Ya need to blow off some steam?

[Ididntdoit]

oh, and an FYI...our engine builder was Sean Cook. His uncle was part of the old Stone, Woods, and Cook race team. His dad was Bill Ray who I think drove the car the last few years. His uncle was the original Cook then for some reason left or died then Seans dad Bill Ray took over.

I have an Ibusuki print signed by Doug Cook (and Ohio George) shortly before his passing....The golden age of drag racing

 

[boatman37]

yeah Doug was Seans uncle. Seans dad was at the track a few times but I only talked to him once and it was brief. Mainly because I was talking to Sean about the engine tuning and his dad was standing right there. Sean is in Mentor, OH

 

[PeteL]

This was my sons last kart. It was an Arrow X1. They were made in Australia and had a Parilla Leopard TaG engine. About 28 HP ,, water cooled and weight with him on it was 365lbs. (we had about 20lbs of lead on it to get to the 365 minimum).

Here is a screenshot from regionals one year. My son finished 4th behind Mark Dismore (Blaise). We were running an older motor. The following week we ran nationals with our fresh motor and qualified at 56.3 but everyone picked up for nationals. He ran 56.3** and pole was 55.9 and we were 15th. There were about 8 karts in the 56.3's. There were 43 in the race.

I have a few of him on the track but have to search for those

oh, and an FYI...our engine builder was Sean Cook. His uncle was part of the old Stone, Woods, and Cook race team. His dad was Bill Ray who I think drove the car the last few years. His uncle was the original Cook then for some reason left or died then Seans dad Bill Ray took over.

We run LO206, way less powerful, but very competitive racing.

 

[boatman37]

We run LO206, way less powerful, but very competitive racing.

aren't those the B&S 'Animal'? we had one of those when we first started. He raced 4 cycle the first 2 years but our track was about 99% 2 cycle so there were usually only 1 or 2 other karts in his class.

 

[PeteL]

aren't those the B&S 'Animal'? we had one of those when we first started. He raced 4 cycle the first 2 years but our track was about 99% 2 cycle so there were usually only 1 or 2 other karts in his class.

Sort of....the Animal pre -dated the 206. The 206 is sealed at the factory, and is intended to keep costs down by preventing internal engine work. Basically a spec series with close racing where you can't spend your way to the front. It is our biggest class by far, and the racing is great.

 

[boatman37]

Sort of....the Animal pre -dated the 206. The 206 is sealed at the factory, and is intended to keep costs down by preventing internal engine work. Basically a spec series with close racing where you can't spend your way to the front. It is our biggest class by far, and the racing is great.

Those are nice. They also had just started the class with the $150 Tractor Supply engines. Forget what that class was called. Our Leopard engines were about $3000 each and $1000 for a rebuild and to be competitive at nationals you needed a rebuild about every 3-4 races. The chassis were about $4000-4500 each too and the top guys would replace them every 4 or 5 races. His first 2 cycle chassis was a used Birel then we bought a brand new Kosmic T11 and bought another slightly used T11 for the HPV class. Both of those frames were shot after about 8 races. They were sagging so bad in the middle with him in it I couldn't fit my finger between the frame rail and the track. They were known for soft chassis We switched to Arrow the last year or 2 because they were what was winning and they were stiffer and lasted longer. With the Kosmic you needed to run a stiff axle to offset the chassis but the Arrow like the harder axle. I would have loved to have ran a box stock class because of costs but they just weren't popular in our area. We ran WKA Manufacturers Cup series and there were no stock classes then. All the builders were similar price. Adkins, Woltjer and Cook were the top engine builders back then. They did have a PRD engine that was much cheaper and had about a 20lb lighter minimum weight but they still weren't competitive. The ROK engines were fast but about $4000 each and had different rules depending on the organization you were running with. TagUSA allowed more power but had to add weight where WKA had less power with a lower weight. Rotax was nice but wasn't popular in our area and were a little underpowered compared to the Leopard and ROK. They had their own class but the Rotax was sealed and came with a passport and if the seal was broken it wasn't legal.

And you guys think boating is expensive...lol

 

[ttmott]

First lap at Sebring Raceway
I'm hooked
Dodge Challenger Hellcat Redeye Widebody - it's a handfull

 

[ttmott]

And another fun day at Sebring two weeks ago in the rain.

 

[Skybolt]

And another fun day at Sebring two weeks ago in the rain. ...

Dam am I jealous. I use to race SCCA on Long Island at Bridgehampton raceway before they tore it down for a golf course. I raced a TR6 back then all juiced up. Tons of fun. Enjoy!

 

[sdarc]

Dam am I jealous. I use to race SCCA on Long Island at Bridgehampton raceway before they tore it down for a golf course. I raced a TR6 back then all juiced up. Tons of fun. Enjoy!

Loved that track. Raced motorcycles there in the mid 80's