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Post by David Chong on Dec 12, 2008 17:52:04 GMT -8
A friend of mine has asked if I was interested in going in together on a kart purchase and sharing (splitting) track time. How does it go on race day? Could two drivers race the same kart in different heats? How do the heat races and main event work? Is it an elimination system?
If same-day sharing doesn't work, we could also alternate weekends.
Thanks for responses, David
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Post by Mike Campbell on Dec 12, 2008 19:17:09 GMT -8
Splitting the cost for the kart would save some money, but when it comes time to split track time I'm not sure that would work. Once you get in your not going to want to get out. Changing drivers during a race day would not be a good idea, you would both have to pay entry fees and it would be a scoring nightmare. Scoring works like this, first heat grids on qualifying times, second heat grids on finishing order of the first heat, mains grid on finishing order of the second heat. If there are any driver changes durning the day, after qualifying, you start in the back. It could work if you switched off on race days.
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Post by David Chong on Dec 12, 2008 21:45:07 GMT -8
Thanks for the thoughtful response, Mike. Knowing now that all heats are run with the same drivers, I understand that same-day sharing would be ridiculous. In racing series that I've run in previously (not karts), heat races had different drivers in them.
That leaves "ride sharing" as an alternating-weekend proposition. That's not actually terrible, as I think for 2008 we will both be lucky to hit 50% of the races. I'm producing the Grassroots Motorsports San Diego Grand Challenge (Google it!) in 2009, so I'll have a crowded racing slate.
My Secret Plan is that I know, once he gets on the track, he will be immediately addicted, so I will be able to either turn over the shared kart to him, or he will be motivated to buy his own. And thus for the headache of putting up with my questions, you'll get two new competitors to smoke on a regular basis by 2010.
Regards, David
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