League nights are literally the only night they are supposed to take things 100% seriously. And you get these guys who just showed up to do their first race ever in the league and ruin it for everyone.
The reason that you are slow lap-time wise: You appear to concentrate on attaining the ultimate top speed and holding onto the throttle until the last split second. That has you going very slow at corner exit and having to wait longer to apply power again. Try braking a little earlier, making especially the tightest corners smoother, and you'll drop time by beginning to accelerate earlier. Sideways or sliding at corner exit is a time killer.
:) that was my assessment too. I used to race the 2 stroke karts. I'm like you are entering too fast and it is killing your exit. all the counter steering is ticking off time. plus, by blowing the exit, you are losing the racing line for the next corner.
Especially the sliding. Sliding just a little at corner entry can be beneficial on some turns but sliding at corner exit close to wall is a big time lose.
@125AXer & @EDnerd EXACTLY what I was coming to say as well. I raced 100cc 2-strokes & some 125 shifter a LONG time (40 years!) ago.. As our camera guy was being dropped by the lead pack, was thinking that I’d coach him to do exactly what you guys are saying 🏎️🏁
@@stevedrivingslowly9517 Same here. I didn't want to be *that guy* who pretends to be an expert and tells another driver how to be quick, so I'm really glad so many other folks identified it and (respectfully) pointed it out.
My first race, literally a couple days ago, got shown the blue flag probably a dozen times. It’s fineee I understand that people want their moneys worth through the race.
@@JohnRitchiejd23 someone is sending it more than you and you have to let them past, usually there is a blue flag when you are being lapped or when you're coming out of the pits
I went to a track once with 11 friends. They had 24 cars and by the time we left i think 9 worked. Best go kart bumper cars race of my life!! I will remember until i die! Best staff ever!
Blue flag, in any form of motor sport, is faster driver behind. Normally means you being lapped but if also, especially karting, you impeding a faster driver, and for everyone's safety, get out the fking way! 🤘
@@Riskbreaker_Riotkarting. Especially at places like this where everyone is essentially racing themselves trying to get lap times. Place where I live will let you drive a faster car if you can get a low enough lap time, but you basically have to go during off hours because stupid people who don’t know the deal think it’s the kind of kind of race where you’re fighting for 1st 2nd 3rd place, but it’s not
That is a wild crazy experience. I absolutely hate it when I go to a go-cart track and people who don’t drive or people who are not good drivers have the audacity to come to race track and think that it involves only themselves This is motorsports Respect it love it
It's true though. There's always a few in the tracks, at the park, in gaming that people are like wth? And the huntress, or beast caller get in there clean the whole thing up.
@@Lilman_yg Yes! lots of people take this hobby very serious as it’s the cheapest way to get seat time! I’ve owned “track cars” and this is by far the most cost effective!
Too be honest this happens more often than you think at rental tracks. I think people underestimate the difficulty and just can't take the ego hit when they are slower.
Yeah, It sucks when people don't have any racers etiquette but I also understand that these are regular people who don't know a single basic thing about motorsports
‘You take your jobs too seriously’ Nope, it’s motorsport. Motorsport is dangerous. That’s why we have rules and that’s why they’re enforced so strictly
Better to take the job too seriously than to be completely incompetent at the job, which is the problem we have with indoor kart racing in California. I used to build sick karts and race them at outdoor tracks and the level of competency and professionalism from the track staff is on a whole other level. I will never race K1 or any of these jank indoor kart places again. They are a nightmare.
Idk why this video popped up for me but this shit is so cool, and you're a beast from what ive seen in this video... Never seen any competitive karting before but i thought you were killing it before the drama started
As a dirt racer who has gotten the blue flag before, its more for safety. When you have cars gaining on you fast, race officals will tell you before a race even starts that if you get that flag, hold your line, leaders will be coming by you.
