Ok, I am laying on the railroad tracks waiting for the little engine that thought he could to come by.
Supplied engine program for kidkarts – Excellent idea on a club level. This is where the development of on and off track skills and sportsmanship needs to start. The parent can get into karting for a lot less and see if they really want to spend 2 weekend days a month for 8 months racing. With the engine out of the equation, the parent can be completely focused on driver and kart.
On a regional level however, (the CSC) this is the next level of competition. At this level the driver and parent/tuner are further honing their skill with all the tuning variations associated with the engine/kart and various tracks. You work from a prescribed set of rules and as long as you stay inside the box. There is not an issue.
As for kidkarts in general, I feel 85% is the kart setup and drivers ability, the other 15% is the engine. As I have stated before, If people would spend the amount of time it takes to make the money to buy that special engine and spend that time fine tuning the kart and gaining seat time, you will be much further ahead than using a Flemming, Woltjer, Innis, CKS, Williams or one of my engines. It is all about tuning the kart and engine. I think Mr Luttrull can testify to changing a few key items on the kart one day at the track, he picked up a couple of seconds and we did this over the phone. There?s no substitute for seat time and allowing each child to progress at their own pace with positive support and feedback. A few of us in the class fought hard between ?04 & ?05 for a rules package that was consistent as possible with the rest of the country and the class made great progress, there?s just no good reason to through it away now. There you go.
Scott Smith