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Tech was breaking seals at the end. Many racers who were not running as part of the Mile High challenge choose not to go through tech and took a DQ instead.
As far as racers failing tech, no more failed than at the last race at Centennial.
In answer to a question I’ve been asked several times.
Fuel and oil for use in parc ferme will be available during the event. So you can add to your 5 gallons if needed. Additional tires will be available but must be checked in to parc ferme before the start of official qualifying.
2nd place gets the trip also but they will have to pay some portion of the expenses, not a full free ride. Last year, something like 18 racers got to go. Rotax has not announced a full prize list yet, but from the things I’ve heard, it will be extensive. In previous years, they have given away all kinds of stuff.
I don’t think you will be disappointed on prizes that will be given away at this event. There has been a delay in getting out packets, in large part due to picking the wrong method of shipping. Most got sent, but many did not arrive. Let SSC know if you did not get your’s, they will get one to you ASAP.
It is expensive to do a national level event. It also costs a lot of money to put one on of this caliber. The costs for the racer are not unreasonable to other events I have been to and cheaper than some. Most notably, this year’s SuperNats in Vegas. Not counting travel, that will cost quite a bit more.
Worst case, this event will cost the average racer $2,000, including some damage for parts to a minimum of $1,200 on the cheap. I know that’s a bunch of money for most racers. However, it is a national race with racers coming from all over the USA, Mexico and the Caribbean. It will be an international event in every sense of the word. This is the first time I’ve seen a race of this importance so close to home, I hope everyone gets a chance to sample it.
From the RMax web site
“WORLD FINAL QUALIFYING
-Champions from all classes will qualify for a full paid trip to the 2007 ROTAX World Finals (MiniMax Champion will not compete). Full Paid Trip includes airfare, hotel, entry fee and kart rental fee. Other drivers will qualify with various expense packages, details will be announced.
-2007 Rotax World Finals will be held in Dubai in Nov – Dec”Just a quick update. If you want to go to the grands, register. Do it today. If you don’t make it as a qualification or as an alternate, they will refund your entry. But by registering, you will show your intent and that might give you an edge up in the process.
There will be allocations open in MiniMax, DD2 and Masters. The last word I got was that they thought all who wanted to go in these classes would get a spot. But you need to register now.
Junior will be tight but there will be some openings. Senior most likely will not have open spots but I would still register as there will be a last minute cancellation by some one.
Yes
A trip to Dubai, No, if you don’t want to go, it goes to the next guy.
If they break our seal, there will be several service centers who will re-seal for peanuts or free. For example, if it were one of my engines, I would assist in tech and re-seal at no charge except for any parts that were required in the re-sealing process.Hard to believe but ALL the race groups got their full number of laps and we were done, packed and ready to go at 4.50pm! It was so nice to be able to go out with the family for dinner and still get home in time to park the trailer in daylight.
Great job Jim and company.
Sorry guys, here is the direct link.
https://www.yourhostco.com/secure/rotax/nationals/index.phpSunday started hot. We found more speed but so did everyone else. Saturday we were .2 off pole in 6th, Sunday, we were .249 off pole in 11th. 21 karts were covered by .5 of a second. Fully 29 karts within 1 second. Talk about a fast field.
We made some changes, not all the right ones for the pre-final. On the start, we got shuffled back and bit, moved back up a bit and then Greg had to hang on to a crappy handling kart. We went the wrong way, finished 14th.
We made more changes for the main going back a bit. It worked. The kart was a rocket and Greg quickly moved into the lead pack. There was a 14 kart train for the lead. Greg was around 10th. It lasted a couple of laps until all hell broke loose. Greg said he came around a corner and there were karts everywhere. He almost got past when he got hit in the rear, hard. It sheared off his axle on the left side. We were through.
Zip qualified well, he was coming to grips with the high grip track. He was only .255 back from pole but there was a kart between him and Greg. He broke a seat strut in the pre-final and struggled to finish. In the main, he moved up nicely, from 24th to finish 18th. He learned a lot about this level. I’m sure he will do better next time.
We found some speed, and qualifed 6th. Got freight trained on the start of the prefinal to 9th but pulled back up to 5th. Started the main in 5th, got punted from the rear and fell back to next to dead last, 37th. Pulled back up to finish 17th with a wounded kart.
Worked like a dog in the hot to put the kart back together, did I mention it was hot? A wind storm came up and blew dust into everything. It was time to go. Give you more updates tomorrow if I have internet.
Joe
Take a long straight edge, a carpenters level works great. Set it so that one end is on the front wheel, the other on the rear wheel. There has to be clearance with the side pod at all points. The side pod can not touch the straight edge. Some guys think they can just set the front wheels out real wide for scrutuneering and then move them back in for the race. While it is checked during pre-race, you still must pass this test as you come off the track. The ONLY exception is when the race is declared wet.
If any one wants me to go over their karts again before this event, just bring it over if you see me at The Track.
I had hoped to turn over tech to some one else for this race and we could have none better than the man who will be doing it during the Grands. Hopefully you were all paying attention to the stuff I found on your karts and got them fixed. The side pod rules, the seat washers and the fuel filter stuff, while some may think it’s petty, it’s in the rules so we have to follow them.
Good luck to all Mile High competitors.
No Barry, your guys are doing very well without our help. In fact, maybe we should join your team. You seem to have very good results also.
My point was that if you look at the total results, it appears that most of the podium finishers were from one of three major shop teams.
For the most part, teams are informal groups at best. They are more a grouping of a shop’s customers than anything else. Most racers are not part of a team.
For example, the Shockwave Karting team is a group of Shockwave Kart owners who all pit together. The team principles, myself, Jeff and Greg, offer assistance to our customers. We offer that help at no charge. We help them with tunning advice and driving coaching on race day. We also share information. It helps everyone go faster.
At the last RMax/club race at IMI, we had 6 Shockwave drivers pitted together. We had 4 poles, 2 main event wins, 3 second places and a third. Every “team” member but one was on the podium. I think that if you look through the results, you will find a large number of the racers on the podium have some sort of team support.
