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@Road Runner wrote:
Sorry nate, didn’t think people were gonna take it like this. My Bad
Boy is that an understatement. This guy’s looking to be the next Darwin award recipient and you think that’s cool.
Here’s a lesson that my Dad gave to me when i was 15 and a half:
He took my brother and I to the City of Las Vegas Morgue and we got to “view” a teenage drunk driver. My Dad’s comment to both of us was, “I don’t EVER want to have to come down here with your mother and have to identify either one of you, EVER. What do you think it would do to your mother,let alone me?Over 2 decades later and that’s still stuck in my mind. Perhaps you and your buddy ought to have a field trip there yourselves. And any other people who think these type things are cool….
check to see if your kart has a fetzer valve. That usually creates problems. It’s all about ball bearings nowadays…
Just make sure you loosen it up clockwise…
@Angie MacEwen wrote:
Cole missed out on the Final after being involved in the prefinal pileup. Can’t change that now, and we couldn’t be prouder of Cole than we are.
I for one was very proud of his pencil thin mustache. I think it gave him a competitive advantage. Plus, he looks Mah-velous. 8)
Hope he’s feeling better.
Joe,
It’s been a busy morning so here’s my comments about the whole event:1) I am amazed how many mechanics and drivers don’t know the rules. It stinks knowing the time, effort, energy and sacrifice involved getting to this event was negated by not following the rules. I saw way too many DQ’s caused by kids working on their karts on the track when the rules say you had to bring the kart off track, fix it, then rejoin.
2) Wow, that’s the most karters I’ve ever seen anywhere!
3) I have a newfound respect for cornerworkers and officials, there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes and I understand that now.
4) Colorado boys did great! It was hard for me as a worker not to show bias towards the local talent. It was all I could do to not cheer Kyle on to victory and all the others.
5) Thank God Little League dad lives on at a National level too. I saw a few examples that made me shake my head.
6) I was amazed at how focused drivers and mechanics were to the task at hand. It made me realize that physical preparation is an important part of a racers makeup but the laser like focus by the top echelon is something to be emulated for success. Mentally they were sharp.
7) The single most inspiring person I met was a racer by the name of Eric Lazar. By himself he drove 19 hours straight to make the race only to show up at George’s doorstep at CRE (oops wrong track gotta get ONSTAR or GPS!) He got to Centennial having never driven here the day of qualifying and heat races and finished. When I asked him what was wrong with the kart he said “a lot of things but my goal was to finish, had I had more time to prepare the kart and practice I’d have done much better.” He had the biggest smile on his face each and every time he got out of the kart. Oh did I tell you that his goal is to make it to the next Grand National race and improve his results? All this from a guy who’s paralyzed from a motocross accident and has to strap his legs in so they don’t spasm and hit his hand controlled brake and gas lever. Kudos to George at CRE for pointing him in the right direction and to let him pit under your tent. George, you have my respect with such a simple gesture. I wish you all could have met and talked to this gentlemen. What an inspiration.
ALSO: I enjoyed meeting after the days events new people who I’ve only heard about, the Seesman’s, Cooksey’s, Howdens to name a few. I am thankful that even though I might be old in numbers I still have the ablilty to jump when needed (graceful or not!) and avoid serious carnage when a kart goes off track flying towards me. I couldn’t have pulled that one off if given 10 more tries I think. And the applause for catching a beer single handed was just plain fun. Jim, can I ask how many bottles of Jaeger you went through for the whole event. I called the sports books in Las Vegas and they said the over under was 130 bottles… 8) I’m not telling you which way I bet!
It was a fun experience and I am looking forward to the same type racing at the TaG Worlds here in a few months. We really are lucky to be living here. Several tracks all within an hour and two National Caliber events in the same calendar year. Perhaps with the lessons learned and a little luck our way we’ll take home even better results.
Don,
I really didn’t get a chance to say congrats to Connor but he did one heck of a job, would you please tell him that.
I’m going to quote something that Sam Walls (or was it Bill Noud?) told me when I was a newbie: You always race to the checker. Yes, it stunk what an official did but they’re human too.
Why don’t we all throttle back a little and once again, not air the junk. Don’t we all have better things to do…
:cheers:
Y’all missed some very good racing today at Centennial. Good competition and it was interesting to see the basin collect as many as it did. And very few were collected in the first corner of the first lap. Something to be said about that…
@Curt Kistler wrote:
@ROTAXIAN wrote:
INTERNATIONAL BROKERS TEAM IS WITH ALL OF YOU(COLORADIANS) GAYS. :cheers:
We always knew about Jansen, but to call Edwards gay is going to get you hurt. ❗
To quote Ronnie: There you go again… Jealousy and envy about my good looks, charm, wit and talent always means I’ll have a target on my back.
Cisco,
Find out from the previous owner who did the work and go ask them to issue a new passport. You’ll probably have to give them the seal number to confirm it’s thiers. If it’s a new motor without being worked on call the dealer or call SSC (once the Nationals are over)
Hope that helps. I had the same situation with my rotax and Acceleration gave me a passport when they did the rebuild. It was 50.00 if I remember correctly…
since you have a biland i’d talk to Brad about placement of the fuel filter. I imagine you’ve got the fuel filter too close to the tank instead of nearer the engine.
He’s the expert, use his experience…
@Doug Welch wrote:
For those of you that haven’t had the chance yet, some out and see the circus. It is something to see.
I”ll second this sediment. I was amazed at the level of the money involved (a major factory comes with a wall of extra engines and a dyno to see if they’re all equal or something like that.
Plus the Prevosts in the RV Parking. It’s all impressive.Joe, say hello to Eric Vaughn, he used to race here when he lived in colorado.
Good luck to all the Colorado racers there this week. Do well, have fun and keep your focus.
:cheers:
Just curious…
Wouldn’t facing the trumpets towards the airstream constitute a ram air affect or a poor man’s turbo/supercharger? I remember a few cars in the early 70’s that advertised “ram air” and yes, it did increase the performance.
I’m glad we’re getting this out in the open now so we don’t have any DQ’s later. Same thing pertaining to those that are racing in the Rmax race here shortly…
