’s all painted up in Red Bull colours and it has got ‘DC Junior’ written on the side of it.”
This bit is better though: “McLaren actually gave me a bicycle as a leaving present”
January 10th, 2009 at 22:28 #97 - Dom said:
“I wanna go karting with sidepodcast!”
January 10th, 2009 at 22:29 #98 - Jackie said:
Ha .. on your bike mate!
January 10th, 2009 at 22:30 #99 - R.G (Mr C was robbed) said:
“But I am old enough, my friends are doing it.”
January 10th, 2009 at 22:31 #100 - Jackie said:
Caption competition! .. just what is Brundle jnr thinking?
January 10th, 2009 at 22:32 #101 - Andy Taylor - trying to break Lou\\\\\\\'s comment record one post at a time... said:
Evening all. Just got back from the inaugural F1 Bloggers Karting event (where I came 5th, although I was passed under yellow flags in the final race…..) Thanks to all for a great evening, especially Alianora for organising everything.
It was flipping cold though.
The number on the back of the kart is its own number, the number on the front is the driver’s number. Simple
January 10th, 2009 at 22:33 #102 - Dom said:
January 10th, 2009 at 22:36 #103 - Dom said:
“I’m not letting you hang around with that guy in the panda suit! He’s a bad influence!”
January 10th, 2009 at 22:37 #104 - R.G (Mr C was robbed) said:
What time is tomorrow’s show?
January 10th, 2009 at 22:37 #105 - R.G (Mr C was robbed) said:
January 10th, 2009 at 22:40 #106 - Dom said:
“Kimi would speak to me if I did the gridwalks…”
January 10th, 2009 at 22:45 #107 - lou said:
i have no idea, but considering they said they would give an approximate time i’m thinking it will be either afternoon, or early evening. but who knows. yay for the return of the debrief though
January 10th, 2009 at 23:01 #108 - Christine said:
Not sure when it will be exactly. As lou says, probably early evening. We don’t have to contend with Top Gear but we haven’t set up the studio for a show in a while, so its anyone’s guess.
We’ll try and keep you updated tomorrow.
January 10th, 2009 at 23:04 #109 - me said:
i think we need a who’s got the worse sporting injury competition.
i have a bucket-seat shaped bruise on the back of my ribs. two sore feet and my head appears to droop forward like it’s been carrying a heavy weight,
anyone else?
January 10th, 2009 at 23:04 #110 - Andy Taylor - trying to break Lou\\\\\\\'s comment record one post at a time... said:
I’m fine despite you driving into me on more than one occasion. Not that I’m bitter or anything
January 10th, 2009 at 23:05 #111 - me said:
no idea what you’re talking about?
January 10th, 2009 at 23:06 #112 - Andy Taylor - trying to break Lou's comment record one post at a time... said:
You know when I suggested you were the Michael Schumacher of the evening and then retracted it? Now I’m not so sure
January 10th, 2009 at 23:08 #113 - lou said:
it’s not technically sporting, but i have blisters on the bottom of my feet from running for the train from the underground in high heels – we missed the train, by a meter :s
January 10th, 2009 at 23:10 #114 - me said:
if i was schumi i’d have won the appeal
January 10th, 2009 at 23:15 #115 - Andy Taylor - trying to break Lou's comment record one post at a time... said:
What appeal?
January 10th, 2009 at 23:16 #116 - Andy Taylor - trying to break Lou's comment record one post at a time... said:
Photos here:
http://ajtaylor.smugmug.com/gallery/7062837_RGKfF/1/452496149_7sNVE
January 10th, 2009 at 23:20 #117 - me said:
wow. you take a good photo young sir.
January 10th, 2009 at 23:20 #118 - Jackie said:
Cool, thanks Andy
January 10th, 2009 at 23:24 #119 - Andy Taylor - trying to break Lou's comment record one post at a time... said:
Thanks. I think they’re OK. Hope you approve of the last one
January 10th, 2009 at 23:24 #120 - Scott Woodwiss said:
Now we have a new game to play – Try and Find out Which One is Mr C in Those Pics
January 10th, 2009 at 23:25 #121 - lou said:
i know, but i’m not saying
Great photos Andy
January 10th, 2009 at 23:25 #122 - Andy Taylor - trying to break Lou's comment record one post at a time... said:
Driver number 6.
January 10th, 2009 at 23:26 #123 - Spikey said:
evening again – sporting injuries? I dare not say about my volleyball or “one football match” injuries lol
January 10th, 2009 at 23:26 #124 - Scott Woodwiss said:
Judging by Andy’s comment, I’m gonna say it’s the last one
January 10th, 2009 at 23:31 #125 - littlepurplegoth said:
Ah, but *which* one of those…
January 10th, 2009 at 23:31 #126 - Spikey said:
they are cracking photos though – any chance of a commentary?
