Karting Meet

[RippleChip]

Alright, its been talked about enough so lets make a date for it.....

Sunday July 25th

How's that sound.
Who would be interested, need to get a rough number for organization purposes.

Post up below! Thanks.

[Tanner]

Mid afternoon or after is great for me! Thanks for getting this started....

[RippleChip]

That's two....where's buck, thought he was going to teach us a lesson on the track [:p]

Also Tanner, any of the guys from AudiGT that would be interested, let them know. I don't follow regularly enough to keep it up to date.

[buck]

Here I am! You guys wanna get worked on the 25th - no problem! I'll see you there.

lol.... I'm probably gonna get my butt handed to me!

[Tanner]

I'll post on audigt.

Where are we planning on doing this, Brampton?

[RippleChip]

Formula Kartways.
I'll try contacting them and getting a bit more information/details.

[Tanner]

Okey dokey, I posted on the Yahoo group and will see how many respond back tomorrow as we'll be chatty as usual during the work day.

[RippleChip]

Yeah I know, I can't get my email from there during the work day, but when I get home I have TONNES of messages. Skim through and look for the good topics.

[Tanner]

Gmail works great for managing all of those messages on the group.

It does a not bad job of grouping messages into a thread, and at least I now have a reliable way of posting to the group from work whereas before Yahoo groups would not allow me access (because the entire company goes through a single firewall and it looks like to Yahoo that it's getting hit hard from a single workstation and begins to block it), and Rogers always had a 2-3 hours delayd during the day.

So far bunch of people seen the thread but nobody responded back if they are interested in karting.... will keep an eye.

[RippleChip]

Thanks Mike.
Unfortunately all those email accounts have been blocked here at work. I should set it up from my gmail account, might make it a lot easier.

[canadian_driver]

i might be in, depending how my arm feels

[RippleChip]

Nice, wondering where everyone disappeared to.
Have you had surgery already?

[Toronto B6]

I've been a little busy the past couple weeks but I would also be interested. I'll try contacting a guy that I know that owns a track and see if he can get us any good pricing.

[Tanner]

Stu today mentioned that there's an outdoor track in Hamilton up on the hill near the airport. I raced there about four years ago but it seems that they now allow for dropins. These are MUCH faster than your indoor karts.

[RippleChip]

hmmm, any more details on that Tanner?

Thanks a lot Ramik, appreciate that. I was looking into Formula Kartways, seems like the place most mentioned from past experiences.

[hoodlum]

i am in.. who do i race? lol

[buck]

Originally posted by Tanner
Stu today mentioned that there's an outdoor track in Hamilton up on the hill near the airport. I raced there about four years ago but it seems that they now allow for dropins. These are MUCH faster than your indoor karts.

It's called Cameron Motorsports. They have a small public track there and a large private track.

If they allow the public on the private track - it is well worth it. I've raced there for a few years in the past and it's good times - but you WILL NOT have fun there if you don't follow proper track etiquette. There is absolutely no bumping and no spinning out. They WILL throw you off the track.

Formula Kartways will be good times also, not as fast, but fun none the less.

[Tanner]

That's the one. Yes, they will NOT tolerate any bumping or whatsoever - they even told me that I was riding the brake which I was not. It still is fun because you'll quickly get into a competitive mode.

[RippleChip]

I've tried contacting Formula Kartways, just waiting to hear back. We'll see what options are out there.

[Tanner]

OKay I don't know if there is any interest from the Yahoo group, but count me in!!!

Hopefully helping my friend move out of her condo that day will finish well before then. Or you guys will luck out because I'll be so tired and exhausted that I'll be an easy kart to pass haha.... uh no :-)

[RippleChip]

Alright Mike.

I heard back from Formula Kartways and got this info:

We offer two standard packages, the first one being the "Grand Prix"

which is $85.00 a person, then there is the "Sprint Event" which

works out to $65.00 a person.


Grand Prix Events

LAP OPTIONS: Choose one of the following
1. 145 Laps (Combination of Oval and Road Course)
2. 70 Laps (Road Course only)
3. 210 laps (Oval only)

EVENT COMES COMPLETE WITH
· Driving instruction / Rules and regulations
· Race director
· 2 Track Marshall’s
· Points system to determine champion
· Trophies to the top 3 finishers
· CHAMPIONSHIP Min 16 drivers (2 groups of 8) 4 hour time Slot
Min 12 drivers (1 group of 12) 2-hour time slot
· On site customization of event format by race director and organizer

Grand Prix FORMAT:

OVAL
Practice / Qualifying - 60 laps
Heat 1. - 50 laps
Heat 2. - 50 laps
Heat 3. - 50 laps

ROAD COURSE – IF available
Practice / Qualifying - 30 laps
Heat 1. - 20 laps
Heat 2. - 20 laps

COMBO (Road Course & Oval)
Practice / Qualifying - 15 laps – Road Course
Heat 1. - 20 laps – Road Course
Warm up - 50 laps – Oval
Heat 2. - 60 laps – Oval

TEAM ENDURANCE (OVAL with Road Head to Head)
PER PERSON
PRACTICE/QUALIFYING - 50 LAPS
ENDURANCE RACE - 100 LAPS
HEAD TO HEAD (ROAD COURSE) - 20 LAPS

2-hour bookings that do not meet the 12-driver minimum must pay for 12
4-hour bookings that do not meet the 16-driver minimum must pay for 16


Sprint Events

· Conducted on the road course only
· Formatted for 8 to 12 people
· Available Monday through Thursday, 4 PM to 8 PM only.
· Do not offer exclusive access to the road track.
· They are conducted during Arrive & Drive hours and there may be Arrive & Drive sessions between Sprint Event sessions.

LAP OPTIONS:
1. 50 laps (ROAD ONLY)

EVENT COMES COMPLETE WITH
· Rules and instructions
· Race director
· Track Marshall’s
· Points system to determine champion
· Gold, silver and bronze medals for the top three finishers
· CHAMPIONSHIP Min 16 drivers (2 groups of 8) 4 hour time Slot
Min 12 drivers (1 group of 12) 2-hour time slot
· On site customization of event format by race director and organizer


SPRINT FORMAT:

ROAD COURSE
Practice / Qualifying - 10 laps
Heat 1. - 20 laps
Heat 2. - 20 laps

[Tanner]

I did the 20+20 laps without the practice/qualifying. Even that for me was tiring on my arms - gotta stop doing the death grip hold on the steering wheel.

Note the Grand Prix format runs in the morning I believe in order to accomdate the number of sessions, etc.

[RippleChip]

I think the Sprint is the one to do....we just need the numbers

[canadian_driver]

Originally posted by RippleChip
Nice, wondering where everyone disappeared to.
Have you had surgery already?
yeah i had the sugery last monday, i get the staples out of my arm on thursday, so after that i should be good, well kinda[:D]

[buck]

Thanks for getting the info Ripple. If not enough people commit, we can just show up and pay for individual laps. You guys can follow me around the track and try to keep up!

OH NO I DIDN'T

;)

[RippleChip]

That's true.

We'll see if Toronto B6 (Ramik, hope I got the spelling) was able to get a hold of his buddy and find anything out for his track. Either way we need to go karting sometime soon.

[canadian_driver]

we could just goto like playdium for 20 laps just u get ur fix, if u wanted to go that badly