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Check out the Event Page, including the two Championship Preview articles.

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Thanks Carlos. Kentucky was a more athletic team. If we were healthy (McGrady), we’d probably would have won that game. Oh well, I think we should be back next year as long as they don’t go to NBA.

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Yes, contact MRP.

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The new pods are made around the newer sidebars, which may not fit your chassis. Do you have a picture of the pods you currently have?

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I am guessing they are the box-style like THIS at Franklin Motorsports

Also, try contacting MRP Motorsport  to see if they have any older style sidepods around.

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Welcome Matt. First off, don’t forget about our sister site, eKartingNews.ca – which focuses on the club and regional programs throughout the country. You are just a few minutes from our publishers home town in Cambridge.

Not sure about the program Cameron offers, but an Arrive-n-Drive is a great first chance to understand karting basics. If you want to take it to the next level, then you go club racing. Check out Waterloo Regional Kart Club at Flamboro. Big following and great place to get started in the sport.

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Check out this cool page from ShopAKR.com , or contact them directly to see what they may have that will work for you.

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9 of the 29 brackets still have their champion alive in the Final Four. Joe Bowen is the current point leader with Florida winning it all.

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My hope is no…but we’ll see tonight.

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13 of the 29 brackets had Wisconsin moving on to the Elite 8, including leader Scott Sigafoos Jr.

UCLA vs. Florida and Arizona vs. San Diego State up next. Will we see a #1 seed go down?

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Well, nobody had Dayton going to the Elite 8.

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Walt Gifford wrote:

Ideally the chassis should be made no longer than 6 months before the race.

So I need to buy a new kart every 6 months if I want to be competitive in the 206 class? [/quote]

NO

The great thing about karting is that it all depends on that movable weight that goes behind the wheel. A driver like Jimmy McNeil and TJ Koyen, or others that race national events or every weekend, will tell the difference in their kart as it gets older. For me, and the majority of the racers in the sport, who are just weekend warriors, won’t tell the difference.

That’s what is great about the LO206 program, you can start out with a 10 year old kart to fit your budget. But if you have the cash for something new, go for it. The engine will still perform the same on either chassis, so it comes down to what the driver and mechanic can do to make the entire package fast.

Don’t let Rob fool you. He’s done a few races in a 10 year old kart up in Canada, and were just as fast, if not faster, than guys who just went out and bought the latest model. Myself, I ran a 2010 Birel and a 2013 Victory Kart at Rock Island. My pace was about the same in both.

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Thanks for the vote of confidence in my abilities Carlos. Just remember who’s team is still dancing. Hell, you have more confidence in my team then I do…HAHA

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Congrats to Scott Sigafoos Jr. who escaped the opening weekend of the tourney with the most points, still with his Michigan State selection to win it all moving on. Does your bracket match up well against his? http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/2014/en/entry?entryID=973479

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Congrats to Greg Dzielinski and Dalton Egger for selecting 14 of the 16 games correctly yesterday in Day One of EKN NCAA Tourny Challenge

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Congrats to Chris Rock, Greg Dzielinski, Dan May and Brent Lyman for selecting the first upset in the first game – Dayton over OSU

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Dad will be at some. I will try to make Grattan, depending on work schedule :-)

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Yes, the vintage post by McMurray was in the General section.

Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks.

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Hi Tony,

We have been having email issues with the forum, and we believe they have now been fixed. You should receive all email notifications moving forward. If you are subscribed to a particular thread, or forum section, you will receive those emails when a new post is published.

We apologize for the delay with the email issue, but just with everything, the forum is going to get better little by little.

On the McMurray thread, double check to see if you are subscribed to the General Discussion section.

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Hey Jamie,

Check out VKA, as most vintage guys are on this site.

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Make sure you use your first and last name, otherwise you will not be counted.

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That was always one of the things I wondered about IKF Road Racing when I started covering the Nationals in 2008. Why so many with weird names. Nothing was ever changed. I think a simple structure would be better.

Open Shifter – set a weight for Stock Honda as well.
Stock Honda Light
Stock Honda Heavy

Simple and easy.

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Hi Danny,

I would recommend contacting KartSport North America to set up a session with them at their GoPro Motorplex in Mooresville, NC. I believe it’s only a 4-5 hour drive, and would be a great experience as the facility and group there is first class.

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First off, take a photo of the engines. That will help. Some motors look similar, so that may not be your engine.

Second, at your age, you have the following classes you can compete in: Senior Max, DD2, TaG Senior, Shifter, Yamaha Super Can, Yamaha Pipe, Briggs Animal Senior, Briggs World Formula.

Since you are new, I would suggest looking into the Briggs World Formula. There seems to be a good following in the Northeast area with that engine.

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Hi Jessica,

Welcome to the sport. That engine is not used in North America from what I understand. What age group are you looking at, as that will determine what category you can compete in at NJMP. Here are their rules for 2014.

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