January 10th, 2009 at 23:32 #127 - Spikey said:
and I wonder if we should start calling Christine “louise”? lol
January 10th, 2009 at 23:33 #128 - me said:
tomorrow
January 10th, 2009 at 23:33 #129 - me said:
you sure know how to quash a fun game
January 10th, 2009 at 23:35 #130 - Spikey said:
I meant a commentary of what pic is what – but hey – I can wait until tomorrow (I found out something class in Autosport yesterday too
)
January 10th, 2009 at 23:35 #131 - lou said:
please don’t i will think you are talking to me
January 10th, 2009 at 23:36 #132 - me said:
how about lee?
January 10th, 2009 at 23:36 #133 - me said:
soz, we’re swapping machines again. this is me commenting.
January 10th, 2009 at 23:37 #134 - Spikey said:
Lee would be good, but we dont know if she is any good……
and there will only be one Lou – that’s why Louise
January 10th, 2009 at 23:38 #135 - Jackie said:
Ah, but is that the front or the back number?
January 10th, 2009 at 23:40 #136 - Andy Taylor - trying to break Lou's comment record one post at a time... said:
oops. I was going to point out that you have a white helmet just like the Stig
January 10th, 2009 at 23:41 #137 - Spikey said:
hmmmm dark blue and green race suit?
January 10th, 2009 at 23:41 #138 - lou said:
that could work
lol i guessed, lack of capitals gives you away
January 10th, 2009 at 23:42 #139 - me said:
i did!
it was the only one that fitted.
January 10th, 2009 at 23:50 #140 - Scott Woodwiss said:
Phew, I’ve got 2 RPs to fit in for Detroit for RLB and then I think I might hit the hay. I’m not going just yet so don’t be saying goodnight now.
I’ll still be around, and I’ll let you know when I’m off 
January 10th, 2009 at 23:59 #141 - Andy Taylor - trying to break Lou's comment record one post at a time... said:
Wow. Hits on my pictures are already pushing 700.
January 11th, 2009 at 00:03 #142 - Spikey said:
Andy, thats mostly us trying to figure out which one is Mr C lol
January 11th, 2009 at 00:04 #143 - Andy Taylor - trying to break Lou's comment record one post at a time... said:
January 11th, 2009 at 00:07 #144 - Spikey said:
yes yes, number 6 (althought you didnt say front or back (and I cant see any back numbers) but Mr C did sort of give it away with the white lid comment,………
January 11th, 2009 at 00:14 #145 - Spikey said:
everyone else gone to bed?
January 11th, 2009 at 00:17 #146 - lou said:
i’m still around
January 11th, 2009 at 00:18 #147 - Dom said:
Neverrr!
January 11th, 2009 at 00:18 #148 - Spikey said:
hey Lou
January 11th, 2009 at 00:20 #149 - Spikey said:
and hey Dom
January 11th, 2009 at 00:26 #150 - Jackie said:
Right, I’m calling it a night. Catch you guys tomorrow.
Thanks again Alianora for organising this evening, it was good fun
January 11th, 2009 at 00:34 #151 - me said:
i would’ve thought the pic of a person wearing a hat, that i held up on the video stream about a month ago, was the kicker
January 11th, 2009 at 00:36 #152 - littlepurplegoth said:
Lol
I’m still wandering in and out… although I’m both knackered and strangely wide awake… hmmmmm…..
January 11th, 2009 at 00:36 #153 - Andy Taylor - trying to break Lou's comment record one post at a time... said:
It is funny how people are fixated on the pics of the driving and not the ones at the end of the event…
January 11th, 2009 at 00:37 #154 - Spikey said:
I DIDNT SEE THAT PIC Mr C!!!!!!
oops sorry – caps
January 11th, 2009 at 00:38 #155 - me said:
that’s yer answer andy
January 11th, 2009 at 00:39 #156 - Spikey said:
lol @ Andy – I wouldnt have thought Mr C would allow that to be taken….? *gasp*
January 11th, 2009 at 00:40 #157 - me said:
i’m not sure i knew… or had much choice!
January 11th, 2009 at 00:40 #158 - Spikey said:
hahahhaah so now it’s one of three
oh it’s late and I cant be bothered to think lol
January 11th, 2009 at 00:40 #159 - lou said:
can you tell us who the other people are please? i’ve been trying to work it out, like which one was steven roy, cause i don’t think i’ve seen a pic of him at all.
