KART SPORT MAGAZINE

My trips to TS racing for parts, ect. where always highlighted by picking up a copy of the best karting racing magazine published, Kart Sport Magazine. Seems there are a lot of changes a foot at Kart Sport Magazine that should help make the publication even better down the road.

As a magazine publisher myself I can certainly understand what Kart Sport was going thru publishing a printed format magazine. With printing costs, mailing costs greatly increasing over the past year many magazines are finding it very tough to stay in business these days.

With the Internet growing as a preferred form of media that folks get their news and entertainment from the days of the printed publication being king is quickly coming to an end.

Kart Sports Magazines decision to go digital is a risky but necessary move on their part.
I hope you’ll give Kart Sport Magazine your full support as it is the best kart racing magazine published that covers karting in North America.

KART RACING PICTURE OF THE MONTH

Kart racing Florida's picture of the month Madison and Dezso enjoying the FKCS race at 103rd Street kart track. To have your picture considered for our kart racing picture for June please send it to don (at) airbrushtechnique.com.

WHEN DRIVERS RUN OUT OF TALENT

Anyone who saw the NASCAR race Saturday night saw Kyle Bush run out of talent and take Dale Jr out of the lead. Or Lewis Hamilton last year during a F1 race run out of talent coming down pit row and going off course costing him a shot at the F1 Championship most likely.

In Kyle Bush’s case it affected another racer in Lewis Hamilton’s it didn’t but both at that time and place just flat ran out of talent. In the situation with Kyle Bush it goes beyond running out of talent as 1000’s of young racers where watching that race many of whom now might well believe it’s acceptable behavior on the race track.

What is this teaching all these young racers? Weather Kyle Bush likes it or not he is a role model to a lot of young racers out here and the example’s he set both Friday night during the Nationwide race and Saturday night during the NASCAR race was pretty poor.

Is respecting other racers on the track becoming a lost part of racing, is doing whatever it takes to win on the track following corporate America’s examples with ENRON and the mortgage mess we are now facing. Win at any cost, become successful at any cost.

As a parent what do you tell your young racer about racing their competitors clean?

With Cody I can’t tell him how to race out there I can however make it very clear that respect is given to drivers like Cory Reeves, Jacob Duval who race their competitors clean and still win time after time. It takes very little driving talent to boot a competitor in a corner, to drive over them rather making a clean pass on them.

I’ve been on both ends of the spectrum on this over the last three years Cody has been racing. More times than not it was Cody who was on the receiving end of a less talented drivers practices. On one occasion Cody forgot he is a talented kid and pulled a less than Cody like move on Nick Neri I was in total shock when I witnessed it. After the race I didn’t have to say anything Cody told me without my prompting he regretted doing it and being a less than talented driver was not the way he wanted to be known.

In the past two races Cody had to deal with two separate kids whose talent, driving skills where so lacking they took him out of both races or moved him back several positions. All you can tell a young driver when this happens is to keep their chin up, to race against even those who have thru a lack of their own talent; driving skills have taken him out in past races too race them clean in future races.

It’s very hard as a parent to deal with this because deep down you’d like to tell him to go out and boot the kids but that proves nothing. Going out racing them clean and beating them proves everything if you are a talented driver and thats what you have to impresson on your young driver. I would be more proud of Cody for finishing second than winning by showing he is less than a talented driver.

To be comtinued.

Stars of Karting Western Division Race

Miller Motorsposts park in Utah was the site for the first Stars of Karting Western Division race this year. A total of five drivers from Florida took part in the opening race of the western division. Great job by all five was turned in all weekend; they represented Florida kart racing very well in Utah.

Final #1 Tag ICC
Jose Zanelle finished fifth with Matthew Mair finishing second place.

Final #2 Tag ICC
Jose Zanelle finished second with Matthew Mair finishing in fourth place.


JICA

Final #1
Phil DeLeo finished first, Daniel Formal in sixth place and Nick Neri in eight place.

Final #2
Phil DeLeo finished in second, Nick Neri in 16th and Daniel Formal in 26 place.

SO MANY CHOICES FOR MAY 2008

Isn’t it great we live here in Florida and can race year round, well May 2008 is shaping up to provide you with a lot of track time. I’ve done the best I can to round up all the kart race locations and dates for tracks here in Florida in the month of May. I'm still working on this list as I find time to do so, if I’ve over looked any kart races please contact me and I’ll add it to this list ASP.

I believe there is now a kart series being held at Sebring, soon as I get that info I’ll update this.

Please double check these dates with the tracks before heading to race as dates have been know to be changed at the last minute.


*Homestead
Double race weekend May 24 thru 25th
South Rmax Challenge race 2 and 3
Winter Championship races 3 and 4.

*Tri-City Kart Club
NEXT CLUB RACE May 11th 2008, 9 Turn SprintJr. Champ - Small OvalSr. Champ - Large Oval

*Moroso
MG Tires Jon Smith Cup, day race , May 18th


*North Florida Kart Club, 103rd Street Jax
May 10 Race # 7 CW Chicane
May 17 Race # 8 (Double Points Race)
May 31, Race # 9 Counter CW Chicane


*Monticello Karting
May 2-5 - Florida Kart Championship Series #3
May 31 - MKMC Series Race #6


2008 Florida Championship Series
May 2-3-4 - Monticello Kart Club, race three in the series.


Happy racing.

Suspect Released

After hours of integration as to weather he was the racer who pulled tape off his radiator during a Rotax race the suspect one John Gula was released to race another day. At the writing of this article the real perpetrator of the horrible track defiling crime still had not been apprehended. As for young Mr Gula the hours of intense interrogation by track officials did not seem to dampen his sprites any. Having proven his innocents Mr Gula was back on track for the next race.

April 2008 BILL WRIGHT WINS MASTERS RACE

April 2008 Bill Wright the god father of kart racing here in Florida showed he is not only the best kart racing promoter in the country but his driving skills are equally as great.

After being out of the seat for several years Bill got behind the wheel again for a Rotax R Max Challenge race here in Florida and walked away winning the masters class. I was not able to watch the Masters race but by all accounts Bill had it handled pretty well, his lack of seat time over the last few years seemed to have no affect as he picked up right where he left off when he was racing full time, winning.

Congrats to Bill for his win we all look forward to the 2009 Winter Tour.

For more information on the Florida Winter Tour please visit the web site http://www.floridawintertour.com/.