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10 May 2003, 18:09 (Ref:595531) | #1 | ||
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Forum Kart Meet!
Hello fellow forum members!
I have asked Craig Antill if I could try and organise a forum karting meet in the future. His response was basically "go for it". So, simple question really, would any of you be interested in meeting up one Sunday to go karting at a venue in the UK? Logistically speaking it may be easier if the meet does go ahead that we choose a location that is neutral (in the Midlands) to all, so people up north and down south don't have to travel too far to get to the venue. This is open to discussion of course, if say 90% of people attending were from Kent, then Buckmore Park would be the obvious choice. Anyhow this is all acedemic if only 3 people want to go, so can we have a show of hands! I want to put my name forward first |
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10 May 2003, 18:14 (Ref:595543) | #2 | ||
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depending on location and date of the event - count me in
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10 May 2003, 18:23 (Ref:595552) | #3 | |
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I know it's very early days yet but it might help if you could give some idea of the possible cost, if only a ballpark figure.
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10 May 2003, 18:24 (Ref:595553) | #4 | ||
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i could be up for it.
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10 May 2003, 18:31 (Ref:595558) | #5 | ||
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Cost is likely to be between £40-60 for practice/quali/race.
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10 May 2003, 18:31 (Ref:595559) | #6 | |
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*Rough* estimate will depend on where and when as well as the type of event. You'll be looking somewhere in the region of £40-£80 per head.
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10 May 2003, 18:34 (Ref:595564) | #7 | ||
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I'm more than up for it! (just to let you know, i'm a pro and i don't like being overtaken! !!)
Go for it! I know a lot of circuits and can give information on most of them and their karts, prices etc. So just ask me anything you need to know or go to, www.karting.co.uk |
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10 May 2003, 18:35 (Ref:595566) | #8 | ||
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have our own private "who wants to be a racing driver comp"
the drivers on here could be the judges.. |
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10 May 2003, 18:39 (Ref:595571) | #9 | ||
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I want to be a racing driver! lol
How about if anyone who might be interested puts where their from so we can get some idea of tracks and their age (some tracks have limits) and wheather they are happy in: 45mph karts 60mph karts 70mph karts 80mph karts 80mph+ Race karts (i.e TKM, Rotax Max etc.) |
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10 May 2003, 18:41 (Ref:595572) | #10 | ||
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I am 13, 14 in August.
Come from near Norwich, East Anglia UK Nearest track is Ellough Park Raceway, Beccles Suffolk www.elloughparkraceway.co.uk but am happy to travel to Buckmore, P.F International, Daytona Milton Keynes, Kimbolton, anywhere more or less. I have a MSA National Kart Lisence and race 110mph Rotax Max's |
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10 May 2003, 18:46 (Ref:595579) | #11 | ||
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OK so thats 2/3 people!
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10 May 2003, 18:47 (Ref:595580) | #12 | ||
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The more people the cheeper it will be.
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10 May 2003, 18:50 (Ref:595583) | #13 | ||
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I am probably going to go to one of those "club 100" kart races when they come to Birmingham Wheels in Septemeber, £130 seems a bit steep though, its been so long since I sat in a kart though, I used to do it all the time at University, its been about a year now since I raced last.
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10 May 2003, 18:58 (Ref:595586) | #14 | ||
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Club 100 have 70mph TKM's, the racing is pretty tough though if you haven't raced for over a year..
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10 May 2003, 19:14 (Ref:595600) | #16 | ||
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Yep, I'd be in for that, might be a laugh, depending on cost, location etc
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10 May 2003, 19:21 (Ref:595606) | #17 | ||
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Ah, im sure i'll get back into the swing of it quickly, may go for the test day there too just to acclimatise to the track layout and karts, I have never driven at Wheels before
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10 May 2003, 19:23 (Ref:595608) | #18 | ||
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Birmingham Wheels is where they done the karting test for Be A Grand Prix Driver, the track looks relatively easy
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10 May 2003, 19:25 (Ref:595613) | #19 | ||
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drove at Milton keynes, good track, can you take the fast left of turn 13 flat?
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10 May 2003, 19:39 (Ref:595627) | #20 | ||
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Raced at Milton Keynes yesterday (UK inter-Universty race), turn 13 was just about flat in their (battered) thunderakrts, though I'd be a bit more wary of it on a cold winter's day...
I'd definitely be interested in a forum race meet if its at an outdoor track and in reasonably fast karts (thuderkarts upwards). |
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11 May 2003, 20:16 (Ref:596272) | #21 | ||
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would be up for it but i think endurance is the better for a good laugh rather than inividual efforts we arent all michael schumacher even if we think we are driving down the A46, thruxton has a good karting circuit!, i would be up for a bit of crash bang wallop
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11 May 2003, 21:35 (Ref:596355) | #22 | ||
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I think four stroke would be best because of the mixed abilities with drivers mixing with speccies and pumkins in two strokes it could all get a bit messy.
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12 May 2003, 11:25 (Ref:596773) | #23 | ||
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Perhaps we could keep this thread for actually organising the meeting, and open a new thread in the karting forum if you want to talk about the specs of particular types of kart?
Depending on price, location and date, I might be interested, btw [Redshoes: karting specs posts split and moved to Karting Forum] |
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12 May 2003, 16:56 (Ref:597121) | #24 | ||
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If you can get it organised then I'd be up for it depending on where/when. Might be more successful if an indoor karting event was organised for October/November when there is no motorsport at weekends + making it suitable for those with no/little racing experience???
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12 May 2003, 17:16 (Ref:597141) | #25 | ||
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Well thats around 7 or 8 people, still need another 2 or 3 at least.
I think "Birmingham Wheels" minimum booking is for 10 people. |
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