1fasttiller
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I apologize if its been discussed before, seen a few posts while searching but most info was pretty short or generic.. so on that note here goes!
We went to the World 100 in Jasper this weekend and entered my son in his first Stock Light race as well as both Jr Stock and Pro Jr Stock. Long story short, we qualified horribly (as we do most of the time at any big event) but ended up with one of the fastest karts in the field come feature time, sadly the back pack starting spots at a race of this caliber make it almost impossible to drive to the front in 15-20 laps.
Although I am very proud of his P9 finish in light and Jr Stock after starting P15/P17 I want to know what is the trick to qualify good at a race of this magnitude? What are we missing? We do all the normal things like higher air, a bit more gear etc but its never enough. The Pole sitter ran 2-3 tenths slower in the race than what he qualified at. I also watched very closely and noticed many top guys would make their fastest lap on lap 1 of qualifying and then slow down significantly... we usually have our best lap on lap 3 ( the last one lol)
We went to the World 100 in Jasper this weekend and entered my son in his first Stock Light race as well as both Jr Stock and Pro Jr Stock. Long story short, we qualified horribly (as we do most of the time at any big event) but ended up with one of the fastest karts in the field come feature time, sadly the back pack starting spots at a race of this caliber make it almost impossible to drive to the front in 15-20 laps.
Although I am very proud of his P9 finish in light and Jr Stock after starting P15/P17 I want to know what is the trick to qualify good at a race of this magnitude? What are we missing? We do all the normal things like higher air, a bit more gear etc but its never enough. The Pole sitter ran 2-3 tenths slower in the race than what he qualified at. I also watched very closely and noticed many top guys would make their fastest lap on lap 1 of qualifying and then slow down significantly... we usually have our best lap on lap 3 ( the last one lol)