I attended the Victorian Titles where I could not believe that the officials on the Sunday informed a junior J entrant from NSW that he could not race in the final as he did not faced the starter in two heats before the pre final.
• In the second heat he left the grid but as he was forming up the chain come off and he could not start.
• He then was allowed to run the pre- final where I think this young driver finished back in teh pack. That was on the Saturday
• On the Sunday morning he was called up to the officials room to be informed that he could not start in the final as he had not faced the starter in two heats.
• When there was a public outcry all the officials could say they were sorry, they had made a mistake and should have not allowed him to compete in the pre final and the rules are the rules.
I believe this is a disgrace, not only could have family had returned home on the Saturday saving extra motel bills etc,
but these officials are promoting Go Kart racing to the maximum by being so pedantic that out of the 1000 people that were at the meeting no one would have known and this young driver would have picked up some experience to race a title
shame, shame ,shame this sport is going to the dogs and these so called officials are the blame
• In the second heat he left the grid but as he was forming up the chain come off and he could not start.
• He then was allowed to run the pre- final where I think this young driver finished back in teh pack. That was on the Saturday
• On the Sunday morning he was called up to the officials room to be informed that he could not start in the final as he had not faced the starter in two heats.
• When there was a public outcry all the officials could say they were sorry, they had made a mistake and should have not allowed him to compete in the pre final and the rules are the rules.
I believe this is a disgrace, not only could have family had returned home on the Saturday saving extra motel bills etc,
but these officials are promoting Go Kart racing to the maximum by being so pedantic that out of the 1000 people that were at the meeting no one would have known and this young driver would have picked up some experience to race a title
shame, shame ,shame this sport is going to the dogs and these so called officials are the blame
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Sorry to put a dampener on your thread, but a thread just like this already exists, with alot of unhappy people.
http://kartbook.ning.com/forum/topics/being-sent-home-from-the-vicky
I dont mind a dampener as long as the message gets across, I seen karts being started in the stands on the grid, pushers running across the track after the karts had already left the grid , I believe the rules say karters must form up on the first lap and the field must do a full roll up lap not down Victoria just use the cut through on the first lap.
I even see a restart where some of the field was still coming off the start grid and they started the race yet this young driver gets pinged
What a joke