After the excitement of Super One in May it was back to normal for both the Fun meeting and the MSA meeting in June. Both were well attended with reasonable weather. Some fabulous racing took place at the Fun meeting with the World Formula race producing some of the best racing I have ever seen at Warden Law. Unfortunately I missed the MSA weekend but I gather a break in the weather created some interesting racing for the finals.

ProSport
John Dryden confirmed to me today (Tuesday 20th June) that he has sold the ProSport business to Bob Shipman. Bob can be contacted on 0870 233 0896. We look forward to seeing more of John on the track now he has less to distract him.

National Motorsport Week
The MSA is supporting an initiative by the Motorsport Industry Association to generate more interest in motorsport during the week of 12th to 20th August 2006. Any ideas that you may have along these lines would be appreciated. Karting North East are making attempts to run -

i. a Media night inviting teams from all local media to get involved in an Endurance Race

ii. Motor Club endurance event (providing the clubs invite new entrants along on the night)

The media night we are offering free of charge to the media providing the give as much exposure as possible to motorsport in general during that week. The Club night is offered to them at half price in the hope that new faces will come along and experience entry level motorsport for the first time. Please speak to Emma, Anna or myself if you have any suggestions as to how we should promote this initiative.

Promotional Material
Several people have asked if KNE has any posters, flyers etc to promote kart racing. We do now have some available so, if you feel that you can help by getting posters up around the North East, please give us at KNE a ring. I am determined to build the grids at both the Fun and Club events so any help would be appreciated.

Daniel Robson
I have known Daniel for several years and in that time I have seen him put into an ambulance twice following a karting accident. I am pleased to tell you that he is on the mend following a broken bone and dislocated wrist (ouch!) which will keep him away from karting for the next few weeks. Given that he has just started to race as a senior and he was close to the front when the incident happened I guess all senior Max drivers will hope that he does not rush back to soon! It must be said that he demonstrated loads of bottle to return to karting after his injury as a Cadet some years ago. How ever I am sure he will be back as soon as the doctors let him! Get well soon Daniel!

Theft on Race Weekends
Sadly we have lost generators and a pedal bike recently from the paddock overnight. It appears that we have a problem which could be helped if such items were chained to something solid at night. We at KNE have taken steps to address this problem which, in part need some help from yourselves. We have installed movement alarms behind the buildings in the paddock. We will activate these once the paddock has settled down for the night. How ever if children are still running about late at night then the system will soon be switched off by the night watchman as he will get fed up of false alarms. This system cannot see through motor homes, awnings etc but it will pick up movement on the road ways etc so it may help.

www.wardenlawkartclub.co.uk
The site is updated regularly (now) with Anna Lightfoot in the KNE reception. MSA points are generated from the laptop used by the WLKC on race day. If you have any queries to do with the web site or the MSA racing in general contact Anna. Any questions to do with the Fun meetings are best directed to Emma.

Maintenance Sheets
Something I have felt was lacking for some time is an info sheet for specific types of kart engines. The Kart Shop at Warden Law has written up basic notes on each engine which we provide with karts that we sell. If, how ever, you feel that you would like one of the sheets please ask at KNE reception. They are not intended for those who have been karting for years but are for beginners who need basic information about their kart.

World Formula
Following a suggestion from a parent we ran the Juniors and Seniors together for the first time during the Fun meeting. Given the driving experience of the juniors I had no problem with this from a safety point of view. The racing was excellent with the lead changing hands repeatedly. Daniel Tate drove superbly and was a worthy winner of the "Driver of the Day" trophy. How ever Ryan Watson also drove superbly and was a close second to Daniel for the trophy.

In future we will run the World Formula as a combined class i.e. from 12 years old onwards. How ever all drivers must adhere to the minimum weight of 165 kg and use Bridgestone YEQ slicks and YGR wets.

The Kart Shop at Warden Law
Has 2006 World Formula pre owned karts available and can now repair / rebuild WF engines. The karts featured on the front cover of this month's Kart Magazine are the karts now for sale in the kart shop. To quote the magazine "Now it's your turn! "

Pre owned Comer powered Zip Cadets are also in stock. Both classes will be promoted by KNE later this year and next year through the Fun meetings. Both will be promoted as "out of the box" classes i.e. without the need to spend money on "fine tuning" the engines to get the most out of them. Our policy is to keep karting as cheap as possible.

Quinton's Training Days
If you are interested in your child spending time during the school holidays at a Driver Training day then please let us know. Our aim would be to take 3 or 4 youngsters for, say, a half day of tuition to improve lap times by training. Please leave your contact details at KNE reception so we can make arrangements.