Celebrity race and new engines planned for this season. Revised date as of June 29, 2008
    SIKA is planning a celebrity feature race for the August 16-16 weekend. This will feature a kart race on Saturday with local community leaders and radio and television personalities. Stay tuned to this site for more details as they develop in the coming weeks.
    In order to lower the cost of equipment for the Junior and entry level racers SIKA is now allowing the use of low cost 4 cycle engines, being the J200 and S200 series. These engines are commonly available from local stores at costs that are about 1/4 that of the previously required engines. Furthermore we have cut the cost of race entry for the Junior 1 and Canada Junior classes by 50%. It is hoped that with these changes, families will find karting a more affordable option. Full details are outlined in the 2008 SIKA Regulations.

SIKA to hold an endurance race September 7. Revised date as of June 29, 2008
    We are in the planning stages for an endurance race to be held on Sunday September 7. Details are to follow. For now, there will be three classes run, Junior 4 cycle, Senior 4 cycle and TAG. The race will involve team competition with driver changes.

Work party this weekend at Multiplex. May 21, 2008
    There is a work party this Saturday, May 24th at 9am behind the Multiplex parking lot to do repairs on our tire bundles, corner mats and trailers. All members are requested to pitch in and help with the work. Bring your own tools, including drills, saws, and extension chords. We may need generators as well.

Schedule changes result from Multiplex major event bookings. March 21, 2008
    Recent new event bookings at Wesbild Centre, the new name of the Vernon Multiplex, have reulted in some race date cancellations for SIKA. Details have been posted on our schedule page. The April 5-6 cancellation is due to a Hockey tournament that will require more parking than we can allow. May 24-25 is due to a monster truck event, and September 27-28 is due to a home show.
    Also note that there will be a Minor Hockey Tournament in conjunction with our fist race on April 19-20th. We will be required to leave the two rows of parking available at the east end of our pit area for hockey parking and to leave adequate access to the player's entrance from the west side of the building and across the north end.
    SIKA members are encoraged to come to the meeting this Tuesday, and disscuss the schedule and to decide if there is enough support for another mid-Summer date to fill the void.

2008 Annual General Meeting. January 22nd. January 13, 2008
    The 2008 Annual General Meeting will be held January 22nd at 7:30 pm at Kelowna Flightcraft. This is your opportunity to elect the club executive for 2008. All members are asked to attend. Note also that your 2008 membership dues are due and must be paid to be a member in good standing and be able to vote at the meeting. The Annual Dues form is available on the Membership page of this site. It would save time at the meeting if members would download a copy of the Annual Dues form and bring it with them to the meeting.
    Our 2008 race schedule has now been posted. This may be subject to change at this point, particularly as for the ROK cup participants there are 3 consecutive races at the start of the schedule. We are considering canceling one of our club races as the likelihood of a poor turn out is high.
    Submissions for changes to our rule book and race format will be accepted and discussed at this meeting and voted on at the February meeting.
    Note also the non-members and prospective members are welcome to attend this meeting. New members can join at this time if they wish. The Membership Application form is available to be down loaded from our Membership page.

Year end Awards Banquet at Michaelbrook Ranch November 17.   October 29, 2007
    The banquet this year is at Michaelbrook Ranch Golf Club in Kelowna. We have the room from 6:00 pm, dinner about 7:00 pm. Tickets are $25  or $15 for those 5 to 10 years.For tickets call Stella at 764-2885. We have to let the golf course know how many are comng so please arrange for your tickets before November 7. We will be having a Baron of Beef and BBQ Chicken buffet. View Map
    Those of you that have the Perpetual trophies from last year, please bring them to Ken Georgeson so we can engrave them for re-issue.

Pot-luck barbeque at final race.  October 15, 2007
    Bring something to eat and share for our annual pot luck tailgate party on Saturday, October 20th. We will have heaters and hopefully a fire pit to gather around. Everyone is welcome.

October 23rd meeting at Kelowna Flightcraft.
    The October 23rd meeting will be discussing the proposals being made to BCKCA by the other clubs to prepare our representatives to speek and vote on our behalf at the BCKCA Annual General Meeting in Chilliwack on November 3rd. Be there to have your say. The proposals from the other clubs are posted on the BCKCA web site.

Silly video from Lac La Cartbici.  October 14, 2007
    Adam tries wakeboarding accross Lac La Cartbici on a Rubbermaid tote top.

