Tentative Dates at Capital City Speedway

Wed May 22nd

Wed June 5th

Wed June 26th Schools Out!

Wed July 24th

Wed Aug 28th

See you there! Quyon dates to follow.

Frank

National Capital Kart Club members are competing in the second annual Capital Cup at Le Circuit Quyon on June 30th and July 1st.

 This year’s event also marks the grand opening of the new and expanded Le Circuit Quyon. Track owners Paul & Cathy Lalonde have more than doubled the size of the track, combining new long wide open corners with the hilly and twisty short circuit to bring racers new and unique challenges with fun for Rotax and 4 stroke machines alike.

Capital Cup trophies will be presented to the overall point leaders in all seven classes over both races, so Kart Racers from all of Quebec and Ontario will have their chance to bring home the “Gold”!

The Capital Cup, which consists of Races 5 and 6 of the NCKC championship, will have local Racers in pursuit of the DAWG FM Championship Race Series title.

Anyone interested in participating can race in the Le Circuit Quyon concession kart race for those budding racers that are interested in being part of the action!

 Practice, qualifying, and the race will be held during the NCKC lunchtime intermission on race day. Cost is $50.00 per entry, with a minimum of five (5) racers required for the race to proceed. For additional information and to register for the concession kart race, please contact Paul directly at paul@lecircuitquyon.com before Saturday at 8pm!

 For more karting information call Frank at 613-596-0007

The events at Capital City Speedway will be:

Wed May 22nd
Wed June 5th
Wed June 26th Schools Out!
Wed July 24th
Wed Aug 28th

These races would take place from May to September. The track will use the new pavement in the infield for turns approaching the banked corners at each end of the track to keep speeds to a reasonable level. Racers would need to be 12 years of age and older based on demonstrating the necessary driving skills and pay a $30 race fee to Capital City Speedway. 

Kart Racing would start with a 15 min first practise at 5:30 followed by a second practise, two heat races with the second an inverted grid and a Final Race. Classes are SR Honda @ 340lbs, Sr Briggs @ 390lbs and an open spec for clones/ boxstock @ 300lbs. Weights will be adjusted if need be for parity.

More info available at info@dinardoskis.com

Cheers
Frank

NOTE:
This is not an NCKC event and the neither the club or Dinardo’s is in any way involved from a liability perspective.

Answer for Mike and everyone for Wednesday’s first race…..

FRANKDINARDO

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FRANKDINARDO

F1 Driver

 

Location:44 Northside rd Ottawa 613-596-0007

Kart Number:88

Hi Folks,
I was in the stands on Wed night and just wanted to let you know that juding by the banter I heard, the folks in the crowd love the kart racing. I was in different places in the stands for 1st heat and the final and somehow ( ) found myself over in the beer garden for the 2nd heat and can tell you there was a lot of interest everywhere about the karts.Frank,
It would be good to get motor-mouth to explain how the karts are configured and some additional info about where NCKC normally races and/or make a reference to the NCKC website, but otherwise he does a great job of ratcheting up the excitement. Congratulations Sylvain for the win, and great job to all the Kart racers.Gord.

This Kart had a great 3rd place finish with Skylar at KK in the final race of the season, right behind the much experienced Abby and Charlotte…. It was used in 6 races and has a smaller cadet seat and gas tank with lower steering wheel position and altered foot controls….. NCKC event support also available….

Today it’s official, with Permits in hand Paul and Cathy  Lalonde are ready for the next development in local Karting….

This spring substantial change will occur extending the track to over double it’s current size with straightaways and highspeed turns to let a Rotax sing and Honda’s draft!

Stay tuned for more details!

Cheers

Frank

Racer Nickname Kart Race Finished Best Lap Race Points Kart Points Fast Lap Points Total 

Max Landry The Greatest 4 1 1 17.570 100 5 105

Michael Forget Small Fishes 19 1 2 17.470 95 5 100

Alex Pellerin Alex P 22 1 3 17.466 90 5 5 100

Charlotte Lalonde Charlotte 13 1 4 17.500 85 5 90

Alex Healy Hollywood 30 1 5 17.560 80 5 85

Bob Landry Bobs 31 1 6 17.600 75 75

Mike Forget Pappa 21 1 7 17.760 70 5 75

Crawford Kilpatrick CrawFK 2 1 8 17.780 65 5 70

Marc Pellerin Marc P 5 1 9 18.600 60 60

Pierre Clavet Pedro* 16 1 10 17.670 55 5 60

Race 2 Results

Racer Nickname Kart Race Finished Best Lap Race Points Kart Points Fast Lap Points Total

