I stopped by GoPro Motorplex (a balmy 32*) yesterday, and chatted with Dan Kraus about the elimination of the Open Shifter class. His response was that most of the shifters were NASCAR drivers who practiced, but were busy on weekends.
I told him that it was race at CMP or GoPro, and if there was no way to fit me into another class, I’d have to go to CMP. He re-iterated that desire to keep classes “pure” for Senior Tag, though mentioned that sometimes they’d thrown the shifters in with TaG Masters last year….but didn’t want to this year.
He did mention that if I could find 9 other drivers, they’d have the class….
So, how many other shifters are around the Metro Charlotte area or within reasonable driving distance for racing in 2015 at GoPro? I have an 80cc shifter that I’ll be using, and would like an “Open Shifter” class. The other option, which I’m emailing Dan about, is having an “Unlimited” class that acts as a catch-all for the oddball karts plus shifters….
What do y’all think?
~Ted
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