2 thoughts on “2013 Season: 1-WD Gas Flathead Karting National Championship Invitational – In our 18th Season at Galletta’s!”

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   mark groesbeck

   07/16/2013, 11:34 am

   how about starting before 6 on sundays

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   ChrusherComix

   07/16/2013, 7:54 pm

   We have discussed changing time of our weekly races on many occasions through the years. What happens is that we don&#039;t have very many racers (the ones that do come at a good attendance clip we call &quot;regular veteran drivers&quot;). Of those, many are unable to come until after 5pm (and some not until 6pm or even 7 or 8pm), and any earlier would usually be too hot in the semi-full-to-full sun and for all of us to get everything ready. So, we are completely open to maybe 5-5:30pm, but getting every driver at the track on time, all karts ready to roll, all drivers, camera people, and what limited flaggers we have in position, track watering at the EXACT right time (not too early or late) waiting for drivers to make it (we can&#039;t cut off late arrivals because we don&#039;t have enough as it is), and last but not least, we have one head mechanic who is responsible for almost all of the motors and karts. Due to all of these things, it usually winds up being later than any of us intended due to unforeseen circumstances (late or non-arriving drivers, broken karts i need of repair are the two main delays). <!–mep-nl–><!–mep-nl–>

   1. May is the family business – the Greenhouse, and we only made allowances one year in or 18-year racing history, and we suffered for it, so we can&#039;t race at all then.<!–mep-nl–>
   2. Early in the summer (all of June), the greenhouse is still busy, but not so busy that we can race after 7pm.<!–mep-nl–>
   3. After June, we usually can try 5-6pm starts, provided that all drivers arrive on time and all karts are ready to go and people are in place.<!–mep-nl–>
   4. If we race too early, it&#039;s often too hot until we get past maybe Labor Day. Then, we could have earlier starts on quite a few Saturdays and some Sundays.<!–mep-nl–><!–mep-nl–>

   So, in short, we&#039;d like to start the races at 5pm and be done by 7pm-8pm, but due to us being a backyard speedway with nothing but volunteers, no paid employees, no cash prizes for drivers to win, no big track&#039;s promotion and attention, and ONE head mechanic who is responsible for preparing 100% of the motors and most of the karts, it is very hard. It happens often actually, that races are done before dark. But one or two late shows and everyone remembers.<!–mep-nl–><!–mep-nl–>As for different days, we often run rain dates on weekdays (Monday through Wednesdays), and for many years we have been open to Friday, Saturday, or earlier Sunday races. We can never get a majority of regular drivers to agree to any other day than Sunday. We personally thing Friday and Saturday would be better as there is no work the next day, but many people who don&#039;t work on those days make plans on those days and our club rarely takes priority for many people and it doesn&#039;t work for the races. We used to go to the Oswego SPeedway every Saturday and would count that night out, but since we were booted from the track out back and our favorite driver doesn't go anymore, we haven't gone more than 1-3 races a year in the last few years. So, we'd be really open to Saturdays, but… not too many people will show.<!–mep-nl–><!–mep-nl–>

   So… this is how we shaped Sunday nights after 5-6pm from June through August, then either Friday, Saturday, or Sundays September through October, usually can do 3-5pm on those days. Klassic is as early as we can make it, so that is a win-win for everyone.

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