I had a lot of fun watching that, haven't been karting for years and now I'm going to check out the tracks in Brisbane. Looked so much fun driving the M2 around too. Thanks for the video, Joe, and congratulations on 100000 subscribers! 🥳🥳 try the X7 on the track next time haha!
Your time in the Dmax is probably down to the lack of proper maintenance they have on them. Times vary widely by changing karts even in same session. We went on the first day they opened after lock down and got what felt like good karts. All of us were 46s to 47s. We had felt like they had put a lot of time into getting on top of maintenance.. but perhaps not as only a few days later we returned for 2 sessions where break downs inconsistent performance in engines chassis or braking came back. I swapped karts in 1 session and went 4 seconds faster. Came again the following day just to be let down by 2 misfiring karts followed by a 3rd with knackered brakes. If you've never driven 2 stroke even a broken dmax will scare you, but if you're competent then you'll left disappointed more often then not... It's a real shame as I love the circuit and really enjoy the environment and the staff have always been good to us. But there seems to be a lack of investment in keeping on top of the karts quality. If you drive a club 100 kart, same chassis engine tyre etc they feel a whole level above. Crisp clean engine response great balance and confidence in grip and brakes. After literally going every weekend I and a number of people have given up on daytona for these problems. Some of us have moved to club 100 racing others have moved to owner karting or both. I do get the difficulty in maintaining a 2 stroke for public use but in all my time there I cannot say I've seen a new set of tyres on any kart. More than half the engines will misfire or stutter or even cut out on you giving poor parity as a rotax is a sensitive beast with very small window of operation requiring constant maintenance and fine tuning. I've moved to senior rotax now and my engine performs crisp the moment I pull out the pit lanes and hasn't ever stuttered on track. So I know it can be possible to make reliable performing rotax karts.. But I guess for as long as sessions sell out daily and they get away with it, why spend money any extra money on them.. It's a shame but the dmax fleet arent what they once were... though I believe MK are getting a new fleet? Will sandown one day as that may tempt us back...
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@@JoeAchilles1 yeah you are right there. There's a few national championships that you should have a go in which have weight classes. Covkartsport is one and also the local dmax championship at each daytona venue, some really good racing and you'd get to drive your cars to the venues, win win!!
Great video! - Nice to see the differences between the two. Ive been to that track & more of prefer outdoor than in. Ive only tried the standard karts but will defo give the fast karts a go.
Well done Joe on 100k subscribers your doing great content keep up great work. Helps you drive my Favourite brand of car Bmw’s. Would love to race you around karting track and beat you !!! 😂
@@JoeAchilles1 Great video anyway, I'm thinking of booking a session there with my mates. Videos like this keep us enthusiasts going at times like these!
Hey Joe, wondering if you are going to try the new Michelin cup 2 (240) tread wear model? they just hit my radar the other day and they basically look like cup 2 tires you can daily drive and get some miles out of. I'm sure at the cost of some grip but definitely a compelling tire.
Quality video, loved all the camera views and birdseye! Pick up plenty of speed down that straight! Me and Super Gav have booked up double sessions for the 02nd 😂 Go hard or go home! Congrats on the 100k🙌🏼
Mega that fella, never would have guessed the outcome tbh but like you said it would have normally been different with the track in the best condition (grip wise) so to speak but yeah nice, I’ve Karted and raced in Karts but never done Daytona still, must get a load of my crew to come down another time 👍👍
Joe Achilles bad timing but I saw it and waited until you said the dates, that’s super close to my race weekend so wouldn’t be able to do. I’ll keep an eye out on future ones as I’ve got big gaps in between races after that week/weekend 👍👍
Joe Achilles Not many race cars are faster than karts The Karts lap times round bigger tracks like silverstone are the same as gt3 cars And at Cadwell Park only a formula Jedi race car has going round faster and that was only by 0.1 second So on the smaller tracks a big race car won’t stand a chance
Great vlog Joe, how did you find the MSS springs as I watched the evolve vlog and was keen to hear more. Ref karts, didn’t you do a vlog on karting early on where you raced the youtubers of the day back then? Congrats on the 100k, massive growth since my son and I met you at the Gumball in London many years ago - you remain approachable and long may that continue! Cheers Kevin.
Thanks buddy! Yeah the MSS springs felt great, the car is overdue an alignment adjustment which is happening next week, it wasn't running straight at a track day a few weeks back... Yes, we did have a TH-camrs karting afternoon at Daytona back in 2016, be good to do another one now actually. Thanks for your kind words, I will hopefully always be me, just a slightly busier me 😅👌❤️
@@JoeAchilles1 haha yup.. My first four full track days with her were wet... That 5th dry day on slicks opened up another beast and I've driven Trucks from the 1930's to 500bhp track cars.. The kart wins for the hardest drive.. Being British we live in and love the wet but the grip levels on a dry good track are insane. So much fun.. Lockdown has crippled me. Can't even field my CRG kart to a track. Sad face.
