November 8th, 2011 at 01:07am
I nearly missed the bus on monday to get to the track in time for my race o.O i think it was the last bus as well XD
I don't think that would have gone down well if I'd not been able to get on it on time... but I have to make the same trip tomorrow on the same bus for another race.... i'll just have to call tony and tell him to come and get me from the bus station if i do miss it :L it's only like 5-10 minutes drive from the track depending on the traffic... which is usually bad lol
I went karting today about 7 laps in he turned up out of the pits in front of me I was like... wtf? when did you get here? he could have told me he was going :L apparently he's full of surprises, not sure whether that's a good or bad thing! haha
but tomorrow night we're not racing on the same team, it's an every man for himself situation but it's the last race of the championship and he could win the shampionship... if he wins the race so i have to somehow stay out of his way but get in the way of everyone else... which will be hard because he's always telling me i'm really good at defending... my only problem i never have any idea of who is behind me o.O so if it's him i'm just gonna be like shiiiit, but i think he'd kill me if i got in the way and i'd feel awful. They were telling me to try and get in the way of him and i was just like ummm... no way XD but i don't mind holding everyone else up so he can get away lol so here's to hoping i don't miss the bus! XD
JUst done my first Grand Prix race... it is SOOOO much better than endurance racing! There was something like 20 of us there tonight. I was leading in points for most of the night! MY first ever one! The only heat I lost a place in was when I started 1st and went to 2nd because tony was in 2nd and he's actually competing for the championship so I couldn't not let him past... well i could have done, but this was only my first time, I'm not competing for the championship so I let him through :L But he held my hand part way back to the pits which was a bit weird, trying to steer with one hand and hold the other one across the kart as far as possible :L It's a good job I let him through, it meant he could start on pole for the final.... where I started third in the middle of the top guys on the grid who are all going for points for the championship and then there's me sticking my nose in XD and I held off matthew for so long... but there was a gap for 2nd and i went for it but he ended up coming past me while I was trying to go past someone else :L It was a lot of fun actually, I was attacking the guy in front while defending the guy behind at the same time and it torked for the most part... I could have been 2nd in my first ever Grand Prix race... but I've ended up in 4th because i was trying too hard to get an extra place XD there was a gap i had to go for it! lol but when they were doing the trophy presentation and they said where everyone came and i was in forth the guy goes 'and in 4th we have emily doing her first ever grand prix, could have been second but lost it a couple of laps from the end. and yes lads.. she is better than all of you' XD I was like kind of embarrassed because then everyone was looking at me :L but tony has given me his champagne for doing so well... he didn't think i was going to do anywhere near as well as i did :L
so... first ever grand prix and i was so very nearly second it;s not even funny!!