PCI- Indoor Challenge 2015
Race 1 on the 25th of January 2015
At Kylemore Karting Dublin
Hi all,
What a start to the PCI Karting season 2015
I can’t imagine I could have asked for more than the kick off we had
Every single one of the 10 competitors raced to their full potential after some practice laps with the predictable urge of racing fair with combative instinct to win. It threw up a few surprises but not unexpected and a few race incidents which where all taken as part of the course.
From my point of view everyone had an absolute ball and may some of us need to shape up a lil like loose a few kgs or maybe some youth tonic to get the edge on some of the lads. Haha Toni and Ted if I find one I will share it with you both, though Ted and Toni I think you was a lil unlucky and I my case deffo some kgs lol.
I have to admit I was well out of training and was already tiring after the first heat and wondered how I was going to get through the rest of the heats. But it would be fair to say that we made them all sweat and work hard to either win a race or to place.
Please find below our new point scoring system for the PCI-Indoor Karting Challenge 2015 Race 1
Points scored during the heats in which everyone was called 4times to the Karts.
Ted 80 points
Ben 65 points
Richard 85 points
Billy 70 points
Michel 65 points
Tony 60 points
Mark 80 points
Stuart 65 points
Colm 70 points
George 60 points
We then were called to the semi Finals of which there were 2 needless to say hotly contested by everyone all the way and bags of fun.
Points scored as follows
Semi Final 1
Richard 25 points
Billy 20 points
Mark 15 points
Ben 10 points
Tony 5 points
Semi Final 2
Colm 25 points
Ted 20 points
Stuart 15 points
George 10 points
Michel 5 points
As there were only 6 places for the Final it meant the last 2 of each of the Semi Finals were eliminated.
The Final was as thrilling being watched from us by now on the side-line as from the lads competing in it. We had a blow by blow account by each other per lap and lap- times just tumbling as everyone set personal best times in the pursuit.
Colm did run away with it clearly almost from the start as Ted, Billy and Richie fought for the 2nd position from the start, while Richie was the favoured for it though, he had to fight tooth and nail to the very last yard of the race. Ted unluckily had an incident that cost him his race as Billy chased to the end but hat to content with 3rd while Mark in combat with Stuart with positions changing between them from lap to lap but just about shaded 4th , Stuart had to settle for 5th after a brave battle and Ted with his race run after the incident on lap 7settled for 6th.
The points for the Final are as follows
Colm 25 points
Richard 20 points
Billy 15 points
Mark 10 points
Stuart 5 points
Ted 4 points
Colm also scored 10 points for as him had the fastest lap of the day with 23.20sec on lap 4 of the Final.
The total point score by everyone throughout the event as follows below
Ted 104 points
Ben 75 points
Richard 130 points
Billy 105 points
Michel 70 points
Tony 65 points
Mark 105 points
Stuart 85 points
Colm 130 points
George 70 points
How close can it get … How could you not be enthralled by this event with that kind of commitment and exciting competition while no one spared anything and left all out on the track and let it be known the guys who didn’t make the Final did just as good as lap times were as close in each heat and made it such an exceptional event.
Leaves me now only to thank everyone who made it a classic PCI-Karting event and am looking forward to our outdoor season starting in some 5 to 6 weeks’ time and I bet it be just as enthralling.
Look out for dates and venues to be confirmed over the next week or so and the 28th of February 2015 provisionally booked for our traditional Waterford Dinner and Trophy presentation of the 2014 outdoor season.
Hope to see you there George