06-26-2018, 01:13 PM
Mike, sorry to disagree, but 80cc Mac WAS originally created for the less experienced karter. It wasn't intended for expert drivers with $500 blueprinted engines. It did not take very long before the class was taken over by the hot shoes. I well remember in Florida at the IKF races when 80cc Mac was first being run that a lot of ladies and new drivers ran. Some of our better drivers came from the ranks of 80cc Mac. By the first time I ran the class, it was owned by expensive blueprinted engines and drivers who would've been at home in a 100cc Open class kart. I well remember the magazines and newsletters talking the class up as a great way to introduce new participants to karting. Heck, I even had an Adkins engine ready to put on a kart. I decided to sell the combo because I realized that I didn't belong in the class. TJ