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Northland Tour Newsletter Attention Race Teams Pavement Series
61 Kartway will be hosting an open practice on Friday April 24th starting at 12 noon Dirt Series
Runestone Gokart will be hosting an open practice on Friday May 9th starting at 4:00 pm
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Brake systems shall be checked for proper operation and stopping ability. All hydraulic connections should be tight and free from leaks. See section 105.2.1.7 for more detail. |
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Steering Components Steering components shall be of a suitable design, in proper working order, with all bolted joints tightened. Fastenings for steering wheel, steering wheel hub, steering shaft, tie rods, and spindles shall be cotter pinned, safety wired, secured by circlip or snap ring. All fastenings shall be easily exposed for inspection. See section 105.2.1.15 for more detail. Bottom steering shaft bolt secured with a cotter key. |
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| Nuts securing tie rods, kingpin and caster/camber bolts shall be secured by safety \ cotter key, circlip or snap ring. |  |
| We strongly suggested your secure lower caster bolts with safety wired. This is not an IKF rule. |  |
Spindle Nut Nuts securing the hubs shall be secured by safety \ cotter key, circlip or snap ring. |
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Rear Hub All rear wheel hubs shall have a rear mounted thru-bolt or properly affixed stud as a means of mounting wheel rims. Wheel rims shall be mounted with an appropriate nut as a means of fastening the wheel to the hub. The circlip must be installed on the axle. See section 105.2.1.6 for more detail. |
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Seat Location No part of the seat or anything attached to it, except seat struts may extend rearward of the rear axle. |
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| Minimum height of the seat back for all Speedway and Speedway
Pavement karts without roll bars is 14" from the ground. No peaks
or add-on sections intended to subvert the seat back height requirement
allowed. See section 451.11 for more detail. |
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Muffler Bolts or studs securing header must be safety wired. Muffler must be safety wired through a hole in the header brace. Safety wire should pass through the perforations on the end of the muffler. Do not weld on the muffler or drill holes in the muffler. Header or muffler supports or braces required. Header brace is attached to motor. |
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Number Panels Maximum width 14", maximum height 18", minimum width 7", minimum height 7", as measured on surface of panel. The number panel must be a plain color, free of all decoration and may only contain the required numbers. All competition karts must be equipped with 4 number panels meeting the above specifications. The front number panel shall be mounted in front of the steering wheel, the nose is in front of the steering wheel. Side panels must be carried between the front and rear wheels and the rear behind the seat and rear bumper, but not mounted on the rear bumper. Section 401.13.2 Panels will be plain white. Numbers must be 5" minimum height, plain black, block numbers only, no decoration, outlining, etc.
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Body: Section 401.10: Driver's legs and feet must be visible when viewed from directly above with pedals depressed. Other Safety items
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Series Contact: Andy Bear (715) 749-3626 - home (651) 260-8278 - cell abear@northlandtour.com |
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Northland Tour Newsletter - Entry Fees
Dear Northland Tour Race teams,
The most common questions that I am getting asked this spring are:
All of Northland Tour Region 3’s funds are held at the IKF office in California. The Dirt Series and Pavement Series’ funds are held in separate accounts. At the end of the season, all of the banquet trophies, prizes and checks are paid from the series’ fund. The series sponsorship money is also deposited in the same regional fund accounts. The sponsors support the series with advertising, trophies, the banquet and track expenses. We are not allowed to carry over any money into the next year. All funds return back to race teams.
On rain outs, the purse payout goes straight into the banquet fund. 100% of the purse goes to racers at the banquet.
A lot of race teams believe that IKF gets the biggest share of the entry fees. That is not correct. Let’s start with what IKF does get from the race teams. IKF receives membership fees, pit passes, sanctioning fees, Jacket Fund and its receipts break out as:
Sanctioning fee first; Northland Tour participates in the “Matching Funds Program” section 820 of the 2009 Competition Regulations and Technical Manual. The Series puts $2.00 in the Region 3 fund for the banquet and IKF matches the $2.00. So, from the IKF $3.00 Sanctioning Fee, IKF keeps $1.00. The wrist bands are competitively priced this year and $1.50 per entry for the regional championship jacket.
