[Gene Davis]

Just a reminder that pre entries close August 8. Come be a part of history.

Thanks

Gene

[Gene Davis]

Reminder-

Pre entry deadline is one week from today, May 6. Mail pre entries to Gene Davis, 1116 Bowers Road, Mansfield, Ohio 44903 or e mail to clgedavis@aol.com. If you did not receive an entry form in the mail you can get one at http://www.dartkartclub.com. You do not need to be a DKC member to race the event.

Friday evening after practice AKRA will hold a short meeting to discuss plans for 2016. Time and location will be announced during the day at Grattan.

Thanks.

Gene

[Gene Davis]

You can run either 4 wheel brakes or just rear brakes.

Gene

[Gene Davis]

1116 Bowers Road
Mansfield Ohio 44903

[Gene Davis]

Just a reminder that the early pre entry fees end Monday April 20th. Fees go up $10 after that date. Entry forms can be found at http://www.dartkartclub.com

Thanks

Gene

[Gene Davis]

DKC will be running the West course.

Gene

[Gene Davis]

You are right Jeff. We tried to do something else but that did not materialize. I will say now that the fourth race we are looking at to complete a four race series is an existing date so no more surprises. If that event comes on board it will not be hosted by DKC.

So to get back on the topic of this thread.
Grattan
Mid Ohio
VIR
NCM
Summit Point
MIS
Maybe not in that order.

Gene

[Gene Davis]

AKRA is not requiring spec fuel at this time. WKA uses spec fuel because Sunoco is a sponsor and pays WKA, as do the oil sponsors.

My point on oil is that in laydowns some people run 6 oz/gal some run up to 10 oz/gal. This gives you a choice of how much you can run. As far as the octane on other motors can’t answer that.

As far as am I for or against it. We won more races using Sunoco than VP C12. It is cheaper per gallon. I think we had less wear using C12 and Blendzall but what do I know. I am a banker.

One thing I agree on. Anytime you put the word spec on something the price just went up.

Kerry give me a call sometime would like to talk to you.

Gene

[Gene Davis]

AKRA will be using the 110 track fuel as the baseline. The digatron meter will be set at -45 using that fuel. There will be no limits on how much oil a competitor can add to their fuel, it just needs to not register greater than 0. No spec oils at this time. Secondary tests may be done.

Gene

[Gene Davis]

Kelby – Yes DKC has switched to AKRA for 2015. If you have a kart that is legal to race WKA it will be legal in AKRA.

Kevin – For your information my wife and I were paid $50 more to score than last year. What I was not willing to donate was my time in doing all the pre registration. Printing of all the registration forms. Printing the tech forms. The reconciliation with WKA after the event. Posting of information to mylaps. Paying for the internet connection for race monitor. We drove to Daytona instead of flying. That saved WKA approximately $1,200. The reason we drove was so I was sure the scoring system made it to the race. Would have been in a major jamb if the airlines would have lost the system. WKA had plenty of time to find someone else to handle what we did.

As for running road race in the ground not sure what you are referring to. In 2014 the total entries were down 32 from 2013 for the year. That includes 6 races rained out at Daytona in December 2013, and a total rainout of Sunday at VIR.

If you want to talk about this personally instead of on an open forum call Mr. Harper he has my contact information.

Gene Davis

[Gene Davis]

Entry sheets have been updated with the final pre entries.

 

Gene

[Gene Davis]

Bobby,

I have not had any pre entries for the 250 class forwarded to me from WKA.

Gene

[Gene Davis]

Having been on the “inside” of WKA my opinion is that until the Code Of
Regulation gets changed they can not move forward. Same thing happens year after year, just the players change. To me this is like going to the track whith the same set up week after week and wondering why you never get faster.

I really enjoyed my time with WKA and will miss that part of my racing experience.

Gene

[Gene Davis]

I want to thank everyone that has supported what I have tried to accomplish as road race chairman over the years.  Effective 10/31/14 I have resigned as both chairman and CFO of WKA. Good luck to everyone traveling to Daytona.

 

Gene

[Gene Davis]

Glen,

Yes ICC’s are legal

[Gene Davis]

Keith will be posting any class changes in a pit board.

Glen – WKA and CIK shifter was combined into 125 Shifter Final 1 & Final 2. The weights are 390# for Stock Honda and CIK bodywork, 400# for Modified motor and CIK bodywork, and 420# for WKA bodywork.

In 2014 we only had 14 total entries in the WKA shifter class and 10 of those were at Daytona. Grattan, VIR, NCCAR, and Summit Point had no entries. That is the reason for the combination.

Gene

[Gene Davis]

We will be running race monitor.  Go to the Dart Kart site if you don’t have it downloaded on you phone.

 

Gene

[Gene Davis]

Race monitor will be running thru the DKC website all three days. See everyone Thursday. Registration and pre tech will be open Thursday evening. Practice pre entries are at 102% of last years total and race entries are at 98%. Shapping up to be a fun weekend.

