Tire Contract details for 2022

Tire rental contracts (RL2 for the 206 classes) were popular in 2021. We will continue, with a similar outlook for 2022. This lease contract is available because we use the “scuffs” on our rental fleet. This year we will be giving all, that desire, a copy of the contract so details can be referenced.

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We will be offering the same program as before and just, as a refresher, the guidelines are as follows:

1. Cost is $165 for the base plus $65 for each set desired.  This is a season contract so the number of sets will need to be determined when purchasing. This allows me to guarantee tires are in stock when needed.
2. Changes are scheduled by the racer and price includes mounting
3. Contract is per racer NOT a multiple racer group
4. Tires returned MUST be the same ones issued
5. Last set MUST be returned at year end (This is a lease) unless a serviceable set of RL2’s is approved for exchange when getting first set
6. Damaged tires beyond “normal” wear will be chargeable
7. MGRL2 tires —  Any size — 4.60 or 6.00 are available — or 7.10 (not popular)

As always, if this option does not appeal to you, purchase to own is still available, as well as rental for just one race which allows racers to legally compete w/o having to buy a set. Rentals, using our wheels (metric), or your wheels, for a single race may be “scuffs”, with more than half tread, if we have available.

Jr HIGH & HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUES

Well, now that Friday league seems to be decided, it seems like time to set the stage for the Jr High and High School leagues. Jr High max age is 8th grade while max age for High School is 12th grade. Please feel free to comment if you plan to participate this year. We are thinking similar to 2021:

1. Thursday evenings w/6PM drivers meeting — both leagues — registration before
2. Jr in original karts while HS in premium karts
3. Min driver weight at Jr-120 and HS-180 — We can reduce weight IF no driver is that heavy
4. Format of warmup, 2 heat races, and feature w/points awarded for feature finish
5. Count 15 of 17 for season championship
6. Championship to be honored at season banquet
7. Makeup rainouts the following week
8. Pricing — BONUS buy 10 get 12 — overall costs same as 2021

Proposed schedule is May 5, 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, July 7, 14, 21, 28, August 4, 11, 18, 25

Please let us know if you have ideas to make this program better. Also let us know if you know of someone who would like to SPONSOR these events (reasonable cost).

Friday League plans for 2022

Since we treat this just like a race series where you own your kart, we are thinking of a 24 night series, skipping the Fridays of Easter, Memorial day, CKNA hosting, 4th of July, and Labor day and running on Mothers day. We are also thinking the odd numbered events (1, 3, 5, etc) would have the additional Elite class while the even numbered events would have the additional Oval events.

Dates would be: April 1, 8, 22, 29, May 6, 13, 20, June 10, 17, 24, July 8, 15, 22, 29, August 5, 12, 19, 26, September 9, 16, 23, 30, October 7, 14 starting @ 7PM drivers meeting (sign in before).

SHOULD WE????

1. Continue w/200# driver weight — Max 50# ballast required until a podium finish
2. Count best 21 of 24 races for season champ
3. Count 10 of 12 Elite races — or 11 of 12
4. Count 10 of 12 Oval races — or 11 of 12
5. Plan on a price break — Buy 10, get 12
6. Run Elite Karts in the break between heats and feature
7. Continue w/format of warmup, 2 heats, Feature — Feature pays points
8. Make up rainouts the following week
9. Post rainout call by 4:30PM on race day

If you plan to be part of the Friday League, please comment on issues so we can finalize our plans for 2022. Look for future posts for Jr High and High School Leagues planning.

2022 POINTS RACE update 2

It seems like, after some discussions, that we will adopt the format presented in an earlier post. The remaining unsettled issue is the possibility of an alternate track. CHMS could accomodate either the interloop OR the classic rental pattern.

Using the track, and adding in the interloop, requires no gear change while using the rental “classic” configuration would require a 4.0 ratio rather than a 3.5.

We would like your thoughts on how many, which pattern, and which races. Unless some other point comes up, we are ready to finalize 2022 schedule.

2022 SCHEDULE for POINTS RACES update

We published on website and FB a few weeks ago. We have only a minor amount of racers input to date. Some wanted 14, rather than 13, w/1 earlier in April while 12 races on 10 dates was also suggested however that formula had no rainouts makeup. There was some input on qualifying — we currently use the two heat races for qualifying for the feature grid. We believe this promotes an opportunity for everyone to get a chance at the front row sometime during the season and also helps develop race craft in passing skills. Also 1 drop was entertained.

