What age bracket are you in? Junior (<16), Senior (16+) or Masters (30+)
Masters (42)
On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your mechanical ability, or willingness to wrench on things?
Willingness is 8-10
Mechanical Ability - able to follow most directions with minimal assistance.
Talk a little about your racing experience so far.
Mostly indoor K1, SIK, and way too many sim hours to count. Was going to spend a lot of money on a new sim setup and decided to go karting instead.
What’s the main thing you need help with to get you started.
Really just looking to meet new friends and hang with people with mutual interests. I happen to live close to MRP and I have been working with Sean from J3. He’s been a tremendous resource. Looking forward to the journey
Welcome you’ve come to the right spot. Sounds like you’ve got a good start with Sean, he’s as nice a guy as you’ll find and super knowledgable and J3 is a great resource.
If you’re in Indiana new castle is a great place to race and I’m there often, used to run 206 so I’m very willing to give any advice for set up etc…
While sim doesn’t hold a candle to the real thing, if you get into this, consider sim down the road as an option. Seat time IRL tends to be more of a time commitment and, speaking for myself, it’s hard to find the time to run as much as I’d like. My sim shenangans keep me sharp and learning between races.
While I had some dirt racing in the 90’s, i didn’t start real kart racing until i was 46. I could not have been more trilled to have picked sprint racing over getting back into dirt.
