RPM Indoor Kart Racing - August 3, 2008

Stephanie would return to USC on August 4th, so on August 3rd we went indoor kart racing at RPM Raceway in Rancho Cordova, California. The experience was a nice mix of skill and excitement, with minimal risk of harm. (For example, roller coasters are exciting, but don't require any skill.) You could push to the limit and it was exhausting after 10 minutes.

The track records the time on each lap, providing detailed statistics on the run, through service www.speedsheettiming.com. (These apparently stay in the database indefinitely.) Click on all-time top driver Kierstin Gee for example, and see every race he's done since August 2007.

VIDEO ON YOUTUBE - AUGUST 3, 2008

YOUTUBE OF CRASH - OCTOBER 13, 2008
On a subsequent visit i got wedged into the wall when the person who was "blue flagged" to let me pass didn't yield.

Kim (kim-X #19), Dean (Mace #49), Stephen (SB-X #1), Stephanie (Scb24 #35)

Kim and Stephen buckling in

Lined up to start the 10 minute session

After the race on the trophy stand

 

Source: https://www.speedsheettiming.com/rpmsac/HeatDetails.aspx?HeatID=45507 

Heat Details    
Heat Type Hot Laps Race - Unbound
Winner By Best Lap
Date 08/03/2008 12:59 PM
Winner Turbo
Position Name Best Lap Avg. Lap Gap Lap R.P.M. (+/-)
1 Turbo 18.731 20.385 18.731 29 1293 86
2 Shannon Briggs 18.911 21.037 0.180 28 1491 46
3 Tommy Gun 18.92 20.525 0.189 29 1235 48
4 Sb-x (CART # 1) 18.962 21.268 0.231 27 1227 27
5 Kim-x (CART # 19) 19.221 21.709 0.490 27 1207 7
6 Dave G 19.256 21.265 0.525 28 1157 -10
7 Nicholaus Gonsalves 19.268 21.696 0.537 27 1163 -33
8 Mace (CART #49) 20.16 22.638 1.429 26 1147 -53
9 Scb24 (CART #35) 22.305 24.948 3.574 23 1127 -73
 
Lap Turbo Shannon Briggs Tommy Gun Sb-x Kim-x Dave G Nicholaus Gonsalves Mace Scb24
1 25.881 28.271 26.268 25.927 26.120 26.247 28.359 28.298 26.796
2 19.748 23.501 21.400 26.365 25.620 27.126 23.956 23.723 25.959
3 19.781 22.370 20.767 22.957 25.513 21.708 24.119 23.130 24.829
4 19.926 23.543 19.665 21.770 23.885 21.138 22.759 24.070 24.048
5 20.260 18.911 19.830 21.427 22.832 20.477 19.696 24.889 23.923
6 22.199 19.749 20.448 20.746 22.428 22.505 19.268 22.297 34.585
7 20.243 21.117 26.131 20.394 20.928 20.195 21.857 20.921 26.326
8 19.838 24.938 20.263 25.679 20.552 21.055 23.991 20.594 26.966
9 21.571 20.956 19.622 20.536 23.632 19.971 21.806 23.623 24.927
10 21.593 20.301 21.370 20.366 20.929 22.289 22.249 24.293 22.947
11 21.602 19.999 22.763 20.373 20.409 19.964 20.542 23.025 23.860
12 19.442 20.750 20.688 20.502 22.212 21.859 24.623 23.714 24.978
13 19.149 19.928 19.844 20.091 21.374 22.452 20.823 21.460 23.840
14 19.439 22.278 19.948 21.950 20.409 19.711 19.808 20.759 23.406
15 21.509 22.161 19.722 19.881 20.477 19.256 21.593 20.417 22.305
16 19.643 19.000 20.011 20.602 20.208 22.277 19.922 20.160 24.322
17 19.204 18.919 20.045 20.245 20.819 20.534 21.053 20.774 24.067
18 19.356 19.230 19.306 20.301 23.210 21.014 20.635 20.521 24.297
19 20.376 19.435 18.920 19.796 20.080 20.294 19.755 20.627 23.186
20 19.057 20.649 19.096 20.118 19.970 21.823 20.087 34.938 25.530
21 20.110 22.452 19.545 23.058 19.688 21.652 20.962 21.366 23.015
22 24.003 19.294 20.406 21.591 19.655 20.020 20.133 21.176 25.339
23 19.070 20.105 21.066 20.720 19.545 20.749 20.435 20.488 24.347
24 19.400 19.538 20.806 19.435 22.377 19.566 22.562 22.073  
25 18.778 19.915 19.460 20.647 24.507 19.788 21.672 20.539  
26 18.924 20.778 19.265 18.962 19.221 20.604 19.970 20.712  
27 22.495 21.586 19.030 19.817 19.524 20.989 23.174    
28 19.885 19.358 19.793     20.212      
29 18.731   19.750