Archive for February, 2010

Morning Warmup for Saturday Finals

8:00   Overdrive Karting Rotax Masters
8:06   Team Arizona DD-2
8:12   Reaction Karting Junior Max
8:18   Gobirel.com Minimax
8:24   Apollo Motorsports Micromax

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Our ambulance was called away to transport someone from our paddock to the hospital, and will not return for at least one hour. In addition to that, the standing water, and the decreasing light, we are ending today’s racing program and will begin tomorrow at 8am. We will likely begin with the five main events that we did not run today, but won’t have schedules ready until tomorrow morning.

We did run one main event today, with Justin Coplen winning the CKI Senior Max final. Garrison Masters was second and Bobby Kelley was third.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Gatorz Challenge of the Americas set for second showdown of 2010

February 25, 2010 (Orange, Calif.) – Picking up where the series left off a month ago at PKRA in Phoenix, the Gatorz Challenge of the Americas is traveling west to compete at the Calspeed Karting Center in Fontana, Calif. located at the Auto Club Speedway. The series will use the backwards Grande configuration, which provides exciting, competitive racing and provided several last-lap surprises at last year’s CotA weekend. And with the series expecting more entries than in Phoenix, with the addition of several very fast drivers, there will only be more of the same this weekend in Fontana.

Every qualifying session, heat race, and main will be broadcast with live timing and scoring, commentary, and video from the series website at www.gatorzkarting.com.

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USMRC Tech Bulletin 021010
RMC REGULATIONS 2010 BULLETIN 1 (2010.01.27)

Rotax has released an update regarding the minimum length of the Rotax FR and DD2 spark plug wire. The bulletin is available on the USRMC website.

Effective Immediately;

Rule 11.6
- Minimum length of ignition wire (high tension wire) is 210 mm from outlet of cable at ignition coil to outlet of cable at spark plug connector ( = the visible length of wire)
- Ignition coil must be in working condition (to be tested in case of doubt)

Don Moormeister
National Tech Director
United States Rotax Max Challenge
moormeister@aol.com

With rounds one and two of the 2010 Gatorz Challenge of the Americas now behind us, we are looking ahead to our next event on February 26-28 at the Calspeed Karting Center at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana . Based on the great racing that we saw in Phoenix, we will have more great racing and large fields at Calspeed.

The pre-entry cutoff for rounds 3 and 4 is rapidly approaching. Entrants will have until midnight, February 12 (Friday) to e-mail or fax their entry forms in to save $75 on their entry fee.

Our event at Calspeed also marks the beginning of the Gatorz Karting Cup season. The two races will count for Gatorz Karting Cup season points and punches for the nationwide Rotax Max Challenge. For all the drivers who regularly compete in the Los Angeles Kart Club, this will present a great way to get some laps in and get another early season punch as LAKC is taking February off.

Also, remember that on Thursday the series will hold an optional practice from 1pm-5pm which can be purchased from the series entry form. If you plan on camping throughout the weekend at the track, be sure to also purchase the weekend camping pass on the entry form as well.

Also, our Gatorz Trackside page will be live and running again at Calspeed for all of your friends and family at home to be able to keep an eye on the action.

Safe travels and we will see you next weekend in Fontana!

Be sure to tune in to RaceFanRadio.com’s Karting News Live on Tuesday, as Gatorz Challenge of the Americas driver Louie Pagano will be a featured guest to talk about his sweep of the Reaction Karting Junior Rotax class in Phoenix. The show will run live at 9pm EST / 6pm PST, and will also be available afterwards via podcast and on the site’s On Demand section.

The first two rounds of the Gatorz Challenge of the Americas had a bleak outlook as trailers and rigs began to arrive in Phoenix on Thursday night, with heavy rain in the area and with Flood Control enforcing mandatory evacuations each evening. It cannot be said enough how hard and dilligently the entire staff at the Phoenix Kart Racing Association, as well as the staff and teams of the Gatorz Challenge of the Americas, worked to create a safe and fun racing experience for our series. Many thanks to our drivers and teams who supported us in Phoenix despite the difficult conditions.

Hopefully the rain will not be a factor at rounds three and four at the Calspeed Karting Center, scheduled for February 24-26. We had several new teams and racers join us in Phoenix and expect to see many more in Fotnana.  Some things to keep in mind for our event in Fontana:

- There will be no host hotel for Calspeed. There are lots of area hotels to choose from that are 10 minutes from the track, around the Ontario Mills and the Ontario airport.
- There will be an option Thursday practice offered on the entry form, and it will run 1pm-5pm.
- There is camping available at Calspeed and, this time, we won’t have to move out every night. However, Auto Club Speedway charges a fee for camping to cover the security, so will be a camping fee on the entry form as well.
- The entry form for Calspeed will be up the website by tomorrow morning.