Tuesday, January 20, 2015

National Level 125cc Racer Goes Back to 100cc Racing; Back to Basics

Kart360 featured a great story by national level TaG racer, TJ Koyen. TJ has recently decided to move from TaG racing to Yamaha Supercan, which he calls "one of the greatest racing machines in the world." A Yamaha Supercan is a Yamaha KT100 with a 4 hole can exhaust. This package is raced heavily throughout the Midwest and East Coast of the United States, and F100 allows this package in its Novice level classes for Junior and Senior racers. Check out the following quote from the article:

"After six long seasons of hard work in the national TaG Senior fields with a couple big wins but also big spare parts bills, I’ve inked a lucrative contract to pilot one of the greatest racing machines in the world… A Yamaha Supercan... I know what you’re thinking... Why would you move back ‘down’ the karting ladder to Yamaha?” Mostly correct on all counts reader, but hear me out. TaG isn’t fun. Okay, that’s not completely true, but the class has its negatives. Yes, it’s the fastest single-speed kart class in America right now. Yes, it has incredibly deep fields of talent and massive entry counts in most places. Do you know what else TaG has?: carnage, expense, complication, over-zealous driving."


For a good read, click here to read the entire article.