I agree Thomas, there were two drivers who spring to mind that weren't the cleanest shall we say. One was my son, who had never karted before and didn't understand the CRC rules (to say the least). The other I think was a rush of blood to the head....

Let's hope that it will not be repeated next year, as it did spoil the spirit of the day, and I saw that it was team 1 who seemed to be on the receiving end of most of it

Apart from that, I thought everyone else drove with upmost sporting behaviour, except me (see below)

I was about to overtake Dave (stormcloud, my own teammate in lfs), had 2 cars behind, and braked quite late going into the corkscrew. I got it wrong and bumped Dave to the outside. I overtook, said sorry but didn't give the place back due to the 2 cars behind... Really sorry for that one Dave, was a genuine accident with the bump, but I still should have given the place back no matter how many places it cost me..

Last edited by jasonmatthews, Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:49.

Well everyone, I'm almost recovered (well not really). Had about 6 hours sleep all weekend, but was well worth it.

I would like to thank everyone for coming and hope you all enjoyed yourselves as much as I did. Also thanks for looking after my house (apart from the serving hatch stunt which has left a hole in one of my new walls and a bit of repainting to be done )

It was great seeing lots of old faces again and also the new ones. If anyone is wondering, arox was a lovely guy and it was a pleasure having him there, more than welcome to come back

I think the whole weekend went really well, and seeing how knackered everyone was by the end of the karting, we had plenty of track time even with the increased numbers. The karting itself was a blast, the karts were definitely better than the year before, although there were at least one super fast kart (number 6 in last race), and one slow kart (number 1 in last race). The fast kart didn't matter so much as Franky500 had it . but I did feel sorry for the Swedes, who should have said something BEFORE the event finished, as I'm sure the marshalls could have taken a look at it.

My personal karting day went very well. The first race Mark (my brother) got black flagged, then KayJay ran out of fuel, swapped karts, then I did an extra unneeded pitstop, so to come 5th wasn't so bad. In the endurance race we were determined to at least get a podium and drove like a bat out of hell, and I think all 3 of us drove very well, and to finish 4 laps ahead with the win was great!

It was good to see 6 teams take home something from the day, and Franky500 getting the Driver of the Day was a nice, and deserved touch.

Alot of us partied hard on the Friday, and I have hazy memories of Bread getting his ass out a few times on the live stream, which of course he had to better on the Saturday The Saturday started off slowly with everyone being knackered, but after a bit of food (thanks alot Tongey for cooking!) and a few beers, turned out to be another legendary night.

On Sunday I missed saying goodbye to a few people, so sorry for that (although I did stay up till 6am). We then had another BBQ, a few more beers and watched the F1 (with LFS style remote and timing). A perfect finish to a great weekend

Thanks again to everyone for coming and making it a great Kart Meet, and of course you are all welcome back next year. I have spoken to the missus and she has OK'd it, so if you would all like me to do it again, I'd be more than happy to. It gets easier each year to organise, and it also helps that alot came last time. Next year I want my bed though, not mentioning no names cargame.nl

Last edited by jasonmatthews, Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:31.

A better photo of the group thanks to cargame.nl, we'll caption it later

Karting Results:

1 hour race
Team 3 The Very End becky rose danthebangerboy derbutz - 113 laps
Team 9 breadc Tongey [SR] Paul Daniel Matthews - 111 laps
Team 8 johnhilton cargame.nl mackash Andrew Lovett - 111 laps
Team 10 boothy 1993weeman jasonl220 Rudolfa - 110 laps
Team 2 ferret KayJay jasonmatthews - 110 laps
Team 7 Nicka pswillies nigelpm dollarek - 110 laps
Team 1 Holtti.Jr Andreas B felplacerad - 109 laps
Team 4 peterules [SR] Keith Stormcloud - 108 laps
Team 6 franky500 bobsmith arox123 brood - 108 laps
Team 5 adamlfs Mackie The Staggie mp3astra count.bazley - 104 laps

3 hour race
Team 2 ferret KayJay jasonmatthews - 337 laps
Team 4 peterules [SR] Keith Stormcloud - 333 laps
Team 10 boothy 1993weeman jasonl220 Rudolfa - 332 laps
Team 8 johnhilton cargame.nl mackash Andrew Lovett - 327 laps
Team 1 Holtti.Jr Andreas B felplacerad - 324 laps
Team 6 franky500 bobsmith arox123 brood - 324 laps
Team 3 The Very End becky rose danthebangerboy derbutz - 323 laps
Team 5 adamlfs Mackie The Staggie mp3astra count.bazley - 322 laps
Team 7 Nicka pswillies nigelpm dollarek - 319 laps
Team 9 breadc Tongey [SR] Paul Daniel Matthews - 313 laps

Last edited by jasonmatthews, Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:01.

