I want to second (or third) the opinion of the great race this weekend. I brought my daughter again to try an indoctrinate her to that sweet smell of VP and Castor, we had a very nice time. Everyone (again) was very open and willing to chat.
A special shout out to Charlie Schiendzlos for flying the Easykart flag during th TAG senior race, rough weekend for him but I can definitely see what a challenge it is operating out of the back of your pickup against the big trailer, big money teams. I was impressed by the help that everyone gave to Charlie to help get him on track and the knowledge sharing that other mechanics provided. I was paying close attention to how ‘close’ the EK125 motor was to the front runners in the TAG race. Didn’t seem like there was any real difference (from my spectator vantage..eg: I kept watching for Charlie to get pulled down the straights on pure HP..didn’t happen)
In addition, i had a nice lunch with John Steel (starter) and he was more than helpful in showing me around and giving me a quick intro to Richard Buxman (sp?) of the RBI team, Richard then introduced me to Alan Rudolph (wow..been reading about him for awhile). Quite a class act at the RBI pits, John took me right into the trailer to meet Richard in the middle of what i would consider the ‘thrash’ to get ready, sure was nice of them to take a few seconds to chat with me about getting started.
Summary: I am sold on the hobby and definitely on the people in the sport. Now…back to saving money…Thanks again to everyone.