Nicholas Racine Nicholas 31 2 1 17.544 100 5 5 110

Harold Walker Harold 4 2 3 17.670 90 90

Simon Dalage Simon D 2 2 4 17.920 85 85

Felix Coutvrier-Lamy Felix 5 2 5 17.940 80 5 85

Eric Fletcher Shocker* 19 2 6 18.550 75 75

Clint Lefebvre Corn* 21 2 7 18.260 70 70

Jarrod Forrest Hole* 22 2 8 18.870 65 65

Mark Wroe Moist* 1 2 9 20.460 60 60

Jonathan Lesault Jonathan 16 2 2 17.670 5 5 10

Rachel Walker Duck* DNS 2 DNF

Leaders

Silver Bullet Alex P 17.466

Silver Bullet – Rookie Pedro 17.67

Points Leader Nicholas 110

Points Leader – Rookie Shocker 75

Constructors – Kart Best Lap Time

22 17.466

19 17.470

13 17.500

31 17.544

30 17.560

4 17.570

16 17.670

21 17.760

2 17.780

5 17.940

1 20.460

Points

Finish position – 100 for first, 5 points deducted for each subsequent place

Fastest Kart – Race 1 compared to 2 – the faster kart gets 5 points

Fastest Lap in Race – 5 points

Always looking for ways to improve the handling of the chassis, the crew (read Dad) made some drastic changes in order to improve front grip and make the kart easier to control for the driver. Although in the long run the changes to the chassis helped tremendously, the immediate benefits were not proven… a small whole in the gas line that was caused while making the chassis changes would limit the WildKart driver to only two laps in practice.

Despite the lack of practice and familiarity with the new setup, Skylar qualified 8th in a very competitive 12 kart Jr. Heavy field. In the Pre-final, Skylar would unfortunately be collected in a turn 2 accident resulted in loosing too much ground to his fellow competitors. Driving hard to recover from the incident, Skylar recovered to finish tenth.

The final would prove to be more productive for the young driver. Loosing a few spots on the start, Skylar showed great maturity and race craft in working his way towards the front of the front of the field. When the checkered finally flew, Skylar had worked his Awesome Engines powered WildKart to a respectable 8th place finish while turning the 6th fastest lap of the race.

Skylar is continuing to improve race after race and is quickly getting more competitive in the Jr. Heavy class. Skylar’s WildKart is supported by Frank Dinardo of Dinardo’s Skis and Wheels.

The WidKart team of Jason Bolton and Frank Dinardo were confident coming off 2nd and 4th place finishes at the demanding Le Circuit Quyon track. Frank was once again entered in the 6.5 Light class despite being at a 40lbs disadvantage. The team was however focused on the 6.5 Heavy Clas as some naysayers were blabbing that the 28mm S-bar chassis was inappropriate for heavy drivers…

In qualifying, the WildKarts of Frank and Jason were 4th and 5th respectively while Ron Henrie used the triple draft to qualify on pole in his Arrow kart. The prefinal had Jason work his way to 2nd and Frank maintained 4th after some great back and forth drafting battles.

In the 6.5 Light final, Frank lost the motor, his first mechanical DNF ever… Jason and Frank worked speedily to swap motors with a loaner motor just in time for the 6.5 Heavy final, however there was no Chief Steward or tech person to be found to register the serial number of the loaner motor.

In the final, the WildKart duo, with Jason leading Frank opened an early lead, only Stephane (Tonykart) was able to stay with them. In the final 5 laps Jason began to lose rear grip and Frank whose kart had perfect balance, went inside on the exit of turn 8 to make the pass. Then on the penultimate lap Stephane forced his way past Jason, with the race finishing in that order.

WildKart’s dominate the day with Frank 1st and Jason 3rd!

Thanks to:

Dinardo’s Skis and Wheels, Z Racing, Passenetti Pipes, A.M.V. Wheels and Tim Trudel… what a great season!

Special thanks to Abby Bolton, whose confidence in the speed and handling of the WildKarts was greatly appreciated…

The two dominate 2009 WildKarts used today are now for sale!

Inquire at 613-596-0007 and speak to Frank…

Knowing he would need a fast lap to earn a good starting position for the Pre-Final, Skylar was optimistic he could find the necessary speed and drafting partner needed to start near the front of the very competitive field. Although the session didn’t go as planned, the WildKart driver secured a solid 5th place starting position. Given the fact that the top 10 were within 1 second, Skylar was excited to be starting near the front.

If Qualifying was any indication of how competitive the Jr. Heavy racing was going to be, the Pre-Final further solidified the competitiveness of these young drivers. To put it into perspective, the top 10 karts completed the race virtually noise to tail, the fastest times of the race were posted by the 8th and 10th place karts (whose times were a mere 0.001 seconds apart), and the winner of the race posted the 9th fastest lap of the session. The action was intense to say the least. Everyone was jockeying for position, trying to earning that ultimate starting position for the final race. When it was all said and done, Skylar secured the 6th starting position for the Final.

The field was anxious to get the final started… probably a little too anxious, as an incident in the first turn would collect 5 or 6 drivers including Skylar. The field was reset and as they took the green flag for the Final, the drivers knew they could ill-afford to loose ground early to the leaders. A slipping clutch would relegate the WildKart driver to 9th after the opening turns. Nick Saunders locked on to his rear bumper and the two would hook up looking to make up ground on the lead pack. With no one willing to give an inch, contact between drivers helped Skylar and Nick make up ground on the lead pack. With 4 laps remaining the two drivers were now slotted 5th and 6th and were visibly reeling in the leaders. Unfortunately the laps would run out and Skylar would settle for 5th.

A solid run for sure. Skylar will once again look to improve on his performance as he heads to Quyon to compete in the Capital Cup.