Next meeting to plan for next year.  September 22, 2007
    We will be considering proposals from all members for Next year's BCKC and WCKC series, as well as BCKCA rules and class proposals, at our meeting on September 25th. Please bring all your ideas for next year to the meeting. SIKA club rules and race format will be dealt with at a later meeting. We have made our application for race dates at the Vernon Multiplex for 2008. We understand that we are first to put in our request for parking lot dates so are only affected by Vipers hockey games as far as we know. Weekends asked for are April 5, 19, May 10, 24, June 7, July 5, Sept 13, 27 and Oct 18, so we should have a much bigger schedule for next year.

Next race at CARTBC.  September 21, 2007

    Our next race, Race 9, will be at CARTBC on the October 13-14 weekend in conjunction with the Coastal Kart Racers race on that weekend. For this race our members will have to conform to the Coastal class rules for the classes they enter. In other words, Rotax will enter the Rotax class and run Mojo tires, ROK will enter the ROK class, World Formula Heavy drivers will enter the WFH class and Senior 4 cycle Hondas and Chondas will enter Senior Honda and run only Hondas (no Chondas). Points calculated to the SIKA scoring system will be earned toward the SIKA championships.
    Format for the weekend is for practice all day Saturday with a warm-up and races on Sunday. Race registration is $85 and includes both days.

Barbecue at Bill's.  August 23, 2007
    Bill is inviting everyone at the race August 25 to a barbecue at his new place in Armstrong on Saturday evening. It's BYOB&M (bring your own beverage and meat). Bill says you can camp there too as long as you're rowdy.

Next meeting at Kelowna Flightcraft and August 4-5 race cancelled.  July 20, 2007
    In our quest to hold our meetings as close as possible to our membership population, which we belive would be in Winfield, we will now meet at the Kelowna Flightcraft hanger at the Kelowna airport. To get to the hangar turn at the airport entrance off the highway,turn left before the tracks on to Airport Way, go past the stop sign you are now on Aerospace Rd go to the end, turn left into the parking area and park near the middle of the building,the door will be marked SIKA, the meeting room is upstairs.
    The race scheduled for August 4th & 5th weekend has been cancelled due to a forecasted lack of support at our last meeting.
    Our race dates for September and October are now firmed up as the Vernon Vipers hockey schedule is now set and there is no conflict with our dates.

No power supply at work party.  April 22, 2007
    The power pole that is in the area of our tire storage has now been disconnected, so there is no longer a power supply there. So members who have generators are asked to bring them so we can use power tools.

Next meeting in Vernon.  April 17, 2007
    The April 24th meeting will be at Vernon RV, at 4700 - 31st Street. From the highway turn east on 43rd Ave and go across the tracks, then turn left (north) on 31st Street.

Rules posted, Work Party scheduled, Karting Seminar offered and Program needs input.  April 1, 2007
    There is a work party scheduled at the Vernon Multiplex on the April 28-29 weekend Starting at 10 am. We need to do repairs on our tire bundles and trailer decking. All members are asked to contribute their time. Bring your tools. There is power available at the site, but you will need extension chords for power tools. Materials for bolting tires and  decking will be provided. We will also be putting together one more trailer (our fourth) at this time, so those with steel fabrication skills and tools are asked to bring them along.
    A spring Karting Seminar is also scheduled for Saturday morning April 28th at 9 am also at the Multiplex. Those that wish to take part in this are asked to respond to John Gregg by e-mail or phone (494-1497) and we will configure the seminar accordingly.
    Our 2007 rules are now posted here on the Rules page. Please note the new rule section 2 regarding club business policy. All drivers are asked to look after their club membership and licensing application issues at club meetings or by mail rather than at club races. This is to reduce the work load on our race registration desk as these people have enough to do without these additional tasks. Our motto " We don't race at business meetings and we don't do business at races".
    Steve Manlove has been doing a fantastic job of putting together a very professional club program that will be distributed at races to spectators. We are selling advertising space to raise funds for the club. All drivers are listed in the program with their pictures and personal data. Steve is short many of your pictures and data though, so would all drivers please send Steve a photo of themselves and their personal data. For data he needs your age, kart number, and your engine model.

Rules and classes for 2007 are postponed to the March 27 meeting.  March 4, 2007
    The proposals for rules and class changes will now be dealt with at the March meeting. If club members wish to make proposal submissions to the webmaster they will be posted here so that all members can review them prior to the meeting.

