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greg palmer
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 Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 8:15 am Post subject: Amago |
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Tyler Palmer drove to a second place finish in HPV 1 in his very first race when he was 8 years old in 2002 at Amago Raceway in San Diego. The track is still there in the ground but hasn't seen action in years.  |
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Bob Cain
Joined: 11 Nov 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 9:00 am Post subject: First track |
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Paved: Whiteland Raceway.1979. Burton Magnum/Mc91B1. America's oldest (1958) operating kart track.
Dirt: Mountain Raceway,Stinesville,IN.1980. Bug Black Widow/K55. Track was owned/operated by the Kinser family. 1/8 mile high banked clay.
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Rob Logan
Joined: 14 Aug 2004
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Location: United States, California, Newport Beach
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Moran Raceway - March, 2004 in a rental kart (100cc HPV Top Kart) with Rocky Sr. looking over my shoulder. I spun 3 times in 3 sessions and I remember the rush I felt from driving that kart for the first time was simply incredible.
Moran Raceway was and still is the best kart track I've ever driven/raced on.
I don't know how you could ever top turns 1 and 2 at Moran.
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Craig Dori
Joined: 28 Aug 2008
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Location: United States, Indiana, Speedway
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Blue Island's Raceway Park (Chicago).
All I remember is that there was a good size field of karts, and we ran some sort of briggs. I came with a guy who had 2 karts, and me and another guy who had a lot more experience drove them. They must have been, we'll say, not legal. Cause every race we ran, we started in the back, and went straight to the front, finishing 1-2 each time.... Me being the 2.
No way, with my experience level should I have been able to that. But, somehow there was either no tech, or we just weren't caught? I still have that 2nd place trophy somehwere.
First laydown was at Oak Hill road course in Texas. Won't ever forget that first attempt at coming down "Chicken Hill" and not lifting.... I think I am still holding my breath!! 
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Rob Kozakowski
Joined: 05 Apr 2010
Posts: 211
Location: Canada, Alberta, Edmonton
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| Andrew M. Coulter wrote: | TNT Kartways Quincy, IL. Circa 7 years old. Took a unrestricted flat head Briggs out. Brother didn't think I would go fast enough to worry about a rest restrictor plate. I did. I ramped off the Monza into the fence. I took a hiatus for a while after that!  |
Similar story for me.
1985, just turned 8. Westwood (Coquitlam, BC) kart track (long gone). Used Margay with a flathead Briggs.
Jumped straight into qualifying. Warm-up lap was alright, then on the timed lap I went way too deep into Turn 2 and launched into a tree. Bent the frame into a "V" shape. Also scared myself into my first "retirement" from karting. |
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George Sunderland
Joined: 26 Jul 2001
Posts: 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 11:52 am Post subject: |
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| Leisure Living Speedway (campground and former horse track) outside Clinton, NC. |
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Jeff Troup
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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Marlboro Speedway in MD about 1960. I was only 15 so I had to run my freinds kart. My homemade chasis had an Power Products AH 81 on it. I was not old enought to run the motor so I ran his Clinton A 49 (?)
The Compitition Kart club had a 1/2 kart track inside the stock car track, which inclueded useing parts of the oval. Running with WKC now  |
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Mitch Wright
Joined: 04 Sep 2001
Posts: 437
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| Kinsman Kart Club, Pittsburg California 1966 |
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Vince Puleo
Joined: 18 Oct 2012
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| Sacramento Kartway-1975 In a Margay-mc91. Great times! |
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Ren Benjaman
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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First race
FOP @ Muncie IN (1991, not that long ago)
on a Margay Cheetah with B&S flathead.
First kart 1964, a track rabbit w/ a flat head
Second kart 1969, Homelite chassis & engine, later a flathead
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Troy Berry
Joined: 01 May 2008
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Location: United States, Nevada, Reno
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:08 pm Post subject: Wichita Sprint Club |
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1st track was Don's raceway in Wichita Kansas. It was 1972 and I was 10 years old. Think it was a wasp with a mac 91. Dad made me practice for almost a year before he let me race, and I think I took 3rd in my 1st race. My dad, Bob Berry, was the flagger which was cool! The track is long gone and the area is now suburbia. 
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Michael Milanovich
Joined: 19 Mar 2010
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| Beaverun Motorsports Complex April 23, 2010. Driving a 95 28MM Gold Kart with 40mm axle and clone engine. |
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Ramon Hontanon
Joined: 07 Feb 2002
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Location: United States, PA, Chester Springs
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| Paul Montopoli wrote: | 1997 Monrovia Raceway in Maryland in a TonyKart KT100 pipe that I bought off the the old Kart Mailing List that preceded eKartingnews.com. I am pretty sure the track is closed now.
Retired from racing in 2009 but if someone makes me a good offer, I will race again. |
Also at the (now defunct) Monrovia Raceway, in a TopKart KT-100 direct drive, with much useful advice from one Paul Montopoli, Rob Morris, and lots of great folks at Englishtown and Nicholson.
I'm in the process of selling my whole setup, and getting melancholic about it.
Hey Paul, remember the (also defunct) Milford Grand Prix? Most fun I've ever had on a kart!
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Bill Martin
Joined: 20 Jul 2001
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Location: United States, California, Escondido
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| Ramon Hontanon wrote: | | Paul Montopoli wrote: | 1997 Monrovia Raceway in Maryland in a TonyKart KT100 pipe that I bought off the the old Kart Mailing List that preceded eKartingnews.com. I am pretty sure the track is closed now.
Retired from racing in 2009 but if someone makes me a good offer, I will race again. |
Also at the (now defunct) Monrovia Raceway, in a TopKart KT-100 direct drive, with much useful advice from one Paul Montopoli, Rob Morris, and lots of great folks at Englishtown and Nicholson.
I'm in the process of selling my whole setup, and getting melancholic about it.
Hey Paul, remember the (also defunct) Milford Grand Prix? Most fun I've ever had on a kart!
-- ramon |
Milford, Delaware? First place I ever saw karts running, too young & too poor to afford it then though.
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Clark Gaynor
Joined: 29 Aug 2002
Posts: 534
Location: United States, Pennsylvania,
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1963 Dart A-Bone with a Mc40, at Pheonixville Raceway (?) Pheonixville, Pa. 1963!!!
Ya', I'm getten' up there! Haven't had the good sense to quit yet!!!  Still at it at 64.
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