These photos were taken at our November Enduro event at Firebird's
Main track. These were taken during the Qualifying session.
Cool sequence entering the Tower Turn. Doing about 55.9 mph and
pulling 1.61 G's at this point according to our data acquisition
computer. You can see them really leaning their heads into the
corner as Tyler (#18) and Rich (#54) try to cut under the kart in
front of them with a tighter line.
http://www.southwestkarters.com/?page_id=51&lzkfile=Nov_2007_Enduro%2FRSR_4119.jpg
http://www.southwestkarters.com/?page_id=51&lzkfile=Nov_2007_Enduro%2FRSR_4120.jpg
http://www.southwestkarters.com/?page_id=51&lzkfile=Nov_2007_Enduro%2FRSR_4121.jpg
http://www.southwestkarters.com/?page_id=51&lzkfile=Nov_2007_Enduro%2FRSR_4122.jpg
You can then see Tyler has the inside rear wheel WAY OFF the ground
in this shot going around the corner on three wheels to cut it even
tighter to pass Rich and the kart in front of Rich. The guy that
took the photos added a graphic showing how far off the ground the
wheel is and added a comment. HeHe...
http://www.southwestkarters.com/?page_id=51&lzkfile=Nov_2007_Enduro%2FRSR_4123.jpg
Here you can see that his line has changed a ton from doing that.
http://www.southwestkarters.com/?page_id=51&lzkfile=Nov_2007_Enduro%2FRSR_4124.jpg
Tyler Qualified 3rd out of
Top speed at the end of the front straight is 102.3 mph
Top RPM: 12,592
Top G load seen: 2.11
Between Turns 9 and 10 the 125cc Shifter karts are in sixth gear
doing 90 mph and within 1.7 seconds they will transition from a
left hand turn pulling 1.65 G to the right hand turn where they will
pull 2.11 G.
The absolute highest G I have seen him hit on Firebird was the
section entering what is known as the "Concrete Canyon" where he got to 2.65 G
Here is a helmet cam video taken during the Qualifying session that same day
http://www.southwestkarters.com/?page_id=88 Second Row on the right
hand side. The kart you briefly see going off track (it flipped)
brought out a black flag right in the middle of the session.
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