I raced karts in WKA light A for years. I still miss it. There are three tracks around here that run weekly during the season. Best I ever did was fifth in points one year. The format is three heats / 12 laps@ motocross style. The high cost of the 100cc class cars made for smaller turnouts along the way and now it's almost all four stroke karts. That's as much fun as kissing your sister. Big thing now is 600 sprints. Big $$ racing (at least after karts) Even karts are waaay costly now. I thought 1500 for a rolling frame was salty.
________________________________ From: Kyle Munz <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, January 30, 2010 12:00:28 AM Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Helmet story... I'm not that serious about it. No $$ and I'm not in town enough for a series. There's an indoor track in Houston. It used to be a dept store that they knocked all of walls out of. The differences between these tracks and others is that they use real shifter carts (governed) and they have spotters along the track. If a slow cart is holding up the faster carts the spotters flag it to pull over and let the faster ones pass. You get a dozen laps per heat and a print out at the end of your individual and average lap times. The fastest cart in each heat is in bold. I only got flagged to pull over once the whole night for going to slow. My buddy that speaks carburetor just drives a much cleaner line than I do. I'm just glad the track is far enough away that I'm not there blowing my $$ every weekend :) The trip over there makes a nice ride though, and since you need to bring your own helmet anyhow, it's just an excuse to get together on our bikes. -Kyle On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote: I didn't know you raced karts. What class ? > > > > ________________________________ From: Kyle Munz <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Fri, January 29, 2010 11:19:53 AM > >Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Helmet story... > > >>My Shoei is both DOT and SNELL approved. Most fullface, non-modular, helmets >>these days are. I've used mine for racing gokarts. > >-Kyle > > > >On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:49 AM, MrViggy <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> >>Are they SNELL approved? My "problem" (if you will) is that in addition to >>riding, I auto-cross my car. SCCA/BMWCCA rules state that I have to have a >>minimum of a SNELL approved M helmet (motorcycle). >> >>>>Viggy >> >> >> >>On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 9:31 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>> >>> >>>The best solution to that problem is to buy one tight front to back so it >>>fits side to side, Then apply a ball peen hammer gently to the inner liner >>>so provide for proper fit. No harm in slightly compressing the foam to make >>>it fit right. I've had to do it to a couple along the way. Personally, I >>>can't stand a loose fit. They stretch out way too soon anyway. Yes, Shoei >>>makes a great helmet. I wore them for years till the prices went above 350. >>>Now they can be over 700. Too pricey for me. Bells now are rebranded Italian >>>somethings. This coming season, I'll be looking for a new one for warm >>>weather use. >>> >>> >>> >> >>>> >>-- >>>> >>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>"Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>>> >>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> >>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>[email protected]. >>>> >>For more options, visit this group at >>http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> > > >-- >> >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >> >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > >> > >-- >> >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >> >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
