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Originally Posted by Zeke
Frankly, even if I was born with the talent, I could never have been that dedicated. As a anonymous racer recently put it, "The fun factor was gone for me 2 hours ago."
When I was racing enduro karts in hour long races at big track, they would show the cross flags at 30 min. I'd look at those and go, "You're kidding. I've been out here for week already." The 15 min to go sign was a big motivator. Then I switched to sit-up enduros of 30 min races. Now those were fun.
If you can believe this, the early karting enduro races of the 60's and ran 2 hours. That is to say, no fueling and no driver change, just 2 hours of running a 3' x 4' wheelbase on 10" tires, 1 inch off the ground with no suspension.
Even at that, I don't envy driving in a 130* cockpit for 3 hours.
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Our track does two hour events, both team's and solo's. I won the solo too many times in a row, I stick with the teams now, its more fun to get out and see the standings, fast laps, who is moving up, who is moving down.
I have the record at our track for longest run, 203 laps, I don't remember exactly how long it took, 2 1/2hours maybe.
Longest I've been in a kart non stop, was a 12hour team race, that the rules had no driver maximum, obviously, there is an advantage to not pit until the kart is running on fumes. It was a partially wet track, so speed was down, took about three and a half hours to run the tank low.
The track can have a lot to do with your endurance factor, my home track in its current setup - no way I'd be competitive for an entire tank of gas, a hour and a half, I'd be fine, maybe two hours.
A track with long straights, I'd want out from boredom before fatigue.