Notes taken from the Town Hall Meeting

[Angie MacEwen]

These are the notes, as taken by Kurt Freiburg, from the Town Hall Meeting back in November.
Sorry for the delay in posting. Some information has changed.. This is exactly how the notes were given to me.

Board Discussion
5 races: 4 tracks + Steamboat
No drops
~ 1/month
No holidays
Classes ?
KK
Jr 1 ? Comer and Honda

13 Classes
No Novice Shifter

Greeley? Why not CSC?
Steamboat date flexible
Comments:
Should be plenty of races, CSC or not
Track restrictions at Greeley?
Can it be a 6th race? W/drop?
CSC Marketing advantage?
JK: Doesn?t draw new racers, but a great show
Doesn?t like date
But Greeley is marketing, not sales
JK: Never really materializes
Club level different than CSC

CRE Not Considered?
CK: Little feedback from non-CSC
Anybody can pull together another meeting
New karters need stability
Stick to guns
Statewide
One month or I?m out
Marketing ? deserves its own meeting, sharing ideas

GD: Need to look @ overall picture
Off of requested agenda
4-5 years of disagreement
Need to rebuild club level
Need to bring tracks back together
George needs to make amends
Too many CSC races slowed clubs
Track owners have vested interests
Why pay 3x for what amounts to be insurance?

Majority of group would like to see CRE included
What would it take?
Run CSC rules? GD: yes
GD: But not his purpose
Club racers need rules consistency between venues
Not a CSC member? Shouldn?t run the race
CRE runs on national rules
Wouldn?t run race without it

JK: WKA not central to CIK in N. America
Still gets down to insurance
Need to look @ sanctioning body. CIK would be great, but not (won?t happen) this year
Colorado Karting very competitive
US rules do not equal CIK
Need to bring in drivers outside region
85% of US racers use Euro equipment

Euro racers would like to compete in the US, but can?t due to CIK
SC: We?ll check into it
Marketing: Need to take it to the people
Club rules need to mirror each other + CSC
DW: Denver didn?t sell karts, but brought in new racers. Greeley also

BR: Need to keep in mind that we need to have fun
– Stop bickering, work together
AM: One-on-one marketing works best
Greeley and CNS were good promotion
Jr.1: Pick one motor for 3 years
Need to work toward CIK
– Rules are clear

DZ: Based on tech, something had to give
– Give Comer 1 year
– Honda will be sealed
? Purchased
Give CSC members incentive to market + sell ? cards with membership #

CRE backwards, national alignment but not state

Very few racers here go national
– if you do, you know the rules
Don?t know what CSC rules are way up front
AM, DW: Not a problem anymore

Kidkart Honda did not run as planned. NO dyno sheets supplied ahead of time
– BL: Not really an issue, slowest engines won
– AM: Needs tighter admin.
Need to focus on tweaking the rules
Liked supplied KK program
JK: Competitive urge in Jrs. huge from parents
– Should be expo only
– Track time the most important
– CSC not the track?s main business
Done a great job dealing with 2 key issues
– # of races
– # of classes
Mixing of classes doesn?t work
But at TTC this works, should be welcomed
But not @ CSC
Trouble having less than 9 flights

KK 5-7
Jr.1 K80 8-11 Last Year
Jr.1 Honda 8-11
MiniMax 9-13
TaG Jr. 12-15
TaG Sr. 15+
TaG Masters 35+ or 200lbs.
TaG 4 Stroke 15+ Front Brakes
80 Novice Shifter
80 Junior Shifter
125 Shifter Was Pro/Novice
125 Spec. Possible Lt./Hvy
125 Masters

Pt II ? Need to make progress
– Issues will be put up on TCK
– Need class reps for each class
– Special even @ GJ July 4th, 3 days?
Lots of people watching what goes on here
Even NASCAR changes rules
Need to enforce # panels

Still too many Jr.1 options
What?s the minimum # to run a class?
Minimum race requirement?
– How to administer?
Make CSC a pinnacle program
Can?t penalize people who show for those that didn?t
But can?t penalize everybody else by 2 hrs.

CSC drivers could take away from club racing regulars?
Too much obsolescence
– Need to look @ future
– More stability
CIK has homologation in Europe
Need to know what will happen when a class doesn?t meet its #s

Board agrees to help establish racer reps
Angie to put together structure
Not a racer? Should be
GD: Appreciates opportunity
– Would like to have one meeting @ CRE
– With 1 CSC rep
Sport is about passion, not spectators
Rules are very consistent, maybe weights change

Next step:
Racer reps come forward
Assign liason person
Jr.1 issue
Meeting is a success to board
Official info is on CSC site, not TCK
We will run in the rain

Next meeting?
Consensus: Decision makers post outcome. No voting meeting, By Christmas ? even rules
Need to work schedule around other track issues
Special events?
– GJ winter
– Enduro
Have club races week before CSC
Reps ? Mike Edwards ? TaG Jr.
Kurt Freiburg ? MiniMax
Kyle Ray ? TaG Sr. and Shifter

Need marketing. Non existant
Drew as marketing commissioner
Greeley potential sponsors
Want the whole series
Need to build partnerships with sponsors
Don?t miss grassroots opportunities
Rental and fun race series needed
– lap time based
– Simple to enter
GJ does this ? 3x
Board to nail contact person

Need flaggers ? Ian will train
– consistency
Looking at CSC uniforms
Is it worth more $?
– Sponsors?

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