46.594 is my best currently.

Yeah I feel you. I am 122kg currently looking to get sub 100kg and only managed to get that time once as well. Lucky Kart maybe I guess..

Stay tuned for a video of my 122kg getting flung out of the kart which I didn't even know was possible either for someone so heavy to get thrown out of the kart...

40.518 the up ramp screws me as a heavy karter :(

I quite like the Birmingham track. It's quite good fun and once it's warmed up the 90 degree bend is a good challenge. It ultimately depends. Usually they are just spur of the moment things. We did an event on Saturday night which I had to drop out of but still attended though after a nasty crash at Teamsport Bristol on Friday night where I no longer stayed in the kart. Stay tuned for the video on that one.

I would but my weight makes it so hard to compete and puts me off the members events ultimately :(

No I don't have an issue with the staff usually. Usually they just remind you its at your own risk that's all.

Its a 39.119 as its quite hard being a heavy karter with the ramp sadly.

They are the standard biz eco volt gt's and they aren't too bad. If it's cold the tight turn by the pits will be quite hard to achieve at full speed until late into the race.

@ okay mate thank you so much wasn’t expecting a reply this quick! have a good day

Its just a running phone holder. Around £10 on amazon and then strapped so I can look at how I am doing periodically :)

Biz Evo 3's so quite old now.

Really? On the website it says 200cc sodi karts and looking at images online they definitely used to have sodi karts

@MrBEaTs539 They are definitely BIZ I can assure you. Got the B in the middle of the wheel too!

@lodgewhite fair enough I remember some of the karts a couple years ago were far quicker I could get a 35 second lap in those

I am due to go do a south coast marathon in March of all the Teamsport tracks down that way. So I'll let you know then / feel free to subscribe and take a look at the video when it comes out then. Once I've done that trip I'll have been to every teamsport in the UK then! If it's anything like High Wycombe its taken 3 months to grip up so I'm hoping by March it'll be a lot better but I guess time will tell. It does look a very twisty track which is better news for me being a heavy karter.

@@lodgewhite I think it's also heavily affected by temperature. I the day before they opened and on the day they opened in December. I went again this week and I think the concrete being colder massively decreased grip and couldn't get any temp in tires. On top of that I suspect they run the karts on a lower setting as they just don't feel nearly as fast.

So these are SODI karts unlike Teamsport which tend to use BIZ and these Sodi's are a little different compared to the other Sodi karts I've driven. The wheel feels a bit higher but not unmanagable. The helmet has recesses for the speakers so it's not too uncomfortable and if you hold out for the Birmingham video coming out on Friday you'll see me communicating to friends while on track!. Thanks for watching <3

I'd love to but it cost many monies :( Need to lose a bit more weight first to get competitive!

It's a chin mount off Amazon. Just be weary some track don't allow them so make sure you've got a backup mount on the top your helmet.

@ thanks bud, am going Newport track tomorrow with a load people from work, looks like a great track

It's in High Wycombe in the UK in the Eden shopping centre

Hey, I just keep the noise suppresion on auto then it flicks between mono and stereo to best suppress the wind noise basically.

@@lodgewhite thank you mate

best tip : real karting in not like mario kart ; breaking is very important :D

My main thing would be is if you can hear tyres squaling you're going slow. There are a few exceptions to that rule as some surfaces squal no matter what.

Yeah its really useful for races. Being able to see your position the kart in front and behind means you can hone in on your targets better.

@lodgewhite I will be stealing this. Thanks 😁

@@TimLoveguitar Glad I could help. Its just one of those sports arm bands but put on your arm.

Clearly not. The martial that spoke to me in the pits is a friend of mine and even they totally disagreed with the decision but it appeared to me the manager wasn't in a good mood that day :(

@lodgewhite when I'm really feeling the kart and it's handling well I can get in sync with the track and I'll be just steering with just my fingertips, sometimes only one hand!!! Just mobbing through the course and slower traffic like I'm on a different plane. I might even slightly brush a barrier once in a while using every inch I can. They would park my ass quick. The places I frequent here in the states are used to my antics by now though. Lol!