The membership fees support the organization. I would encourage each member to find out who your state governor, regional coordinator, speedway committee and tech committee members are. Make your voice be heard through these people.
Here are the details and percentages of the fees for the first entry fee.
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Percentage Break Down |
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| Daily Purse | 33% |
$ 20.00 |
| Insurance | 5% |
$ 3.08 |
| Track | 38% |
$ 23.00 |
| IKF | 2% |
$ 1.00 |
| Banquet Fund | 16% |
$ 9.42 |
| Tech & Race Director | 3% |
$ 2.00 |
| Jacket Fund | 3% |
$ 1.50 |
First Class entry Fee |
$ 60.00 |
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Broken out by Categories
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Percentage Break Down |
Amount |
| Race Team | 52% |
$ 30.92 |
| Track | 38% |
$ 23.00 |
| Event | 8% |
$ 5.08 |
| IKF | 2% |
$ 1.00 |
First Class entry Fee |
$ 60.00 | |
Death and Taxes
The entry fee does not include the sales tax that tracks may have to collect this year. The tax amount will depend on how the track is incorporated and state/county tax rates. Example, $60 entry fee taxed at 6.5% will be $3.90 tax, for a total of $63.90
The Northland Tour pays out based on $20 per entry from the entry fee and on the number of entries on the class. Below is the schedule.
| Region 3 Payout Schedule Series | |||||||||||
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1/1/2009 | ||||||||||
| Pay out per Entry: | $ 20.00 | ||||||||||
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| Total Purse: | $ 20.00 | $ 40.00 | $ 60.00 | $ 80.00 | $ 100.00 | $ 120.00 | $ 140.00 | $ 160.00 | $ 180.00 | $ 200.00 | |
Finish |
1 st |
$ 20.00 | $ 30.00 | $ 30.00 | $ 35.00 | $ 50.00 | $ 55.00 | $ 55.00 | $ 60.00 | $ 65.00 | $ 70.00 |
2 nd |
$ 10.00 | $ 20.00 | $ 25.00 | $ 30.00 | $ 40.00 | $ 40.00 | $ 45.00 | $ 50.00 | $ 55.00 | ||
3 rd |
$ 10.00 | $ 20.00 | $ 20.00 | $ 25.00 | $ 30.00 | $ 35.00 | $ 40.00 | $ 45.00 | |||
4 th |
$ 15.00 | $ 20.00 | $ 25.00 | $ 30.00 | |||||||
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Number of Karts: |
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| Total Purse: | $ 220.00 | $ 240.00 | $ 260.00 | $ 280.00 | $ 300.00 | $ 320.00 | $ 340.00 | $ 360.00 | $ 380.00 | $ 400.00 | |
Finish: |
1 st |
$ 75.00 | $ 80.00 | $ 85.00 | $ 90.00 | $ 95.00 | $ 100.00 | $ 105.00 | $ 110.00 | $ 115.00 | $ 120.00 |
2 nd |
$ 60.00 | $ 60.00 | $ 65.00 | $ 70.00 | $ 75.00 | $ 80.00 | $ 85.00 | $ 85.00 | $ 90.00 | $ 95.00 | |
3 rd |
$ 50.00 | $ 50.00 | $ 55.00 | $ 60.00 | $ 65.00 | $ 65.00 | $ 70.00 | $ 75.00 | $ 75.00 | $ 80.00 | |
4 th |
$ 35.00 | $ 35.00 | $ 40.00 | $ 40.00 | $ 45.00 | $ 50.00 | $ 50.00 | $ 55.00 | $ 60.00 | $ 60.00 | |
5 th |
$ 15.00 | $ 15.00 | $ 20.00 | $ 20.00 | $ 25.00 | $ 30.00 | $ 35.00 | $ 40.00 | $ 45.00 | ||
Number of Karts: |
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Total Purse: |
$ 420.00 | $ 440.00 | $ 460.00 | $ 480.00 | $ 500.00 | $ 520.00 | $ 540.00 | $ 560.00 | $ 580.00 | $ 600.00 | |
Finish: |
1 st |
$ 125.00 | $ 130.00 | $ 135.00 | $ 140.00 | $ 145.00 | $ 150.00 | $ 155.00 | $ 160.00 | $ 165.00 | $ 170.00 |
2 nd |
$ 95.00 | $ 100.00 | $ 105.00 | $ 105.00 | $ 110.00 | $ 115.00 | $ 120.00 | $ 120.00 | $ 125.00 | $ 130.00 | |
3 rd |
$ 85.00 | $ 85.00 | $ 90.00 | $ 95.00 | $ 95.00 | $ 100.00 | $ 105.00 | $ 110.00 | $ 110.00 | $ 115.00 | |
4 th |
$ 65.00 | $ 70.00 | $ 75.00 | $ 80.00 | $ 85.00 | $ 85.00 | $ 90.00 | $ 95.00 | $ 100.00 | $ 100.00 | |
5 th |
$ 50.00 | $ 55.00 | $ 55.00 | $ 60.00 | $ 65.00 | $ 70.00 | $ 70.00 | $ 75.00 | $ 80.00 | $ 85.00 | |
Hope this helped.
