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Well, anything I can do to help/promote any such activities, im totally down for. What is all involved in setting up some studs in tires? Do they only race Jeeps up in georgetown? Or could i rig a set of tires on my friends WRX and go have some fun?
Thanks for the info freeze….let me know what I can do. I really have always wanted to go on ice, simply because im sure its crazy fun, and you learn a heckuva lot of car control on it too.
@Doug Welch wrote:
Club racing
Open to everyone. Low key atmosphere with the emphasis on fun and develpment. This is the grassroot bassis of our sport and one of the most critical for its health and well being. The class structure should mirror the needs of the local customers. Classes can be unique to the area. The most open and accomadating form of racing.
Regional racing
A cross or mix of club and national level racers. It gives a place for the better club racer to hone his/her/its skills in a more competitive environment and the national level racer a place to maintain his/her/its skills. The racing is much more serious than club, the controls tighter and should mirror more of the national class structure in both rules and procedures. Not every club racer can or should compete here.
National racing
Expensive, requires significant amounts of travel and a coresponding budget. Very rigid structure in both classes and procedures. Very limited in options.
The problem as I see it for the CSC is that it doesn’t quite know where it fits. At times it’s trying to be a club race, at times a regional race. It can’t be both. It has to decide if its going to be a gloified club race or a legitmate regional race.
Right now, its basically a glorified club race. However, club racing is getting killed and we are killing the basis of our sport. Just look at the numbers. Action karting dropped club racing altogether, a business decision and a smart one I might add. IMI numbers are a fraction of what they once were and they added Motard to make up the numbers needed for a sucessful event. We have a great new facility in The Track and it is drawing didly for a club race. If things don’t improve in numbers for him, I would think that Jim would follow Action Karting and just do rentals. I’m sure he would make more money on rentals and test and tuners than running a race with less than 30 karts. I would hate to see it but I wouldn’t blame him if he did it. After all, at the end of the day, he has bills to pay. Contrary to popular belief, a track is not a charity for wayward racers.
Killing club racing is killing our future. Everyone needs the club level racer. The shops, the tracks. We need new people coming into our sport, we need lower cost classes. The sad thing is that 90% of those of you reading this will not be in the sport in two years. We need a race and class structure that will at least give you the opportunity to get in this sport and stay in it. We need to put the emphasis back on club racing and the only way we can do it is by shrinking the regional racing.
The CSC needs to reduce the number of classes, not race groups, classes It needs to reduce the number of races. The future of the sport depends on it.
Great thoughts Doug. What are your thoughts on selecting a tire that lasts a bit longer than the Yellows for club racing, then something more in line with what STARS, Prokart challenge, etc would run for a “regional/national” race?
The Club guys up here at Mosport in Canada use Dunlop Sl-4’s…..apparantly they get 350-400 laps out of these babies, and you can run them more than 1 race and still be up front with the rest?
Reason I say is that I will probably will be coming back soon from running Formula Ford’s and am thinking about running a spec shifter myself….but for a 9 race schedule + practice, etc, thats A LOT of $$$ for tires.
Thanks guys!
That is the best idea ever……..i mean, its not like we should really be taking this stuff F1-level serious. Sure, it is quite competitive, but i think it would just make for more fun and better racing to start the quick guys in back, see what happens, etc.
I believe a lot of midget races and sprints do the same right Bill?
Great thinking i just think personally.
@karterdad wrote:Don,
We were in favor of one engine type per season in the tag division, there was a discussion here, then it was shot down.
Mikey,
The fall Saturdays in my house are reserved for football. Gotta have your priorities.
Cutting the season in half would be nice.
Drop the “field factor points”, that was there to balance the east with the west in the old SKUSA.
Let the fast guys start in back and award passing points. That would be very interesting. That would show who can race and who can just go fast. If you race .2 faster than you qualify you get a penalty of some sort. If you blew qualifying, declare you self and start in the back.
Just some thoughts. Midget race got rained out so I guess I am bored.
Bill
I think you can get a used Easykart for not much more. In my opinion a lot more bang for the buck. Just a thought.
But after you get your hands on it, it will be :cheers:
Why do you think they would bend easier than other chassis? Type of chromoly they use?
That’s friggin’ sweet…….. :sun:
Maybe some of the rest of the nation will wake up and realize we have some exceptional talent all around this state.
Now when the heck are we gonna get a road course built in the somewhat vicinity of the Metro area? I’d be pretty sweet to see a bunch of the colorado guys at a national setting in our own back door.
Congrats Ace!
2nd that motion…………we race in the rain up here in Canada……and just think about the Florida guys and how much experience they get. I think it would just make us all better, and i think we have a FAST growing level of national drivers who should get the experience. Just my 2 cents.
Congrats for sure Marc…….good to see the Colorado boys kickin’ some butt. Not our fault they give us all this oxygen when we get to sea level :sun:
