Alex Kalinin Racing

Hello folks and fans!
It’s time to tell about my, maybe, last of this year experience.

Will start with most common, name -> Kandava trase.
Yes, big fancy with nice management and overall good track. Maybe, not my best, since I’m really not ideal on this track, but that is only my issue.

About this experience, it went more than I’ve expected.
For starts, it’s again rain, almost identical to what was in 2022, that exactly year ago.
For second and most vital and pleseant part.
I wasn’t alone! It’s not always easy in foreign country.
Latvia became much more than foreign country, I mean, I already 3 years, but still there things to improve, from my side.
So this time it’s 5 competitors and went really a race.

Race went well, rolling start (again it’s improvised) and good second part of session.
I went close to 3rd (by time) opponent, felt of course, gamble and passion to pursuite him or fastest of the track.
But most I like is how I started on late part to become very confident on 10th corner, also I very much liked that I did a lot of gamble at 6th corner.
It felt nice, even that less appealing to me 11th corner.
And, of course, great speed trap of 1th corner, it’s always exiciting out there.

In other words, cool, love it when not alone.
With good opponents made personal best in rain conditions for now,
time 1:23:911, this gave ability know, yes, I can compete with very advanced developers of driving.
Will keep that up and improve.
Stay tunned, be good and be healthy!

So again me, this time with only 2nd experience of this year. Yes, I know there wasn’t any huge real events for me in this year. Can explain easily, many costs of life and also couping for some hardware and gifts for relatives. 🙂

From this 2nd event can say, wow, nice track. Indeed it’s Big version of 333, not typical karting track, actually, it’s about standard wet and winter normal car excersice field, but track is good.
Quite good, feels you can aim every time on apex (visible in the video) and love: the slide of 2nd, 3rd, 4th corner and 9th corner acceleration, love this 9th-s corner. From good braking to very smooth acceleration.

Overall, nice track, not that much in terms of cash spent on session. Worth every money.
Thanks and see on other track!

Hi folks1
Or title: My Openkart Debut.
Really will not say too much, as it was more sad than happy, but I must say that I was participating in Kandava Openkart and for debut race and it was a real pleasure of racing again quite strong competitors, must say, kart level is High in Latvia.

Practice and Qualy – is what I liked, since I’ve did my personal best for now in Kandava Reversed (it’s very important, as Reversed track’s first sector is soo mounty) and mounting is my weak spot. I really don’t like to talk about time, it’s about for participation is already a huge Step, sure, need to improve my pace.

Really small stuff in Semi-final, around 1:06 which is a bit better (than practice) time for me, yet I can explain: didn’t adjusted some out apex style in accelartion with additional 15kg that I had to use because of race rules.
I’m not complaining, just it was very New to me, will try to adjust style, there are tons of points to improve.

So, what can I say, again plenty of work todo.
Very good stuff that Youtube already gives me Hints and actual cheats to quite significally improve, yes, maybe I should find my pace from first start, but hm, who cares if in our times you can analyze everything without going into the track. And will not forget to practice online. (Skip that last part, was written before this part, I will try to improve exactly in karting, yet, what else I have. Rally and Formula Ford is still a bit expensive. 🙂
Need to improve as you know I’m quite universal in ‘shoes’, so I’m afraid will not stick to improvements that much.
Will continue like I want, switching between them.
Stay healthy and will keep you updated! 🙂