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Re: World Formula - Prokarts, Lubo..
Posted by 'rpatrese' on 24 Jun 2011 @ 18:04

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Lubo - the resistance I have encountered with integrating Prokart and WF has always centered around weight and performance. Both sides have valid cases. WF drivers, especially the midget element, point to the fact that their karts are designed to run at 162kg, and weighting them up to 175 or 180 to equalise with Prokarts makes them dangerously overloaded. For the Prokart drivers the argument is that the WF's have a performance advantage being at least 13kgs lighter, something thats born out at Club level at least if not nationally in F6. Actual on track head to head running both at 175kg has generally shown performance is equal in my experience.

Perhaps one get out is that the regs do say: "When the class has grown it is anticipated that this weight may reduce, and a ‘heavyweight’ class introduced simultaneously."
So if numbers are enough run a Heavy class against Prokarts & Thunderkarts at 175 and let the short men get their glory running alone at 162. Or reduce it even further and put them on sticky tyres such as YGBs versus the TKM 4S in F6?

One good thing to see in those regs, which I noticed yesterday evening reading them, is that as well as the WF only YJL's, the regs now allow the much more widely available Prokarts tyres ie the Bridgie YDS and Dunlop SL1.

Im sure theres still a future for WF, but things like sealing, log books etc need to be addressed - have you tried to get a replacement log book ever? Its nigh on impossible.

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Re: World Formula - Where are they? by 'rpatrese' (23 Jun 2011 @ 21:45)

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Re: World Formula - Where are they? by 'BilandRacer9' (24 Jun 2011 @ 15:33)

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Re: World Formula - Where are they? by 'd-i-y71' (24 Jun 2011 @ 22:35)

Re: World Formula - Where are they? by 'd-i-y71' (24 Jun 2011 @ 19:54)

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Re: World Formula - Prokarts, Lubo.. by 'lubo78' (24 Jun 2011 @ 20:18)

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