# Go-karting league? **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [December 2, 2008, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/go-karting-league/120276 "2008-12-02T08:05:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 48
**Author:** ![Theo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Theo23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Theo23)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/go-karting-league/120276/48 "2008-12-04T08:10:24Z")
Dirt racing is where it’s at!! I raced in '92 and '93 at Bieda’s in Fothill. 1/6th mile oval with high banking. That is actually where I learned how to drift. We ran a 5hp Briggs and Stratton mottor bored .030" over with a milled head, decked block, Alpha II carb to run alcohol and a tennesse thunder cam. That thing was fast!! I won the first season championship on the new track at Merrittville speedway, then 2nd the next year before I sold everything. Now THOSE were the days! actually making adjustments to make a differenace… Spark plug heat ranges, tire pressures and offsets, gear ratios, clutch engagement rpm’s, seat positioning for better weight transfer, on-the-fly carb adjusting for propper EGT’s. That was some great father-son bonding. After I sold all my stuff I raced at Cameron Motorsports. This was in '00, '01 and '02, and was really fun. It was $99 for the season and $30 every time you came… You had an hour of practice (if you showed up early enough) then 2 heats and the feature. It was awesome. I came in 4th for my weight class, the next year I came in 3rd. By '02 he had changed everything around to save money… They didn’t have the heats anymore, it was a qualifying time to set your feature starting position. That sucked, it took away so much of the fun that I quit after that year. I finished second for the season. > [@NEWBIE](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newbie/19348/5): > > Ive raced for Bob Cameron at the Hamilton track in both the rookie league and the stars of tomorrow. The rookie league is fun but your limited by boundaries that are set to keep accidents down and more profits for the man. Reckless driving they are pretty strict on, if you spin or put 4 wheels off your out of the race and must pit etc. > > Joining the team if you can qualify and have previous regional races under your belt your looking at 12-14g’s a season and a lot of your time VS the rookie karting championship using their karts is like 150-200 to sign up and $50 every time you go…i think its bi weekly but it could be weekly i cant remember its been a long time. This place was way more chill back in 2000 when it was on the down low, its all about money now and not so much the ultimate racing experience. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/go-karting-league/120276)._