Official Discussion Thread: 24 Hours of Charlotte

tony hana · Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 114

You beat me to it Scott.

Well done guys, way to win. Excellent consistency, pace, and strategy.
Great meeting you too Hans.

Congrats NAFTA. Mike Smith!! Way to go hard mate..

Hats off to Endurance karting, to come back from nowhere. That last battle with Dan Burke.. LOL.. looks over his shoulder sees me closing in and goes.. 'uh oh?? I suppose I should actually try...' and goes from being .300 slower to .100 faster and runs away. lol.. I was like.. 'wtf??? how are you doing that???'.

Looking forward to more good laughs off track and battles on track in future.
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Chad Arndt · Joined: 06 Jul 2008 Posts: 574

Ditto. Congrats Stacked. Indeed you were. Anyone coming to KC?
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Alex Gantt · Joined: 08 Feb 2009 Posts: 323

VLK team for GPNY 12 hour anyone??
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Scott Gaarde · Joined: 13 Jul 2008 Posts: 126

Well said Hana....This event was top notch in all areas.

Congrats to team Stacked for a hard faught win!!!! and to team NAFTA and Endurance for their podium finishes!!!!!!

To the entire staff at VLK and everyone who help run this event.....Thank you. Fred you did one hell of a job as race director!!!! Way to keep it fair and fun for everyone!
Jordan, Alex, and Brian(the stache) It Was great to meet you guys in person, and get to race with you guys on the practice days, not only were you extremely quick and talented behind the wheel, you guys were just as great off the track just talk in and bench racing with us out of town guys. i hope to see all you guys that couldn't race in this event in the seat in November at the USIKC.

To all of the teams that competed in the race it was a blast to meet and race with you all, and hope to see you again next year!

Finally to the rest of the MC2 team...Thanks for all of your effort in trying to reach our goal, we fell a little short, but it wasn't because of effort!!!

Tony Stevens...thanks for helping make this all happen for us out of town guys, it was a blast running with you.

Patrick Britain... thanks for filling in so last minute, you put in solid stints and were great on the radio informing your teammates behind the wheel!

Jeff Saiani...wow... it was great to get to know you better and race with you more. you couldn't ask for a better teammate. hopefully well run together more in the future!!!

(If anyone is ever looking to pick up a great driver for an event...get a hold of Jeff...you wont be sorry!!!)

Tony Hana...What could i say that hasn't been said about you yet......oh i know GET MORE SLEEP hahahahahaha , but that goes for me too!!!! Smile

it was great to run with you again, and as always thanks for all the laughter and the long talks about anything and everything to do with this event.

Adam Kellerman... You will always amaze me with your talent and speed. Thanks for believing in me! If you all haven't noticed yet ....this Guy can drive!!!!! i look forward to you helping me with my driving.

Well.... start the countdown clock...already Smile

Alex Gantt · Joined: 08 Feb 2009 Posts: 323

Scott, thanks for the kind words. It was great meeting all of you oregon guys. Y'all are great people and drivers as well. hopefully i will have the chance to see you guys at the USIKC.
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Patrick Britain · Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 373

Having spent most of the day sleeping and generally noticing I am much more beat up than I thought, I have a few thoughts.

- I have never run in a more professional and well thought out indoor kart race in my life. Not to say the others are bad, (some are) but this event was a notch higher than top notch. All the employees went out of their way to make the competitors happy and also to get to know us. This alone will get me back next year.

- For some reason 24 hours seemed shorter than 12 hours, maybe just because the race had less of a go all out right now, feel to it. Still weird to me.

- Some of the locals said it was not normal to have this many kart failures, from my side it was a very pleasant few.

- Stacked, NAFTA, and Endurance Karting are incredible, not to take away from the others who are very good, but these 3 teams were pure awesome, to even be competitive with them was a treat.

And finally, to be with the team I was on was so awesome. Not only were we fast but we had a blast. I can all but guarantee no one had a better time than us.

Tony Stevens- You put together an awesome team, thanks for looking to me for a last minute driver. I was humbled to be in such elite company. I will be back for the 600 another year, we will have some fun then. haha

Tony Hana- You are pure and simple a racing genius, your ability to read a kart, track, and competitor is amazing. See you at the OIKC hopefully.

