09-10-2017, 01:45 PM
Thank you Ted.
Chris would say we're over thinking things again but i for one am happy you named the event in his memory.
just this once i'd disagree with him and say naming an event after him is the right thing for an East Coaster to do!!
besides he was beyond pleased with how you ran your event and was excited to see it being repeated.
i know this was gonna be the highlite of his what he considered the best way to run these old machines.
to a lot of the guys it would seem the East Coast guys are going a little over the top because we've lost Chris S.
to us a huge part of the knowledge we all share has been lost forever.
Chris was involved with vintage karting before anyone thought about vintage karting being a viable hobby or sport.
he had thirty/ thirty-five years in vintage karting starting with drooling over used racing karts being sold nearby his home..
Chris started with karts when he was a kid.
at 49 he wasn't even born till 1968 so he never knew karting when it was a new sport.
he wasn't even 18 before 1987 but he still developed a love for the old kart stuff before it was even very old and just considered obsolete.
he talked with all the old guys who had raced the early karts and he seemed to remember it all.
if you knew Chris you'd never guess from talking to him about vintage karts that he was only 49.
his depth of knowledge was vast and there was very little he couldn't tell you about the historic through mid 70's karts.
he was fascinated with the early karts and from a very young age was a hardcore swap meet guy.
so he saw and bought the stuff when everyone felt they wqere selling off the old junk.
he bought about everything vintage kart he saw that was good or usable.
he also found and bought out shops long before anyone thought they were worth anything.
he wasn't a hoarder more of a preservationist.
if he had a part you needed you only had to ask.
often he'd just give it to you or charge so little as it amounted to the same thing.
long ago i lost count of how many people we met here and there who had stuff chris originally owned or were in karting because of chris.
in a large part the way i see vintage and where it should go was shaped by the endless conversations Chris and i had over the years.
to him a playday simply running the karts at speed was the most important thing.
racing though he admired it wasn't interesting to him.
his view was why wear out what we can't replace screwing around with racing?
and restoration was not his thing.
he's get a kart anywhere from near perfect to barn rough and love them just as found.
he'd restore the function of everything and leave the rest alone.
Teds event as it is right now is the perfect reflection of what Chris thought vintage should be all about.
let anyone who shows up run their gear as long as it's safe.
he " ahem" even didn't care if it was a play kart.
a fun day running equipment build in a time when everything was simpler.
who could ask for more.
Chris would say we're over thinking things again but i for one am happy you named the event in his memory.
just this once i'd disagree with him and say naming an event after him is the right thing for an East Coaster to do!!
besides he was beyond pleased with how you ran your event and was excited to see it being repeated.
i know this was gonna be the highlite of his what he considered the best way to run these old machines.
to a lot of the guys it would seem the East Coast guys are going a little over the top because we've lost Chris S.
to us a huge part of the knowledge we all share has been lost forever.
Chris was involved with vintage karting before anyone thought about vintage karting being a viable hobby or sport.
he had thirty/ thirty-five years in vintage karting starting with drooling over used racing karts being sold nearby his home..
Chris started with karts when he was a kid.
at 49 he wasn't even born till 1968 so he never knew karting when it was a new sport.
he wasn't even 18 before 1987 but he still developed a love for the old kart stuff before it was even very old and just considered obsolete.
he talked with all the old guys who had raced the early karts and he seemed to remember it all.
if you knew Chris you'd never guess from talking to him about vintage karts that he was only 49.
his depth of knowledge was vast and there was very little he couldn't tell you about the historic through mid 70's karts.
he was fascinated with the early karts and from a very young age was a hardcore swap meet guy.
so he saw and bought the stuff when everyone felt they wqere selling off the old junk.
he bought about everything vintage kart he saw that was good or usable.
he also found and bought out shops long before anyone thought they were worth anything.
he wasn't a hoarder more of a preservationist.
if he had a part you needed you only had to ask.
often he'd just give it to you or charge so little as it amounted to the same thing.
long ago i lost count of how many people we met here and there who had stuff chris originally owned or were in karting because of chris.
in a large part the way i see vintage and where it should go was shaped by the endless conversations Chris and i had over the years.
to him a playday simply running the karts at speed was the most important thing.
racing though he admired it wasn't interesting to him.
his view was why wear out what we can't replace screwing around with racing?
and restoration was not his thing.
he's get a kart anywhere from near perfect to barn rough and love them just as found.
he'd restore the function of everything and leave the rest alone.
Teds event as it is right now is the perfect reflection of what Chris thought vintage should be all about.
let anyone who shows up run their gear as long as it's safe.
he " ahem" even didn't care if it was a play kart.
a fun day running equipment build in a time when everything was simpler.
who could ask for more.
Dave L.