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Re: decline in kart racing
Posted by 'pegassuss22' on 18 Feb 2015 @ 19:08

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The answer is many faceted; I started in 1976 when there was no MSA starter pack, medical, test or any of that as a first obstacle and statistics do not bear out the driving standards were lower or racing was any more dangerous; indeed sans bodywork, one HAD to respect your competitors more than now and "bumping" resulted in a swift black flag; now, its accepted as part of the game.

Additionally, a club meeting at Kimbolton or wherever now resembles what only ever occurred for a British Championship back then; even when i won the 1986 kimbolton championship, meetings were JUST ONE DAY; now people are going round and round saturday, burning out tyres, burning up fuel/oil, wearing out chains and every other consumable subsequently doubling in real terms what is just a "clubbie"; the class was 100 Britain , the most competitive class, and i did it on 2 sets of tyres...........additionally, wandering round all the ridiculous transporters, awnings etc one thing becomes clera. with competitors ensconced within their huge awning, the paddock has lost its camaraderie, its soul and to anyone who may have wandered along to have a look and see if they'd like to get involved it all looks VERY expensive, elitist and innaccessible rather than a few guys thrashing round on an airfield which we know, essentially, is what it is.and if, as more and more people are having to, they have to work saturdays, these guys will feel its a non starter from the get go.

if F1 needs a testing ban to make it viable, then logically so should karting; club meetings need to revert to one day formats as the current two day one achieves nothing other than increasing costs, is unnecessary and let those who have this kind of resource follow super one.

the sport is now a bunch of N13 classes and subsequently commercially uncompetitive; seals don't work and as with the christodolou fiasco and recent events in TKM it has been proven if a team/builder wants to cheat, they will.

Gearbox karting, both short and long circuit was HUGE from the sport's inception; it is now all but extinct. Engines wrenched from invalid carriages formed it's backbone and in 250 montesa, bultacos, then suzukis and yamaha TD3's could be sourced for Ł30 from a scrappy and turned into a race engine. then the Rotax 257 arrived and decimated the classes as 125 followed using frighteningly expensive, purpose made engines and the attendant running costs.

its a shame, the sports lost its way and the grids reflect this

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