[Daryle Redlin]

I agree with you TJ but you don’t have to watch all 40 drivers, all the time. From my experience, watching and racing, over the years is that its usually the same group that causes the problems. Once you start cracking down other drivers will realize that you cant drive like an animal anymore and the racing will get better. As the racing cleans up the rough drivers will stand out and they can be dealt with. Currently its a complete ” free for all”. Watch some of the Supernats videos, some of the passes were very risky, way to risky. Just because you got away with it doesn’t mean it was fair racing. If the current generation of kart racers think that they can drive like that when they move up into real race cars they are sadly mistaken. Even if you have a huge wallet teams don’t want to be constantly repairing race cars. They want to finish races and to do that you need to learn when and how to pass correctly. I’m sure the drop down bumpers will really piss off the drivers that like to use their competitors as brakes. Should be a very interesting year, of course we wouldn’t need any of this if the series that run the races actually made it a priority to enforce clean driving.

[Daryle Redlin]

What you are looking for is the best gear to use to get you around the track the fastest. Seems logical but what you want to do is start with what Steen suggested. Highest RPM at the end of the longest straight. Then drop a couple of teeth and see if your lap time drops, if it doesn’t do the same thing but go the other way, add a couple of teeth and re-test. Many times you will find that you will need to ” stretch” the engine down the straight because you need the gearing to get you out of the slower turns. Its really about overall elapsed time of the lap, not the highest top speed. If the track is tight and twisty with one long straight, then usually over-revving is the way to go, if the track is all medium speed corners with medium to long straights then going smaller on the gear usually works out better. Best of luck.

 

[Daryle Redlin]

Sorry to disagree with Walt because I know he has been around awhile but if you try to enter a turn while under power you will have issues. Maybe what Walt meant to say is, approach the turn at full speed, hard on the brakes for as long as needed them get off the brakes and let the kart turn, DO NOT APPLY FULL THROTTLE AT THIS POINT, let the kart jack and crack the throttle open, as you pass the apex and can let the kart unwind you go to full throttle. The speed and timing at which you apply the throttle is directly related to the speed and timing that the unloaded inside wheel comes down, which usually is related to the speed at which you unwind the steering wheel. If you do it to early then you may pick up a “push”, if you do it to late you may slide off the turn. The best drivers know, or feel, when the kart can handle more throttle. Sometimes waiting just a millisecond longer makes all the difference, especially with Rotax. If you slide a Rotax or make the wheels chirp you will be slow. You cannot abuse the Mojo tire, smooth and deliberate driving is what you want. If your bogging badly off the turn if could just be the carb setting or the way you are applying the throttle. Rotax’s have a specific driving style that works the best, it does take some time to acquire. The new EVO package does make it a little easier.

[Daryle Redlin]

There are a number of them out there that will work but the information out is only as good as the information in. A good weather station is really important. I would start there first and learn how the differences in weather effect the tuning. One practice day playing around will get you pretty close. Practice makes perfect. Good Luck.

[Daryle Redlin]

Both engines are sold. Thanks

 

[Daryle Redlin]

They are complete and ready to race, I will include a motor mount . I will also include any spares I have for the engines as well.

[Daryle Redlin]

Ed, I suggest you don’t try to go into any other form of ” spec” racing. If you think karting is messed up wait until you try to race something like ” spec miata”. Anytime you get a series that specs every last thing on an engine you will get the people that will spend the money to find all the little parts that are just a bit better, SO WHAT. That’s racing dude. If I can go to the track and figure something out with the engine and beat you I’m going to do it. If it costs me a bunch of money who cares, its my money. If you think that all the Iame engines and Rok engines are the same you need to take off your rose colored classes. Interestingly the engine builders that are fast in Rotax are also fast in the Iame classes, hmmm could it be that they know something about building engines that you don’t? There are hundreds of club racers out there with Rotax engines that are having a blast driving the engine. I have competed at the top level in rotax and leopard/rok/x30 etc and not once did we spend 15k on an engine. All two strokes require the correct skill set to tune and I’ve found many times that engines are simply not tuned correctly. Are there some engines that are better than others, sure, but that’s the same in every single class.

As far as your comments about Rotax changing the parts. Thats a laugh, Rok has changed the entire engine three times in the last few years, original Rok, RokTT, Rok GP. What about all the racers that now have those boat anchors. At least in Rotax you can still run engines that are over 5 years old. The same deal with Iame, original leopard, then digital ignition, then MY09, then Skusa bans all engines expect the X30. So who’s costing who more money?

Sorry for the rant back at you, I don’t know you but you are way off the mark man. You’ve had some issues, fair enough but there isn’t some big conspiracy trying to screw you over. From the people that I know operating the major series in the US and Canada they are all good people trying to do what they feel is right. None of them is getting rich, they all are putting up with tons of bullshit everyday from people like you complaining about everything.

If you think you can do it better, build your own engine, manufacturer thousands of them a year and ship them all around the world, then setup series all over the place, then manage the series and all the complaints and when you have it all running perfect let me know and I will come over and support you with it. Until then be part of the solution not part of the problem. Have a great day.

Daryle Redlin

 

[Daryle Redlin]

How come the live timing isnt up and working today? Can you ask them to turn it on. Thanks David.

Daryle

 

[Daryle Redlin]

The only issue with claiming rules is that racers have a hard time accepting getting ” claimed”. As soon as you claim someones else’s engine you are now the bad guy. That in itself keeps most people from claiming. Its totally different if you are racing at a local oval track in a claimer class. In that situation the claim amount is usually really low ie.$500 and its expected that you will get claimed. In karting, I personally don’t think it will do much, I might be wrong but I don’t think its the best option. Just have solid, straight forward tech rules and enforce them completely. If your motor is out of spec you are DQ’d for the entire event and you are put on probation for the next event. You need to have solid tech however to make it all work. Good engine builders shouldn’t be penalized for doing a good job. If you want to spec the engines so they are all the same then spec all the parts right down to the same base gaskets etc. Personally I think it takes some of the fun out of racing but if you are that worried that its causing a huge problem then just spec and check everything.

Daryle Redlin

 

[Daryle Redlin]

Hi Dan,

Thanks for the input. To be honest its been very tough for us this year to quantify the value of the sponsorship. On the one hand I personally love racing and that is partially why we got involved however at this level of sponsorship it has to make viable business sense as well. We are reaching out for input, such as you have provided, to see what we need to change or add to our program to get a measurable ROI. Marketing can be tricky sometimes as often it will take some time to see the real benefits. There may be one or two things that we overlooked that may make all the difference. I’m glad to hear that one of your drivers was able to take advantage of our program this year, please extend a thank you to him/her for supporting us. If you know any other racers that would like to provide us with any input please pass on our email address, protour@fikse.com.  This address only comes to us and any comments will be kept private.

Thanks again and looking forward to touching base with you in the future.

Daryle Redlin

Fikse Wheels.

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