Gene

[Gene Davis]

Looks like perfect weather for you guys tomorrow. Enjoy the sun. So Robert since you are the only weatherman that has hit it right this year what is your prediction for our race in May.

Gene

[Gene Davis]

Kelly – full width rear bumpers on enduro is recommended but not required. Sprints the rear bumper must extend when looking from the rear of the kart must extend to at least the middle of the tire.

Robert – You can only purchase the temp membership at the track.

If you did not see the pit board the entry form is on the WKA site.

Gene

[Gene Davis]

Soon

Move in the 27th, practice the 28th, race the 29th and 30th.

Not many changes to the daily schedule. Moved a few classes around at the request of the competitors.

Everyone is putting all their time in finalizing the tech manual that is why the daily schedule has not been published.

Gene

[Gene Davis]

One thing that to me is evident reading all the posts are that the competitors are very loyal and passionate about the series they support. Kelly has a good thing going at KART just as CES and WKA. For those of you that don’t know me I have been a Dart Kart member for 28 years, currently am treasurer and chairman of the road race committee for WKA. All these series need to co-exist. The best thing everyone can do is keep the rules as close to the same from series to series and try not to schedule on top of other series or clubs. I for one do not want to see any series die. Each one has their own special place for karters. When a series dies everyone loses karters. Some karters will travel to another series but most retire or take up another form of racing.

The one thing I would ask of the long time racers is to give each of the series a chance. If you haven’t run a WKA, KART, or CES race give them a try. You may have had a bad experience once but clubs change so give the other guy a chance.

Let me put my treasuer hat on just to compare some things between CES and WKA. Not saying one is right or not just want to compare. The WKA race at Grattan had pre entry fees of $90 and at track entry of $105. WKA membership is $65.00 or $20/weekend. Weekend pit pass is $25. Adding things up if you ran 2 races and joined WKA your cost would be $90 + $90 +$65 + $25 = $270. The CES race at Gingerman you had $85 pre entry, $105 at the track. $30 pit pass. So if you ran 2 races and joined CES ($75) your cost would be $275. The $5 difference is about as close as you can get to run two great series and similar type tracks. I did not include anything about Friday practice since CES does not offer that. We are looking at that now for some WKA events. In all my years of being treasurer, the clubs very seldom cover the cost of Friday. Just can not charge enough to cover the cost.

As for the cost of the more expensive tracks just to give you an idea Mid Ohio and VIR are very similar in rent. DKC needs 216 more entries at Mid Ohio to cover the cost difference in renting Grattan and Mid Ohio. For you old timers we used to race at Mid Ohio 5 times a year. Then it went to 3, then 1, then we tried 2 again. Now we are at 1 again. We get offered additional dates each year but there are just not enough karters out there to pay those bills.

Thanks for listening.

Gene

[Gene Davis]

Morgan- You don’t need front wheel brakes on your TaG to run WKA road race events.

Gene

[Gene Davis]

Just thought of something else. I understand and agree 100% that all karts in Road Race should have a dual braking system for safety reasons. That decision has cost the clubs alot of entries. Local short track sprinters used to come to the “big” track once a year to race. Many of them got hooked at that point. Now since they would have to change the braking system on their kart that just don’t come.

I am open to any suggestion that can help Road Race.

Gene

[Gene Davis]

I agree with Mr. Cole. Road Racing needs the clubs to survive.

Let me put on my Dart Kart hat for a minute. I have been treasurer of DKC for 26 years. It has been along time since it “only” cost $40,000 to put on a race there. DKC had the opportunity to race 3 times at Mid Ohio in 2013. We declined the other 2 events because they were close to other events at nearby tracks. We stopped racing at Putnam because we just could not get enough people to cover the bills.

Let me put my WKA hat on. WKA does make money on the Road Racing series. As with all the other series within WKA they all work together to pay the bills. Some races make more than others, thats the cost of doing business. Can WKA take over the national series? The answer is no. They do not have the people to staff the events.

Now for just my opinion. Cutting classes is not the answer. When I am doing the budget for DKC I look at how many karts we need on the track for each time slot to pay the bills. If WKA was to cut the classes to lets say 10 from 42 what is going to make up for the loss of entries. Clubs will have to offer more local option classes to fill the void. That saves the clubs no money. The clubs still have to buy awards for the classes be it a local option class or a national class. By leaving the number of national classes where it is allows the rules to be the same from track to track so that the people that want to travel know what is what from one track to the next.

WKA hat again– We are working on a total revamping of the way the national program works for Road Race. Originally we were going to roll it out in 2015 but we are working hard on getting it ready for 2014. Right now all the energy at WKA is being spent on getting the Tech manual to the printers. Once that is finished we will tackle the Road Race changes and see if we can roll it out in 2014.

Thanks for listening.

Gene

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