What's after kid karts
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 10:25 am
Hi all,
This is the first time I've posted on the forum. In fact, I've only been attending races in Katy with my son Carson for a couple months.
Before I begin, I want to thank everyone for all of the hospitality that literally everyone has shown us over the last couple months. Carson and I feel very welcome every time we make the drive in from Austin and it is something we look forward to doing every month. Thank you so much for this.
Now on to the reason for my post, I'd like some advice/thoughts from others who have raced in kid kart and who have made the transition to the next level on how to proceed. My plan is to keep Carson in kid karts through this year but to start practicing on a Micro-Swift on non-race days. I've looked at what others he raced with last year are doing this year and it seems like most everyone that is no longer in kid karts has moved up to the Cadet class running Mini-Swift. To me this seems like a huge step. I watched the Cadet class last week and most everyone was very fast but there did seem to be quite a bit of contact. Has anyone considered whether it would make sense to run a Micro-Swift class for the 7-9 year old boys and a Mini-Swift class for the 10-12 year old boys separately. I know adding another class would make the race day longer but it seems like there are kids with varying ability levels in the current cadet class and if there was a split based on age (or some other criteria) it might make the transition for kid karters a little safer and a little less daunting for us worrisome parents. Anyway, I hope I didn't offend anyone with the suggestion but please let me know if there is any support for this or other thoughts on how to prepare for this transition. Thanks again. John
This is the first time I've posted on the forum. In fact, I've only been attending races in Katy with my son Carson for a couple months.
Before I begin, I want to thank everyone for all of the hospitality that literally everyone has shown us over the last couple months. Carson and I feel very welcome every time we make the drive in from Austin and it is something we look forward to doing every month. Thank you so much for this.
Now on to the reason for my post, I'd like some advice/thoughts from others who have raced in kid kart and who have made the transition to the next level on how to proceed. My plan is to keep Carson in kid karts through this year but to start practicing on a Micro-Swift on non-race days. I've looked at what others he raced with last year are doing this year and it seems like most everyone that is no longer in kid karts has moved up to the Cadet class running Mini-Swift. To me this seems like a huge step. I watched the Cadet class last week and most everyone was very fast but there did seem to be quite a bit of contact. Has anyone considered whether it would make sense to run a Micro-Swift class for the 7-9 year old boys and a Mini-Swift class for the 10-12 year old boys separately. I know adding another class would make the race day longer but it seems like there are kids with varying ability levels in the current cadet class and if there was a split based on age (or some other criteria) it might make the transition for kid karters a little safer and a little less daunting for us worrisome parents. Anyway, I hope I didn't offend anyone with the suggestion but please let me know if there is any support for this or other thoughts on how to prepare for this transition. Thanks again. John