@KEkarting It uses one of those running arm bands but on my arm instead basically to slot into and then uses the teamsport app with live timing. Works really well. Can see your position in races etc too

No I use my own helmet with a Go Pro Hero Black 12 recording at 4k 60fps with HDR on a chin mount :)

Go Pro Hero Black 12 recording at 4k 60fps with HDR

@@lodgewhite thank you!

Yeah was relentless unfortunately.

Indeed.

Hey I replied on the other video you commented on :)

That happen’s at the end of every race mate.

@DJshopping-r34783 it shouldn't stop first though

@Sir_NoobProductions Ik.

Nornally you need to be an elite member and have done the track a few times then they sometimes let you.

Thanks for the good work! Was sure an interesting session!

Sometimes it's one of those. Were you cut your losses or test yourself with a sub par kart.

Yeah me too! My nearest is at least 35 mins drive each way.

Makes it interesting!

​@@lodgewhiteOnly when people aren't spinning out every time 😭 I did a full track of 16 and 5 people kept spinning out in the second session. I did not have a single full lap under greens. It was insanely frustrating and annoying.

13th of December the Liverpool ones are scheduled from. I know it's a wait :/

They do make use of the blue light which helps to let faster people past.

@@piers780 think we did around 6 or so. It's just 8 quid a go after the normal session

@Oscarmallettracing yes very strange. I don't edit out my mistakes. I got nothing to hide 🤷‍♂️. I'd be interested to see that comparison to be fair.

@lodgewhite I did once witness Oscar warming up his tyres gently bury himself into the tire wall on the apex of the first of the double hairpins before the down ramp. Sadly it was before we set up on KZbin, but that clip is still buried somewhere in amongst a large collection of SD cards. You can bet if ever I come across it there will be an upload here 😂 But unfortunately for entertainment purposes he just doesn't seem to make mistakes....I may have just intriduced sods law by saying that 😆 I've just posted the side by side comparrison of speed 3 vs speed 4. Oscar says you definitely feel the difference, I remember hom coming off track from his first speed 4 session and saying "that was fast" as he breathed out a chest full of air. Here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2elf2quabBrra8si=vBtbFoQh4jsb3oIf

I do like Birmingham! I've been a number of times before when it was petrol as well. I think it'll be even better once my quest to lose weight is fulfilled. I bet speed 4 is really interesting there.

@lodgewhite speed 4 and being on track with good members to avoid all them yellows. Oscar (I'm his dad here) rates this as one of his favourite Teamsport tracks, the more technical the better and this is that with plenty of places to overtake and defend. Ha ha good luck with the offloading journey, try getting to the bottom end of which weight category you want to race in. We did like the old petrol karts, far better than speed 3 on the new electrics but speed 4 trumps the petrol one's.

@Oscarmallettracing Question is though would you say its better than Warrington? As that's still my personal favourite especially on speed 4.

@@lodgewhite errrr, no. Warrington is still Oscar's favourite track, it has everything. He loves technical sections and it has plenty then there's the flat out straight from the down ramp they say is the fastests indoor stretch in the UK. Next on his list is Manchester Trafford then I know he would say Coventry 3rd but he doesn't like the karts there so puts Birmingham 3rd. I would like to see him on the Sheffield and Leeds tracks, maybe a weekend coming soon 😁

Hey! It's a go pro Hero Black 12. Mount it on the chin of the helmet. Teamsports don't mind chin mounts but some outdoors forbid it. Hence the Whilton Mill session is on top of the helmet!

@@lodgewhite Do you use your own helmet? How do you mount it when you cannot use chin mount?

@@piers780 Yes I use my own helmet. I have a go pro clip on to of the helmet which I can mount the camera too :)