Funny how all the know it alls and “kart track employees” sick of people not moving over know absolutely nothing. Your comment buried like a hundred deep is the first one to actually say what the flag is for. Anyone who has ever been in the front of a race would understand this…. Blue flag with the orange diagonal means hold your current line. Why would a leader know that? Because it really sucks to DNF when the lapped car switches lanes into you trying to “get out of the way”.
I used to work at a go kart track very much like this one. And honestly if you don't take the job seriously, people can and will get hurt. At a place like this, the blue flag isn't just for letting faster traffic through, but it's also a safety measure cause 99% of people racing there have 0 clue how to race safely.
Nice driving! I'm old Rotax light, shifter kart racer from way back. I use to lean opposite to corner, in the Rotax, gives outside tyre's better grip. Admittedly never tried these karts so could be different? 🤘
My cousin use to race 125s all over the country... he had Italian frames that were about 5k a pop back in the mid 90s ... we raced dirt circle tracks with alcohol brigs ... back when carting was huge ... I miss the Friday night gatherings ... all my dad's friends ran the unlimited class ... I always ran pits for them it was a blast
That sucks man. Over the 5 years of go-karting I’ve done, (started 11 now 16) I’ve always went to this place in Cali. There would be so many times younger drivers make us lose time and speed, spinning out in turns, but it wasn’t as bad as one time where somebody filed a lawsuit to the place I went to because their phone dropped and someone crushed it. They clearly stated in the rules to put all loose items in a small locker we have near the helmets. Another time, someone got pissed at me because I accidentally pushed him. I got rammed from behind, we were in a pile up after some kid crashed into their dad, and this guy literally got out of his car and punched me on the helmet. He was banned. I was younger at the time, but i would always be top 1000 in the US.
Get a skateboard. Theyll start flooding in. If they somehow dont find you in the wild, just go to a Skatepark. There are always swarms of them dropping off their scooter kids
When you tire of dealing with other "racers", try rally-crossing with the SCCA and you and the ever changing course are your only enemies, and nothing to hit, except your pride if you overdrive. As many as 10+ classes to fit vehicles, from pure stock to UTVs. Miatas to Corvettes, PU trucks to Teslas.
Last time I went go karting on an actual track, it was an outdoor track, and it was designed to look like formula 1. There was one turn that if you did it just right you didn’t even have to slow down for it if you took it wide enough you just slightly slowdown and gun it out of the turn,
Nice track. Good stuff with lots of patience. I worked at 2 go-kart hire tracks over the years. You gotta respect those things. Saw a foot taken off. Fires in petrol carts. Cracked ribs… fun though… ❤😂
I went to this track once maybe in like 2015 just to check on prices. I ended up watching a few of the sessions in that hairpin to watch everyone crash. As a 10 year old or however old I was, I thought that was almost as fun as driving the karts themselves. I’ve since moved away and moved on with my life but I still wish I could race there 😢.
this type of racing is catch 22 its fun as heck.. but the tracks are so small because they shove them in areas that are too small for them which makes passing a pain in the ass.. last time i did one i was so fast that the employees kept telling everyone to get out of my way but no one would listen so i was blocked the full race.. never did it again since..
Was this in Phoenix? I think i randomly raced there when i was on vacation with my wife? We had alil too much to drink at a bar around there and i needed to sober up before driving... what better way than to go for a drive lmfao. I still smoked some dudes there lmfao
btw the Karen is Madi Monroe, she has 16.7M followers on TikTok lol
Haha what in the brain rot is her page😂
Makes sense. Big influencer on tik Tok. Probably entitled
@@BoBo-pl3ww she was friends with charli d'amelio so that's probably why she has so many followers.
That’s crazy 😂😂😂😂
Ain't surprised, TikTok is a trash app.
Never in my life i thought i ever see a karen in kart racing..
they’re everywhere, man.
@@thedukeboi ...we have a particularly nasty strain of Karens in Tucson.
Theyre evolving faster than the covid strains 😂😂@07imprezadude
All of them.
@@07imprezadude i have em everywhere up here in kentucky, all types of em.
thanks for the shoutout at 5:12 big dawg
"You take yer jebs too seriuslee" There are multiple reasons why they take it seriously...
