Home  
Site Partners: SpotterGuides Veloce Books  
Related Sites: Your Link Here  

Go Back   TenTenths Motorsport Forum > Other Motorsports > Kart Racing

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 22 Jun 2005, 13:09 (Ref:1337162)   #1
speedy king
Veteran
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
United Kingdom
East Anglia
Posts: 1,336
speedy king should be qualifying in the top 5 on the gridspeedy king should be qualifying in the top 5 on the grid
Regional Kart championships?

I've thought about this idea many times. We have Super One and Stars Of tomorrow National championships however it's not unknown that to compete in these you need to have a fair amount of money and time on your hands.

There's the NKRC (i think?) however they are very selective on what classes to run and travel very nationally again which requires large quantities of money.

What i think would be good is to have some form of regional championships. I.e South, South East, Midland, East, West, North and i think Scotland might already have one?

For example south east could have:

Buckmore,
Lydd,
Rye House,
Bayford Meadows
etc.

East could have:
Kimbolton,
Ellough,
Red Lodge,
Wildtracks

Each hosting one meeting maybe two depending on track allowances but keeping the cost of racing to club level and having them regionally means travelling costs are minimal.

Any support for the idea?
speedy king is offline  
__________________
CFKart
Quote
Old 22 Jun 2005, 13:54 (Ref:1337215)   #2
Alex Hodgkinson
Veteran
 
Alex Hodgkinson's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
England
Derby
Posts: 1,010
Alex Hodgkinson should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
Definatly support the idea, it'd be great, but I don't think that there are enough kart circuits in England to support regional championships.

They do have this in France by the way, always have. The regional championships they have are REALLY well supported. I may be going to one in a few weeks time, and I'll be one in a grid of SIXTY ICC's!
Alex Hodgkinson is offline  
__________________
Keep living the dream!
Quote
Old 22 Jun 2005, 16:29 (Ref:1337382)   #3
speedy king
Veteran
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
United Kingdom
East Anglia
Posts: 1,336
speedy king should be qualifying in the top 5 on the gridspeedy king should be qualifying in the top 5 on the grid
60 phew! I thought muscling a 125 direct drive in to one corner around 28 others was an eye opener
speedy king is offline  
__________________
CFKart
Quote
Old 22 Jun 2005, 18:14 (Ref:1337499)   #4
crozier74
Veteran
 
crozier74's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Scotland
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Posts: 1,065
crozier74 should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
I had exactly the same thought about a year ago.

Point is, there (kinda) are!

NKF
NKRA

Only problem is, both have kinda shot themselves in the foot as far as being “regional” championships. Both concentrated on individual classes (gearbox and FBlue respectively), at the expense of grids in the other classes. I did the NKF in ’03 and it was great fun, learning new tracks and racing against new people. It’s a shame it’s not (yet) achieved it’s potential. Also did the NKRA, but that was always a rather pointless affair – it’s amateurish and the trophies didn’t mean much to me.

But would agree that a PROPER “regional” championship structure would go down well, as a kinda midway point between club and national level. How about this?

Scottish/Ulster region (SSS) Boyndie, Crail, Golspie, Larkhall, Nutts Corner
Northern region (NKF) Fulbeck, GYG, PFI, Rowrah, Three Sisters, Warden Law, Wombwell
Midlands region Ellough, Kimbolton, Little Rissington, Llandow, Shenington, Whilton Mill
Southern region Bayford Meadows, Blackbushe, Buckmore Park, Clay Pigeon, Dunkeswell, Lydd, Rye House

Now all we need to do is convince the powers-that-be!
crozier74 is offline  
__________________
I am just a cowboy lonesome on the trail
A starry night, a campfire light
The coyote call, the howling winds wail
So I ride out to the old sundown
Quote
Old 22 Jun 2005, 22:21 (Ref:1337732)   #5
speedy king
Veteran
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
United Kingdom
East Anglia
Posts: 1,336
speedy king should be qualifying in the top 5 on the gridspeedy king should be qualifying in the top 5 on the grid
I think if there was enough support and people could club together to actively set up a 'club' for each region and enquire about track availability then it would be possible with the right exposure
speedy king is offline  
__________________
CFKart
Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Regional Top Drivers swsbest Club Level Single Seaters 35 26 May 2004 20:15
Regional FF Top 6 Redracer77 Club Level Single Seaters 103 11 Mar 2004 21:27
1991 World Go-Kart Championships Joe Fan Kart Racing 2 16 Oct 2002 23:04
FIA bans WRC/GpA cars from regional rally championships (updated) racer69 Rallying & Rallycross 12 22 Aug 2002 13:02


All times are GMT. The time now is 18:36.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Original Website Copyright © 1998-2003 Craig Antil. All Rights Reserved.
Ten-Tenths Motorsport Forums Copyright © 2004-2021 Royalridge Computing. All Rights Reserved.
Ten-Tenths Motorsport Forums Copyright © 2021-2022 Grant MacDonald. All Rights Reserved.