Category: Sports

What They Call A “Mobile Chicane”

I just got back to the office, and my arms are sore enough that I can barely type.

We went to a nearby kart track for the afternoon as a “team-building exercise,” though the competition was pretty informal. Driving the karts was pretty fun, and a chance to exercise a bit of racing skills, but… a) it’s hell on your arms and wrists due to the grip and turning force you need to exert, so you don’t want to do too many laps at once, b) the track was rather bumpy, and c) based on the results, you definitely don’t want me on your team. Our team did manage to get second place, but it definitely wasn’t thanks to me.

Ah well, I do have a bit of a weight disadvantage… I’m just happy I didn’t spin out or crash.

Day Three

And now, the main event:

Unfortunately by this point I was running low on space on my memory card, since I couldn’t get the video off of the camera without special software I didn’t have on me and that Canon wouldn’t let me download, so I didn’t get as many post-race shots as I wanted.

Now That’s Racing

Just got back from the race, and it was nuts. Alonso’s failed first-corner stunt and subsequent off-track excursions, Kubica’s horrible crash (thankfully he’s okay), Trulli crashing during a safety car period (before fully making it out of pit lane, even), Trulli and Rosberg spinning simultaneously without even touching, Wurz holding on for third despite a broken rear wing most of the race, a groundhog on the track, more safety cars than you can shake a stick at, Sato passing both Raikkonen and Alonso…

People had been complaining that the races so far this year had been too boring, but I think this one was trying to make up for all of those others.

I have tons of photos, including the support races and other sessions, but it’ll probably take *days* to sort and postprocess them all… (Update: Photos from all three days are now available here.)