Karts are fun, so much fun that Kart drivers have other, less expensive,
more bang for the buck venues to play in. We have lost one of our kart
drivers because he can play for as little as $10 a day, and get tons of
runs, and races...economics is part of it. In fact, one of the original guys
in our area who pushed to allow karts never ran a solo 2, but immediately
went kart racing.
--Pat Kelly
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>From: "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>
>To: autox mailing list <autox@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: Karts aren't "Cars"
>Date: Wed, Jun 26, 2002, 6:05 AM
>
> Howdy,
>
> On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Dick Rasmussen wrote:
>> That said, I suspect that a really big part of the lack of popularity of
>> the class is that karts aren't cars . . . and autocrossers are "car folk".
>>
>> This isn't a "value thing" or anything "good" or "bad". It just "is". We
>> relate to "cars". We are much more likely to follow car racing and read car
>> mags and books than to follow kart stuff.
>>
>> At autocrosses, people driving "real cars" can relate to formula cars and
>> sports racers as the ultimate expression of "cars".
>>
>> Karts are something "different" and far fewer "car folk" are interested it
>> seems. It may be similar to why many folk shy away from formula 500 even
>> though it is the next best bang for the buck behind karts . . . but the
>> cars are harder to relate to for "car folk".
>
> While I know that the above opinion represents many autocrossers'
> feelings, please don't write things like that and imply that all
> autocrossers feel that way.
>
> I certainly don't. And I've never been a kart competitor.
>
> I suspect that a big problem right now with growth of the F125 karts is
> that it seems like "folks in the know" either expect or want the class to
> go away. I know that I certainly wouldn't invest money in a kart in the
> current situation.
>
> What will happen to the existing F125 drivers if the class does go away?
> Will they be combined with BM? Just told to leave?
>
> Mark
>
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