"That ********** @#%$ blind talentless ****muppet in the @#%$ kart @#%$ 17 @#%$ @#%$" was my agonising scream as I got out of my kart during last nights race.
Nick and I race karts. Last night was the last round of the winter series and we where locked in a championship battle. The pace was good, I took over after 1h20 into the race and unlapped myself from second place and kept pace with the leader in front of me. We only needed to finish 4th, we where in 6th, I passed to 5th, ahead of us where teams yet to stop for fuel... The title was there for the taking.
Then I catch up with some stupid blind ****muppet of a backmarker through stadium bend, an 80mph flat out bend, he's slow - I take the bend wide then switch back him on the exit - i'm alongside going round the outside of Reg's Elbow. He's been out maneuvred, out powered, out classed and i've left him offline for the infield hairpin.
Then the stupid muppet tries to late brake me going into the infield hairpin, the corner where I brake later than everyone else anyway. This is my part of the track, where I am quickest in the field and he doesn't want to let a lead kart through because he thinks that maybe, although he is last, our fight might be for position...
I leave him enough room for his antics and drive around the middle of the bend, I had a good entry I was just going to keep momentum and blast him away going down the strait whilst he did a slow and tight 180 on the inside of the hairpin.
Sadly he was even more of a moron than I had allowed for, he spins it around and still carrying about 40mph of speed flies backwards into the side of my kart.
There did not appear to be any damage, I kept going but I was in agony. I called in to the pits - need a driver change i'm hurt. The extra stop looses us time and position.
I get to the medical centre for two broken ribs, it @#%$ hurts! They are not allowed to give me painkillers but they do offer to call an ambulance... WTF !? You think i'm going to miss the end of the race? No chance...
I sit on the sidelines watching in aguish as my brother chases down 4th position, 5 minutes left, 4th is ahead, he's gaining... He does it!
YES - the pain has been worth it!
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Later on we descover that the pieces missing from the kart from my earlier impact have brought us in under weight - we get a 7 lap penalty leaving us down in about 8th position.
Not only have we lost the championship, i've lost a couple of ribs, we've also taken our first penalty for "cheating" in 8 years of racing and all because the guy in last place who had already been outwitted refused to give up to a leader as he came past him.
I'm @#%$ hurting this morning.
God created the world in 7 days, but we're still waiting for the patch.