January 11th, 2009 at 00:42 #160 - Andy Taylor - trying to break Lou's comment record one post at a time... said:
January 11th, 2009 at 00:42 #161 - Andy Taylor - trying to break Lou's comment record one post at a time... said:
Amazing what people will miss
January 11th, 2009 at 00:43 #162 - Spikey said:
ah so Steven is the one being interrogated by Christine at the beginning?
Now wheres my lucky coin lol
January 11th, 2009 at 00:44 #163 - littlepurplegoth said:
Ah… so is anonymity starting to pall? Surely not
January 11th, 2009 at 00:45 #164 - me said:
have to say, never looked at smugmug before, and i know i may be more familiar with flickr, but just curious andy – why choose that photo service over another?
January 11th, 2009 at 00:46 #165 - me said:
given the number of people we keep meeting, i think it’s going rather well.
January 11th, 2009 at 00:46 #166 - Spikey said:
Mr C – fed up of being the Salman Rushdie or Howard hughes of the F1 world?
(I know thats not entirely correct, but it’s the best I can come up with at this time :p)
January 11th, 2009 at 00:47 #167 - Andy Taylor - trying to break Lou's comment record one post at a time... said:
No, that was Scott, the eventual winner. Sorry, it looks like the gremlins got into the gallery and the order wasn’t right. I’ve fixed it now. Steven is here:
http://ajtaylor.smugmug.com/photos/452499891_2RstH-M.jpg
January 11th, 2009 at 00:48 #168 - littlepurplegoth said:
Although surely it helps when there are so many willing to colude with yourselves?
January 11th, 2009 at 00:50 #169 - Andy Taylor - trying to break Lou's comment record one post at a time... said:
Smugmug gave me a little more control over my pictures when I was looking for an online host. It is a paid for service but storage and bandwidth are unlimited.
January 11th, 2009 at 00:53 #170 - Andy Taylor - trying to break Lou's comment record one post at a time... said:
Back in 2004 I should add.
January 11th, 2009 at 00:55 #171 - me said:
of course. you’d be surprised how many people, who regularly interact with sidepodcast, know my name and have met me at least once.
January 11th, 2009 at 01:00 #172 - me said:
seems nice. i’m not fond of white text on a black background, but other than that they seem v.cool.
January 11th, 2009 at 01:04 #173 - Spikey said:
right – i think it is time to retire – goodnight all
January 11th, 2009 at 01:06 #174 - me said:
cheers spikey.
January 11th, 2009 at 01:07 #175 - Andy Taylor - trying to break Lou's comment record one post at a time... said:
That’s the default, it can be changed.
January 11th, 2009 at 01:09 #176 - me said:
ahh, that helps
if you don’t mind, your pics should maybe also go onto the wiki, or maybe add a link to there to smugmug. t’otherwise they may get buried forever in the comments.
January 11th, 2009 at 01:09 #177 - lou said:
night.
January 11th, 2009 at 01:10 #178 - Andy Taylor - trying to break Lou's comment record one post at a time... said:
Feel free to add a link for now, I can provide URLs for each picture later
January 11th, 2009 at 01:16 #179 - me said:
done, cheers.
January 11th, 2009 at 01:33 #180 - lou said:
I’m off to get some sleep. speak to you tomorrow
Night x
January 11th, 2009 at 01:34 #181 - me said:
night lou.
January 11th, 2009 at 01:36 #182 - Andy Taylor - trying to break Lou's comment record one post at a time... said:
I’m heading off to bed as well. Had a great day
January 11th, 2009 at 01:42 #183 - me said:
me too. good times.
see ya bud.
January 11th, 2009 at 11:10 #184 - Alianora La Canta said:
i think we need a who’s got the worse sporting injury competition.
i have a bucket-seat shaped bruise on the back of my ribs. two sore feet and my head appears to droop forward like it’s been carrying a heavy weight,
anyone else? {me – 74 comments ago}
I have two decent-sized bruises on the insides of my knees where they hit the steering column hard (from separate incidents, I might add). My armpits also ache somewhat. Considering what I did in the race, I think I came out rather well…
I will say that the standard kart seat was perfect for me. There was a larger seat size for people who needed it, but I don’t think anyone from our brigade asked for one.
Dad has already said he needs to try and fit the minimum criteria to get into next year’s race
January 11th, 2009 at 11:15 #185 - Alianora La Canta said:
By the way, Dad gave me some feedback on the venue. He thought the organisers and karts were great, though he would have preferred a slightly wider track.
January 11th, 2009 at 11:34 #186 - Jeremy said:
mobile me time?