Still up

Guess what, I am still up, with Boothy, Jason, Franky & der butz :P

We might make bed soon for the big day tomorrow, hope to see you all next year

Count Bazley, Arox

Fel, Mike and BreadC (adamlfs in the back).

Last edited by jasonmatthews, Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:38.

Passo putting up his tent, we are having a cracking time :P

Insert coins here

Some early arrivals

Franky500
count.bazley
passo
breadc
arox
adamlfs

OK, we can work it all out tonight

Quote from John Hilton :

as long as we are competitive and we win thats fine

if you need any extra moneys to pay for a smaller team i can do that also if needed. (be better to give you any moneys tonight now tbh)

Will keep that in mind, not 100% sure my brother in law can make it yet

Time to talk about teams

I have tried to arrange the teams into the groups that I assume want to be together.

Please tell me who you would rather race with, this is just my quick thoughts -

1.
Holtti.Jr
Andreas B
felplacerad

2.
Mark
KayJay
Turkey

3.
theveryend
becky rose
danthebangerboy
derbutz

4.
Pete
Keith
Dave

5.
adamlfs
Mackie The Staggie
mp3astra
count.bazley

6.
Nicka
pswillies
nigelpm
dollarek

7.
franky500
bobsmith
arox123
brood

8.

johnhilton
cargame.nl
mackash
andrew lovett

9.
breadc
Tongey
Paul
Daniel

10.
boothy
1993weeman
jasonl220
Rudolf

Last edited by jasonmatthews, Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:52.

To answer a few questions - I expect the earliest arrivals around 4-5pm.

The severn bridge costs £5.40 or something like that I think. No cards!

Track is the same, the karts are new ones. Same power, better condition and gearing for the big people apparently.

Bring the airbed John, but sharing is appreciated with the limited space.

Cargame/Dave, bring the sleeping bag if you have space, up to you.

Yes, it is in the OP. Definite times can't be set, but as more of us are racing, we will try to get more tracktime.

Basically it will be practice, half endurance and full endurance.

For those getting an airplane, I have enough spare sleeping bags and sofa's so you won't need to bring that, a bit less luggage

Mark has already offered as have I, but we need to see first about the ones in the list, will let you know

Ok we are 3 people down atm. I would like to offer the people who have paid £55 the chance to team up in teams of 3 instead of 4. This will mean you will get more track time each, which you have already paid for. I think this is the only way we can do this fairly, is everyone OK with that?

Obviously, the teams of 3 will have to pit the same amount of times as everyone else to make it fair. If anyone in this list would rather go in a team of 4 then let me know. We can sort this out tomorrow night for the details, but I thought it best to let you all know my plans.


*30. Holtti.Jr £55
*17. Andreas B £55
*19. felplacerad £55

*27. The Very End £55
*12. brood £55
*31. Becky Rose £55
*37. storm_cloud £55

*39. arox123 £53.66

Last edited by jasonmatthews, Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:45.

Quote from GFresh :

And for god's sake, don't let them find your gas mask!!

Are you coming? If so there are places left for you to Kart. Could you also ask snewham aswell?

Quote from John Hilton :

might bring a tent also, not sure..... how many people are stayin' at the house jason?[/COLOR]

Well depends on the weather I guess. The ones who bring tents are welcome to stay inside if it pisses down

Happy birthday and grats to Josh and the team

Quote from franky500 :

it just means i dont have to travel into central london via train + Tube to then get on anothher train out to wales.

If im able to jump in with you it means a 20 minute bus ride to the picadilly line at oakwood and then stay on it till the end.

Its down to you in the end! if you think you can do it just let me know by thursday and i can be at the airport whatever time you specify.

In terms of luggage, for me its always a case of if it cant fit in 1 bag + laptop bag then it does not come with me in either direction.
Also to pay towards fuel has to be less then getting the train! :P

It also saves somebody picking me up from the center of newport

Let me know asap then if you need a lift or not

Quote from rockclan :

Status report:

With regret I must report that I've become very sick. And therefor can not compete to the kartmeeting.

I will not take my plane which I have sadly already checked in for. So Jason if there's someone on the reserve list still wanting to kart, please let him go.

I have to be in hospital for several days from Thursday, and will return after the kartmeeting.

@Becky, you don't need to pick me up anymore, I'm sorry for this trouble.

Ahh mate, I am sorry you couldn't make it. Hope you get well soon.

Was looking forward to meeting you, but the main thing is your health

Grats Sean, all the best mate

Best way from England is to take Junction 24 of the M4, up the a449. This avoids alot of the traffic around Newport. Stay on the a449, take the abergavenny turnoff (2nd turning), follow the a465 all the way to brynmawr. Take the brynmawr turnoff and follow signs to blaina. Directions here

If you are coming from up North, then come off junction 8 of M5, just as quick and you avoid the Severn bridge toll and all the traffic. Directions here

Last edited by jasonmatthews, Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:52.