2010 Huey Watts Memorial Ice-Breaker

[Announcer Dude]

Ladies and Gents - Plz review the below listed info and let me know if I missed anything.

Date/Times
Saturday, February 27, 2010
9:00 am – Gates Open
11:00 am – Practice begins
1:00 pm – Qualifying begins

Class Info
Rookies - #250 - Clone Motor - See GMP RULES link for additional info
Purple Plates - #265
Blue Plates - #290
Gold Plates - #320
Stock Lite - #325
Stock Medium - #350
Stock Heavy - #375
Super Heavy - #400 (driver must weigh #200)
Jr. Sportsman Champ Purple - #300
Jr. Sportsman Champ Blue - #315
Sr. Champ Flathead - #410
Jr. Champ Clone - #360 (ages 13 to 17) - See RULES link
Sr. Champ Clone - #410 - See RULES link
Sr. Flat Kart Clone - #360 - See RULES link
Opens/RWYB – No minimum weight, single cylinder

Bridal and Formal Boutique - House of Tux - Pro Races ($250 per class)
Jr. Pro - Blue Plate Flathead – #290 – Ages 10 to 14
Sr. Pro – Flathead - #360 – 15 and over
(Jr. Pro and Sr. Pro racers will qualify immediately AFTER the last ‘regular’ feature race)

Basic Info
- All classes will qualify.
- All feature races will be 20 laps.
- Kart entry fee is $40 (includes the $5 transponder fee)
- 100% payback (minus $5 transponder fee) to the top 4 in each class: 1st = 50%, 2nd = 25%, 3rd = 15% and 4th = 10%. 1st place will also receive a trophy.
- Rookie entry fee will be $20 (includes the $5 transponder fee) and all Rookie entrants will receive a trophy.
- GMP will add $50 to every 10 entries in a class.
- 16 karts will start in the feature.
- Open tire rule (except for Rookies) but the tires must be ‘slicks’, no grooved tires.
- Mufflers ARE required in all classes?
- ALL JR. Classes must run WKA plates.
- ALL classes (except for the clones) can run WKA or IKF engine rules for the Ice-Breaker. If you are running an IKF engine, you must talk with our Tech Man (Randy Schotts) before qualifying. IKF engines will only be allowed at GMP for the Ice-Breaker and FIRESTONE Gulf Coast Tri-State Series races. If you have tech questions, please call Randy Schotts at 251-824-7983.
- All CLONE classes will be ‘teched’ according to the rules listed on the GMP web-site.
- Birth certificates (copy is fine) are required for all drivers under the age of 15.
- “Race age” is the driver’s age as of Dec. 20, 2009.

Gate fees for 2010 (same as last year)
- 5 and under are free (unless the 5 year old is racing)
- 6 to 12 years old - $7.00
- 13 and over - $12.00

Guaranteed Extra Money as of Jan. 25, 2010
$250 to the Jr. Pro Class – Bridal and Formal Boutique-House of Tux
$250 to the Sr. Pro Class – Bridal and Formal Boutique-House of Tux
$100 to Blue Plate Flat Karts – Spanky’s Hot Rod Shop & Karl Racing
$100 to Blue Plate Champs – Spanky’s Hot Rod Shop & Karl Racing
$100 to the largest Jr. Class - Thunder-Bolt Racing (Randy Schotts)
$100 to the largest Sr. Class – Thunder-Bolt Racing (Randy Schotts)
$ 50 extra for every 10 karts entered in a class - GMP

As you can see, we already have at least $1,000 dollars of GUARANTEED MONEY that will be ‘added to the pot’ for the 2010 Huey Watts Memorial ICE-Breaker. Please make sure and thank these sponsors when you see them at the track. Ronald is still working on a few more sponsors and we hope to make additional announcements in the coming weeks.

Let me know if we have missed something or send me a PM or e-mail if you have a specific question that is not addressed.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at our practice on Feb. 7 and at the Huey Watts Memorial ICE-Breaker on Feb. 27.

jt

[Announcer Dude]

Ladies and Gents,

Here is the story on the Animals. As a couple of you guys have posted, I think we had 9 Animals at last years ICE-Breaker (Jr. Class). We tried a few other times during our regular season last year to have Animal races but the participation level just wasn’t there. Due to the fact that the overwhelming majority of the racers in this area have Flatheads, we decided to go with two Pro Races vs the Animals.

Based on comments that y’all have posted and sent to me via PM and e-mail, it looks like this year could be different for the Animals (and we hope that is the case). Here is the deal: If you are definitely planning on running an Animal at the 2010 Huey Watts Memorial Ice-Breaker….you need to call Ronald Parker at 228-669-3324 between now and Feb. 14th (after 5pm) and tell him which Animal Class you are planning to run. If we can get 10 or more guys and girls to confirm that they are running in a particular Animal class, we will add them to the Ice-Breaker running order. If you have trouble tracking Ronald down, send me a PM with your name and cell number and I’ll get him to call you.

As for mixing Animals and Flatheads on the track, this will NOT be done at any GMP or FIRESTONE Gulf Coast Tri-State Series Race.

jt

[Announcer Dude]

Ladies and Gents,

I just talked with Ronald and we forgot to include some very important info in the original post related to the Huey Watts Memorial Ice-Breaker.

In addition to making a few improvements to the track during the off-season, Ronald also purchased 60 additional transponders (to go with the 30 transponders that he had). I was never a math major but I’m pretty sure this means that we now have 90 transponders. This should ‘speed the process up’ and ‘make life a little easier’ (for everyone). YEE-HAW!

Having said that, WE NEED EVERYONE TO PURCHASE THE TRANSPONDER POUCHES because we now have 2 different styles of transponders. If you don’t currently have a transponder pouch, plz make sure that you purchase one before the Huey Watts Memorial Ice-Breaker. Randy will have the pouches for sale at our Feb. 7 practice and on Feb. 27 (day of the race).

Instead of my normal, Transponders, Transponders, Transponders announcement! Today it’s, ‘Transponder Pouches, Transponder Pouches, Transponder Pouches'!

Also, plz help us communicate this info to the guys/girls that don’t get on the computer that much.

jt