kudos to jay and tammy

[jedclampet]

MIKE Thank you! Should I even say that? jed

[Richie Buxman]

Let me explain what i spoke about with a few people that called yesterday. I have my hands full with importing, dealer relations, and setting up our national race team. With that said, I don’t mind spending some time and energy to help get this thing on the right track.

Being away for a few years has been a great thing for me. When i left, our sport was going well. When I got back, well…..

So call or email and let’s get it pointed the right direction. After all, this is what we love to do. So why add politics to it??

[Mike Jansen]

Few things to say from a Guy who’s passionate about racing and has been racing here since 2001.

1) IRL vs. CART in open wheel racing and FOTA vs. FOM in Formula 1 (late 70’s early 80’s for you too young to remember or were not born) proves that with splits the only ones that win are NOBODY. Indy is FINALLY rebuilding itself but still a little ways away from pre 1996 glory. DIVISION divides.

2) Too many classes, too many (future) boat anchors. Perhaps spec racing IS the way we should do it but I for one love SKUSA SuperNationals when TaG Masters, Seniors, and Juniors run several variations of engines: Rotax, Leapord, Motori, BiLand, Rok, etc, etc. I applaud Jim Keesling to try and combine engines to a spec racing level of racing. While it sounds good, seeing what I saw at the Rotax Grands where teams had 10 plus engines on a dyno to squeeze the very best of the lot is not the spirit of racing. Or is it? Money helps make karts faster. Seen it in all variants of motorsports. But so does talent but I digress. While Jim’s decision to 86 anything other than a Rotax is commendable I think the timing was possibly too late due to the next point:

3) it’s the economy stupid. We can say what we can but motorsports is expensive and with disposable dollars being squeezed nowadays how many people are sitting on the sidelines due to lack of funds or sponsorship? More than we care to admit.

4) Richie, Brad, JB (when he’s well), Jim, Roger and Stacey need to once again set aside the egos and move forward. Is what we have now working for y’all? I for one would relish the smell of two stroke engines while coming down the starting straight of ANY of the tracks. That and the smell of me cooking BBQ the night before the weekend! It’s possible it really is. But compromise and a wee bit of flexibility is needed.

Richie, GIT R DONE! My hat’s off to you for extending the olive branch to get this process started. The rest of us need to show a little patience and (quite possibly) show some civility and SHUT OUR MOUTHS for a while.

Cheers all. Shoulder is healed. Back in the gym. Getting ready for next season. In what class I don’t know. What I do know is I’ll be manning the grill next time out, beer in hand. :co

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