RVKC Sprint Race Autobahn Country Club August 17

Carl Lankenau

Contact: Scott Henry June 20, 2012
Direct: 773/475-3012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cell: 630/440-8117
Email: shenry@edsal.com

RVKC Sprint Race
Friday, August 17, 2012
Autobahn Country Club, Joliet, IL

Make sure to clear your schedule and mark your calendars to attend the first ever Sprint kart race event at the prestigious Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, Illinois. This race marks RVKC’s return to its sprint kart racing roots after too many years without a sprint track to call their home.

At .36 miles in length this 7 turn track is over 30 ft wide with a 650 ft long straight providing ample room to mix it up and stretch your legs. A 130,000 square ft paved pit and full concessions make your visit comfortable and enjoyable for all.

We’ll be running the following 7 classes to keep the evening’s program running quickly and efficiently:

Yamaha Sportsman (8-12 year olds), 250 lbs, WA55B carb, RLV SSX Can
Yamaha Junior (12-15 year olds), 310 lbs, RLV SSX Can
Yamaha Senior (15 and older), 350 lbs, WB3 carb, SSX can
TAG/Rotax Junior (13-16 year olds), 320 lbs
TAG/Rotax Senior (15 and older), Leopard, Motori 7 - 360 lbs, Rotax - 365 lbs, PRD - 350 lbs
125cc Shifter (15 and older), ICC and Moto, 385 lbs
Autobahn’s arrive and drive Spec Racer (12 and older), Call Ron Dabisch at Autobahn, 815/823-8570 to reserve kart rental well in advance of event

Gates open at 2 PM
Practice: 2:30 – 4:30
Races: 5:00 – Dusk

Standard sprint race format with two 10 lap heat races and a 15 lap feature. Heat 1 lineup by random draw, 2nd Heat 100% invert from heat 1 lineup, Feature lineup determined by most points accumulated in the sum of the first two heat finishes. Heat 1 run clockwise, Heat 2 run counterclockwise, Feature direction determined by flip of the coin. Open tires.

Autobahn is located in the shadows of Chicagoland Speedway at:

Autobahn Country Club
3795 CenterPoint Way
Joliet, IL 60436

We suggest visiting the Autobahn web site at www.autobahncc.com for more specific driving directions as GPS navigation directions have not been reliable.

Questions? Visit our web site at www.rivervalleykartclub.com or call Scott Henry at RVKC, 630/440-8117.

We look forward to seeing you there!
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Scott Grenier · Joined: 23 Nov 2002 Posts: 69

Carl,
I know you guys don't want that many classes, but throw a tag masters class in there with the higher weights and I bet some of the road race guys show up.
Scott

Jeff Salak · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 4:39 pm Post subject:

Carl Lankenau · Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 8:09 pm Post subject: Autobahn Sprint Race

We hope to add more classes as time goes on. We had to limit the classes because of the time factor. TAG and a 4 cycle class would be nice to add. Our hope is to start off on the kart track and then have a couple of events on the North track if it works out with the members at Autobahn.
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Carl Lankenau · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:27 pm Post subject: Autobahn Race

Blackhawk race August 11th and 12th. Autobahn sprint race August 17th What more do you need to know. Cool

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Darrell Sitarz · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:55 pm Post subject:

RVKC needs any and all sprint racers to come out to Autobahn on the 17th to support their new sprint program.
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Scott Grenier · Joined: 23 Nov 2002 Posts: 69

Any road racers coming to this event tomorrow?

Chris Hegar · Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 10:11 am Post subject:

Scott Grenier · Joined: 23 Nov 2002 Posts: 69

...Or very tall and handsome Chris....oh sorry! hahaha

Darrell Sitarz · Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 11:15 am Post subject:

It's an "off" weekend... so all road racers in the area should attend, if only to support RVKC's return to its grass-roots... sprint racing.
The club NEEDS your support!
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Scott Behnke · Joined: 24 Jan 2006 Posts: 125

Originally plan on going but due to Sat & Sunday commitments....I'm not going to make it. Sorry

Chris Hegar · Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 12:03 pm Post subject:

It's too late you said I was fat. My day is ruined and it's only just began. Fat round ass I have, I don't feel pretty at all.

Crying or Very sad

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Darrell Sitarz · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:13 am Post subject:

How was the turnout? It was a perfect day for racing!
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Carl Lankenau · Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 7:15 am Post subject: Autobahn

Darrell, The turnout could have been better, but we knew that the first event would be tough. It would have been great to get Saturday track time, but we had to work with what was available. The Autobahn had 37 karts in the garages and only 1 showed up. I wish I knew the answer to that. Confused

We hope to do more events there in the future. It was nice to have it at a racetrack with all the things that we need. A big thanks to LAD for bringing out there trailer with parts and support. Smile

We all know how much work it is to load everything up.
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