February meeting to address club rules and classes for 2007.  February 25, 2007
    The meeting this Tuesday will address all aspects of our 2007 season.  All members are encouraged to attend.  Click here for the agenda and for the rules proposals received so far.

Canada Senior And World Formula on You Tube.  February 25, 2007
    Click here to see the Senior 4 cycle video at CART BC from the 2006 BCKC race. Submitted by Cooper Witton.

Canuck Karting forum temporarily "down". January 21, 2007
    The Canuck Karting forum is expected to be back on line again as soon as it can be fixed. I accidentally harpooned it a couple of weeks ago and now it needs a techie to go in and fix it. I guess my computer skills are a lot like my driving skills. JG

2007 Annual General Meeting. January 23rd. January 17, 2007
    The 2007 Annual General Meeting will be held January 23rd at 7:30 pm at Ikon Office Solutions, 227-1891 Springfield Road in Kelowna. This is at the corner of Springfield and Spall Roads. This is your opportunity to elect the club executive for 2007. All members are asked to attend. Note also that your 2007 membership dues are due and must be paid to be a member in good standing and be able to vote at the meeting. The Annual Dues form is available on the Membership page of this site. It would save time at the meeting if members would download a copy of the Annual Dues form and bring it with them to the meeting.

2006 Awards banquet honours SIKA standouts. November 26, 2006
    The annual awards banquet was held November 18th in Kelowna at the Manhattan Point Restaurant. SIKA Championship trophies were presented to the class champions and the SIKA Perpetual Awards were also presented as follows.
    Overwaitea Rookie of the Year to Collin Rhodes
    Door Doctor Most Improved Driver to Paul Major
    Kal Tire Hard Luck Award to Jamie Britch
    Bill Cleve Volunteer of the Year to John Gregg
    Interior Kart Centre Sportsman of the Year to Verley Calvert
The evening also featured a fantastic buffet dinner, a great video review of the year prepared by Steve Manlove and generous door prizes.
Local racers may enter the ICE Race in VernonNovember 1, 2006
Having talked to the race promoter we understand that they are looking for some local kart racers to enter the ice race to be held January 6th at the Multiplex. In order for local racers to enter we understand that they will allow gasoline fuel and sprint bodywork in lieu of the methanol fuel and Speedway bodywork that their rules normally require. The entry limit is only 8 to 12 karts in order to fit into the one evening show. We would suggest sending photos of the karts as prepared for the  ice race along with the entry application to preclude any questions on race day. For more information and to order ice studs, see the website www.icespeedway.com
    - Kart Rules
    - Entry Application
    - Mechanic Licence

Awards Banquet detailsOctober 30, 2006
Our SIKA Year-End Banquet will be held:

        Date:           Saturday, November 18th, 2006
   Time:           7:00 pm
 Place:  Manhattan Point Restaurant
                      Prospera Place
                  Kelowna, BC

As per our Annual Dues form, ONE non-transferable banquet ticket is provided per $50 member dues if racer enters 75% of SIKA season races (from date of joining the club).  If you are unsure, check the  "Club Points".  Thank you to Dean Clarke for arranging this venue.

 ~       Tickets are $25 or $15 for those 5 to 10 years and free for under 5 years
       ~       All members and guests are welcome!
     ~       All members are encouraged to contribute to door prizes if possible
     ~       Recipients of last year's Perpetual Awards are asked to bring them to the
Banquet for presentation

Please confirm your attendance with me PRIOR to November 10th so that we can
let the restaurant know our numbers.

If you have any questions, please feel free to forward them to Stella
Georgeson via email or phone 250-764-2685.

This Ice Racing series features world cup ice bikes, outlaw quads,nitro x-karts and more. This no holds barred motorsports competition features oval track racing’s thoroughbreds and manufacturers world cup bikes. 
Twenty racers will be contested at each championship round in approximately two and a half hours. When the races are over, champions will be crowned in each division competing.
  Tickets will go on sale Wednesday, November 15^th at 10amthrough Ticketmaster. The event is proudly sponsored by Vernon Motorsports & Yamaha Canada,CHBC and Sun Fm. For further information please contact …
                        Brad Steel, General Manager, Recreation Excellence

bsteel@recreationexcellence.com  542-5623 ext. 103

Jaime Richardson, Event & Program Coordinator, Recreation Excellence

jrichardson@recreationexcellence.com 542-5623 ext. 101
Final race, October 28-29, is on at Vernon Multiplex September 28, 2006
    At the Sept. 26th meeting we decided to go ahead with the October 28-29 race at the Vernon Multiplex. As this will be our last race of the season we will have a "pot luck" dinner on the Saturday with a bonfire, as we have done in previous years. So bring your dinner contribution and enjoy the Saturday night bench racing. Guests and families are of course welcome.
    Plans are in the works for the year end  Awards Banquet at the Manhattan Point restaurant at Prospera Place.  More details to come. In order to do this we will have to pre-sell the tickets and tickets at the door will likely not be available. We expect to have tickets available at the October 14-15 race at CARTBC.

