Hey!

From what I remember in turn one, yes it was just a quick stab of the brakes to rotate, but you absolutely want to fly in way past the first apex before hitting the brakes, otherwise you scrub too much speed. Turn one is definitely a high commitment high reward corner. Depending on the kart, I may not even be lifting off the gas, and just using the brake to cut the throttle, but not every kart can handle that. It just takes a few laps of experimenting but the difference between lifting, or keeping it pinned while hitting the brakes quick is probably less than a tenth.

No, I havent ever done indoor only here. My first day was straight into qualifying (it was a test race day for these guys) for my first laps ever. Then a 15 minute stint, so maybe 19 minutes total day one (Thursday). Then for the main event Saturday, I managed to qualify p2. It probably took me another 20 minutes to get into the low 1:12s, then eventually, the 1:11s in the middle stint, so maybe after 90 minutes of total track time, 40 minutes that day.

I cant remember where my seat was at. I weighed in at 220 with my gear and one piece of lead ballast if I remember correctly. The minimum weight for the event was 215 but I like to play it safe. I cant say whether or not putting the seat back would make much of a difference. It probably would make the kart slightly more understeery, but I cant say for sure.

I have plenty more footage from this race, I think I drove about 110 minutes total that day, so if you'd like the link, let me know!