And that's coming from someone who apparently has 16k followers on tik tok....
League nights are literally the only night they are supposed to take things 100% seriously. And you get these guys who just showed up to do their first race ever in the league and ruin it for everyone.
@@SirHRDking 16 Million, even scarier
Being angry because you got blue flagged is the definition of 'mad cus bad'
“He’s obviously an athlete” had me dying 😂
Could be a soccer player. They do be soyboys most of the time lol
The reason that you are slow lap-time wise: You appear to concentrate on attaining the ultimate top speed and holding onto the throttle until the last split second. That has you going very slow at corner exit and having to wait longer to apply power again. Try braking a little earlier, making especially the tightest corners smoother, and you'll drop time by beginning to accelerate earlier. Sideways or sliding at corner exit is a time killer.
:) that was my assessment too. I used to race the 2 stroke karts. I'm like you are entering too fast and it is killing your exit. all the counter steering is ticking off time. plus, by blowing the exit, you are losing the racing line for the next corner.
Especially the sliding. Sliding just a little at corner entry can be beneficial on some turns but sliding at corner exit close to wall is a big time lose.
Came here to say this. Big slides after apex killing exit speed
@125AXer & @EDnerd
EXACTLY what I was coming to say as well.
I raced 100cc 2-strokes & some 125 shifter a LONG time (40 years!) ago..
As our camera guy was being dropped by the lead pack, was thinking that I’d coach him to do exactly what you guys are saying
🏎️🏁
@@stevedrivingslowly9517 Same here. I didn't want to be *that guy* who pretends to be an expert and tells another driver how to be quick, so I'm really glad so many other folks identified it and (respectfully) pointed it out.
if you get the blue flag, it means your slow, get faster
Also can mean your slow for trying to block too much aswell, not that big of a deal, specially in time based races.
so it basically means skill issue
@@bigfanofmonsterjam2 if its your first time, then get out of the way...
@@ethangeigle thank god I live in Waterbury and not go to this track then if it’s taken that way
@@bigfanofmonsterjam2 yup, thank god, I hate slow drivers...
It's very funny how people will throw a hissy fits over being shown the blue flag
ok so, ImRacer1 is faster than you, can you confirm you understood that message?
What does this reply have to do with the comment?@@Skaloody
My first race, literally a couple days ago, got shown the blue flag probably a dozen times. It’s fineee I understand that people want their moneys worth through the race.
As someone unaware of the flags in go-karting, what does a blue flag mean?
@@JohnRitchiejd23 someone is sending it more than you and you have to let them past, usually there is a blue flag when you are being lapped or when you're coming out of the pits
I went to a track once with 11 friends. They had 24 cars and by the time we left i think 9 worked. Best go kart bumper cars race of my life!! I will remember until i die! Best staff ever!
😭
@gusswier3952 = loser in life 😀
nothing to brag about destroying gokarts. Now nobody else gets to have fun. Younger generation so disrespectful.
@lincolnls0416 that was 20 years ago
6:59 Lol the mocking impression is so priceless 😂
Their job is to make sure youre safe, and theyre just working.
That seems hard to understand i see this shot on daily base.. sad but tru..
People don't care about their or anyone else's safety anymore.
Just an observation.
@deleemk5977 same here...
nothing better than watching a video about a situation i don't wanna run into in the morning :)
SO TRUE
Blue flag, in any form of motor sport, is faster driver behind. Normally means you being lapped but if also, especially karting, you impeding a faster driver, and for everyone's safety, get out the fking way! 🤘
Yeah, but what racing besides F1 where you 100% have to move over for a blue flag?
Indycar, imsa, etc blue flag literally means nothing lol
GT3,BTCC,DTM, SuperCar series Australia, every open wheeler class.
@@Riskbreaker_Riot Folkrace, Rallycross, STCC, crosscart, we still care about the blue flag.
