According to our recent poll, most readers did not race karts on the weekend of 3/4 August, and there were a lot of excuses – I mean, reasons – why.
Firstly, about 20% of respondents were not racing that weekend because they (a) were not a driver, or (b) there was no race meeting that weekend.
But by far the most common single factor factor (20.8%) was cost, people saying they simply could not afford to race.
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Many other reasons were included in the poll, results of which can be found below.
Participants were able to add their own reason and work commitments was a common issue. Interestingly, because of work, some want Sunday only racing, while others want to race Saturday.
Some of the additional specified ‘other’ reasons made for entertaining reading. Here’s a small selection:
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- Broken arm
- I run vintage which are not allowed to race
- Recreational karter only, no intent to race
- Can’t race KA cos KA banned me
- Too many people cheating and getting away with it, walked away from the sport
- J-MAX not offered at KA level (I think this person meant club level?? – KSN)
- Not driving due to medical issues, but I did mechanic
- I never renewed my racing licence after KA changed everything, expired in 2014
- Too many hoops to jump through to get graded license
- My trailer broke an axle
- Change of tyres at club level, not interested in running a third dry tyre in NSW
- We race Pulsars now
- KA / KNSW split has made it too complicated to bother
- My class was not offered
- Spent the day keeping the meeting going! (Thanks, and well done to you! – KSN)
- Do you have a question you’d like to put to the karting public? Fire us a message or email (see contact page) and we’ll see what we can do 馃檪
| No – I could not afford it | 20.8% |
| No – there was no scheduled race meet in my area | 12.2% |
| Yes, I raced! Congrats to me! 馃檪 | 11.1% |
| Other: | 9.7% |
| No – Other reason (specify below) | 7.9% |
| No – I’m not currently a driver/racer | 7.8% |
| No – I had family commitments to honour | 5.5% |
| No – I had other interests outside of karting that were more important | 5.3% |
| No –
there is personal conflict with other club members/officials that make it too difficult for me | 5.3% |
| No – it’s too formal, too many rules | 4.4% |
| No – but i did practice / test | 3.1% |
| No – the event was too competitive for my level | 1.9% |
| No – it’s too informal, rules are not enforced | 1.9% |
| No – I’ve already raced so much this year, I just needed a break | 1.7% |
| No – the event was not competitive enough for my level | 0.8% |
| No – the weather was not suitable | 0.6% |
| No – my local meeting got cancelled | 0.0% |