Laurens Balcaen

Go kart or go home

ABOUT ME

Age

31 (1989)

Nationality

Belgian (BE)

First kart experience

August 2018 @ JPR, Sint Niklaas (BE)

Started karting regular since

I started karting for the first time in August 2018 at JPR in Sint-Niklaas. Then I decided with fellow OKT-member Bart to go karting every month at Hasselt.

Scariest moment on track

When I drove a DD2 shifter kart for the first time this summer in 2019 at the FIA-CIK track in Genk, my kart's engine shut off when I was coming up on the first corner there.
The speed was approximately 110 km/h when the downshift when wrong, the kart shut off and I went straight through the grass run-off area, sliding on the next part of the track again and then stopping in the grass there. REALLY NASTY!

working point as a driver

• building up more physique to be able to race at endurance races more easily without being KO afterwards and to be fitter in general
• being less nervous (mentally more prepared)
• altering my driving technique a bit for even smoother driving and to get faster times
• more consistency

What does OKT-Racing look like in 3 years

• More amazing members
• Being the best team in every race we participate in

Favorites

Preferred driver number

7

Favorite track

Outdoor: Karting Genk (BE) / Indoor: Experience Factory Eupen (BE), Wavre Indoor Karting (BE), WorldKarts Kortrijk (BE)

Favorite driver(s)

Charles Leclerc, Stoffel Vandoorne

Skills

Indoor 85%

Endurance 85%

4 stroke rental karts 85%

Outdoor 70%

E-karts 60%

Wet races 40%

2 stroke competition karts 30%

Shifter karts 30%

8

Tracks raced

10+

Hours driving experience

Tracks

Belgium (BE):

Genk (outdoor)

Sint Niklaas (indoor)

Herselt (indoor)

Eupen (indoor)

Bilzen (indoor)

Kortrijk (indoor)

Hasselt (indoor)

Wavre (indoor, e-karts)

Races

Genk 100 miles endurance races (2019)

Competitions

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