To race in the national kart championships you have to have the right kit. Helmets have to have either a blue or red BSI sticker or are Snell approved and your suit gloves and boots have to meet the relevant safety standards, these vary across different types of racing. For our short cicuit racing I decided on Alpinestar for the clothing and Simpson for the helmet as these makes offer decent value for money while maintaining a decent safety level along with good quality
So after getting up one saturday morning we decided to head for Castle combe to pay a visit to Merlin Motorsport. After a fairly uneventful 2 hour journey we arrived and I started trying on various suits. John (the salesman) was very helpful and eventually we settled on the Aplinestar K-MX3 light kart suit along with the Alpinestar Tech K-1 kart boots and Alpinstar Tech K-1 gloves, all shown in the picture to the left. Anyway, after leaving several hundred pounds lighter we headed for home, this is where the fun starts as the heavens literally opened. Suffice to say the motorway traffic slowed to a crawl and a 2 hour journey turned into a 5 hour slog. But everything was ok, Lisa ( my girlfriend) managed to fall asleep, even with all that noise from the beating rain, and so arrived home fresh as a daisy, unlike yours truly who ended up with a severe headache and some very dodgy vision from concentrating.
Anyway, all over now, bring on the racing
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