@@Riskbreaker_Riot something you see every time you do the ms charity race in a street stock
@@Riskbreaker_Riotkarting. Especially at places like this where everyone is essentially racing themselves trying to get lap times. Place where I live will let you drive a faster car if you can get a low enough lap time, but you basically have to go during off hours because stupid people who don’t know the deal think it’s the kind of kind of race where you’re fighting for 1st 2nd 3rd place, but it’s not
That is a wild crazy experience. I absolutely hate it when I go to a go-cart track and people who don’t drive or people who are not good drivers have the audacity to come to race track and think that it involves only themselves
This is motorsports
Respect it love it
Good to see how fast in some turns doesn't mean it leads to truly fast lap time
Shoulda handed them an AR12-Gaming "Skill Issue" sticker on the way out
Damn that was a good one
@@LoganLynch12 Just to rub in the fact they are a bad driver 😂
@@Scuffed_Gambit facts
It's true though. There's always a few in the tracks, at the park, in gaming that people are like wth? And the huntress, or beast caller get in there clean the whole thing up.
"Middle of the pack, driving in the middle so no one can pass" sounds like my time in Ignite racing
People get big mad when they realize they’re not very fast
I must admit……I love the last line o the video description in the description box!! 😂😂❤️❤️❤️
Love your video description, absolutely hilarious.
I’m new to the channel new to rental league racing I’m happy to see other people approach this sport in a serious manner
@@Lilman_yg Yes! lots of people take this hobby very serious as it’s the cheapest way to get seat time! I’ve owned “track cars” and this is by far the most cost effective!
@@ImRacer1I wanna get into karting so bad because i’m a big f1 fan but i’ve never really gotten the chance.
Too be honest this happens more often than you think at rental tracks. I think people underestimate the difficulty and just can't take the ego hit when they are slower.
@@coreywhiting6850 yes the egos get spiked into the ground very quick
Yeah, It sucks when people don't have any racers etiquette but I also understand that these are regular people who don't know a single basic thing about motorsports
Exactly this..
@@ImRacer1Wasn't it in qualifying though? Never seen blue flags used in qualifying
@@RJA when you only get 4 laps of quali you need to make space
if there was a better example of "Dive in" idk what is. bro is murdering those corners 💀💀
‘You take your jobs too seriously’
Nope, it’s motorsport. Motorsport is dangerous. That’s why we have rules and that’s why they’re enforced so strictly
Better to take the job too seriously than to be completely incompetent at the job, which is the problem we have with indoor kart racing in California. I used to build sick karts and race them at outdoor tracks and the level of competency and professionalism from the track staff is on a whole other level. I will never race K1 or any of these jank indoor kart places again. They are a nightmare.
Imagine getting upset over being on a go-cart track. Like, you're in an adrenaline rush zone, and you choose to get mad?
Dudes brain must be broken.
Funny video full of skill issues. Commentary was good. Them boys dusted you after the restart though lol. I was waiting for your blue flag!
@@SlimJigady like I said I’m slow af! But they won’t blue flag me, just make sure you out quali me, as you won’t pass me!
Idk why this video popped up for me but this shit is so cool, and you're a beast from what ive seen in this video... Never seen any competitive karting before but i thought you were killing it before the drama started
Clicked in for the drama, stayed for the driving skill, brother is hiting consistent laps 👏🏼👏🏼
1:30 mins in bro your driving skills and speed skills are SOLID!!!
It’s lot of sliding so I wouldn’t say that much.
Racing like I race, Once the pack is gone there is no catching up xD
I mainly came for the racing I’m too excited because my birthday is in February and I’m going to a place with go kart racing
As a dirt racer who has gotten the blue flag before, its more for safety. When you have cars gaining on you fast, race officals will tell you before a race even starts that if you get that flag, hold your line, leaders will be coming by you.
Funny how all the know it alls and “kart track employees” sick of people not moving over know absolutely nothing. Your comment buried like a hundred deep is the first one to actually say what the flag is for.
