Have to agree that there is some variance between the Club 100 karts but it is quite small. On a race day the drivers do not use the same kart for every heat and final and so the chances of always getting that slightly better kart are slim. For some strange reason (driver skill) the same names seem to be in the leading pack in most races. You see it in BUKC where they use the Club 100 karts.
A few years ago I spent a couple of hours with a race engineer who showed how he used data logging and little things like missing an apex by half a kart width, breaking a couple of feet early or late and getting on the throttle a couple of feet early or late could cost a 1/10th of a second on a lap and you do not need many of these `errors' to add up to quite a bit over a full lap. Spending thousands on a big engine that is 2/10ths a lap faster only works if your diver can use that advantage by making the fewest `errors' .
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