Since we have little input from MOST of the racers, we are VERY close to publishing our schedule for 2022. See details in an earlier post on website.

2022 POINTS RACE SCHEDULE

It has been suggested that we develop a schedule earlier than our typical February racer meeting. It has also been suggested we mirror the 2021 format. Avoiding CKNA races, Rt 66 races, holidays etc, left us with 13 races in 2021. Using the same logic we end up with the following dates for 2022.

April 30, May 14, 21, June 11, 25, July 9, 23, 30, August 13, 27, September 10, 17, 24

We have some questions and are looking for feedback before we publish an official schedule.

1. Is 13 races the right amount? Too few or too many?
2. How many are evening schedule? History has been Jun/Jul/Aug or Jul/Aug or Aug.
3. Start times? History is 10AM or 4PM
4. Rainout makeups? Schedule possible dates? We do not want to run doubles in evening schedule
5. Rainout calls? We have been posting 2 hours before drivers meeting.
6. Count your best 11 races for points championship? Should we count more?
7. Pre-registration? Started w/COVID in 2020 and used in 2021. Seems to speedup signing in. Good or bad idea?

Look for future posts on Jr High, High School, and Friday Oval, Elite, and Road course Leagues along with discussions on any other issues. Give us your thoughts. See you at the Banquet.

2021 BANQUET PLANS

We have made banquet plans for the 13th of November at Maria’s in Morris. We have enjoyed this facility in the past and will return again. Look for a future post on details and signup deadlines. We will be honoring Jr, Sr, and Friday Leagues along with our points race classes. Join us for an evening of fun and fellowship.

SCORING and POINTS Updates

As most of you know, from announcements at drivers meetings, we have had a scoring points snafu this year. Too many details to bore you with but suffice to say that most could have been avoided. Good news is, that with some of your help, we think we have solved ALL problems with our Leagues (Jr, Sr, & Friday) along with points race championships and also WRS. We think we have recovered lost data so check Mylaps championships for standings.

Our goal, for the future, is to ALWAYS publish on speedhive. The scoring system will NOT allow more than one kart per class with the same number without confusion in points totals. Sometimes adjustments have been made, behind the scenes, to allow the system to work for the day but not always for season totals. Points are given to the driver, not the kart, which most of the time is the same.

We will be returning to asking racers to adjust their number, if there is duplicate in their class, to avoid two areas of confusion. First is points as noted above. Second is to avoid any possible penalties being assessed to the wrong culprit. When we have multiple karts in the same class with the same number, it could happen that we black flag the wrong kart. I am sure that being incorrectly penalized is no ones goal, including ours. We will be expecting number changes to avoid these problems.

REGISTRATION and BANQUET Thoughts

We have new people out at registration and some of you pre-register and some do not. Our newer staff has not got fully acquainted with everyone at this point. They are trying their best to speed up signing in. We have a request to assist them in doing a thorough job. PLEASE stop and sign in before driving to park. When you drive by without stopping, it disrupts their thoroughness and slows down the system. Thank you for your help in this matter.

Banquet thoughts so far are: input has been that we were VERY lucky with weather last year and we should look to have a banquet inside this year and we agree. Input on food has been that both last years food and years before are both good and we agree. Now that COVID is again becoming an issue, and masks are currently mandated by our Gov, we are not completely sure how that may effect us. Feel free to give us your thoughts as we continue to plan.

SUN 27JUN21 EVENT

We will be closed for practice and rentals because we will be hosting the ICE RACING group on Sun the 27th of June. This group has sponsored races on ice in the past and has now chosen to try a summer event at CHMS. This event format will be practice/qualifying followed by 2 heat races to qualify you for your feature. All will get to run a full event with the fastest people coming out on top. Prize packages will be awarded. Cost for the day is $150 which includes wristband, insurance, rental of gear (please come with long pants and closed toe shoes), and of course kart usage and finally prizes. You may sign up with them at chicagoiceracing.ticketleap.com or give us a call to help you enter this event. This event is open to everyone with no membership needed. If you choose to only watch, join us as well. Signup will begin at 9:30 on Sun.