Next race, October 14-15 at CART BC September 14, 2006
    It has been determined from the results of our member poll, that our next race for the SIKA club championship will be Sunday, October 15th at CART BC. This is a Coastal club race where our members will receive points toward the SIKA championship. Saturday, October 14th is also available for practice as this is a two day event for Coastal.
    Our last race of the season will be October 28-29 at the Vernon Multiplex as long as we get enough commitment of support from our members to make the weekend economically viable. Members should attend the next meeting, or otherwise contact the executive with their commitments for the October 28-29 date. A post will also be on the Forum for this purpose.

Next meeting for 2007 rules proposals September 14, 2006
    The SIKA general meeting on September 26 will be the meeting for receiving proposals for any rule changes that would be referred to BCKCA or ASN Canada for next years rule books. If you have proposals you would like to make, it would be helpful if you submit them to the club in advance so that they can be posted here or post them yourself on the SIKA Forum.

Fall race schedule revisions due to conflicts with hockey at the Multiplex August 29, 2006
    The last two race dates for September and October have been cancelled  by the Multiplex as they conflict with the Canucks training camp and a Vipers home game. The only date offered as a replacement is October 28-29. We have reserved Oct 28-29 pending consensus by the club that we want to race then. To replace the other lost date, the club has agreed to declare a Coastal club race as a SIKA points race.  The Coastal race we choose could be either their Sept 23-24 race or their Oct 14-15 race pending the outcome of a poll of our club members to be taken on the SIKA forum.

Photo coverage of  SIKA Race 8 on OkanaganRacing.com August 29, 2006
    See okanaganracing.com for photos from our last race. This web site is also added to our Links page.

SIKA to host the B.C. Karting Championship race 2 at CARTBC July 29-30 June 29, 2006
    Just a reminder to check the posting below as this is our next major event. A good turn-out of all our members, whether racing or volunteering is important to making this event a success for the club.

Karting forums down for repairs June 29, 2006
    The Canuck Karting Network and the BC Karting Forum are both down for repairs right now. We understand that they should be back up in the near future. Where we formerly hosted the Canuck forum ourselves, we had turned the hosting over to an outside group a few months ago in the hopes that they would integrate it with the BC Karting forum, so that we would have only one forum serving karters in Western Canada.

First half of the '06 season is in the book May 30, 2006
    This past weekend we completed the spring season with races 5 and 6. It's hard to believe, given the weather forecasts, that we made it by dodging all the spring showers. Good battles are developing in most of our classes that will play themselves out this fall. Angelea has laid down a bunch of wins for a comfortable head start in Junior 1. Ahh but there's a challenge brewing between Bennett and CJ for second. Stay tuned for the outcome on this one. In Junior 2 Paul is carrying a major lead into the second half. What he needs now is some more challengers to test him to the finnish. Following encouraging performances at the BC Championship in Quesnel, Kyle and Hunter are now running neck and neck in Junior TAG. Look for more excitement here to come.

    The "Okanagan Trailer Park Boys" (Senior 4 cycle) are led by Rob who came out dealing a series of aces to build a good cushion. John came back with a pair of aces of his own this weekend and hopes to close the gap by year end. Rob says "look out, I'm coming back with a vengeance". Or is that "with Vegas"? Meanwhile the other Trailer Park Boys are planning an uprising of their own. World Formula is a real race for the top spot of the podium. Frankie, Graeme and Jon all have their eye on it and it's within all of their grasps. Coming off a standout performance at the BC Championships Frankie says his secret is the cast off tires he gets from the Senior TAG boys. He says "those guys just don't know how to use up a set of tires like us Pietramalas can". World Formula Heavy has the Maytag Repairman, Steve, looking for more competition. In the meantime he's dicing with the Trailer Park Boys and making headway.

