Lakeside Karting with Ethan

Last week Joshua and Brandon had their second go at the Lakeside karting along with one of their school friends, Ethan. Ethan had never been before so I told the boys that if he beats either of them then they would need to walk home. As it turned out Joshua won, Ethan came second and a very upset Brandon came 3rd (although Ethan only beat him by 0.021 of a second). It's funny because Brandon was grinning from ear to ear and beaming all over after the racing, he absolutely loved it right up until the point where he found out he lost - then he got real grumpy and almost crying about it. I can't imagine where he gets his competitiveness from.

To be honest it wasn't really a fair race. Firstly Joshua was always going to win as we measured him and he was over 5ft tall. So for the first time he could go in the higher powered adult karts. Ethan and Brandon were both in the lower power karts and you would think Brandon should be quicker due to the power to weight ratio. However his kart sounded awful as it went past us and sounded like it was misfiring or something. He was the smallest and youngest on the track so maybe they deliberately gave him this kart.

So the lap times for the 3 boys were:

Joshua - 59.325 (13 laps)

Ethan - 66.152 (11 laps)

Brandon - 66.171 (11 laps)

Brandon, Joshua and Ethan with their balaclava's on and ready to race.

Action shot of Joshua.

Brandon in his kart with a dodgy sounding engine.

Brandon coming down the home straight.

Joshua starts to close in on B with his higher powered kart.

Joshua on the home straight.

Joshua sticking one on his mate Ethan.

Nice close up shot of B coming in to the pits.

Joshua's racing ended and with the higher power kart he managed 2 more laps than Ethan and B.

All the karts lined up in the pit.

Joshua celebrating top spot on the podium and a very grumpy Brandon for losing.