Al, that happened over 20 years ago. I’d even wager further back if one went digging.
Not every class is for everyone, otherwise we’d only have one class wouldn’t we?
Each to their own, there’s choice. Don’t like spec, easy, don’t race it.
Frankly if we didn’t have the spec classes that some seem to abhor, there wouldn’t be a place for those that like to tinker either. I know I can’t afford to pay track rental for a day to drive by myself with my 100cc rotary so I appreciate the 10’s of spec 206s, X30s and everything else that come help foot the bill and keep the track open.
Sounds like an interesting concept. As a consumer/ racer, my concern would be being hamstrung into one chassis and tire forever. Thats a ton of money (motor-chassis- tires) and what if you don’t like one or more of those compenents. Your kinda stuck and can’t substitute things around.
The T225 I could see gaining popularity easier/ faster here in the U.S. Especially as there are those who crave more speed than the Briggs 206 cannot deliver in a stock class configuration.
Honestly I welcome more companies moving into this stock 4 cycle space. Maybe one day well have something that can almost compete (performance wise) with the 100/125cc 2 stoke class. That would be hoot.
I have yet to see any Tillotson T4 stuff in north Florida, so it they are around, it must be at the tracks south or Orlando?
The first single spec chassis/engine combo that comes to my mind is EasyKart from Birel. Late 90’s I believe. There was also a Yamaha engine\chassis combo in the 80’s or 90’s as well. TKM/TKM was another.
The Yamaha kart was introduced in 1976 along with their engine. The original class definition, for the engine, was "piston port ". It did not include the kart or tires.
The other combinations you speak of, if I remember right, did not include any mention of a new class or a specific tire.
He’s not saying the Yamaha was introduced as a spec class engine, but that some organizing body had made a spec class utilizing the Yamaha KT100 and a spec chassis/tires.
In florida, the biggest class at the club level is LO206, you start to see bigger classes for KA100 and X30 in the regional level like the SSKC, the only track that has decent sizes in the 2 stroke engines with more than 10 drivers is the one in Miami I’m pretty sure
North Florida (at least where I’m at in the area of/ between Tallahassee and Jacksonville) is predominantly X30 with a few KA100 and 4 stroke mixed in. Never seen a Tillotson in North Florida (at least me personally).
Well maybe if B&S keeps having concerns related to their manufacturing quality (post bancruptcy) of the Lo206, it might force more folks into T4? I know its something I would consider just for the extra speed. My only concern would be (locally) I’d have nobody to race with as nobody runs the T4.
My only head scratcher, is with the T4 coming in at so much more HP than the 206, but when you look up track results, the T4 is only (on average) 1-2 seconds faster. I thought it would be alot faster given its increased HP.
so I appreciate the 10’s of spec 206s, X30s and everything else that come help foot the bill and keep the track open.