NTK News

NTK is about to kick off the 2010 race season with the first race of the season this weekend. Spring 1 is on Sunday March 14th, qualifying starts at 1pm.  Mark French is Race Director and still needs someone to help in Scoring & also the Gatehouse. Mark says if he gets all his workers in place before the event he will wear his new race director get-up to the event. Click Mark's photo to view more. Call Mark at 972-414-7249 to volunteer.

Sunday is daylight savings time. Don't forget to turn your clocks forward an hour. See you at the track!

Below is a list of repair and maintenance items that need attention at the track. The next work day is April 3rd. Help keep the track safe and in good repair. Join us on April 3rd for the work day & earn membership renewal credits.

Click to view Work Day List.If you would like to complete any of these jobs on a non work day & receive work day credits please contact Bob Schabel at 972-221-2567.

As the class sponsor for Kid Karts in 2010, Polar Graphics is happy to announce that we will be offering a free seminar for all kid karters and their tuners.  The session will cover some of the basics of equipment and safety in addition to training on setup and tuning of the kid kart.  We will also be covering tips on how to successfully coach your kid karter in future practice sessions and how to maximize the benefits from your practice sessions.

NTK board member Chris Williams, who has tuned for several kid karts and helped win 6 national championships, will teach the course.

The class is open to anyone wanting to learn more about their kid kart whether you are a current racer, prospective racer, member at NTK, or non-member.

The class will be on March 20^th, from 2-4:30 at NTK.

Polar Graphics will provide drinks and snacks during the session.

Come join us and get your race season in high gear!

NTK will host the local Rotax Max Challenge Series in 2010.

Rotax Challenge  Race #1  March  21
Rotax Challenge  Race #2  April 10
Rotax Challenge  Race #3  April 24
Rotax Challenge  Race #4  May 15
Rotax Challenge  Race #5  June 12
Rotax Challenge  Race #6  June 26

Rotax Max Challenge races will be held on the same dates as NTK club races.

All Rotax rules will be in effect with the following local option exceptions. If you plan to participate in the USA Rotax Nationals, or Pan American Rotax Max Challenge races be aware that all Rotax rules will be enforced
Entry Fees: 
NTK Member Entry Fees (includes Entry and Driver Insurance Pass): $54 
Non-Member Entry Fees (includes Entry and Driver Insurance Pass): $69

Race format:
5 minute qualifying (may qualify with club Rotax classes if necessary), 8 lap Pre-Finals, 16 lap Finals.

For questions, contact Bob Schabel, 972-221-2567, or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Long time NTK member Charles Nearburg breaks the 400 mph barrier and sets a new world record at the SCTA World Finals at Bonneville Salt Flats in his single engine 35 foot Streamliner!  The Red Line Oil sponsored "Spirit of Rett" Streamliner is the first single-engine normally aspirated car to break the 400mph barrier.

Charles Nearburg set two new Bonneville records:   The AA/Gas streamliner record at 368.136 mph, and the AA/Fuel  streamliner record at 392.503 mph.  In addition to setting these two records, the Spirit of Rett set a fastest speed of the meet at 402.955 MPH.  With these records, the Spirit of Rett has set the following milestones:

• First unblown single-engine car in history over 400 MPH
• Fastest single engine normally aspirated car on gas/fuel

Read the Red Line Synthetic Oil article. Visit the Rett.org website

Congratulations to the following racers who won prize money in their classes!

Kid Karts	TAG Cadet	Jr Super Sportsman	Sr Super Sportsman	Rotax Mini Max
Ryan Lewis Brandin Warwas   Ethan Arndt Blake Cisneros	Jacob Symank Jakob Williams   Donny Bell	Joe Taylor Jacob Laney Michael Bartholomew   Ivan Foster	Stephen Symank Mike Jones Matthew Souza Chris Abts Robert Preston	Cole Glasson Nathan Adds Chris Clark
Rotax Junior	Rotax Senior	Rotax Masters	S3 Stock Shifter
Gill Lipton Logan Bearden Joe Taylor	Chaz Nagel John Patrick Grant Raymond    Mark French	Dave Carlson Kevin Adds Robbie Floyd	Clint Korte Connor Iseli Andrew Perkins

Read more: Maxwell Paper Products Series Winners

Read about Cole Glasson weekend at the 2nd and 3rd rounds of the Florida Winter Tour's Rotax Challenge series in this eKartingNews article.  The fields were deep and competition was tough with 47 karts in the Rotax Mini max class. The Florida Winter Tour broadcasts their races live and you watch Cole race by visiting the Florida Winter Tour website. If you miss watching it live you can go & watch the race in the site archives.

Cole Glasson #12 Rotax Mini Max Photo: On Track Promotions - otp.ca

The following is a brief summary of the major rule changes to the  NTK 2010 Rule Book 407K

• Removed $100 penalty at membership renewal time for not working a club race.
• Snell 2005 helmet will be required in 2011 (Snell 2000 required in 2010 race season)
• Only purpose built race karts are allowed on the track on race days and non race days
• Classes with 7 or less entries may be combined and will be gridded by qualifying times and scored separately
• Formula Y Stock class rules added - note minimum flex length is 12.25"
• Club Rotax classes not required to have full rear bumper
• Stock Shifter classes rules current SKUSA rules, tires per NTK club tire rule
• Senior classes will require average entry count of 3 or higher to qualify for series and year end awards. Junior classes in NTK rule book will not require a minimum entry count to qualify for awards
• For every 2 race events worked a racer will receive 1 free race entry (limit of 1 free race entry per series removed)
• All participants will abide by the Sportsmanlike Driving Guide - to be released and published soon.
• Only drivers being weighed are allowed in the scale area. Drivers failing to meet weight requirement will be allowed to re-weigh once only
• Tech Inspection Pill Draw

There are many additions to the 2.3.17 POST-RACE TECH rule, please read rule fully.

These are the major rule changes. It is the participants responsibility to know the rules please read the 2010 NTK Rulebook fully.

Membership renewals are due March 1st. Please send your Membership Renewal Form, CareFlite Application and Agreement of Release with your cheque to Jim Loomis, 1602 Fairway Drive, Corinth, TX 76210. Questions? Call Jim Loomis 940-239-0581 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Several NTK members are ranked in the top 10 Rotax drivers in the USA  Rotax uses their National Points Standings system to rank every US Rotax Max Challenge member that competes in any official Rotax program throughout the United States.  Congratulations to the following NTK members and racers who stacked up as the best compared to their fellow competitors across the nation!

Rotax Mini Max - View the eKartingNews article 3rd - Patricio O'Ward 4th - Cole Glasson 10th - Michael Schneider Rotax Junior - View the eKartingNews article 1st - Jake French 5th - Alec Udell Rotax Senior - View the eKartingNews article 10th - Will Hewell Rotax DD2 - View the eKartingNews article 7th - Conrad Park

Photo: On Track Promotions - otp.ca

More classes will be posted as the EKN articles are released. Check back soon for the Rotax DD2 class.