Name: Jack Swinkels
What kind of team are you looking for? (Race, Drift, Cruise, Drag or other): Race Age: 16 Country: The Netherlands Preferred Car/Track: FBM/FOX/FO8/FXR, All tracks Average Laptime on Car/Track: http://www.lfsworld.net/?win=stats&racer=Solidum[NL] How Active Are You?: Active enough Not 24/7 because of school, but whenever I want to race I can race. Time Zone: CET (Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, etc.) Good Qualities: Dutch Rotax Max Champion, so I know how to race hard, but fair. I am able to win races when I am 0,5 seconds slower than the rest of the pack in LFS. Bad Qualities: Almost never the fastest during a race in LFS. Best result in LFS event: 2nd behind my teammate at the NL.LFS.2 round in Kyoto with FO8 (http://www.rubberduckyracing.net/?q=node/25)
I race Rotax Max Senior!
Doing the Dutch, and European Rotax Max championships.
From my team's website (www.tkp.nl , I'm the webmaster aswell lol):
First laps at the age of 6 at Indoor-karting Berlikum (Holland). At the beginning of 2001, first racing lessons at Alnone racing school, ran by Bas Kaligis in Lelystad. Kart: Kombikart Honda Cadet.
First race in August 2001 (last place).
First podium (third) in June 2002 in Venray.
First won race: KNAF NK, 20th of October 2002 at De Landsard, Eindhoven
Chrono Honda Cadet 2002: 5th
KNAF Honda Cadet 2002: 5th
Chrono Honda Cadet '03: Dutch Champion
KNAF Honda Cadet '03: Dutch Champion
Switch to Rotax Minimax at the end of 2003. Kart: Energy, Rotax Max
Chrono Wintercup 2003-2004: 3rd
Chrono Rotax Max Challenge 2004: 7th
Chrono Wintercup 2004-2005: 3rd
Chrono Rotax Max Challenge 2005: 5th
Switch to Rotax Max Junior at the end of 2005. Kart: Energy Kinetic, Rotax Max
Chrono Wintercup 2005-2006: 9de
Chrono Rotax Max Challenge 2006: 11th with a lot of bad luck
KNAF Dutch Rotax Max championship: 3rd
Switch to Intrepid, Rotax Max Junior
Chrono Rotax Max Challenge 2007: Dutch Champion
Rotax Euro Challenge 2007: 9th
Rotax Max World Finals 2007: 4th
Switch to Rotax Max Senior at the end of 2007. Kart: Intrepid Cruiser 2008
Chrono Rotax Max Challenge 2008: 7th
KNAF Dutch Championship: 8th
Rotax Max Euro Challenge 2008: 15th
Formula Ford test at Zandvoort
This year was unbelievably unlucky for me.. Driven a total of 12 races, only finished the first one without any bad luck. All of the other ones there was atleast SOMETHING going on (either someone crashed into me, or my engine broke down, loose exhaust, etc...)
Next year will be good though! Also Rotax Senior with Team TKP Intrepid.
Apologies for not posting this together with the request for a helmet, but here is something completely different!
Will someone take the time to make this suit for me? (Intrepid Kart Technology)
Was just wondering if maybe someone is willing to have a go at skinning my RL helmet into the game?
I think it's rather complicated, so it would be amazing to me if someone manages to pull this off!
I race karts
Rotax to be precise.
Have done juniors this year, got dutch champion, 9th in euro challenge, and 4th at the world championships in Al Ain (UAE)
Now I'm moving up to seniors.
For those who are interested, got two links for you
A review from the 2007 season: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csqNJ_WBs-w
And my website (it's in Dutch but ah well:razz: http://www.jackswinkels.nl
BMW didn't want Heidfeld to go flat out because of safety etc. And he had to run on extremely hard bridgestone tires. (over 6 sec. slower on a normal track). Also the gearing ratio was adjusted (his topspeed was 275 km/h) and the ride height had to be adjusted, because of the bumps (+4 cm at the front, +8 cm at the rear). And ofcourse, he had to slow down for the cameras. If all those things weren't the case, he would've easily broken the lap record. Anyways, I think it's very cool