Racing Towards The North - St Benoit Sur Loire (Karting 45) 02-05-10

First of all, we would like to thank Team Of Course for transporting Alvis's kart and providing a shelter for us during the competition. Also, not forgetting Ask Kartland and Karting 45 for organising the Race. To provide Alvis an opportunity to excel in his kart racing, we went up north to St Benoit (about an hour drive southwest from Paris) to expose him to a new group of minikart racers and a new track. The weather was good on Saturday and he was having fun practicing with his buddy, Rui. He met some 'old friends' from last year National Race and was happy to be able to race with them again.

It was a cold and cloudy Sunday morning with threat of rain. Alvis was all prepared and his battle machine was ready for the track. There wasn't a free practice to test out the kart setting and went straight to chrono laps. Nevertheless, Alvis was able to 'communicate' with his kart, tyres and the track to secure pole position.

Something special for Alvis during the lunch time. He was invited to do a demostration for Babykart (4 to 7 year old category). This demo was for the parents of the younger kids to assess the speed and handling of the babykart. Brilliant demostration by Alvis.

In the pre-final, Alvis was overtaken during start off. Staying close behind the leader, watching his trajectory and moves and looking for an opportunity to overtake. After a few failed attempts, he finally managed to overtake the leader and stay leading throughout.

During the final, he was confused with the last minute adviced trajectory changed. He dropped 3 places to 4th position in the first few laps due to the confusion.

Being put to test, he held an urgent 'conference' with his kart, tyres, track, brakes, throttle and trajectory. Getting all to focus on the goal and as a team, Alvis succeeded in leading 'them' to take back his lead and together, they conquered the checkered flag.