The karts were brought together on a rainy Sunday morning to be inspected and given race numbers.  Not all the karts could be there as some are still being made!
But there was an interesting collection including a battle tank, complete with rotating turret and water cannon!  (Unfortunately the paint was not waterproof and so it [...]

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The kart that I we have been building is almost finished.  It is looking good.  Now we need to pump up the sponsorship: go to www.justgiving.com/porteurandmike please give just a little and we will stand a chance of making our target of £10,000 for the air ambulance.
The kart is here:

 
Now all we need to [...]

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I have found a great image of Zach during his race at Goodwood.

Here is Zach mixing it up with the other racers. 

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Thanks to London Speed Skaters for these images.

I am in the red on the left.

Taking a quick drink and rest from the paceline that I was following on lap 7 & 8.
I was happy with my result, finishing 32nd in a time of 1hr 55min 20.3 sec.  My times were reasonably consistent.
Lap 1: 08:23.7  [...]

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Yesterday I completed the Goodwood Roller Marathon - 11 laps of the Goodwood Motor Racing circuit 26.62 miles.  After this weeks really bad weather we were glad that it was dry.  The strong wind didn’t help much, especially as it was blowing straight down the hill!
Zach and his cousin Matthew took part in the Mini [...]

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