Official WKA Daytona KartWeek Discussion Thread

David Cole · Last edited by David Cole on Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:15 am, edited 1 time in total

With the final shopping hours closing and Christmas morning just around the corner, it’s now the time of year to start thinking about heading south for the annual running of the World Karting Association KartWeek at the Daytona International Speedway in sunny Florida. The Manufacturer’s Cup Series and Dunlop Road Racing Series are set to compete on December 28-30, 2008, kicking off their 2009 racing seasons.

eKartingNews.com - while not trackside this time around - will be working closely with the WKA to provide results, daily reports, photos, and blogs from a few selected drivers, beginning during the move-in day on December 27. Keep checking this Official Discussion Thread for updates, the EKN Event Preview on Friday, and the initial posts to the driver blogs from Daytona throughout the Christmas/New Years Holiday week.
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Zack Skolnick · Joined: 25 May 2002 Posts: 581

Good luck to Mike Doty and the whole squad at Mike Doty Racing.. show everyone at Daytona why MDR is the best shop/team in the northeast Laughing

Adam Lawrence · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:54 pm Post subject:

Good luck to Jeff Myers Jr and the J2 Racing team on his birel in Yamaha Jr sportsman and HPV Jr sportsman. Have fun!!!

CJ Lintner · Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 80

it should be interesting to see how the kart count is this year compared to last. daytona has always been one of my favorite events, sounds like there will be alot of new competition in the senior classes. should be fun Very Happy

. hopefully this year there will be a new system for qualifying the large classes, last year in tag didn't work out too well.

Joe Palmer · Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:28 pm Post subject:

Supposably, there was 18 pre-entries for TAG Masters with nearly all of them also registered for TAG Senior as well. I'm not sure what kind of "add-on factor" you can use to ballpark actual entries the day of the race. If you simply double pre-entries, 36 TAG Masters is a pretty good turnout for the first year (IMO). Hopefully this year the WKA is prepared for a LARGE turnout in the TAG classes, and all the classes get to run LCQ's, pre-finals, and a final. Last year, if you made the "TAG Final 1" field on qualifying time, you actually only got like 25 laps of racing. What does that translate into $ per lap- $100, $200, $300?

Jim Maxson · Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 2:19 pm Post subject: Good Luck

Best of luck to Mike Doty and all his crew at Daytona. Wish I could go with you guys. Its cold and rotten here.

Dan Haynes · Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 3:14 pm Post subject:

good luck to all the beaverun drivers. wish we were there.
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Jeff DeMello · Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:37 pm Post subject:

Thanks Dan to bad you guys couldn't make it.. 80 degrees sounds great.
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JIM SILVERHEELS · Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 7:36 pm Post subject: GEEEEEEEEZ

And I gotta shovel snow !
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Dan Haynes · Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject:

"Thanks Dan to bad you guys couldn't make it.. 80 degrees sounds great."

thanks for reminding me jeff. way to ruin my x-mas spirit! Rolling Eyes

anyway, maybe next year. the way we ran the second half of the year we would be just wasting our money anyway. we're still not 100% sure on whether to move up to TAG or stay in the yamaha. i'm thinking with all the discussion about the '09 leopard that we might be better off waiting until 2010 to see what WKA will do with the new motor. the PRD is also a possibility but i'd like to see more results on it first. we found a couple of issues that i think will help us next year so that gives us some hope but the jr. cans at BR are like running nationals every week. i think next year a 10th place finish will look pretty good.
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Tim Koyen · Advertiser Joined: 26 Nov 2002 Posts: 1557

As of the other day, WKA said they were only down 30 pre-entries from last year. In my mind, that is great. This should be another good turnout.
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Linda Willareth · Guest

Thank goodness, gasoline is alot cheaper--will make life easier for the old wallet and help national events as well as local club racing. I want to wish Margay's owner, Mr. Keith, a terrific enduro race. (Does enduro have master's classes?) As a sidelight, my compliments to WKA--with all the national series and events the past few years, Daytona still remains among the destination spots for karters--my own memories include sharing Christmas with Tom Argy (now gone) in Daytona with Tom preparing an awesome meal and sharing it with everyone. Then off to Jacksonville for one of the greatest straight-aways in racing. Merry Christmas everyone.

Jacob Carpenter · Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 7:50 am Post subject:

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF TEAM MARGAY!!!!!! Very Happy

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