THE NEED FOR A REGIONAL KARTING ASSOSIATION IN ONTARIO

Bruce Fowler

I know this is going to open up a huge can of worms, but something has to be done. I go and write a very detailed letter to the Advisory Committee of the ASN about the concerns I have with the tech rules for this year but I'm told that the committee has been dissolved. It seems that all the time and effort that was spent at the Fall Tech meeting was for nothing. After reading over my notes from that meeting I find that only 1 of the recommendations that we voted on was put into effect.
Very Happy

This is the exact reason we need a Regional Association in Ont. We pay a lot of money to the ASN and all we get back is grief. With regional representation, we will have a much better chance to make meaningful gains in the rules that affect all Ont. karters.
Very Happy

I have read in this and other threads about ideas like multi year class structures & weights, clarification & adjustments to the rule book & many,many, more great ideas that will go nowhere with out the help of a strong Regional association. We had it before & we can have again.
Very Happy

At the moment we have 2 travailing shows, both doing well, but are hurting the clubs #'s a lot. Without the clubs to draw from both of these shows must eventually die off. By putting a regional organization in place we insure that the top racers have somewhere to go & that the clubs keep growing new racers.
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Jim Pirzas · Joined: 11 Aug 2006 Posts: 689

Mr Fowler,
As you can see by the number of responses to your post from July 20, no one is interested in a regional governing body or a regional series.
I have tried for a while and have posted my concerns on this forum but it just turns into a mud slinging event. Quite entertaining though.
As a person with no ties to organizers, kart shops, track owners or kids in karting I would be happy to invest my time to make this happen (the mud slinging or the regional body Very Happy

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As of now, everyone is happy to support one regional, the other or both. Mr Fowler, you have been around for a long long time. I'm sure you've seen it all in karting including the current state, which like you, I think is horrible.
DD

Jason Holland · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:54 pm Post subject:

Cut and pasted at reader request Wink

Andrew Massey · Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:22 am Post subject:

You know... it just would be nice to have common rules and friendly competition and cooperation between tracks. I think that's all that anyone asks for. Unfortunatly, no matter the type of racing, this is something that is always lacking.

It would be nice to be able to run one brand of tire across the entire region in all clubs and series. It would also be nice if all the tracks "cooperated" on their schedules on a Club and Regional level. Heck, we would even benefit from better cooperation on the Arrive-and-Drive front (for example, a Regional Arrive-and-Drive "Champions League" event that would rotate around to the different tracks)

No Club should be scheduling races when a Regional Race is on. Each club should also have one Club level marquee event (ie TKC's Mississauga Race or MIKA's Grand Prix of Mosport) that doesn't have a conflict. This year, we had some of these marquee races with another race being held the same day a half hour away.

We could all have huge fields and bring greater awareness to Ontario karting if we all worked together for the greater good rather than cutting each others throats to make a few extra dollars.

As they say... if you build it, they will come. I could keep going here, but as the rookie, I guess I should know my place!
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Jim Pirzas · Joined: 11 Aug 2006 Posts: 689

You make good points Andrew. One problem is that if you have 10 "regional" races then you would have to close the club racing down 9 times per year. That is way too many closed weekends.
On the other hand if you have 3 or 4 regional races per year it is not as bad.
Mr Fox, I wasn't there but my understanding was that the death of OKRA was not as simple as "there was no need anymore" but more of a hostile take over and taking it out back to the shed...

Jim Pirzas · Joined: 11 Aug 2006 Posts: 689

Hey Jason, Why don't you post a poll for Ontario Karters to see if they would want a provincial body to oversee the rules, classes and a provincial championship?

1. Would you like to see a group overseeing Ontario Karting and a provincial championship?
2. Do you support your current situation - class, rules and championship?
3. Couldn't care less. I race at many different clubs, regional championships and the various rules that go with them.

You can play with the wording of course.
DD