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Tony, What a great job you did with the annoucing as well, keep it up.
I’d also like to second Tony’s thanks to all involved you did a fantastic job. I can’t think of another weekend of racing I’ve enjoyed more!And a personal note of thanks to a few individuals that helped me keep my son’s karts on the track, Kirk Deason who helped me all day, Craig Mansfield helping change a motor mount, Ron Rudolph for loaning me his spare motor mount, AJ Noud for all his help, Jeff Field for your continuing stream of advice, Jason from swedetech, Bill and Christian Bird and to anyone else I forgot to mention. And to everyone that made it such a class event!
Thank you all The Wogrins
All I can say is WOW!!!
I have not been active in karting for a number of years, but I was around in the “GloryDays” of SKUSA, I did a few promoto events and a few supernationals. I heard that SKUSA was coming back to Colorado and I decided to check it out, and even told Curt (whom I had never met before) that I could help out if I needed. I was impressed with the people putting on the event when I met them, but I figured that as a first event, at a brand new venue, with a temporary track, that there would be some glitches. I was there all weekend and I have to say it was one of the best organized karting events that I have ever seen. It brought back a lot of memories of how well SKUSA events were run, and reminded me of a national level event. You could set your watch to the schedule, there were excellent corner workers in EVERY CORNER, beautiful facilities including the nicest restrooms I have ever seen at a karting race, a national level tech director, and perhaps best of all fantastic racing on track and smiles all around off track. It made me want to get back in the seat and start kart racing again.
For those of you who missed it you should plan on attending the next event. If I can figure out how to get a kart together I might just see you on the track. Watch out Micheal Schumacher I might be gunning for you next November in Vegas!
Great job SKUSA Mountain Region Crew!!!!
Russ McGraneTo Everyone
Reading the generous comments like these posted here make all the hard work worth every bit of effort . For a lot of us workers it was our first race, as race workers ,and I would like to thank all the racers for the high level of professionalism and patience that was displayed at all times.In two weeks on May 22-23 PPKRC (http://www.PPKRC.com) will have their first race at this World Class facility PPIR (http://www.PPIR.com). We have a high standard, that was set during the history making race this past weekend, to live up to. :clap:
Thank you to SKUSA and everybody who helped run the event. The whole weekend was well organized and stayed pretty close on schedule. The track layout was very good – pavement changes, variety of turns, and plenty wide for passing and different lines. There was lots of tough competition and good racing. The event exceeded my expectations and I really enjoyed it.
Charles
Wow, what an event! That was some of the most fun i’ve had at a kart race! The entire SKUSA staff pulled off something really special. The track layout was fun, fast, and challenging (my favorite temp track ive driven on ). The schedule was bang on time. The crews were very knowledgeable, professional, efficient, and friendly. Corner workers did an awesome job of keeping us racers safe. The racing action was great!
Tony, you’re a natural at calling these kart races. You made it fun to listen to while we were working in the pits. The post race interviews were a nice touch. Keep up the good work!
Big thanks goes out to the people who made this happen. I am personally very happy to see SKUSA back in Colorado. Like Tom Kutcher said in the driver’s meeting (that’s the president/CEO of SKUSA who came out for this race), SKUSA is about the racing. No politics, lets just race! That’s what we did, and it was a blast. Hopefully this can get people back into the FUN of karting! That’s what this is all about! I had FUN! Speaking of fun, there was lots of it (laps, that is). 6 (?) 15 minute practice sessions on friday, 2 on saturday morning, 10 minutes of quali, 2 heat races, and a 20 lap main. Loads of track time, and really good $/lap value. It made the day a little hectic, but that was part of the fun & the challenge.
The venue was awesome. Never considered PPIR as a site for a kart race, but it proved to be a good one. The parking lot we raced on was very smooth & wide with lots of room to race. It didn’t tear up equipment, which is rare at a temp track. Indoor flush toilets, running water, some tasty food, covered scales, paved pits & parking, and a great view from both the sidelines and the 3rd story of the grandstands! What more could you ask for? First class venue, for sure. Makes me very tempted to come down for some PPKRC events this year.
Fabulous event everyone, I can’t wait for the next round.
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