Anyone who has ever been in the front of a race would understand this…. Blue flag with the orange diagonal means hold your current line. Why would a leader know that? Because it really sucks to DNF when the lapped car switches lanes into you trying to “get out of the way”.
crazy! ive been to that track! love the switchbacks on the way to the outside section, always gone flat out through there!
UK or USA... it appears getting melts at the kart track is universal. GG brother nice video
im moving to the US from the uk and im going to miss teamsport karting ive been looking for places where im moving and K1 karting sucks
@@Manc-kingplease don’t your gonna burn from the 1 million degree weather
I used to work at a go kart track very much like this one. And honestly if you don't take the job seriously, people can and will get hurt. At a place like this, the blue flag isn't just for letting faster traffic through, but it's also a safety measure cause 99% of people racing there have 0 clue how to race safely.
So zesty had me dying
Man U need more subs this is the first video I’ve ever watched on ur channel and it’s already amazing
me casually jamming out to foo fighters at 8:00
Thought i was the only one 😂
The moment I saw the title, I knew this was gonna be the Octane at Scottsdale.
The place really does attract all of the Karens.
I thought he was going to say fish 0:14
I watched the whole thing....but u got a subscriber now because u said when the drama starts! 😂👍👍
the foo fighters in the background is amazing
Nice driving! I'm old Rotax light, shifter kart racer from way back. I use to lean opposite to corner, in the Rotax, gives outside tyre's better grip. Admittedly never tried these karts so could be different? 🤘
My cousin use to race 125s all over the country... he had Italian frames that were about 5k a pop back in the mid 90s ... we raced dirt circle tracks with alcohol brigs ... back when carting was huge ... I miss the Friday night gatherings ... all my dad's friends ran the unlimited class ... I always ran pits for them it was a blast
I find this still works on the polished concrete as well
That sucks man. Over the 5 years of go-karting I’ve done, (started 11 now 16) I’ve always went to this place in Cali. There would be so many times younger drivers make us lose time and speed, spinning out in turns, but it wasn’t as bad as one time where somebody filed a lawsuit to the place I went to because their phone dropped and someone crushed it. They clearly stated in the rules to put all loose items in a small locker we have near the helmets. Another time, someone got pissed at me because I accidentally pushed him. I got rammed from behind, we were in a pile up after some kid crashed into their dad, and this guy literally got out of his car and punched me on the helmet. He was banned. I was younger at the time, but i would always be top 1000 in the US.
The gloves crack me up 😂
The narration in this is hilarious lol
You got the broken kart..😄
I enjoyed your active laps.
Hey man im going to this place Tomorrow
“Number 5 clapping her hands” “we don’t give a f about you” 🤣🤣. Kinda read my thoughts too.
Funny video about carting your too late on entry and overdrive in the car. Good luck.
I found my new favorite go cart UA-camr. I really want to signup for a go cart league but I don’t have one near me for 100 miles 😢
Karens get big mad getting exposed in public 😂
Ayy I randomly found this video and heard you say Skip barber racing. Crazy coincidence to find
The best definition of a blue flag is this ... "there is a race going on, and you are not in it"
8:36 just gave your camera that dumpy
I like how for the avarage american the pedals must be painted red and green to avoid confusion😂
It'd be more effective if they made the brake pedal cherry coke flavored and the gas pedal cheeseburger flavored.
These are rental karts that often have first-time drivers. Nothing to do with it being American
I love how the only way you can make yourself feel better about your failing country is to try and insult Americans.
Kinder Eggs are illegal in America cos they didn't realise you can't eat the toy
Go kart racing is so fun. I love this track in AZ
i sometimes wanna find some karens ngl
Yea me 2
In for the drama huh XD
@@davidvalencia129 yea lol
same XDDD
Get a skateboard. Theyll start flooding in. If they somehow dont find you in the wild, just go to a Skatepark. There are always swarms of them dropping off their scooter kids
A couple of years ago i went karting at a arcade and this random lady went full speed down a ramp and this made the top of her kart hit my head
Gas karts>electric karts BRO😎😎😎😎😎😎
When you tire of dealing with other "racers", try rally-crossing with the SCCA and you and the ever changing course are your only enemies, and nothing to hit, except your pride if you overdrive. As many as 10+ classes to fit vehicles, from pure stock to UTVs. Miatas to Corvettes, PU trucks to Teslas.
