[Eric Bertrand]

Ric, I will give you a call tomorrow, what times work best for you?

Gingerman would be the track I will be going to.

Thanks.

[Eric Bertrand]

Thank You

[Eric Bertrand]

That is very true that the top reasons for not driving a Kart have nothing to do with competitiveness and more with maintenance, work, and steep learning curve. I’m biased as I love driving karts and never really get it when someone immediately rights off the idea of a kart, but different strokes and such. But there do seem to be many avenues to grow this class and all are worthy of discussion, whether it be opening it to more popular local sprint racing class (shifters are not very popular in my area) or adding 4 stroke options for those who don’t like 2 strokes. I’m going to try and do my part next year when I get a different motor and throw my current motor in my old chassis and see if anyone wants to rent it, the first hit is free.

[Eric Bertrand]

I don’t personally intend to write a letter about this right now, it is not really an option I need for myself, it is tricky for me to get to 410lbs but not impossible and it is on me to do what needs to be done. I just wanted to discuss this for the future, KM still has good numbers at Nationals at the moment, not what they used to be but still safe, I think it is still wise to consider options for the future that would open the class up to larger guys, if we continue to see a decline, KM is a class that people tend to have strong feelings about, and if the numbers are not there it would be more vulnerable then any other class.

[Eric Bertrand]

Good fitness only goes so far, a person cannot lose 3 inches of height no matter what they do, honestly this doesn’t matter to me, I can run at 410 and if I wanted to be more competitive I would buy a KZ, not spend $6000.00 on the X30, and yes people can place at nationals overweight, so it is by no means worth upsetting the apple kart (ha, see what I did there), I just think it is worth discussion for the future if KM continues to lose entries, something to potentially attract those who wouldn’t normally think of a kart because of weight.

[Eric Bertrand]

I don’t want to scare anyone off, but it must be mentioned, rental karting leagues often turn into bash fests, since the wheels are covered people can make moves they would never make in an open wheel kart, since that leads to damage of their own kart and potential injury. If your local track has good staff they will police it with black flagging and booting people, but if they don’t it really hampers the racing. Try it and if you enjoy driving a kart, try to find a local club track and watch some races, where bashing is not tolerated.

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