Daytona MK - 3 hour enduro - 1/12/24 - Team Honda Hackers V2

Team members : Oliver Philpott / Tom Justice / Matthew Swatton

RESULT - P3 of 27 in SODI SR5 class. 43 karts on track. Tom and my first endurance race and only Oli's second.

• Practice - Decent pace from us all. We're running around P3'ish. We all got quicker as the track dried a bit but overall, Tom was quickest, so he was doing quali!

• Quali - P4 - Tom had the pace for better but with it being a one shot one flying lap, he got a bit held up in traffic towards the end.

• Matthew - first 30 min stint P4 > P6 > P5. Rolling start and I got off to a flyer grabbing a place by the first corner. I dropped back to P6 after being clipped and spun by a Dmax but managed to get back to P5 for my first driver change .. with myself!

•Matthew - second 30 min stint for me. P5 > ?? > P4. I felt more comfortable with the kart and got back on good pace to get us back to P4.. I was closing in on P3 and I reckon I'd have taken it within a couple more laps but my time was up!

• Oli - first 30 min stint. P4 > P4 > P4. We lost some time on the changeover with the ballast but Oli maintained our P4. We took advantage of an empty fuelling bay to pit him a lap earlier than planned. He made a super quick fuel stop and was on his way just as others came in.

•Oli - second 30 min stint. P4 > P4 > P6. Oli was flying until he was clipped and span on T10. He lost a couple of places but recovered well to close the gap to P5 before his time was up.

•Tom - first 30 min stint. P6> P8? > P7. We lost time again on the driver change due to the ballast. The top 3 SODI teams were over one lap ahead, but from P4, it was pretty close. Tom came out P8 but soon took P7 and closed in on P6 before he came in for his driver change with himself!

•Tom - second 30 min stint. P7 > P7 > P3. Tom's pace was good. This and teams ahead pitting promoted him to P4. Last few laps and Tom closed in on P3. Frustrated by yellow flags, it came down to the last lap but he did it, securing the final podium place!

Outstanding team performance!! Thank you to my teammates and our parents for all the support and huge thanks to the Daytona MK team for putting on a great event!.