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Avon
#1
Would like to thank Scott and Sam for a great race. Everything went smoothly and with out incident. Had a great time. The Santee family.
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#2
yes ..thanks scott ..
great time ...lots rear engine karts ..

lol...only 1 complaint.. who ever in sportsman rear with bonbright 820 with a pipe.. took me couple corners to pass on way from dead last to 3rd ,..

running my pipe next time should solve that ...lol..

camdon next ....pick on some new folks ...lol..
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#3
Thank you Scott and Sam for another great Avon vintage event. Plenty of entries in the various classes to make the heat races great fun to participate in and watch. Everything went very smoothly and it was good to see everyone!
Paul
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(08-02-2021, 09:10 AM)steve miller Wrote: yes ..thanks scott ..
great time ...lots rear engine karts ..

lol...only 1 complaint.. who ever in sportsman rear with bonbright 820 with a pipe.. took me couple corners to pass on way from dead last to 3rd ,..

running my pipe next time should solve that  ...lol..

camdon next ....pick on some new folks ...lol..

he was new,, and was told about it,, it will not happen again....or at Camden!!!!!
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#5
You couldn't have a better event,,,,, great weather, great fun,,,,,77 entries,,,, Scott and Sam and the GVKC crew did one hell of a job....always look forward to the Avon VKA event

gotta thank Jim D (Mr Max Torque) for lunch on Thursday. the guy goes way beyond what he needs to do to help out you guys,,,, from lunch, to workin on karts to working on clutches,,,, what an asset to the Vintage Karting guys and gals....

Gary
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#6
As always, a great time. I just wish I'd had more time for talkin' and less time wrenchin'. Note to self: Don't wait until the week of the event to get kart ready... LOL!

I've told several people - it was worth the price of admission just to be in the pits when all of those dual rears fired up! Then when they took to the track - priceless! In the words of my Sundays racing buddy "This is pretty cool, I'm glad I came up with you!"

So far, Avon is the only VKA event I ever go to. Maybe it's time to hit a couple more.....
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#7
Soooo,
Scott and sammy have the best event on the upper East Coast.
there's always a ton of driver and best of all a serious amount of the karts are rear engined early stuff.
 absolutely a joy to see still running in a competitive though non racing manor. 
funny, it's sometimes hard to tell the difference.
The rear engined duals were the best surprise.
 9 entries all well built and all 9 made the starting grid for the last round. 
AMAZING!!!

we had the usual mix of newbes and old timers.
everyone was all smiles the event is well run the track fast and fun.
Anyone with a mechanical issue is soon set right by everyone around them.

 As usual i ended up wrenching on lumpys kart with Jim donavan for a time.
he has a modified king kart the just gets better every year.
in the end a whole bunch of guys helped tune his chassis and we ended up with a very strong well handling kart.
Lumpy was just about a total and complete smile over how it was running. 

a little advise for ya lumpy. 
next time leave the waste rag on the bench not your pocket.
 your chain will thank you for that!

we had a vote about the "race" grids and decided two grids friday was better. 
some didn't like it that way but we aren't racing.
 so making the long drive home sooner for those who needed it was a good thing.
aaaand there was open track after the final grid for those who hadn't had enough driving already.

We also had a discussion about trophies and had a vote.
 the question raised was do people prefer trophies or a place ribbon.
 not surprisingly most preferred a place ribbon by majority vote.

imho trophies are cool for about 5 minutes.
then storing, cleaning and moving them becomes a pain till they get tossed.
 place ribbons say the same thing and fit better on the wall. 
win / win imho!

Anyway it was a blast i was happy to attend.

aaaaaand , in case you haven't figured it out yet.
i finally made another event. Big Grin Big Grin Big Grin
been forever it seems was nice to get back into it.

d Cool
Dave L.
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