You're a legend, my friend. Congrats for the 100k, this is only the beginning.
Very cool video, been waiting to see that M2 comp go more sideways LOL... You got some skills there!
Ive been go daytona sandown park, definetly one of best go kart tracks ive been on, blows indoor tracks away.
Beautiful video Joe. Excellent. Really enjoyed it.
Great video Joe looks great fun mate
M2 did really well
A proper BMW 💪
Great video joe also enjoy karting and used to do six hour endurance racing at sandown park with my pro kart.
Great content again. This is only down the road from me soni might join one of these nights.
I had a lot of fun watching that, haven't been karting for years and now I'm going to check out the tracks in Brisbane. Looked so much fun driving the M2 around too. Thanks for the video, Joe, and congratulations on 100000 subscribers! 🥳🥳 try the X7 on the track next time haha!
I was here today, it was brilliant would definitely recommend
Congrats on the 100K mate. Appreciate your videos and obviously the hard work that goes with them. Cheers
Cheers man glad you like them!
Great video. I had as much fun while watching as Joe had while driving.
I loved the drone shots on top of the "onboard" view.
Cheers buddy, was a great day mate and something I've wanted to do for years.... Have a great weekend!
Your time in the Dmax is probably down to the lack of proper maintenance they have on them. Times vary widely by changing karts even in same session.
We went on the first day they opened after lock down and got what felt like good karts. All of us were 46s to 47s.
We had felt like they had put a lot of time into getting on top of maintenance.. but perhaps not as only a few days later we returned for 2 sessions where break downs inconsistent performance in engines chassis or braking came back.
I swapped karts in 1 session and went 4 seconds faster. Came again the following day just to be let down by 2 misfiring karts followed by a 3rd with knackered brakes.
If you've never driven 2 stroke even a broken dmax will scare you, but if you're competent then you'll left disappointed more often then not...
It's a real shame as I love the circuit and really enjoy the environment and the staff have always been good to us.
But there seems to be a lack of investment in keeping on top of the karts quality. If you drive a club 100 kart, same chassis engine tyre etc they feel a whole level above. Crisp clean engine response great balance and confidence in grip and brakes.
After literally going every weekend I and a number of people have given up on daytona for these problems. Some of us have moved to club 100 racing others have moved to owner karting or both.
I do get the difficulty in maintaining a 2 stroke for public use but in all my time there I cannot say I've seen a new set of tyres on any kart.
More than half the engines will misfire or stutter or even cut out on you giving poor parity as a rotax is a sensitive beast with very small window of operation requiring constant maintenance and fine tuning.
I've moved to senior rotax now and my engine performs crisp the moment I pull out the pit lanes and hasn't ever stuttered on track. So I know it can be possible to make reliable performing rotax karts..
But I guess for as long as sessions sell out daily and they get away with it, why spend money any extra money on them..
It's a shame but the dmax fleet arent what they once were... though I believe MK are getting a new fleet? Will sandown one day as that may tempt us back...
Great and Fun show as always Joe ! Thank you very much!
Thanks for watching ❤️
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Joe you need to do daytona Milton Keynes or daytona Tamworth in the Midlands, much longer tracks. Have fun on the 2nd
@@spenno90 Been to both, awesome venues and circuits but punish heavy drivers like me unfortunately, Sandown is 30 mins from me.
@@JoeAchilles1 yeah you are right there. There's a few national championships that you should have a go in which have weight classes. Covkartsport is one and also the local dmax championship at each daytona venue, some really good racing and you'd get to drive your cars to the venues, win win!!
I have actually been to that track and it's actually good fun!! Would highly reccomend it to anyone.. but the m2 really does move doesn't it!
Great video! - Nice to see the differences between the two. Ive been to that track & more of prefer outdoor than in. Ive only tried the standard karts but will defo give the fast karts a go.
Well done Joe on 100k subscribers your doing great content keep up great work. Helps you drive my Favourite brand of car Bmw’s. Would love to race you around karting track and beat you !!! 😂
Mega...that is all that needs to be said 👏
Thanks legend, see you on the 2nd ;-)
Congrats on the 100k. I bought my M140 because of your videos over two years ago and am still loving it.
