Thank You SIRA!!.

[robert36]

This was my son first year in racing on road course's!!. Thank you making us was fill welcome at martinsville, hagerstown and ceraland with your club.We are going back to dirt racing, but we are going have a clone kart that can race in your too series.One thing please change your kid kart rule's for next year < stock engine's ??>. Your kid class is open comp . Ps sorry about ceraland !!. My son didnt want to do a start and park or take his kart up to the pre grid, to get one of your trophies. We will be back.

[stevye]

I also have to express that Stevye LOVES you guys! This is her favorite series, At any other race she is ready to go home as soon as her race is over. I can't even get her to go home after your last race is over!!!! Oh, I am also proud to be part of your group, as you all make me feel welcome. Great Job, WE will see you at the banquet.

In response to the kid's motors not being equal:
We had 3 other kids entered at Ceraland.
One was a directors son that I believe does his own engines.
The other two have the engines taken care of by the same engine builder. This engine builder had his engine on the pole at the Kid Kart Nationals and finished 3rd. We all know how tough tech is at the Kid Kart Nationals!!!!
The 3 parents of these children all agree that the children cannot learn how to drive or compete against each other if one of us were to knowingly cheat just to have our children win...Two of these parents normally pit with tents tied together helping each other with things they are learning. The dads take on a challenge, also learning set-ups and doing the best we can as we are as green to Kart racing as our children. We both volunteered to tear down our engines after the race when tech came over. We all have sat on the pole, lead the race, and let the kids compete with each other. They normally run right on top of each other and have a great time. The first 2 years Stevye raced we were in the back. Then it clicked for the child. Father and child could not only have a good time traveling together, we could work on going faster.

[robert36]

What is a stock engine, blue printed engine and a outlaw engine . Thats my question.

[stevye]

Sorry, I probably didn't explain that well. When we first bought our new stock Comer we ran it with the carb restricter in (2008). This was done in a large parking lot with cones. Towards the end of that summer we took the restricter out, still running aroung cones in a parking lot. In 2009 we went to a track and just tested, learning to drive around only. I let her race the final race of the year in a novice class. Whiteland had a novice and an advanced class for Comer, we ran the novice class in 2010 with still a stock Comer for half of the season. I wanted her to learn to drive and start understanding kart control AND that SHE had to work at trying to win. I told her she needed to win a race before I bought her any of the performance stuff (wheels, micron, axle, engine fix). She got "lucky" and actually finished in the lead one weekend. Me and my big mouth I had to cough up the money! When I looked for an engine builder I wanted someone close without a big name that would also work with us. I found Cory Innis, he had a daughter that raced, he was a tool & die maker, and he would build you anything you wanted. I took Stevye to meet him, explained how serious she was and how I had gotten her to this level. I also told him if she ever was caught illegal (WKA rules with stock clutch) and didn't get that trophy (which seems to be all they care about at that level) I was going to bring her to his doorstep so he could listen to her cry. Stevye progressed rapidly towards the end of that year. It was like all of a sudden she figured out this was fun, competitive, and all the work she had done clicked. I think it is very important that the kids are able to run close together or all they do is ride around and don't learn how to compete. Stevye moves up to a Yamaha next year (scares the crap out of me) and I ask her if she could handle it or was afraid. Great answer came from her, "Dad if I am we will just do what we did before test, test, test and I'll get use to it". The kids that come into Kid Kart with the big motor right off the bat are usually reckless. Your son, in my opinion seems to be a lot like Stevye was, cautious, respectful of the other kart drivers and shows car control. I respect that in a child as it doesn't cost us crash damage nor risk the child with injury. Stevye says "I" have just figured out racing. Last weekend she was SECONDS off the pace. It wasn't until I made some changes to the set up that she would drive the kart harder. After the race she still told me that the back slipped to much. I find she will only drive what she has, so if I'm lucky she is fastest, if I'm an idiot like last weekend she will 3 seconds off the pace in practice. Asphalt is a different animal than dirt, your son is doing fine for his first year. Try to get him as many laps as you can.