Hey Everyone!!
This year Nicholas Chu, Jovan Vuksic, Joseph Neaime and myself have decided to compete in the up and coming LO206 (4 stroke) karting class regionally with support from Michael Denham. Most people aren't aware of the karting scene in the PNW so I thought I'd make a post documenting our year of racing to show motorsports enthusiast!
Greg Moore Raceway (Chilliwack, BC)
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Pacific Grand Prix (Seattle International Raceway, Kent WA)
Sima Raceway (Sumas, WA)
Luckily a few years ago I got into karting as someone was getting out of the sport and I picked up a kart with trailer and a bunch of parts. If I do say so myself we are starting to look like an actual team!! Future Kart Team came from a joke that one day we will be a real team..... one day in the future. I still have high hopes!
(The team setup at the track)
This last weekend (May 18/19) West Coast Kart Club (WCKC) hosted a double header race weekend at Greg Moore Raceway and I competed both days with Joseph Joining me on Sunday. There are plenty of stories from both days but it was easily one of the best racing weekends I've ever had!!
Results:
Richard:
Saturday May 17th:
Pre-final: 2nd
Final: 2nd (video)
Sunday May 18th:
Prefinal: 8th
Final: Crashed out
Joseph
Sunday May 18th:
Prefinal: 3rd
Final: 2nd
Michael Denham was a huge help all weekend being a team mechanic/race director/photographer and put together a great video from the outside showing just how close the racing was!!!
As you can see the LO206 engine isn't very fast but the advantage is the racing. This weekend we had up to 10 karts in the class and expect to have 15-20 average for the rest of the year!!! Due to the simplicity of the engines the parity in speed creates fantastic racing.
If anyone has any questions about karting please feel free to ask!! I think karting in the northwest region is a well kept secret that even the most hardcore racers don't know about.
Hope to keep up to date with this thread as we progress through the year!
Richard