Thank you bro, really appreciate the support for people like you 🙌 Glad you love your mighty M140 👌
I'm guessing the tow bar is the timing equipment! Neat. Better than using a damned stopwatch
Yeah man
@@JoeAchilles1 Great video anyway, I'm thinking of booking a session there with my mates. Videos like this keep us enthusiasts going at times like these!
Great video Joe, glad to see the CEO of the circuit seems just as excited about racing as you are, seems like a great place to be!
I was thinking that too!
Yeah man very fortunate to have Charles on board, he's very passionate as you say and really enjoyed the day
Good job Joe!. difficult to see how narrow that felt in the M2, but I was biting my knuckles when you got the rear end to rotate!
Haha yeah it felt very narrow on the first couple of slow practice laps, luckily felt better as I picked the pace up...
Great video!
You should try and drive a KZ kart (=6 gears) on the same track. I think they are closer in power-to-weight ratio.
What a fucking brilliant video idea. Never seen this before
congrats on a 100k mate brilliant content as well as love how you review all different cars
Thanks buddy!
Liked that seems like lots of fun I’m in the wrong location 😎
EPIC video and brilliant driving mate! legend! really fun to watch 👌👍
Thanks you bro, I was actually gutted my time in the D max was so off my pace... Have a great weekend!
Congrats on the 100k !!
Cheers guys!
Congrats on 100k subs! :)
Wow... that was fun. Great driving.
Cheers Nick glad you liked it!
Moral of the story - just drive a car. F go karts! Epic video mate.
Go karting is the purest form of racing.
Moral of the story is Karting in decent karts is a hell of a lot of fun and teaches you about car control.
100k is a long time overdue... well deserved Joe, keep it up...👌🏼
Thanks buddy!
Hey Joe, wondering if you are going to try the new Michelin cup 2 (240) tread wear model? they just hit my radar the other day and they basically look like cup 2 tires you can daily drive and get some miles out of. I'm sure at the cost of some grip but definitely a compelling tire.
I bet the steering felt pretty light when you got back in your M2.
I almost spun off a roundabout once because of that after go-karting for an hour.
I went for a go kart ride for 30 min and the I got in my tuned 228i and it felt like a cloud. So light like a feather
Haha yeah it did, always sketching jumping between the two ;-)
Ha, done the same myself first time !
Sound took me back to my old Yamaha KT100 days.
Awesome Sauce
Congrats on 100k Joe!!👊🏼
Cheers Chris :-)
What a thoroughly entertaining video. Nice one Joe, keep flying the M2 Competition flag ;).
Haha cheers buddy glad you liked it!
Thats some impressive driving!
Great video Joe, I looked amazing fun.
Great video. Looks like you were having a lot of fun.
Cheers man, was a mega day!
Quality video, loved all the camera views and birdseye! Pick up plenty of speed down that straight! Me and Super Gav have booked up double sessions for the 02nd 😂 Go hard or go home! Congrats on the 100k🙌🏼
Haha you guys are legends! Can't wait for the night to happen now, I have my karting bug back :-)
What a great area for a video! Brilliant.
Thanks buddy!
Great one, you are the best BMW fan ever
How did the crack in the windscreen happen? Road debris?
What a great idea for content Joe, loved it👍👏👏👏
Cheers Ian, glad you liked it :-)
Great Vid Jo 👍
Brilliant video Joe! Great idea!
Thank you!
I’m here from Matt’s channel. You have some wonderful content. Keep up the great work! I’m definitely subscribing.
Thanks buddy, appreciate you heading over 👌👊
Really enjoyed that . Thanks very much 👍🏻👍🏻
Cheers Richard!
I can't imagine how fun this must have been! I'd love to take my car on a Kart Track.
Haha yeah was hilarious, it's been something I've wanted to do since 2004 at Sundown, glad we made it happen!
Mega that fella, never would have guessed the outcome tbh but like you said it would have normally been different with the track in the best condition (grip wise) so to speak but yeah nice, I’ve Karted and raced in Karts but never done Daytona still, must get a load of my crew to come down another time 👍👍
Cheers man, you should book a session in the 2nd, you should clean up with your weight
Joe Achilles bad timing but I saw it and waited until you said the dates, that’s super close to my race weekend so wouldn’t be able to do.
I’ll keep an eye out on future ones as I’ve got big gaps in between races after that week/weekend 👍👍
You're fast in a Kart Joe, impressive matey !
Thanks man, I need to lose some weight to get back on the pace properly... Was a great day!
Great video, are you running any other events after July 2nd? I'm interested!