Scott Gaarde- For only being in indoor karting for a relatively short time, you are outstanding. Great speed, great technique. Be proud to team with you any time.

Adam Kellerman- What can I say, you elevated this team to another level, I think you made up 9 laps during the race. Unbelievable. You are my pick for this years USIKC.

Jeff Saiani- As all the others on our team, I was extremely impressed. Good reason you stood on podium at the USIKC, I have no doubt you will be there again this year. Hope to see you at the 12 hours of dromo next year.

To everyone else, all of you guys were awesome, I met so many cool guys and girls I cant possibly serve notice to them all. Can't wait to race you all again.

Congrats Stacked, you guys earned this one.
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Ryan Curtin · Joined: 15 May 2009 Posts: 7

Tony Stevens · Joined: 27 Nov 2008 Posts: 40

Impact makes some kickass carbon fiber helmets... granted, they retail for a lot of money, but they're SUPER SUPER light. You can order them through us here at work if you like....and we do ship nationwide! LOL.

Tony

Jeff Saiani · Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 12:13 pm Post subject:

My turn, this race was an absolute blast if any of you out there did not race in this one and want to compete in a major race I suggest this one. From the facilities to the employees all top notch!

To all of the employees, I could not have expected a better bunch of guys and girls. Everyone there was extremely nice and helpful. Flagging was outstanding you guys working the track during the race WOW super job and it was noticed by everyone there I gaurantee it! Super job! To the guys working the pits simply outstanding! You guys kept the karts fueled and pit times annotated excellent. Finally Fred, thanks for putting this event on, absolutely the best ran event of my indoor karting career. All you guys and gals get a giant thank you from me!

Now to the top three teams Team Stacked, Team NAFTA and Team Endurance Karting, absolute pleasure to race against you guys that was the best and cleanest racing I have seen to date. Thanks for the memories. I just wish we were all a little more close together at the end for a shoot out. Maybe next time. Super job to all of you. Each and everyone on those teams deserve to be on the podium.

To my team MC2

Wow from planning on not going to getting a call to be on the team about 2 weeks before it was time to go. What a blast I had. All of you drove superb and it was a pleasure getting to see and race with each of you again and meeting you Tony. Tony thanks for letting us crash at your place. Although I'm not sure if I had more fun in the race or at the airport waiting to come home. LOL Tony my stomach hurts worse than any other part of me from laughing so damn hard. It was an absolute pleasure to race with you guys and would love the opportunity to do it again sometime. Sorry I did not post the super fast laps that Speedy (Adam) did but hopefully you guys appreciate the effort I put in. I know I appeciate the efforts of all of you. I would like to congatulate each of you Kellerman, Hana, Gaarde, Britain and Stevens on a hard fought battle throughout the 24hrs maybe next time we can stand on that top step of the podium. See you at the USIKC and give me a call for Dromo or whatever race you guys need a team mate at.

Rob Howden · Site Admin Joined: 18 Jul 2001 Posts: 581

Wow...that's the kind of feedback I love to hear from a major event like the '24'. It's awesome to see the different corners of the country starting to come together, both on the track and here on IKN. It motivates me to keep pushing on this project! Wink

It sounds like the big hitters stepped up to made themselves known and a ton more cross-country respect was developed. That will be a great deal to the future of the sport at this level.

That said, we've started the USIKC driver thread, so if you're planning to attend this year's national championship shootout, please hop over there and state your intent so that I can get you on the list. We're aiming for 80 of the best this country has to offer.

http://www.indoorkartingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=3209

I look forward to meeting you all there.
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Alex Gantt · Joined: 08 Feb 2009 Posts: 323

I feel like all our hard work has paid off after reading all the great things you guys have had to say about the 24.

I am going to start saving my money and try to make my way to the USIKC this year... I would love to race with everyone again.
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Chad Arndt · Joined: 06 Jul 2008 Posts: 574

Michael Casino · Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 4:17 pm Post subject:

Fred Ogrim · Joined: 02 Apr 2008 Posts: 48

Thank you everyone for participating in our 24 Hour Race. I agree that I have a great staff. Thank you all for the kind words.
We will make sure to travel to other facilities to help their events grow as you have helped ours.
Great to get to know you all. I cant wait for the next event, one I can compete in!

Rob Howden · Site Admin Joined: 18 Jul 2001 Posts: 581