Series Contact:
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Northland Tour Dirt and Pavement Newsletter
February 9th, 2009
5th Dirt Series race will be at Thunder Hill Speedway
September 19th and 20th
Body:
Just a reminder for both pavement and dirt series that the “nose shall not cover the drivers feet, i.e. the feet and controls must be visible”, section 451.15.2.2 This means that with the kart sitting on the ground and you standing face the front of the kart and looking down you must be able to see the driver’s feet. Please select you body work carefully. I will have a Jig Saw available at pre tech if adjustments are needed.
Safety:
The following must be in the trailer or pit area:
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Northland Tour Dirt and Pavement Newsletter
January 25th, 2009
General Information
New Driver Profiles
We have redone the Driver Profile sheets. A single informational form covers both series. I have completed customization on the driver’s information form and posted it on the Northland Tour website. This enables easy downloading of a PDF form which can be filled out on the computer and enables the data to be quickly and directly uploaded. If you complete the form and email it to me, I will update or create your driver’s profile page. As always, if you race the series and submit a driver’s profile, the standard driver’s webpage is provided free of charge. This year I will customize your web page with extra pictures for $20.00; as time permits. Or for $50.00 per year, you can upload your own page design I will host. The amount storage on these pages is limited. If you are interested, email me abear@northlandtour.com
New Forum
We have added a forum to the website. Let me know if you want a new topic added. Once you have signed up, it takes 24 hours to activate your account before you can post messages.
Pavement Series
Firestone and Grand Products will sponsor Region 3 Series and Grand National
We are pleased to announce Firestone and Grand Product have sponsored the IKF Grand National and the Northland Tour Region 3 Pavement Series. Bill Hilger, President of IKF took the lead in securing the sponsorship. Thanks Bill! The sponsorship includes both product and funding for the Pavement Grand National and Region 3 Series.
Pavement Tire Rule
As a direct result of requests from the race teams for a tire rule, and the commitment from Firestone and Grand Products, we are putting in place a Firestone tire rule for both the Northland Tour Region 3 Pavement Series the IKF Pavement Grand National. More details will be forthcoming.
IKF Pavement Grand National
We are pleased to announce; in 2009 there will be an IKF Pavement Grand National event at Jamaica Speedway in Jamaica, Iowa on August 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th. We have updated the rules in section 450 with new classes and event format. The race format will follow:
- Draw for qualifying order
- Qualifying by time trial
- Last chance race
- Features
- Check out section 450 of the 2009 Competition Regulations & Technical Manual.
Dirt Seies
King Solutions
Great news: King Solutions has agreed to sponsor the Northland Tour Region 3 Dirt Series in 2009. The sponsorship will benefit both the race teams and the tracks that support the series. Thank you King Solutions! For more on information on King Solutions services check their website. http://www.kingsolutionsusa.com/Services/
Two new tracks join the Dirt Series,
Northland Tour would like to welcome both Cottonwood Speedway and Runestone Kartway to the series. Runestone Kartway is an 1/8th mile high back yellow clay track and Cottonwood Speedway is a 1/6th mile black clay track. Thanks to both tracks for being part of the series!
