[Mike Peters]

Found another one

http://www.hegar4.com/zc150/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=109&zenid=2b10703768c6900f73227873587b81aa

[Mike Peters]

Great Job guys. Had a blast. Can’t wait for October.

[Mike Peters]

Here you go Robert. Might find help at one of these places

http://www.kartspeedmotorsports.com/pre-owned/engines/596-tm-icc-k-9.html

http://italianmotorsusa.myshopify.com/collections/used-items

http://www.wordracing.com/used-kart-racing-equipment.htm

[Mike Peters]

Looks like fantastic weather now. hoorah

 

[Mike Peters]

Hottest chassis in road racing with 16 wins at Daytona & still for sale. Unbelievable

[Mike Peters]

PM sent

 

[Mike Peters]

VIR was replaced by Dominion Race Park

[Mike Peters]

Try CKI

[Mike Peters]

Sneek peek Dominion road coarse

[Mike Peters]

I’m working with John Klutz on a faster class that’s more affordable. X30 tag E laydown class. Almost as fast as a 100cc open but much less maint cost.

Also talking with SMC on getting back into making axle clutches. Tom wants to make some design improvements but needs to be able to sell 50 clutches

[Mike Peters]

Bump for a great deal on a great kart from a great guy

[Mike Peters]

Go kart road racing, the red headed step child again. Wonder if Robby can get Barber in July

[Mike Peters]

I only saw the 8/10 mile track as the largest. That’s very short for a Road Race.

It will be a drivers course but there’s gonna be plenty of pushing & shoving trying to pass.

[Mike Peters]

Isn’t Atlanta Motorsports Park a short sprint track?

 

[Mike Peters]

How about someone doing a video on how to hang the laydown body.

I’ve seen videos on how to cut the wheel wells. Although, it was missing steps

[Mike Peters]

I spoke with Wilshire Walkup at Daytona regarding the cost to go Road Racing. Yes it is expensive. It is not for folks that work at Walmart or Burger King. However,  compared to say SCCA spec racing its a bargain. According to Wilshire, If I am remembering correctly, he and his family can go to 10 Kart Road Races for what it costs for him alone to go to 4 SCCA spec races. You can not compare racing on a small tight sprint track on Sat where you get maybe 45 min of total track time to a weekend of Road Racing. Compared to any other non karting Road Race series, Karting is a cheap ride.

As Far as Laydown Road Racing being more dangerous than sprint racing, I’ve been involved in both & I have seen far more dangerous driving in the Sprint & Dirt series than I have ever seen in Laydowns. Yup it can hurt a lot more at 100mph than it might at 60mph but if it all goes down wrong it’s gonna leave a mark.

 

[Mike Peters]

Decided to go for F125 with an IAME X30. Bought a new CKI Chassis like the one Lindsay Read drove at Daytona. If you were there, you may have walked by it sitting on the kart stand in the CKI booth. Gonna order the motor later this month.

[Mike Peters]

I have had two things I have been passionate about in my life. They are Surfing & Road Racing. I stepped away from Road Racing karts 30 years ago & focused on Surfing & my career. I’m retired now & my knee would never survive a bottom turn on even a small wave.  However, I can still drive. Getting into & mostly out of the kart is going to be a challenge. Anyway, I have a Go pro & it will be on the kart. I will contribute all my videos to the effort.

We need to keep casting the net to find that person that has the skills & resources to do each pc that needs to be done. I have invited everyone I know & some I don’t to join this conversation. If we can get the ball over the crest of the hill, it will roll down by itself. The more folks you have pushing towards the crest the better. Invite everyone to join this conversation.

Just invited Joe Gibbs

 

Now I have to go finish my PT so I can hopefully get out of the kart at Roebling Road. Plus finish a side job to pay for my motor rebuild.

[Mike Peters]

I have watched that video many times & it would make a good segment but we need one with more action. It also needs to get millions of views.  As for doing nothing, I will be having dinner with John Klutz hopefully at Roebling & this is one of the things I plan to discuss. Maybe someone on here that is friends with Robby Harper can talk to him. He knows how to get a race put together.

Dale Jr has a kart track on his farm so he might be interested. Pruett got is start in GPX200 pro series with Margay & supposedly Joe Gibbs was at Daytona with a grandson. If you get the pros to come, the media will come & if you get the media to come, the celebs will come. If the media comes the industry will contribute.  The Bridgestone GPX200 race at the Long Beach Grand Prix got some media coverage but not as much as the Toyota celeb race.

 

Yes it takes action to make it happen but it starts with sharing ideas

 

[Mike Peters]

How to Save Road Racing

Celeb Pro Am Invitational at Daytona Kartweek.

Pruett, Dale Jr, Kyle, Joe Gibbs etc guys/gals from other series, Tom Cruise, ???, & Various Karting Champions. Each Team would be Pro, Celeb & karter. Get Fox sports to cover it. Maybe not live so Go Pro helmet cam & Kart cam action could be added in. Maybe make it a Charity race with Winner getting to choose Charity.

Idea 2

You tube karting video.  Collect everyone’s  go pro footage & put together a first quality video with some real action footage. helmet cam, cams placed on various areas of kart for more dramatic footage.  Low nose cam, rearward looking bumper cam. Might have to stage some of it. Maybe some spins. Maybe get someone that is real excitable to narrate. Like Michael Waltrip.

My 2 cents

 

 

 

 

[Mike Peters]

Move along

[Mike Peters]

I got the last primary weights but I’m still trying to find a left link.

 

If anyone has an extra one or 2 I sure could use them.

[Mike Peters]

What is the Bore & piston size?

[Mike Peters]

Bore & piston size?

Condition of clutch & trans?

[Mike Peters]

Bore & piston size, any scores in bore, condition of clutch & trans?

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