January 11th, 2009 at 11:53 #187 - me said:
already loving the online iwork stuff. might have to be done.
January 11th, 2009 at 15:44 #188 - Steven Roy said:
It was so cold at the karting the patio heater went out because the gas cylinder froze.
January 11th, 2009 at 15:47 #189 - Steven Roy said:
Mr C neglected to mention that he nicked my kart. I took the empty one without checking the number and won the race in his kart.
January 11th, 2009 at 15:47 #190 - lou said:
wow, that is cold.
January 11th, 2009 at 15:47 #191 - lou said:
haha that’s funny XD
January 11th, 2009 at 15:50 #192 - Steven Roy said:
I heard him say that yesterday and thought they are trying to tell you to get on your bike.
January 11th, 2009 at 15:51 #193 - Steven Roy said:
There is a scurrilous rumour of another session at the Festival of Speed but this time everyone who says they are going better turn up.
January 11th, 2009 at 15:52 #194 - me said:
January 11th, 2009 at 15:57 #195 - Steven Roy said:
I have a lovely big bruise on my spine which is three times the size it had to be because to use Jackie Stewart’s phrase ‘for a Scotsman of medium stature’ the accelerator pedals on two of the karts were such a stretch I was almost out of the seat to get them on the floor so a lot o my weight was on my back.
My right bashed against the steering column so often in the same manoeuvre that I have a lovely big bruise there.
My forearms are ba it sore from hanging on to the steering over all the bumps while in the advanced stages of hypothermia. i was speaking to Scott afterwards and both of us at one point did three consecutive heats and at the end of the third one both of us struggled to straighten our fingers.
January 11th, 2009 at 16:01 #196 - R.G (Mr C was robbed) said:
Of all the pics you coulda took, you took one of the gas cylinder.
January 11th, 2009 at 16:02 #197 - Steven Roy said:
Front numbers are driver numbers which only go from 1-7
January 11th, 2009 at 16:07 #198 - Selidor said:
But its not everyday you see a gas cylinder freeze is it?
January 11th, 2009 at 16:08 #199 - Steven Roy said:
The track was a bit narrow for the karts. i am sure their timing/scoring system was a bit off but i loved their attitude. When we had the briefing and he said if you stand on the steering arm and break it wou will go straight on and not fininfh the race. A lot of places would have said you will have to pay for it etc.
I have to admit when he said the karts were electric I thought they would be hopeless but they are as much fun and similar performance to petrol engined karts.
January 11th, 2009 at 16:08 #200 - me said:
christine’s being very polite about us being behind schedule. we’re late because everything is happening in slow motion, because everything hurts when i move,
much pain.
January 11th, 2009 at 16:10 #201 - Steven Roy said:
No it wasn’t.
I got out my (sorry his) kart and was told I wa in the next heat. When I checked the karts for it I noticed my number wasn’t there just as Mr C pulled in behind me with my number on his kart. So I had to explain why it wasn’t me that was in the next heat and they went and changed the scoring.
January 11th, 2009 at 16:12 #202 - R.G (Mr C was robbed) said:
Sounding like farcical stewarding
January 11th, 2009 at 16:12 #203 - Steven Roy said:
When we left last night Christine’s hands were freezing. I half expected that she would have had her ususal live motor sport induced flu by now.
January 11th, 2009 at 16:13 #204 - me said:
last time she was that cold was at silverstone… oh dear.
January 11th, 2009 at 16:15 #205 - lou said:
oh.
January 11th, 2009 at 16:17 #206 - me said:
it was funny from my point of view, i drove badly and came first
January 11th, 2009 at 16:31 #207 - Steven Roy said:
I thought it was hysterical. I finshed first but didn’t win. A bit like Lewis at Spa. Fortunately Allan Donnelly wasn’t around so it all got sorted.
January 11th, 2009 at 16:49 #208 - Steven Roy said:
I just tried to stand up and discovered that both thighs ache. Tomorrow morning is going to be painful.
January 11th, 2009 at 18:17 #209 - Andy Taylor - trying to break Lou's comment record one post at a time... said:
Well I’ve got a few bruises on my back, but otherwise I feel just fine.
January 11th, 2009 at 21:47 #210 - Alianora La Canta said:
My armpits have stopped aching. Apart from the two bruises from hitting the steering column, I’m fine.
I totally missed the stewarding issue. Glad to hear it was resolved in an amicable manner.
The karting numbers identifying people were at the front and were:
1 Andy Taylor
2 ScottyD
3 Neil P.
4 Neil P.’s friend
5 Alianora La Canta
6 me
7 Steven Roy
The numbers at the back were identifying the individual kart, presumably for the benefit of the organisers.
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