    Senior TAG has lots of good battles going all through the pack. Then there's the side bets for the MAX and ROK drivers to consider too. It's a statistician's heyday. Steve is working hard to maintain the lead he's built on consistency, while Dean, following a solid performance in Quesnel, is racing with renewed vigour toward the front with a pair of wins in his pocket from this weekend. The points are close all down the field and there's a bunch of drivers that can come to the surface at any time. So keep an eye on Cole, Colin, Dan, Chris, Kris and Court as they move forward. Jamie moved up to this group this weekend and looked promising before he had his unfortunate setback. We expect him back up to speed for the second half in August. The Gear Grabbers (ICC) looks like a slam dunk for Augie, but Graeme is working hard to keep him in sight. Reliability and gas in the tank are issues here.

    On another note, we set a new record for the track tear down time in just under 2 hours, as the tires were all moved to storage by 5:00pm. Credit goes to all who helped and our two Nor-Val Bobcats with the long forks. Now if we can just get the tires pulled together in groups of 4 bundles we can save even more time and cut the damage percentage to the bundles.

    Our next major event is the BC Karting Championship in Chilliwack July 29th. As we are the host club for this we will need all hands on deck to make this race a success. Peter is heading up our organization on this and would appreciate all the help we can get. If you or people you know are not going to be racing at this event, please consider calling Peter and volunteering to come and help us with running the event. The more people we get the easier it will be and the better the club will do financially.
 

June 17-18 weekend races canceled April 10, 2006
    Due to a large convention being held at the Multiplex on the June 17-18 weekend, our races will be canceled. Our agreement with the Multiplex is that we can be pre-empted if they have an opportunity to make a much higher revenue than they can when we use the parking lot. We have agreed to this so that we can get a reasonable rental rate for our races. As they are expecting 2500 delegates to this convention they will need the parking lot. The June 10 - 11 weekend is available at this time if we want it. This will be decided at the April 25th meeting as it conflicts with a Coastal race.
    As our last tire trailer still needs a couple of days work to complete, expect notice here shortly that we will be having work parties on April 22 and 23 to do this.

Work, Work, Work March 30, 2006
    It seems it's endless but.... On Saturday April 8th we will have a work bee to fix the loose tire bundles at the end of the day's racing activities. It's easier to do then when the tires are spread out on the track. You will need to bring your 3/8 electric or battery powered drills, extension chords and 9/16 wrenches to the race on Saturday. With everybody pitching in we'll get it done pretty quick.

SIKA to host the B.C. Karting Championship race 2 at CARTBC July 29-30 March 29, 2006
    We will be the host club for BCKC race 2 on the July 29-30 weekend in Chilliwack. It is hoped that this will be a fund raiser for the club. In order to make this a success we need race workers to run the event. Positions that need to be filled include, Grid Marshall, Assistant Grid Marshall, Assistant Scorer, Scale attendants (2), Post Race Technicians (2), Corner Marshals (8), Kart Retriever, and Gate Sales Attendants (2). Club members who will not be racing are asked to volunteer for these positions, as well all club members are asked to recruit family members and friends to help us with this. Peter Higham has volunteered to be the Event Manager for our club, so please contact Peter to commit your support.

Work still needed to complete tire trailers March 29, 2006
    We were able to get one trailer frame put together and welded up in spite of a very low turnout to the work party March 25-26. We still need the second trailer put together and both trailers decked. We have all the materials so we just need the workers. This weekend is available and evenings next week as daylight time kicks in this weekend. Check the forum as Steve Manlove will be posting details.

Work party planned for this Saturday March 25 March 20, 2006
    We are planning to have a work party this Saturday at the Multiplex in preparation for this season's racing. All club members are asked to participate. We will be putting together two more trailers for moving tires and doing repairs on tire bundles and corner mats. Work will commence at 9:00 am Saturday. Bring your own tools (drills, wrenches, saws, grinders, extension chords, jacks, chains, come-alongs, welders, hammers, compressors, spray guns, leftover paint and anything you feel will help). There is power on site, 110v & 220v. If we all pitch in we hope to get a lot done in one day.
    With two more trailers it is expected that all our tires can be stored on the trailers without having to load and unload trailers in the storage area. This should virtually cut out track setup and tear down times in half, thus giving us more time to practice on race weekends.

Pre-season Training Day, this Sunday March 19 March 15, 2006
    We are holding our pre-season training seminar at Precision Auto / Kacic Motorsorts on Sunday at 9:00am (1120 Stevens Road, Kelowna). Everyone is welcome, rookies and experienced racers alike. All aspects of karting will be covered by Canada's top authorities. There is no charge to attend.  Membership and license applications will be accepted at this session, as the form downloads are now available. Also note that the ASN Canada rules for 2006 are now available from their web site.

