Joining a Team?

[Anonymous]

Do most racers join a team? I have been told by several people joining a team is a good idea for someone new to Karting. How does this work? Are you chosen to join a team or do you just ask to join? Are there costs involved? I can see there are obvious benefits of joining a team coaching, advice, etc. Are there others I am missing?

I am enjoying reading through the archive of posts I apreciate all of the advice given on this forum it priceless for someone entering the sport!

[Doug Welch]

For the most part, teams are informal groups at best. They are more a grouping of a shop’s customers than anything else. Most racers are not part of a team.

For example, the Shockwave Karting team is a group of Shockwave Kart owners who all pit together. The team principles, myself, Jeff and Greg, offer assistance to our customers. We offer that help at no charge. We help them with tunning advice and driving coaching on race day. We also share information. It helps everyone go faster.

At the last RMax/club race at IMI, we had 6 Shockwave drivers pitted together. We had 4 poles, 2 main event wins, 3 second places and a third. Every “team” member but one was on the podium. I think that if you look through the results, you will find a large number of the racers on the podium have some sort of team support.

[Billet Performance]

Man
Thats impressive can we join your Team

[Doug Welch]

No Barry, your guys are doing very well without our help. In fact, maybe we should join your team. You seem to have very good results also.

My point was that if you look at the total results, it appears that most of the podium finishers were from one of three major shop teams.

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