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  • #42556
    Eddy Wyatt
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    closed

    #60024
    Gary Meadors
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    😮 What is the benefit from having a club? Or why wouldn’t you want a club? :idn:

    #60023
    Eddy Wyatt
    Participant

    Road Rat

    Look at the following kart club websites LAKC, San Diego Kart Club and the Pheonix Kart Racing Association. There are others as well. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me.

    Eddy
    719-640-5816

    #60025
    Curt Kistler
    Participant

    @wyattep wrote:

    Road Rat

    Look at the following kart club websites LAKC, San Diego Kart Club and the Pheonix Kart Racing Association. There are others as well. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me.

    Eddy
    719-640-5816

    Don’t these clubs have year round racing and thousands of karters at their disposal? I would be curious to find a region with 5 months of racing weather, + – 150 karters(including Jr’s), 5 different tracks and more than 1 successful karting association. By successful I mean numbers to support a full blown program with a race director, safety team, scoring and timing, corner workers, tech director, starter, year end banquet, special awards, rules commitee…….
    CRE competes with the CSC and has successfully produced a racing program for over 8 years that I know of, but that seems to be it other than club racing. Adding another track or club at this time will be very risky to keep the numbers where they need to be in order to grow and succeed. Just my opinion.

    #60026
    Eddy Wyatt
    Participant

    Curt

    Welcome back and thanks for all the info from Las Vegas.

    Concerning club racing and kart clubs. One thing all successful kart clubs seem to have in common is they run a nationally recognized sanctioning body. WHY? economics, rule/s uniformity and in our case more choices for the karting community/famlies to race other tracks, not just intra-state but outside without having to have other equipment, i.e. engine packages, tires, and rules. What I learned about kart clubs is they normally start with a small group (say 30 to 35 people) sharing a common interest in growing their karting community. In our case, it could be state wide.

    This forum is not the place to really accomplish anything. I am sure you have seen that, looking at the history of post to the general public. So I won’t bat this around. What we will do, is hold an organizational meeting, by invitation and RSVP. It will not be open to the public for obvious reasons. It will be for those that want to discuss having a kart club/association. All Colorado karters are welcome to request a invitation as that is what we have been asked by those who have responded to our original post. If you are interested in attending the meeting, please feel free to call me as we welcome your input and envolvement.

    For those who are reading this and have already requested an invitation, we are looking at holding the meeting in early January. Additionally, surveys will be mailed out the end of December to get input for discussion points for the meeting.
    Again, the meeting will be facilitator format with Q&A, we will have a guess speaker, free buffet and refreshments. Please no alcohol during the presentation. More to follow on time, date and location. My apologies Curt, my written comm. skills are not the best.

    Thanks,
    Eddy
    719-640-5816

    #60022
    Curt Kistler
    Participant

    Eddy,
    I will always support a sanctioning body, rules and standards. We all spend too much time and money to let this sport get out of hand without having a solid foundation that makes for a well run, and safe day of racing. I hope your meetings go well and you can surround yourself with some passionate karters that will add to your success.
    If there is anyway I can help, please do not hesitate to contact me. I should have some extra time on my hands next season.

    See you at the banquet.

    #60027
    Eddy Wyatt
    Participant

    Thank you Curt

    We believe we have a vision that is shared by many. We want karting to grow in a very positive way and having a single sanctioning body state wide is one way to promote that vision. We also believe that membership of a kart club/association can accomplish that goal. What ever the kart club community wants is what will happen. We are looking at giving them the opportunity to make that decision is the right thing to do. Hopefully the kart track and shop owners will support that as well. In our minds it is a win win situation.

    Respectfully,
    Eddy

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