The 2 hour endurance kart races have started up again at G Force Karts in Richmond. I think the season consists of one race a month for six months. Its a team event. You are required to make 3 driver changes so it makes sense to have a team of 4. I've been running their enduros for quite a few years now.
Whoever qualifies is required to start the race and I think that has been my job all but one or two events. You only have 5 laps to throw down a quick lap and usually I can put us in the top 3. This wasn't my best showing and I ended up putting us 5th out of 6 on the starting grid. Usually we have 8 teams racing. My first stint lasted for over 30 minutes and I only gained one position after trailing the guy for probably 15 minutes (~35 laps). We ended up 4th in the race. We did well though because we had a slow kart and any slight disadvantage is huge over a 2 hour period. Running 35 minutes wasn't as difficult as usual but it impacted me physical more than ever. My lower back is super sore which isn't all that normal after karting. And I have an open wound on my back. There is a high speed turn on the track where you pull a good couple G forces each lap. Imagine having to work against twice the force of gravity (twice your weight) every time you take a turn every lap for 30 minutes. It's an extremely physical task. It's a clockwise track with mostly right-hand turns so I rubbed the skin off my back just to the left of my spin as my weight was pushed against the seat. The first pic is from a few hours after and the second is from this evening.
Its a clockwise track so most of the turns go towards the right and therefore my wound is on the left.
UPDATE: The scab is almost gone 12 days later. I don't heal like I used to.
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