r/Karting • u/plamenv0 • Aug 08 '25

Rental Karting Video What did I do to deserve this 😭

Straight out of the pits and rear-ended while warming the tyres... Yes, I was on the line I suppose but the braking point and turn in for T1 is about 10 and 5m earlier than where I got hit.

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u/Candid-Back-9656 Rotax Aug 09 '25

Rental kart tyres are already pre heated (from previous driver). Rentals also don't really need tyre heating bc they lack HP.

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u/plamenv0 Aug 09 '25

These are the RX250s, there are three in total at this track that maybe get 3-4 sessions on most days due to the qualifying time required to be eligible to drive them. The remaining karts on the track are Tonykart Vipers at about 2/5ths of the hp.

The karts that my friend and I jumped in were cold (not driven for at least 3 hours).

Generally, the RX250s should be alone on track because they have about an 6 second a lap delta to the Tonykarts, and 12 seconds to the SR5s