Cheers man, yeah we will do for sure, I will announce further dates in video I shoot on the 2nd 👌
The ROSSI lid easily knocks 2 seconds off a lap Joe 🤣
Ohhh.... I was told it gave me 4 seconds 😂🏁👌
Wow great video Joe 👍🏻 brilliant 😎
Thank you mate!
@@JoeAchilles1 your very welcome buddy 👍🏻
Be a lot faster with a proper race kart. I drove my rs6 round Cadwell part and was 12seconds faster in the kart the day after.
Would be a lot faster in a proper race car too 🤷🏻♂️
Joe Achilles Not many race cars are faster than karts
The Karts lap times round bigger tracks like silverstone are the same as gt3 cars
And at Cadwell Park only a formula Jedi race car has going round faster and that was only by 0.1 second
So on the smaller tracks a big race car won’t stand a chance
That was fun!
I had a look but July 2nd is a Thursday (midweek) why wasn’t it scheduled for a weekend? 😩
Would have been more expensive on the weekend, it's almost sold out over night
great video Joe :)
Cheers man
Joe you make great videos - car tests. I wish you min. 1 million subscribers. In your opinion, which car brand is the best, the best?
Thanks Peter! Porsche is number 1
I’ve just booked myself into the D-Max open race on your day. Haven’t driven a go-kart for years, will I need a practice ?
Haha awesome! If you can get down for a practice session beforehand it might be worth it, but you will be fine. Cheers and see you on the 2nd
I'm 6'4" and about 100kg, need to get myself down to Sandown park to see how I measure up. I'm fairly quick in the Dmax at Tamworth.
Great vlog Joe, how did you find the MSS springs as I watched the evolve vlog and was keen to hear more. Ref karts, didn’t you do a vlog on karting early on where you raced the youtubers of the day back then? Congrats on the 100k, massive growth since my son and I met you at the Gumball in London many years ago - you remain approachable and long may that continue! Cheers Kevin.
Thanks buddy! Yeah the MSS springs felt great, the car is overdue an alignment adjustment which is happening next week, it wasn't running straight at a track day a few weeks back... Yes, we did have a TH-camrs karting afternoon at Daytona back in 2016, be good to do another one now actually. Thanks for your kind words, I will hopefully always be me, just a slightly busier me 😅👌❤️
uploaded in time for me to watch with dinner, perfection.
Haha awesome, hope you liked it!
Great vid Joe. Now go and have a blast in a proper rotax or even better a KZ and report back! Karting could use the exposure!
He would crap himself in an X30. Agree about the exposure especially club level karting. Owner driver seems to always be OK though
Yeah not driven a really fast Rotax frr many years, I'm too top heavy and weak, my neck would go in 3 laps haha
Great idea for a video !
Thank you!
Hope to make the kart evening, sounds like a lot of fun 👍
8:25 is that a crack on your window?
What shades are you wearing joe?
Oakley Holbrook XL
Joe Achilles thanks👍🏻
So 10kg heavier equates to 2 seconds per lap slower!
15kg and the fact the track is green
Did you left foot break in the M2?
I do in a DCT car, tend not to in my manual car out of habit
Great video idea 💯
Cheers
great video, next time try a smaller car instead of your m2, like a lightweight sub 1 ton (sports)car
Cheers man! Haha a lighter sports car would have been too fast.
I got 34hp and 60 Kilo 😏
Instant algorithm like & comment. I might be going to watch the content now as well, though 👌🏼😁
Well done on 100k. Did you ever find out why your car wasn't performing when you last did a track day?
Cheers Ben, I've sadly not investigated yet, alignment is finally getting done next week, will update on channel once I know.
Did too many G's crack your windscreen?
Haha unfortunately a truck on the M40 cracked my windscreen the day before
damn why i'm not living in the UK >>.
Haha sorry bro ;-)
We piss around alot 😂
DDK agreed, but unfortunately most of the time in the rain. 👍
Wish I could buy one I’m in Texas.
Anyone notice his cracked window lol
I did.
yep
@@JoeAchilles1 lovely car though buddy iv got an m35i 👌
@@JoeAchilles1 What was the cause of the crack?
My kart had 32bhp and weighs 75kg..hehe its lethal.
Haha I'm sure, I had a go in a similar one off camera and it was incredible, 4 seconds quicker per lap, but my neck cried enough after 4 laps
@@JoeAchilles1 haha yup.. My first four full track days with her were wet... That 5th dry day on slicks opened up another beast and I've driven Trucks from the 1930's to 500bhp track cars.. The kart wins for the hardest drive.. Being British we live in and love the wet but the grip levels on a dry good track are insane. So much fun.. Lockdown has crippled me. Can't even field my CRG kart to a track. Sad face.