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From speaking to various racers and shops, we’ll have at least half a dozen Spec Moto Heavies to start with, and they’re all quality drivers so it will be a challenge. It’s a logical next step for the numerous TaG Master drivers, so I expect Spec Moto Heavy to quickly grow in size. With high performance, low maintenance, and banging gears, what’s not to like?
Charles
Rick,
I’m going run Spec Moto Heavy this year. I’ve been hoping for this class to run here in Colorado for the past couple of years, so when I saw that it was going to happen this year I ordered one. Doug Welch at Shockwave is putting a kart together for me now. I can’t wait to try it.
Craig, I’m glad to see you’re going to be in the class, too. We’ve seen each other a lot at the races the past couple of years, but we’ve never gotten to race against each other.
Charles
Geez Andy, what did I ever do to you? 😮
I’d like to see 2 race CSC weekends. We’d get more racing for our bucks and it would make each CSC race more special, as it should be.
I’m glad Stacy mentioned DD2for the CSC. DD2 hasn’t been mentioned much on the forum lately, but I think there’s a lot of interest in DD2 Heavy for club and CSC racing. Adding DD2 classes to the CSC wouldn’t lengthen the day because they could run together with existing classes.
Speaking of sponsorship, when I was racing FV in the late 70s, we organized a successful sponsorship for our series by getting numerous local sponsors to put in $250 each and also found a couple of bigger sponsors (Goodyear, Simpson, etc) to kick in a little larger amount for year end prizes. We structured the payout so that each racer that paid the fee to join our series made back a little more than the membership fee. Because we were asking for a fairly small amount, we were able to attract a large number of sponsors and gave away $30,000 our first year. It worked so well that our plan was copied by other groups. Most of the sponsors were racing or automotive related. Also, we didn’t ask for cash (though we would accept it) but aksed for gift certiifcates which made it easier for sponsors to go along with it. The requirement of the racers was that they run the sponsor decals on their car.
Charles
Hi Fuzzy,
I’m 6′ 1″ and I run without an extended porch in TaG Master. I’ve driven Birel, CRG, GP, and Shockwave karts and haven’t felt the need for an extended porch in any of those. Usually there’s enough adjustment in the pedals and the steering to let me be comfortable. I live in Erie and you’re welcome to try my kart on for size if you want.
Charles
Sheldon,
Come out to IMI this weekend and say hello. I’ll be racing in the TaG World Finals. It sounds like you’re in my age bracket.
Charles
Hi Brad,
The fuel voucher mentions Burris and Xeramic oils. Are they both castor oils? Are they usable for Rotax engines? Does this mean we can’t use any other oils (e.g. Motul 800)?
Thanks,
CharlesHere’s something else you could try:
http://www.fileden.com/files/4591/ULTIMATEJOURNEYDK.wmvCharles
