Rock, Paper, Scissors For A Rotax Engine

30 10 2009

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Okay this is so cool. Japan has done this a couple of times at their National Championship Max Festival. All the drivers compete in a RPS contest and the last person standing wins a brand new engine. Man, I want to play!! That is just too cool. Here are some photos of it.

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Centrifugal Clutch Information update

30 10 2009

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http://www.karttechnik.com/images/INFO_2009_10_29_Centrifugal_clutch.pdf

New Information 2009 10 29 CENTRIFUGAL CLUTCH supersedes Information 2009 10 14 CENTRIFUGAL CLUTCH and attached Customer Info 2009 10 19 CENTRIFUGAL CLUTCH- ROTAX MAX ENGINES sent to you 2 weeks ago.

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Note to self: Don’t forget Sony’s proprietary camera cable when traveling.

29 10 2009

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Hey!  It time for everyone to gang up on Blake.  The lucky guy spent the week in Italy at the ROK world finals and did tours at both the CRG and Tony Kart factories.  What a experience!

TOO BAD HE FORGOT HIS SONY CAMERA CABLE!!!!

Soon we’ll have some picture and stories from his Italian adventures.



IAME AND THE MACAO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

19 10 2009

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Last weekend in Macao, China, the SKF World Championship and KF3 Asia-Pacific Cup were held. The Parilla  drivers, in both categories, showed they were capable of battling for the win, but they had to deal with unexpected weather and the track conditions… Read the rest of this entry »



2009 CIK World Championship Video!!! Sweet

17 10 2009

You can describe this race in one word. AMAZING. Most of you have seen it but for the few who haven’t here it is.



2009 Rok Cup Next Week – Lonato Video

16 10 2009

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Next week I will be at the Rok Cup tuning for Canadian Chad Grunow and covering the race for Kart Technik and any cool stories.
We will be racing with the factory CRG team, which will be exciting. Next week will have some great news updates including:

CRG Factory Tour
Tony Kart Factory Tour
Track Photo Galleries

In previous years they have had some big names in F1 and karting there, so we will see who shows up.

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Cool World Championship Photos

16 10 2009

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I love to look at all the close chassis shots to see litte tricks and ideas, and any new parts we might see hit the market. Here are a couple great photos from last weekends CIK World Championships in Maccau. The photos are from

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Schumacher to race USA Super Nationals?

15 10 2009

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Lots of Roumors today, but a little birdie recently told me that the Michael Schumacher is to compete at the November, 2009 Super Nationals in Las Vegas. Wowwy!

I’ll be there and perhaps I can snap some pictures.



Word on the street – Mojo D1′s will be the 2010 Max Jr tire.

15 10 2009

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Our sources have just mentioned that Rotax Max Jr may return to the Mojo D1 tire for the World Finals and the 2010 season.

Reason: To slow down the Jr’s laptimes, so the Sr’s can stop crying about being slower then the Jr’s.

I blame the 2009 Jr cylinders….

Hopefully we can get more info on this.



50th Anniversary Birel Kart

13 10 2009

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From www.birel.it

This kart will be produced with a celebratory graphic in only 100 copies numbered and certified. Bookings must be made since the 1st October by the retailers Read the rest of this entry »