Did the Grands have a similar rule?
No, this was for the X30 Shootout. Pauly finished the race on the same engine that was āshit off the bottom.ā Iām not sure if he kept the motor for the actual races or if it was specifically for the shootout.
Gotcha. Still funny to see him talk smack about it and later give thanks for the same thing. Maybe some people just donāt appreciate what they have until they know they have it.
Mental Note taken! 
COTA = OVRP t1? 
Hold my Perrier, Iām going deeep.
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ROFLMAO!! TRUE THAT! twenty characters
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KARTING memes people 
I made one todayā¦ played with a video format as a take on a still image
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Had no idea KP was on FB.
I feel attacked. The f1 cars are just long go karts.
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Isnt everything on FB nowadays?
Yea, but some of us answer our messagesā¦ lol
Yeah started out around June 2013 with a FB page and a survey. Hereās some backstory to when KP got started and how it went from thereā¦ Nobody asked for it, but here it is 
2013 there were at least two big changes in karting websites/media at the time which sparked the start of it.
Back then EKN got a redesign (coined EKN 2.0). In the process their (very) active forums saw some, eh, changes. New forums (Buddypress\Wordpress) were created, but required a new signup which was causing issues. The old forums were kept up for a while, made readonly but the entire process broke a lot of search capability.
4cycle.com had a major DB crash where the lost probably 20 years of karting content 
So karting web presence was in a weird state. Also, there didnāt seem to be a place for ākarting enthusiastsā perse in the same way that existed for cars.
In 2014 the kartpulse website moved from being a survey page to a kind of karting death star website thing. It combined a social network with a track directory (back then I found something like 40% of tracks were missing from Google maps), event\race directory, classifieds, photo galleries, video galleries, forums & articles, probably other stuff Iām forgetting. As you would expect each of these things would flow into your personal newsfeed.
In theory it sounded great, but in reality it was a TON of software\code maintenance which meant there was no bandwidth for promotionā¦ not to mention filling the site with actual content. Sure visitors could create content, but you still need to get them to the site and then get them to take action. Which is a LOT harder than it sounds. But hey, we gave ābuilding the ultimate karting websiteā a shot. I think weāll have a website to compliment the forums in time, but what that will contain is still TBD.
2015 @DavinRS got involved with a lot of content creation as well as talking me down from a ledge on a regular basis because of the the monster of a site Iād built (Well had built, I donāt code). This was the year that the show Kart Life was launched. The narrative portrayed therin was very counter to how we saw the sport, so we saw KP as being the anthesis to that. This video with Davin prettymuch summed it up:
2016 - I met with Davin in IRL at PRI and started a podcast initially called " Drinks with Karters" a nod to Dinner with Racers.
Davin produced a series of practical data analysis videos with AIM:
2016 is also when these forums based on Discourse were kicked off with myself, Davin, @Eric_Gunderson1 and @tjkoyen. With social media in full swing it was pretty apparent that there was a need for forums as a place to have better discussionsā¦ Not to mention making karting visible in web search againā¦
2017 Eric and I gave the live video talk show format a go with āKartpulse Liveā
2018 - present has really been all about the forums. For me work and midlife crisis has taken over so Iām more intentional about how I spend my time.
Thereās gaps in here no doubt, but for those of you newer to KP or karting, figured it might be interested to read a little the backstory.
Present to future: What do you think?
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These were the darkest of times.
On a more serious note, thanks to you, Davin, TJ and Eric for this lovely place. Itās a bit unusual in that everyone has agreed to not be dicks in an attempt to further the one thing thatās impossible to hate: karting.
Somehow you made a legitimately useful community with a very deep bench and philosophy that is sorely needed, where karting is important and is the end rather than the means.
The site is basically a celebration of karting, presented in a way that is friendly, open and accessible to all levels of interest.
It has been a privilege watching the young (and old) develop into racers. I get a kick out of seeing your efforts and it feeds my addiction. With that said, Iām beating all of you before Iām dead.
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I second that!
Its nice hearing the backstory actually. I found this place in 2019 and have found myself returning nearly every day since. The passion and camaraderie of our members fuels the fires of our hearts. Karting, what it is, what it does to us, how we progress, how we fail, how we learn and how we succeed. All of these things wrapped up in a nice little bundle called KP. Nice name by the way. It definitely describes the mood of why Karting is in our lives. Why our hearts beat quicker when talking about Karting.
I feel like all of the top Pro Kart Racers have a shadow account on here somewhere, but havenāt revealed themselves yet. Even with @Bimodal_Rocket 's praises for Ryan Norberg and the Man-Crush he has 
. Hell even @XanderClements pops up in posts with his take on whatās going on in the (U.S.) world of karting. You know his boys are have dipped a toe or two. Just saying, this place brings together those from the top to the bottom in a way I have not seen before. Kudos to you Sir and to those that helped make KP not only a Resource, but a Home!
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Yeah Iām new to Karting (and being new) I stumbled upon the YT channel for JaM Racing and watched every video he made. Then I stumbled across Bobs 4 cycle with no real knowledge of karting in general, or that there were differnt subsets of karting (2 cycle, 4 cycle, dirt, sprint). I began asking questions there but from the responses I got, it seemed like I was on a more or less dirt kart forum. Someone PMāed me and said if I wanted to converse with sprint racers, and an overall more polished group with less bravato, KP was were I needed to be.
Best advice given to me by stranger I didnāt know over the internet. Other that Nigerian Prince who made me a millionaire. That dude is alright, lol.
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His new beard/mustache combo is indeed breathtaking. But what I really love is his braking.
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Cheers to that! Racing has always been about the braking! Look at Senna. I yield, his braking is superb!! BTW, still a Man-Crush on a kid half your age!!! Its borderline pedophilia. 
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Sometimes I want to post computer questions or car questions In here because everyone is so helpful, but than I remember itās just for karting. That doesnāt mean we donāt go off on any tangents thoughā¦
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