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Re: Maybe if Rye keeps running 100's......
Posted by 'davidmc' on 06 Dec 2010 @ 12:21

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The "maybe" brigade, as you put it, are the very people that clubs and the MSA should be targetting. Why are they only "maybe's"? Those core 10-20 on a grid always turn up; what's discouraging those other 10 or so that are sitting at home with perfectly usable kit?

I know of several reasons:

1) Expiry of helmet.
2) Expiry of race suits.
3) Cost of license.
4) Cost of upgrades to kart.
5) Change of tyres or need for new tyres.
6) Don't want to face over-zealous scrutineers who may never have held a spanner, let alone bolted a kart together.
7) Poor driving standards.
8) Kerb hopping.
10) Lack of time.
11) Other commitments.

Each of the above may seem insignificant in isolation, but get several of those factors together and it can start to make racing look much less attractive. That's where non-MSA karting often steps in. There are simply fewer barriers to entry.

As an example, were I to have the time to race, for MSA I would need:

1) New helmet.
2) New race suit.
3) License.
4) Disc protector.
5) New TKM tyres.
6) New chain guard.

At a rough cost of Ł450 plus the normal costs of a race weekend on top. For non-MSA at somewhere like Red Lodge this will be:

1) Disc protector.
2) New TKM tyres.
3) Chain guard.

At a rough cost of Ł200 plus the normal costs of a race weekend. Given that both the MSA meeting and the non-MSA Red Lodge meeting are run to basically the same standard, which is more attractive?

Message Thread:

Non- MSA racing or..... by 'maxdad' (04 Dec 2010 @ 11:21)

Re: Non- MSA racing or..... by 'QuickOldTimer' (04 Dec 2010 @ 12:10)

Re: Non- MSA racing or..... by 'lard ass bob' (04 Dec 2010 @ 12:32)

Re: Non- MSA racing or..... by 'karter212000' (04 Dec 2010 @ 12:45)

Re: Non- MSA racing or..... by 'lbsf1' (04 Dec 2010 @ 12:57)

Re: Non- MSA racing or..... by 'JnrRaceSch' (04 Dec 2010 @ 13:53)

Re: Non- MSA racing or..... by 'Suzuki1' (04 Dec 2010 @ 15:12)

Re: Non- MSA racing or..... by 'karter212000' (04 Dec 2010 @ 14:51)

Re: Non- MSA racing or..... by 'TheMantis' (04 Dec 2010 @ 18:53)

Would you like to name a circuit where... by 'alanrr' (04 Dec 2010 @ 16:12)

Re: Would you like to name a circuit where... by 'lambstales' (04 Dec 2010 @ 17:50)

Re: Would you like to name a circuit where... by 'muppet22' (04 Dec 2010 @ 18:28)

Re: Would you like to name a circuit where... by 'QuickOldTimer' (04 Dec 2010 @ 19:22)

Well, you're idealogically wrong. very wrong. nt by 'alanrr' (04 Dec 2010 @ 20:26)

Re: Well, you're idealogically wrong. very wrong. by 'QuickOldTimer' (04 Dec 2010 @ 21:13)

Re: Well, you're idealogically wrong. very wrong. by 'lambstales' (05 Dec 2010 @ 11:16)

Re: Well, you're idealogically wrong. very wrong. by 'alanrr' (05 Dec 2010 @ 20:03)

Re: Well, you're idealogically wrong. very wrong. by 'QuickOldTimer' (05 Dec 2010 @ 20:17)

Re: Well, you're idealogically wrong. very wrong. by 'TheMantis' (05 Dec 2010 @ 20:44)

msa v Non msa....... by 'Newshound' (05 Dec 2010 @ 20:53)

Re: msa v Non msa....... by 'karter212000' (05 Dec 2010 @ 20:59)

Re: msa v Non msa....... by 'Newshound' (05 Dec 2010 @ 21:58)

Re: msa v Non msa....... by 'BD' (05 Dec 2010 @ 22:01)

Re: msa v Non msa....... by 'Newshound' (05 Dec 2010 @ 22:06)

Re: msa v Non msa....... by 'alanrr' (06 Dec 2010 @ 11:18)

Maybe if Rye keeps running 100's...... by 'alanrr' (06 Dec 2010 @ 11:22)

Re: Maybe if Rye keeps running 100's...... by 'davidmc' << You are here!

Re: Maybe if Rye keeps running 100's...... by 'QuickOldTimer' (06 Dec 2010 @ 12:43)

Re: Maybe if Rye keeps running 100's...... by 'SimonS' (06 Dec 2010 @ 15:42)

Davidmc. Targetting is right! by 'alanrr' (06 Dec 2010 @ 17:18)

Re: Maybe if Rye keeps running 100's...... by 'Latestarter' (06 Dec 2010 @ 13:15)

Are you saying you are NOT covered under MSA??? by 'Newshound' (06 Dec 2010 @ 12:46)

sports insurance.... by 'Aquila' (06 Dec 2010 @ 12:53)

Re: sports insurance.... by 'Newshound' (06 Dec 2010 @ 13:42)

This again? QOT by 'TanglerTKM' (07 Dec 2010 @ 23:44)

Good for redlodge by 'mattkart' (07 Dec 2010 @ 23:55)

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