Peter McDonnell's Page

"eventually, qualifying gets a bit boring...   did a lot of qualifying meets in the last year or two and started to yearn for mixed grids where we would actually get to pass some people for a change and work for a result. "

"Warren you need to do a world tour or at least a seq tour. we came to Wooloongong late last year and when I saw 3 heats pre final and final I pooed my pants and expected to get home to qld around Thursday.   I am aware that the…"

"Here's a surprise, no one raised this issue at our committee meeting last Wednesday, and as far as I know nor did anyone raise it at the race on Sunday. Seems they are happy with random grids after all. They certaily seemed happy with their 5…"

"Nathan, since the members are the club they should get their chance to decide, all they need to do is attend their committee meetings, debate it and vote. Good luck to them. "

"Nathan What you have said is what most people say. Costs are reduced and DNF’s are less frequent. Safety is the big one, karts not pushing to past is best practice for all. That equals cheaper karting for all…. I hope other club’s…"

"If we did qualifying at every club meet last year I probably would have saved about $500 in axles, plus a seat, exhaust bracket, battery, a tie rod or two, and a number of DNFs haha."

"Good points boys... as it definately causes more carnage.  There were many times I thought they should ban reverse grids.. especiallly when working with kids or girls/women.   I will re-consider my thoughts.. while the rest of us…"

"Hi Pete We’ve been in this sport 5min we know; but we have experienced both systems and just love qualifying. If that’s big event stuff, then even better we feel. We are getting great practice at club level at Newcastle each month. That…"

"Edgar everything you say is true. Its fair for everyone, and yes quali is for big meets   but we're trying to save the cost for the average karter by ordering the grid in a structural way so that theres less accidents. Believe it or not,…"

"Its one of those RARE things that its a CLUB decision, so why not take your views to your club and see. As we have seen here there are valid points on boths sides, so the art of compromise maybe needed maybe club days stay with random grids, as I…"

"Pete... top drivers still want to win the club meeting.  They will not volunteer to go to the rear... as there main opponents wont always agree to do it also.  Random grids still make it fair for everyone.   Qualifying is for big…"

"Great to hear people are willing to listen and give qualifying a go. Being new to the sport and from Newcastle, I thought it was the norm everywhere. It’s a real shock to us that it’s not. For top drivers, they can just not qualify and…"

"You beat me to the punch Pete, was just about to type that exact thing. Without running random grid races your not used to going under multiple karts in the one corner while setting up your exit to grab another at the following one. "

"yes warren. That does sound like a short day.....BUT how many laps do thay get...and how long is the track as you know wollongong is 570mts and 10 lap heats 15 lap final   what if this track is 880mts and that get 15 laps per heat. and 20 lap…"

"I like random grids at club meetings only.  Most guys use club meetings as practice for the big races.  Its good to have to start at the back every now and again... as it provides practice for carving through a field and increasing your…"

"I'm not convinced either as I've seen carnage at state and national level as well, but if any members of WKRC show up at our meeting next Wednesday night and want to put their case we'll hear what they got to say. "