EDIT : damn. edited instead of posting new message. GRR

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Will Dendy is available for private tuition to indoor drivers, for drivers who want to learn how to blitz their opposition, drop him an email at [email protected]

My god... people are willing to pay for this!?

Niki don't get any ideas!!!

no niki! thats just the noobs guide to getting in a kart. people dont pay for that

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My god... people are willing to pay for this!?

You never know

Anyways, a good tutorial. Although I have to ask / say, what difference does it really make how you put your hands on the wheel, as long as you keep them there all the time (don't let go)? The most important thing is just to be able to steer the kart, changing your grip between corners just makes the overall sense of feeling the kart harder. When I raced, I used something around 20 to 4 - although somebody using 10 to 2 didn't make any difference. What's the natural position for your hands depends on the length of your arms & back and of course the seat position

And I think you should put something about observing right to the basic stuff. Due to possible difference in drivers' experience overtaking situations (and accidents) can happen very quickly, newbies should learn to know what happens around them especially when braking into a corner. It also helps in positioning your kart on the track later on.

How bout this one guy I saw at an indoor karting place that would lean to the outside while in a corner... is that some special technique? He was like .3 off the track record and was going VERY fast. It was strange to me how he drove, because it looked like he was drunk and about to fall off the kart

Was wierd, because normally people would lean to the inside, but this guy... ehhh wierd. :zombie:

only new guys lean to the inside, leaning to the outside transfers weight to the outside and lifts the inside rear wheel, which is designed into the karts to stop it bogging with the solid rear axle when the vid of the UK meet comes, u will see me and 3J leaning outwards

and how u hold the wheel affects the stiffness of the chassis, not so much on an indoor kart, which is why i didnt explain, but on outdoor when u stiffen your arm it plants the inside rear wheel on the floor giving the kart more understeer.

thanks for the suggestion Huru, ill get to that right away!