February meeting agenda posted.February 22, 2006
The agenda for the February 27th meeting is posted here for your reference. As this meeting will set our rules and classes for 2006, all members are asked to participate. Note that the meeting date has been changed to Monday from Tuesday.

A young loss to the karting community.  February 7, 2006
It is with great sadness that we say good bye to Dean Sellinger. Dean was a member of the Coastal and Southern Interior clubs. Our heartfelt condolences go out to Dean's family and close friends. He will be greatly missed.

From the Chilliwack Progress, January 29, 2006
Sellinger, Dean Hassett - July 24, 1991-January 29, 2006 
Dean Hassett Sellinger passed away in Vernon Jubilee Hospital on January 29, 2006 at age 14 after a long battle with cancer. Dean was born in Chilliwack on July 24 1991 and attended St Mary’s Catholic Elementary School until grade 7. Dean and his family were active members of St.Mary’s catholic parish. Dean’s love and faith in god was evident in the courage he displayed throughout his life. Dean was a member of the British Columbia Kart Racing Association out of Chilliwack and became an avid and accomplished driver, enjoying many victories throughout western Canada.
Dean lived everyday of his life for the moment. He had a maturity and perspective far beyond his years. Before he became a teenager, Dean assumed a partnership role in his parent’s construction company and realized the importance of focus and dedication to work.
Dean will be sadly missed by his parents Daniel and Dana, his sisters Sayla and Silken, his grandparents Leo and Lona Sellinger, Dean and Yvonne Hassett and numerous uncles aunts and cousins.
Dean will also be missed by the close friends and teachers at St Mary’s Catholic School in Chilliwack and friends of the B.C. Kart Racing Association.
Prayer services for dean will be held at St Mary’s Catholic Church on Friday, February 3 2006 at 7:00 pm.
A funeral service will be presided over by close friend bishop-elect Gary Gordon at St. Mary’s catholic church on Saturday, February 4, 2006 at 10:00 am. with a reception immediately after.
Burial arrangements forthcoming
In lieu of flowers for those wishing to make a memorial donation, they may be made to the Vancouver Children’s Hospital.

2005 Awards banquet honors SIKA standouts. November 23, 2005
    The annual awards banquet was held November 19th in Kelowna at the Mekong Restaurant. SIKA Championship trophies were presented to the class champions and the SIKA Perpetual Awards were also presented as follows.
    Overwaitea Rookie of the Year to Graeme Shaw
    Door Doctor Most Improved Driver to Jamie Britch
    Kal Tire Hard Luck Award to Steve Manlove
    Bill Cleve Volunteer of the Year to Stella Georgeson
    Interior Kart Centre Sportsman of the Year to Butch Calvert
The evening also featured a fantastic buffet dinner, a great video review of the year prepared by Steve Manlove and generous door prizes.

Final race of the season to feature barbecue and "Gobble 500"  September 29, 2005
    Our wrap up race will be October 15 & 16. After Race #10 on Saturday we will again have our famous "pot luck" barbecue at the track. Everyone is welcome. Sunday will feature the "Gobble 500" team race following Race #11. The Gobble 500 features pit stops, driver changes, skills competitions, lucky draws and some secret surprises to determine the winning team. In order to fit this all in, we will likely forego practice on Sunday.

2005 Awards Banquet set for November 19th.  September 29, 2005
    The 2005 Banquet will be held at the Mekong Restaurant, 1030 Harvey Ave. in Kelowna on Saturday, November 19th. We will gather at 6:00 pm and have dinner at 7:00. Tickets are $25 or $15 for those 5 to 10 years and  free for under 5 years. All members and guests are welcome.
    Note that voting members or their family member who entered 8 of our 2004 races get one nontransferable Adult Banquet ticket at no charge (no cash value).

    To get your tickets, Contact Bill Cleve in Vernon (542-1152) or Peter Higham in Kelowna (769-5890).

Trailer build postponedSeptember 22, 2005
    The planned trailer build work party set for this weekend is being postponed until we have all the necessary material in place. The log trailer reaches needed for the backbone of the trailers are yet to arrive from Prince George. Once we know we have all the materials we will re-schedule the build.

