Originally Posted by dtebbe (Post 7522714)

This class is 10-12 years old...on Methanol.

Originally Posted by Pestilence (Post 7522732)

Was he checking out the chick at the end?

Originally Posted by BigRedChief (Post 7523098)

I wouldn't trade my time with my son on little league baseball fields for 10 years for any amount of money. You can't make a better choice in life than spending time with your kid sharing in something they enjoy.

Originally Posted by dtebbe (Post 7522714)

We've been at the karting deal for 4 years now, wouldn't trade the good times my son and I have had for any amount of $$$ in the world. Really made progress last year, with numerous top 5 national finishes and really should have won a couple. For 2011 he had to move up a class so we just hoped to maintain our strong finishes. Well, this past Saturday he finally got his 1st national win at the WKA Gold Cup event held in Jacksonville, FL. The track is famous for it's 1000' straightaway where the draft is in full effect. My son led most of the heat race, only to get freight-trained on the last lap by a group drafting together. So he started the feature race in 4th place, and worked his way up.. this video really shows the draft in action:
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The #1 kart my son passes about 1/2 way thru the race drafts with him the rest of the race, and pushes him by the leaders on the last lap. You should have heard the crowd!

This class is 10-12 years old running a restricted Briggs "Animal" engine on Methanol. HP output is about 8hp at 6800 rpm. Our GPS was showing 68mph at the end of the straight, where you pretty much go flat into a hairpin turn. Pretty amazing how well these kids race.

DT

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 7523218)

Does drafting speed up the first car? I always thought it just made the second car more efficient and let them go further on the same amount of fuel.

Originally Posted by dtebbe (Post 7522768)

Of coarse he dreams about cars, but he also knows how much it costs just to race karts competitively on a national level, so I think he realizes that we'll just have a good time racing karts and if an opportunity comes along great.

DT