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Originally Posted by Shiver Me Timbers
Mick is not close to his dad in talent. Closer to his uncle Ralph
We spent a half dozen race weekends in Kerpen Germany at Michael and Ralphs home kart track while my son was racing. "Kart Klub Kerpen" on the outskirts of town. Mick is a good driver but never really impressed me too much. He went off to F2 because of his name. Same thing Haas is doing.
If you are ever bored look up Kerpen Germany. Michael built a race themed entertainment center there. Rental Karts, Arcade and a couple of restaurants that are darn near 5 stars. That is where our team would end up in the evening. Good times.
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Side note - how the hell does one even get into racing? I laugh with my wife about it but I'm only half joking - the 4 yr old is a born wheelman. We put him on a 12v that I slapped a 20v battery in and he'll powerslide that thing through turns. He just has exceptional spatial awareness and is incredibly comfortable driving things. Has been since we put him on those little scooter things.
I friend of ours is a mechanic for a race team that does open wheel dirt stuff in/around the midwest so I figure he's someone I can ask about it one of these days, but the boy really does seem naturally adept at driving stuff and loves to do it. I think he'd be pretty damn good at Kart races and stuff and would have a blast doing it.