10-07-2018, 09:19 PM
Thanks, Dave and everyone, for your input here. I appreciate your efforts to explain both the mechanical side of the matter, as well as the driving techniques.
With each opportunity to practice, I am learning new techniques. With each event, the stress of learning the flow of these events has decreased and I'm more able to focus on the acts of driving and tuning. (I am way more confident mechanically, but I've also been taught quite a bit in that regard during this rookie season of karting.) A lot of my driving has been by random trial and error. A litmus test for me is when my wife, Natalie, comments whether I look "comfortable" or "uncomfortable" out there. With the advice I've been given here and at each event, I've started to look "more comfortable" at Oreville and Cuddebackville.
-Kurt
With each opportunity to practice, I am learning new techniques. With each event, the stress of learning the flow of these events has decreased and I'm more able to focus on the acts of driving and tuning. (I am way more confident mechanically, but I've also been taught quite a bit in that regard during this rookie season of karting.) A lot of my driving has been by random trial and error. A litmus test for me is when my wife, Natalie, comments whether I look "comfortable" or "uncomfortable" out there. With the advice I've been given here and at each event, I've started to look "more comfortable" at Oreville and Cuddebackville.
-Kurt