Official Rock Island Grand Prix

David Cole · Last edited by David Cole on Thu Sep 06, 2007 7:22 am, edited 1 time in total

Hello EKN viewers,

It's that time of the year...the Rock Island Grand Prix. The grand-daddy of street racing in North America is upon us once again. The streets of Rock Island, IL will turn into motorsports central 5pm Friday afternoon when the RIGP volunteers turn the city blocks into a racing circuit.

EKN will be there, both on and off the track as I will be running with Grand Products/Team Top Kart USA with the Wiegands. When not making laps in the TaG Masters sessions, I'll be updating the forum and posting daily reports Saturday and Sunday night. We'll have the preview story posted Friday morning to kick off the coverage of the event.

We have a poll currently running on the site - RIGP Poll - on who will win the SKUSA King of the Streets event, the headline class of the weekend.

Good luck to everyone racing this weekend.
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marty casey · Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:39 am Post subject:

David,
This years race is sure to be a good one, glad to see you driving. Any one that's not at the Rock will miss a great race. See ya there.
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Kathy Gerst · Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:24 pm Post subject: Jr Supercan set up info

Any one willing to share any Jr Supercan (3 hole) set up information. As first timers to RIGP, any starting point information would be helpful.

Thanks,
Kathy
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Tracy Simmons · Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:57 pm Post subject:

David,

See you on the track as Im in the same class as you. Very Happy

Zach Corson · Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:06 pm Post subject:

any jr sportsman running on here??

Zach Corson
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John Denman · Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:30 pm Post subject:

Rock Island

Mychron Map
Lap sample data for Mychron
Full race video of a 125 race

If you aren't racing, just go for the race, the festival, and a good time.

This is what karting is all about.
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Gary Osterholt · Site Admin Joined: 18 Jul 2001 Posts: 2769

Better yet. Go get rFactor. And download the karting mod and kart tracks where slimjim made Rock Island for the game.
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Mike Wagner · Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:29 pm Post subject: DRIVE THE ROCK ISLAND GRAND PRIX

DRIVE THE ROCK ISLAND GRAND PRIX
ON WAGNER KART RACING SIMULATOR

If you have always wondered what it is like to race the street course that the Rock Island Grand Prix follows, now is your chance. Wagner Race Products will have its Kart Racing Simulator as this year’s event. The simulator features a computer reconstruction of the Rock Island Grand Prix course.

The simulator has proven to be a valuable training tool for racers who want to keep their reactions sharp during the non-racing season, but it is also popular with gaming aficionados too.

For the Rock Island Grand Prix, Wagner Race Products will have a simulator set up on Saturday in the paid pit area and on Sunday in the Grand Prix Marketplace. For a fee of $5.00 you can drive the course and compete with other “drivers” for the top lap times of the day. Half of the entry fees will be donated to the Dispatch Goodfellow/Argus Santa Fund which helps out needy children and senior citizens in the Illinois Quad-Cities during the holidays. The remainder of the entry fees will go into a pool that will be distributed each day among the drivers with the fastest three lap times.

The more people who drive the simulator, the bigger the pool becomes and the more money are donated to the Goodfellow/Argus Santa Fund. Information on purchasing a simulator can be found on the website at www.wagnerraceproducts.com for more information on the Rock Island Grand Prix, visit www.rockislandgrandprix.com
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Roger Ruthhart · Joined: 24 Jul 2001 Posts: 1298

We are in the process of installing a point to point wireless link to the scoring trailer to help facilitate David Cole's reports and live webcast Sunday by monksmedia.com . Hopefully all goes well, but it's one of the challenges of a temporary circuit.

David Cole · Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:42 am Post subject:

Afternoon everyone, King of the Streets qualifying just got over with Kyle Wiegand earning the pole position with Chris Kuenning clocking in the second fastest lap overall, running in the first group. Defending race winner Alan Rudolph was third with Sean Noonan and Curtis Fox rounding out the fast five.

TaG Senior is on track now. I'm running in TaG Masters so I will post some updates the rest of the afternoon while I have time. If you have any questions, post them.
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David Cole · Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:57 am Post subject:

TaG Senior Top Ten UNOFFICIAL

1. Caleb Loniewski
2. Johnny Johnson
3. Chris Enderlein
4. Brandon Jones
5. Eric Jones
6. Jordon Musser
7. Derek Crockett
8. Mark Vielgut
9. Kyle Erdmann
10. Conor Daly
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Chris Wehrheim · Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:41 pm Post subject:

It looks like the Rok TT is the motor to beat right now in TaG Sr?

David Cole · Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:53 pm Post subject:

ICC Top Ten UNOFFICIAL

1. Kyle Wiegand
2. Chris Kuenning
3. Curtis Fox
4. Wesley Boswell
5. Alan Rudolph
6. Michael Vincec
7. Cody Jolly
8. Adam Johnson
9. Sean Noonan
10. Matt Zeis
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John Denman · Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:26 pm Post subject:

Looking at the top of the page I see the Champion ad, but I don't see any Champion drivers in the top 10 in ICC. Must be some tough luck for them.

Glad to see Cody Jolly in the top 10.
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John Giannette · Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:27 pm Post subject:

I wonder what happened to the updates??

John Giannette