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Lee,
Do you have any pictures of these engines? If so, we will be able to post this advertisement to social media as well to share with a broader audience.
THATS NEAR MY HOUSE. I MUST KNOW.
Hi Skip,
The 2018 Colorado Karting Classic is indeed set for October 07, at SBR Motorsports Park, in Peyton, Colorado.
To answer your inquiries:
- No, you don’t need to have raced during the season. However, we would strongly recommend having some experience in a racing kart prior to taking part in this event.
- Karts are to be sprint-kart style karts, with standard IKF regulations in place regarding the majority of technical issues.
- Teams may be between 1-3 drivers per kart. A team is allowed only 1 kart for the event.
I will include a link to our 2017 Colorado Karting Classic rules. While not 100% what we will be utilizing for 2018, these are likely to be quite reflective of the majority of our event rules for 2018. A board meeting on September 11 will refine this rule set, which will subsequently be published shortly after.
Please email The Colorado Karting Tour at: [email protected] should you have further questions.
–Eric Gunderson
Tyler,
Greg and the team at Unser Karting Centennial are a great group for advice on many things Karting, as are many local kart shops.
Most racers will change their oil in a Briggs each track day. Due to the (comparatively) low cost of the 4t oil, it’s a good idea to consider this, as after significant run time it loses some of its cooling ability. A typical LO206 will run between 350-410 degrees at the cylinder head operating temperature, so cooling by oil is important!
If you ever remove 4t oil and it has lost a reddish-tinge to it, it’s likely been in the engine too long.
Hey Chris!
We are thrilled to read you’re considering picking up Karting again.
Without seeing your kart, it isn’t possible to definitively, 100% say it will for sure work.
With that said, there are several mid 2000s birel chassis running Briggs packages in the 206 category in the state. I believe one is a 2006, and another is a 2008.
Briggs engines are fairly easy to mount, but one of the challenges can be getting the “lateral offset” correct, meaning the spacing between the right side of the seat and the inner face of the side pod. Fortunately, most Briggs motor mounts allow for a lot of spacing options laterally these days to accommodate different karts. A great group to reach out to would be the Briggs LO206 Colorado on Facebook, or to consult with Comet, Acceleration Karting, or of course one of the local shops and experts. A lot of people really love the JTP motor mount for its solid base and quality machining.
The neat thing about 206 in Colorado is the utilization of the Duro tire. While it is not the grippiest tire out there, it does keep costs down, and also opens up the competitive window to having more of a chance for true success running at the front with a “semi-vintage” chassis.
Keep us in the loop on your thoughts on returning to Karting! The 206 category certainly is strong lately.
-Eric
All,
a) Worth noting: CKT’s SKUSA Stock Honda category runs under SKUSA technical rules only. For competition issues, as an IKF series CKT refers to IKF and NKA procedures.
b) The parts protested were impounded after the race, and sent to SKUSA for inspection. At first, SKUSA wasn’t even going to bother inspecting it as again, CKT is not a SKUSA sanctioned series. They did all parties involved a favor by inspecting. This inspection was conducted by nationally-respected officials at a Pro Kart Challenge race in California.
c) Once inspected, a formal letter of finding was written by those officials and then sent to CKT. This took several days after the event in California to receive as well.
Accusations of CKT “dragging their feet” are not only untrue, but also critical of a series that again, was doing us all a favor by spending time at their race with their independent officials to inspect a part from another race in another state. We can not expedite a process we do not have party to, especially when it was pretty clear they didn’t want to be bothered with it in the first place, which frankly is understandable.
d) Once received, the findings were sent to protestor. This was done “expeditiously,” to use a term above.
e) As in all protest cases, all parties not directly involved in the protest actually do not have a god-given right to know the findings of the inspection. This is how IKF has handled this for a long, long time. With that said, if the competitors involved in it wish to share or comment on the process or findings, that is THEIR decision to do so. This is done out of respect for the parties involved, regardless of the situation, regardless of the category, regardless of the class.
f) With all of that^ stated, I will say: Following the inspection and result of the inspection, the finishing results have been upheld, and will not be altered. Both the 1st and 2nd place finishers were not and are not CKT nor IKF members according to our records, so they don’t receive CKT points. As we have a new volunteer running points this year who didn’t know this about non members (my fault), we have to go back and update this for several classes for non members, and that will be fixed shortly.
g) Lastly, a quick note on protests: If a part is protested and found to not be illegal, the protestor (party lodging the protest) is not entitled to a return of their money. The opposite of course would be true if the component is deemed illegal.
I hope this clarifies your inquiry.
-Eric Gunderson
JB,
100% agree! The avatar issue has been extremely frustrating to me. I have consulted multiple forums, and a lot of people are frustrated by this. So far, I have not found a better plug-in or application to improve the process, but I will continue to look…
Brandon,
Awesome! Feel free to reach out to us anytime here on the forums, or the Facebook groups. You may also email the website at: [email protected] anytime.
Mac,
This is way cool! It’s neat seeing the hay bails and open bodywork look. That camera work made me dizzy!
Brandon,
Welcome to Karting!!! We are thrilled to see you utilize the resources here and elsewhere online to assist you in making the first step into karting.
We do our best to update the technical section here on The Karter, but there are a lot of great resources on the web. One great group you may want to consider joining is the “Briggs 206 Colorado” group on Facebook. An overall positive and helpful group of local racers.
While it’s a bummer your work won’t allow weekends off, the good news is that many racers are here at the track during summer as well during the week!
As you have a Praga, one group in particular that may be helpful is DRC Motorsports in Parker, as they recently aligned a partnership with IPK, which manufactures the Praga kart line.
At anytime, reach out to us at [email protected] with karting related questions!
Best of luck and keep us up to date with how your Karting adventures go!
—Eric Gunderson
