The first event at the track for the club was a "work-to-practice" where club members may earn an opportunity to practice on the track by first working to clean-up and spruce-up the track for the season. We arrived on the last day of March to clear weeds, rake leaves, apply repairs to the structures and work on other improvements. That afternoon, we got our first chance to get the kart on the track.
Here she is with a borrowed helmet (the one we ordered had not yet arrived) and the first camera mount design. The helmet was fine, the camera mount, well, you decide. I've attached a sample of footage from a later practice run. This is the reason that some recommended we try a helmet mount.
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The first time on the track brought some challenges for this rookie team. First was the weather - cold and damp. Go figure in the north! Anyway, we also didn't have time to get fresh racing tires before the track opened for practice so Lian ran on the 4-year-old rubber that was really hard and slippery. She tried to scrape the worst of it off before getting started but they were still obviously less grippy than anyone else on the track that cold day. Her best laps were around 31-32 seconds. More important was just getting the experience turning laps and learning the limits.
