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Thursday, September 27, 2007

25 Sept - Head Swinging Party !

after a long lay off, i finally overcome my fear of doing something
extreme and went off to my kart again!
after almost 8-10 weeks!!

no adverse reaction. on the 1st session. phew
need and adjusted my seat one inch forward. i was toeing both
the brake and the accelerator.

after about 20 mins of adjustment to the seat, i went out on to the
track again. better feel. but somehow i reckon the brake is too soft.
hmmmm
after a couple of laps, coming into the pit i realized that the brake
component has been broken!!
wah, had been karting ard without much brakes! thankfully, there
was a extra brake cable. else i will be heading striaght into any of
the tyres barrier

3rd session, already feel tired. mainly from the neck. spin once at
Turn 1. boss did helped me to time my lap. it's fairly inconsistent.
timing is at abt 42sec.
my fault according to him are at Turn 1, 2 and 3.
too fast into turn 1, slow too much to regain speed for the next 2
turn. that is likely to cost me abt 1-2 sec, especially when i cannot
accel hard thru turn 2 and 3 before the long straight. lesson learnt.
application is another thing. HA

4th session, they gladly open the full track for me. not that i asked,
but they wanted me to practice!! i am happy to oblige. but i know
i will be slow as the neck is really starting to swing all around at
every single corner, and start to go back while accelerating, and
forward while braking! after about 6 laps, i stopped.

test session completed, i reckon.
today i wanted to test my body rather than the kart.
i think i passed. phew!

the following day, for the 1st time in my life, i felt that my neck
muscle ached!
wat a great feeling!
=)

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Frustrations of unable to watch and drive

Recently, SCV had been rather lousy in its F1 coverage.
feeling let down, and frustrated with the increase of price$ and
decrease in coverage, i HIT back....

Sep 18, 2007 on STI


SCV should start providing more coverage for Grand Prix races
I AM an avid fan of motorsports and am really thrilled to have
our own Grand Prix here next year.

However, I am upset that SCV had either refused or did not
acquire the rights to show F1 qualifying rounds (normally on
StarSports, 24) on the Saturday of a race weekend.

Firstly, with the dramatic increase of the cost of subscribing to
the sports group from SCV, I would expect them to be providing
customers with live coverage of sporting events, and not have
some re-run programmes on the time slot.

Secondly, with the Grand Prix coming to our shores next year,
shouldn't SCV start to have more F1 coverage in order to rouse
the interest of the public in the sports?

Over time, with more coverage, the massive event in 2008
should have a great local turnout, and more viewership.



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