News
3/8/10
25 drivers took to the track last night in in warm and dry
conditions using the DMAX karts set up at their higher power
setting. What an amazing race! Afterwards, I didn't hear any of the
usual type of complaints about karts, but I did hear lots of
complaints about tiredness and drivers' own inability to get the
best out of the equipment provided! I am pretty sure that everyone
on track must have set a personal best lap time and understand that
the lap record also fell. I wish we could afford to use this fleet
for all of our events.
8/6/10
We had a larger grid last night than at the 2 previous races with 22
taking to the track. It was technically a dry race, but you had to
persuade yourself to ignore the light but clearly visible rain on
your visor during qualifying and the first half of the race! Dan
Sherwood arrived late, just in time to get out on track to qualify
to take part, but too late to set a qualifying lap time. Starting
from the back of the grid, he stormed through to finish 3rd, to my
personal annoyance as he managed to pass me on the very last lap!
13/04/10
Last night the club held its first race of the season under
excellent (dry and bright) conditions. This year we are not going to
be using a handicap system, neither are we using weight or
performance divisions. We are already planning to enter teams for 3,
12 and 24 hour open races this year.
13/10/09
In this year's 12 Hour Deepings Round Table F1 Charity Race, a team
from ANKC once again put in a very good performance, finishing a
close 2nd behind the Williams F1 team, and coming 1st in class. As a
result our chosen charity, Willen Hospice, recently received a prize
cheque for £2250.
The first 24 Hour kart race was held at Daytona Milton Keynes over the weekend of 19th/20th September. The club entered a team called "Abbey Farewell" for this event. In case you can't guess, the name stems from the fact that this may very well be the last event we enter while the company is still called Abbey. Unfortunately the name got entered into the race timing system incorrectly, so we appeared as "Abbey Fairwell"! The team itself fared a bit better. After 24 hours racing and 15 pit stops we crossed the line 4 seconds behind the winning team in the prokart class. We would have actually finished a lap ahead but for a quirk of the way mandatory service checks were run, which enabled the team we were racing to make less fuel stops than us.
Daytona MK have announced a boost of 30% in the power of their DMAX karts!
07/04/09
The club did not receive a grant from the Abbey Sports and Social
Club this year. This meant that it was unable to continue to
subsidise club events as it had in the past, and this in turn led to
a drop in race entries from club members. We have therefore moved
the club championship for this year to Whilton Mill, which has a
lower minimum booking requirement and is also less expensive. The
results from the March race will not now be counted towards the
championship, which will be scored as the best 6 out of 8 races at
Whilton Mill.
The first race last night led to some very close and enjoyable
racing. Carrying extra weight is not such a handicap on the circuit
at Whilton Mill as the one at Daytona; a fact much appreciated by 1
or 2 drivers (Louis) who have been eating too well over the last few
years.
02/03/09
The new season opened with a good turnout of 27 drivers. Although
the 4 division system did not work very well last year, it was
decided to try again with the establishment of a 2 division system
this year. The race director commented upon the good behaviour of
all, with the black flag not being required, and quite an easy time
being had by the track marshals. The handicap start once again
ensured some interesting racing for all and a tough challenge for
the quickest drivers.
07/10/08
The final race of our summer season took place last night in
slightly drizzly conditions but with the track remaining dry for
most of the time. No surprises in Divisions 1 and 3 which were
already decided, but the final results in Divisions 2 and 4 might
have been different if some of the other contenders had turned up
for this last race.
05/08/08
The new 2-stroke karts have arrived at Daytona, and the new
4-strokes will be arriving over the next few weeks. So we will have
all new gear to play with by the end of the month.
15/07/08
Daytona have 2 new fleets of karts on order. First, expected to
arrive in August, will be the
2-stroke Rotax Max fleet. With 50% more power and 40 kilograms
less weight they are expected to lap about 5 seconds quicker than
the existing 4-stroke Prokarts. The 4-stroke fleet is also due to be
replaced later in the
year.