Format changes for the Sept. 10 Race and other news August 31, 2005
    The race day schedule for Saturday is revised to have the drivers briefing at 9:00am just before track setup. This is to assemble all drivers and immediately following the drivers briefing all drivers will work on track setup until it is ready. The pits are closed to personal work during track setup. Also a reminder that the late registration penalty implemented last year for drivers who come late and miss track setup will be applied ($30). In order to help with setup and tear down and reduce the time required we will again be hiring 3 workers from Labour Unlimited for the September 10-11 race.
    We plan to build two more trailers for tire storage on the September 24-25 weekend. This will give us four trailers and should eliminate unloading and loading of tires in the back storage area. This will greatly reduce track setup and tear down times and we then expect to not hire additional labour for this. It is important that we get everyone out to this work party to get both trailers done on one weekend.
    Next meeting (Sept. 27) will be the meeting to present any rule change proposals for next year. If you have proposals you would like to make, it would be helpful if you submit them to the club in advance so that they can be posted here or post them yourself on the SIKA Forum.

Next meeting, August 23rdJuly 7, 2005
    As we do not have our next race until September and as the turnout seems to be particularly low to general meetings in mid-summer, we have decided to cancel the July meeting. Therefore the next meeting will be August 23rd. Have a great Okanagan Summer and be ready and rarin' to go come September when the club championship will resume.

Multiplex changes affect our schedule May 31, 2005
    The Multiplex has scheduled a big lacrosse tournament for the June 18 weekend and so has rescheduled our next race to the June 11th weekend. Also note that our Race 8 & 9 is rescheduled to the October 1st weekend. Please change your plans accordingly. We apologize for the short notice.

Work Party at the track set for Sunday April 3rd March 26, 2005
    The club is holding a work day April 3rd behind the Multiplex parking lot to repair our tire bundles. Nuts, bolts, & fender washers will be provided. Bring your own tools, drills, compressors and extension chords etc. There is power available at the site. The fun starts at 9:00 am and the club will pay $50 to each worker who puts in a shift as an incentive to come out.

Pre-season briefing day, this Sunday March 13 March 10, 2005
    We are holding our pre-season briefing seminar at Kal Tire Westside on Sunday at 10:00am. We will have a pizza lunch ($5) there and should be wound up about 2:30pm. Everyone is welcome, rookies and experienced racers alike.  Membership and license applications will be accepted at this session, as the form downloads are now available.
SIKA Briefing Day – Outline.

1) Paperwork – Bill Cleve
  a) Forms
        i) Membership
       ii) Medical
      iii) Insurance
      iv) License
  b) Race registration.
       i) Log Book

2) Tech inspections - Dan Hildebrandt
  a) Pre Tech
  b) Post Tech

3) Chassis Setup – Danny Kacic
  a) Chassis adjustments
  b) Balance and ballast
  c) Tire pressure

4) Gearing – John Gregg

5) Lunch break & open discussion.
  a) No host pizza & pop lunch, $5.00 per head.

6) Engine – Dana Cave
  a) Tuning
  b) Maintenance.

7) Track work – John Gregg
  a) Flags and signs.
  b) Corner marshalling
  c) Starter
  d) Grid
  e) Scoring
   f) Scales

8) Driving – Davor Kacic
   a) Rules
   b) Practicing
   c) Start
   d) Passing
   e) Defending

9) Rain racing – Dan Hildebrandt
  a) Chassis setup
  b) Driving

February meeting agenda posted.  February 16, 2005
    The Meeting agenda for the February 22nd meeting is now posted for you to preview or print.

2004 / 2005 BCKCA Rules and Annual General Meeting report.  January 15, 2005
This meeting was held November 13^th & 14^th 2004 to set the Rules, Regional Classes, Executive and directions for BCKCA for year 2005. Representatives from all of the member clubs were in attendance. What follows is an overview of the outcome of the meeting. For more detailed information, club members are directed to their club representatives who have detailed minutes of the meeting.

