Video: Karting practice at infineon kart track
May 30, 2009, 12:34 PM
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Video: Karting practice at infineon kart track
3rd time ever in a 125 Tag Kart. My Kart is a CRG Road Rebel, Rotax, no front brakes. Testing in preparation to begin racing Rotax masters in September. If I could start my motorsports journey over, I would start here. I spent 5 years with an Evo, 2 years in NASA TT with some success, but not without spending a MASSIVE amount of $$ on the car, including 2 blown engines. My new plan is to race karts for 2 years, then tranistion to a Spec Racer Ford, a purpose-built racecar. Never again will I race a street car modified to be a racecar. Input is of course, welcome. My lines a re fairly good, but a lot of too early turn-ins and staying in the brakes too long. I'm about 3-4 seconds off the competitive laptimes, which I should be able to make up in 3 months of practice.
http://vimeo.com/4894319
http://vimeo.com/4894319
May 31, 2009, 05:13 PM
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nice video, and kart. I know how you feel. Spent lots of $$ on my car as well, and discovered Karts last year and got hooked as well. Not ready to drop Evo just yet, but as some point Im looking to buy a CRG Kart.
Ahh from 1 addiction to another lol
Ahh from 1 addiction to another lol
Jun 1, 2009, 02:16 PM
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people new to karting should check out the tag 4stroke 250cc motors. less maintence and less rebuilds. cost of running for a year is $100 or less for the first couple yrs.
i had a tag 125 leopard motor a couple years ago, but after riding a 4stroke 250cc motor i ended up selling the 125 and getting 2 250cc motored karts. the torque and power curve are unbelievable. they run as fast as modified shifter karts.
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It's a CRG Road Rebel, Rotax, no front brakes (they will be added soon, I weigh 190 pounds). the track was infineon (sears point) KArt track in Sonoma, California. I love to have a 4 stroke 250 for many reasons, one being they are kinder to the environment, but no one races them out here, so, no competition. As far as 2 strokes go, Rotaxes are about as fast as elopards, but they will go 50 hours before a (1000.00) total re-build.