The chapter title names are savage 😂😂😂
Last time I went go karting on an actual track, it was an outdoor track, and it was designed to look like formula 1. There was one turn that if you did it just right you didn’t even have to slow down for it if you took it wide enough you just slightly slowdown and gun it out of the turn,
“then i get yelled at like its fuckin wwI out here”😂😂
I got blue flag, and i don't feel offended about it. Plus its cool to see if i can keep up with the Ford GT Mk2 with my Miata.
Nice track. Good stuff with lots of patience. I worked at 2 go-kart hire tracks over the years. You gotta respect those things. Saw a foot taken off. Fires in petrol carts. Cracked ribs… fun though… ❤😂
8:14 the irony of this song coming on after all that I’m dead
Yo is that octane in AZ?
Slow down BEFORE the corner then accelerate through the apex. You'll reduce your lap times
You got the chicane section down pretty well
The Karen's are everywhere now days, everywhere
Crazy how this channel just got jump started by this one video 😮
Nice race gloves😂😂😂😂
@@tommymccurry4243 your mum likes them
Stay safe and blessed
AYE YO DRIFT THAT KART lmao
the description is 🌟gold🌟
Yeah used to work there for that company for 14 years …you drive very well we should Hit the track when I am in town
Is this octane raceway in AZ? If so I love racing there, the K1 nearby is awesome too!
7:52 FOOFIGHTERS🔥🔥🔥
I went to this track once maybe in like 2015 just to check on prices. I ended up watching a few of the sessions in that hairpin to watch everyone crash. As a 10 year old or however old I was, I thought that was almost as fun as driving the karts themselves. I’ve since moved away and moved on with my life but I still wish I could race there 😢.
where is your race pace at?!
Ill see you at octane than
this type of racing is catch 22 its fun as heck.. but the tracks are so small because they shove them in areas that are too small for them which makes passing a pain in the ass.. last time i did one i was so fast that the employees kept telling everyone to get out of my way but no one would listen so i was blocked the full race.. never did it again since..
Did I miss something happening in this video? Like anything at all?
Is this k1 speed?
@@ethangeigle octane in Scottsdale Arizona.
@@ImRacer1I have been there before pretty fun track
This place looks familiar in San Antonio I just go to go karts with my Tia and my brother
4:31 why has everyone stopped?
They stop us on track to put people in position from qualifying.
@@ImRacer1 ahh, ok. Thanks :)
Learning the F1 turn technique would help you be much quicker thru the turns. Your basic apex turning is good though.
0:56 dude, where did that guy fly off toooo?
You know, now that u think about it, I don’t think I ever, ever driven a go kart before.
Dang thought this track look familiar. This is octane raceway in Scottsdale AZ right?
one of three tracks I've raced at btw
@@Losthewaronemus yes it is!
I’m watching and thinking I know this course, and realized I went here back in July 🔥 #ClassicSnottsdale
im abouta get into karting, any advice on taking corners?
@@GOOOFYBOI don’t take them like me! Slow in fast out.
@@ImRacer1 thanks and maybe easy on the throttle around the exits? Allow less slide maybe
Look up videos on hard braking and racing lines
overtaking on yellows is wild
@@RJ._.Racing391 he was a 1st timer, has to be done sometimes
These places look fun but not really thing around where i live in the US. How much does it cost to do this stuff?
$60 for 3 races. That price is pretty much the same across the US
What go kart place is thjs
Was this in Phoenix? I think i randomly raced there when i was on vacation with my wife? We had alil too much to drink at a bar around there and i needed to sober up before driving... what better way than to go for a drive lmfao. I still smoked some dudes there lmfao
We need a place like that in Portland again
The Main Character syndrome is strong with this one (in this case “them”).