First report of the 2017 race season. June 5, 2017
May 27th marked the return of the Southern Interior Karting Association (SIKA) for the 16th consecutive year at Kal Tire Place in Vernon. If you are a fan of fast racing action for the whole family; it was the place to be; and the weather did not disappoint with hot dry conditions all weekend. It was a fabulous start to another season that seemed somewhat tenuous leading up to this past weekend’s race.
With the announcement of the construction of the new arena at Kal Tire Place in the Fall; it seemed unlikely that there would be enough space to accommodate the club’s temporary track layout going forward. It took a lot of hard work but with the generous assistance of the City of Vernon, Kal Tire Place and a lot of work behind the scenes the club was able to secure a new track layout and have it sanctioned by CACC/ASN (karting’s governing body) just in time for the 2017 season.
The Southern Interior Karting Association has been a fixture in the community for more than a decade, attracting racers from all walks of life. And yet kart racing is not a well known sport and it often battles against many stigmas. This is definitely not like amusement park go karting, it’s a recognized automobile racing discipline which for some racers leads to racing cars.
Saturday’s race at Kal Tire Place was the first of a whole season of racing for SIKA. Club races are scheduled for the following dates June 17/18, July 8/9, July 22/23, Sept 9/10 & Sept 23/24.
SIKA is always looking for new racers and there are race classes for children 8-10, 11-15, and adults 16-70. There’s also race classes for different styles of kart engines either 4 stroke motors and 2 stroke motors. As a member of SIKA, you can also race at the permanent tracks in Quesnel and at Greg Moore Raceway in Chilliwack. Kart racing offers both children and adults the opportunity to meet great people, feel the adrenaline rush of racing, and develop skills that last a lifetime.
Some answers to commonly asked questions are:
Can kids participate? Yes, children as young as 8 years old are welcome and all new racers no matter what their age progress incrementally in skill and speed.
Do I need race experience? No, kart racing is a skill that takes time to develop. We all start out slow or slower and special measures are put in place to allow beginner racers to advance safely.
Can anyone race? Yes, no matter your age or gender, everyone is welcome. In fact, over the past few years, most of the clubs junior members have been girls and we’ve had racers up to 70 years old.
Do I need my own kart? Yes, you need to own your own kart and you need to possess a basic general knowledge of mechanics. We have karts available for sale within the club as well as contacts for new and used equipment.
If you are interested in more information, please come to the track at our next race weekend June 17th and ask any club member for more information or you can call Scott at 250-306-5358
2011 Annual General
Meeting.
January 25th. January 2,
2011
The 2011 Annual General
Meeting
will be held January 25th at 7:30 pm at Apex Auto Sales. This is
your
opportunity to elect the club executive for 2011. All members are asked
to attend. Note also that your 2011 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 2011
race schedule is still up in the air at this point, but will hopefully be available before the meeting.
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.
Pot-luck barbecue at
final
race. September 24, 2008
Bring something to eat and
share for our annual pot luck tailgate party on Saturday, September 27th.
We will have heaters and a fire pit to gather around.
Everyone
is welcome.
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 resulted
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 encouraged
to come to the meeting this Tuesday, and discuss 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 coming 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 barbecue 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 speak 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
across
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 canceled.
July 20, 2007
In our quest to hold our
meetings
as close as possible to our membership population, which we believe
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
The race scheduled for August
4th & 5th weekend has been canceled 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, 2006Ice Racing slides into VernonOctober 30, 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 15th 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 canceled 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 finish. 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 vigor 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 Motorsports 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 23rd July
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 13th & 14th 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.
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210 210 235 TBA |
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Leopard Jr. per 2003 BCKCA Vortex ROC Jr. per 2003 BCKCA |
320 320 |
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Honda GX160K1 per ASN Canada |
310 |
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Vortex ROK |
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Formula C with 39.5mm bore carb. |
375 |
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.
Code | Class | Age | Lic. | Engine Specification | Wt.
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Canada Junior | 9/10-15 | C | ASN Honda GX160 / K1&T1 | 290 |
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Parilla Leopard Jr Vortex ROK Jr. |
320 320 |
S4 | Senior 4 cycle | 15/16-UP | B | ASN Honda GX200 GX160 / K1&T1 GX270 (SIKA stock rules) |
350 310 450 |
STAG | Senior TAG (SKUSA) | 15/16-UP | B | 125 Rotax Max (BC Rotax challenge rules) Parilla Leopard Vortex ROK |
355 360 360 |
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Formula C (39.5mm carb & spec trans ratios) Formula 80 |
390 360 |
Note the age changes for
juniors
to comply with 2005 BCKCA licensing rules.