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Re: Junior X30 @ Dunkeswell Southwest Champs
Posted by 'Hootsman' on 09 Aug 2017 @ 10:34

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I think that is being a bit unfair to JAG and I for one dont think Rotax is a dying class. There are a lot of people still running Rotax and I would suggest its a lot easier to get into Karting in a Rotax than any other class and surely thats what Karting needs. I admit they were slow to react when X30 came out, but by that time lots of karters were looking for another class where they felt they could be competitive without needing special engines. The experts on the forums who were all slagging off Rotax and telling people how great X30 would be, appear to be quite quiet now regarding X30's faults.

KGP came along, fantastic, where is that now?. X30 was huge in europe so it would be fantastic here in the UK. Lots of people have changed over and now reality is setting in. Its expensive and certain parts are unreliable and Mills doesn't appear to be getting the faulty parts redesigned and there is no warranty given on the parts. The good bit appears to be the Komets, lots of good reviews on them.

The sad part is that all these new classes getting introduced dont bring in more people to karting, it just dilutes the numbers in each class and drives those who have got either disallusioned or skint out of the sport.

A ticket to the worlds is a nice gesture, but JAG have done the same and so have OK so its no huge groundbreaking gesture by Mills.

JAG are giving 2 tickets to the Rotax World finals to the winners of the Rotax Senior O Plate and the Rotax Junior being held at the Rotax Festival at Clay Pigeon on the 19/20 August as well as lots of other prizes for this event.

In my short time in Karting, I have seen JAG promote Kartmania, they raffled off engines as prizes and even then people cheated, seems to be a common trait in Karting. They have offered tyres to clubs to promote the class and as soon as the tyres were gone so were the racers. So in a way I think JAG deserve some credit for hanging in there and not letting the class die out.

How often on here do you see someone who raced at your track change to a class not raced at their local track and start trying to build up a grid so they dont have to go elsewhere. Does this help the karters racing at those clubs, I dont think so, you either end up with mixed grids or shorter races for the rest of the grid. look at the complaints earlier in the year when PFI were trying to cram in as many classes as possible.

In a way, I am glad that X30 hasn't been very succesful down in the South, its meant lots of track time for the classes at Clay.

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Junior X30 @ Dunkeswell Southwest Champs by 'wattsy' (07 Aug 2017 @ 21:05)

Re: Junior X30 @ Dunkeswell Southwest Champs by 'AndyOxfordshire' (07 Aug 2017 @ 21:12)

Re: Junior X30 @ Dunkeswell Southwest Champs by 'wattsy' (07 Aug 2017 @ 21:26)

Re: Junior X30 @ Dunkeswell Southwest Champs by 'Coach Calhoon' (08 Aug 2017 @ 9:42)

Re: Junior X30 @ Dunkeswell Southwest Champs by 'Hootsman' << You are here!

Re: Junior X30 @ Dunkeswell Southwest Champs by 'Coach Calhoon' (10 Aug 2017 @ 9:45)

Re: Junior X30 @ Dunkeswell Southwest Champs by 'colin' (10 Aug 2017 @ 15:31)

Re: Junior X30 @ Dunkeswell Southwest Champs by 'Coach Calhoon' (10 Aug 2017 @ 16:02)

Re: Junior X30 @ Dunkeswell Southwest Champs by 'wattsy' (14 Aug 2017 @ 21:24)

Re: Junior X30 @ Dunkeswell Southwest Champs by 'wattsy' (22 Aug 2017 @ 19:51)

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