1. The 2005 regional championship will consist of two races. Each race will be a two-day event (Saturday and Sunday) only, and will be held on holiday weekends. The first race is at CART BC on May 21 & 22. The second at Cariboo Raceway Park in Quesnel on Sept 3 & 4. It is hoped that by requiring less of a time commitment from racers that we will see bigger turnouts to the events.
2. As 2005 is a new homologation year for tires, a committee was struck to review the new tire compounds and propose a revised tire rule set that will take into account previous tires and be compatible with the 2004 rules.
3. Blue Flag Rule – A driver receiving a waving blue flag is about to be lapped. The driver receiving the waving blue flag must make room to allow the overtaking driver to pass unhindered.
4. Spark plug reach in Honda classes – The maximum reach length measured on a spark plug used in a Honda Class is 0.755 inches.
5. Protest and Appeal fees – The fee for a protest is to be $150. If the decision is in favor of the protestor a refund of $125 will be granted. The fee for an appeal of an unsuccessful protest decision is to be $300. If the appeal decision is in favor of the appellant a refund of $250 will be granted. A decision not in favor of the protestor or appellant will result in forfeiture of the full fee to BCKCA.
6. Number of BCKCA Championship Classes – The number of classes for the next three years is set at eleven (11).
7. Age eligibility for Junior Licenses –
1. D License – 8* to 12 years old. *eligible in the year of their 8^th birthday.
2. D+ License – 10 to 12 years old. 
3. C License – 10* to 15 years old. *eligible in the year of their 10^th birthday.
4. C+ License – 12 to 15 years old.
2005 BCKCA Championship Classes - 

 


No	Code	Class	Age	Lic.	Engine	Weight Lbs.
1	J12	Junior 1 – 2 cycle	8-12	D	Comer K80cc WTP per 2003 BCKCA Gazelle per 2003 (16mm venturi) Gazelle per 2003 (19.9mm venturi) Comer KWE6 (16mm venturi) WTP60 TAG	235 210 210 235 TBA TBA
2	J14	Junior 1 – 4 cycle	8-12	D	Honda GX160/K1 or T1 (0.502 restrictor)	225
3	J24	Canada Junior	10-15	C	Honda GX160/K1 or T1	291
4	JICA	Junior ICA	12-15	C+	CIK homologated ICA Jr.	290
5	J3	Spec 125 Junior	12-15	C+	Rotax Jr. per RMC Leopard Jr. per 2003 BCKCA Vortex ROC Jr. per 2003 BCKCA	315 320 320
6	S4	4 cycle	16-up	B	Honda GX200 per ASN Canada Honda GX160K1 per ASN Canada	350 310
7	WF	World Formula	16-up	B	Briggs WF per ASN Canada	390
8	FR125	Rotax Max	16-up	B	Rotax Max per RMC	364
9	S125	Spec 125	16-up	B	Parilla Leopard Vortex ROK	365 365
10	ICA	Intercontinental A	16-up	B+	CIK homologated ICA	330
11	ICC	Intercontinental C	16-up	A	CIK homologated ICC Formula C with 39.5mm bore carb.	375 375

9. 2005 Executive and staff positions – All positions were decided by acclimation.
1. President – John Gregg
2. Vice President – Position vacant.
3. Past President & Human Rights Co Director – Terry Pritchard
4. Treasurer & Registrar – Dorothy Alexander
5. Secretary – Position vacant.
6. Provincial Steward – Position vacant.
7. Technical Director – Trevor Perfonic (tentative)
8. 4 cycle tech director – Position vacant.
9. Score Keeper – Russ Walsh
10. Licensing Director – Position vacant.
11. Clerk of the Course – James Wilson
12. Starter – Rob Jonasson
13. Webmaster – Malcolm Radelet
14. Human Rights Co Director – Mike Gregg
10. Allowances for BCKCA Executive and event working staff. – To allow for personal ground transportation cost, lodging and a $25 a day per diem, to be paid by BCKCA for “out of town” events only.
11. Annual membership fees. – The BCKCA annual membership fee is to be set at $200 per club for the 2005 season.
12. Rules of voting. – All motions put forward to change the number of votes each club gets, or to include votes from the executive were defeated. Voting rules remain unchanged, as all decisions are made by a vote of the member club representatives at two votes per member club only.

2005 Annual General Meeting - January 25th 2005.  December 9, 2004
    The 2005 AGM will be held January 25th at 7:30 pm at Kal Tire Westside in Kelowna. Election of club officers for 2005 will take place at this time.
    Some proposed changes to the rules and class list were tabled from the November meeting to be dealt with at the January meeting. These proposals are:
    - Award points for heat races at 50% of scale for finals.
    - No spectators to be permitted in the grid and scale lane areas. Only one mechanic per kart is allowed in the grid area and mechanics must clear the grid area once their karts have left the grid.
    - Allow 1 "throw away" race for club championship points, except that a race with a DQ in any heat may not be used as a "Throw Away".
    - Proposed classes for 2005.
 
 
 
 
 

    Note the age changes for juniors to comply with 2005 BCKCA licensing rules.
 

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