NEW RULE: Securing Weights & Batteries

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Wednesday, 20 March 2024 16:26

SAFETY UPDATE: WEIGHTS & BATTERIES

35MM WASHERS FOR WEIGHT (inside seat and outside weight) - Required Starting March 30 (Spring 4).

Our insurance company notified us that, due to a catastrophic accident involving a weight pulling through a seat, we need to ensure that all weights are properly secured with a 35mm washer, in addition to previous requirements.

New requirements for weights starting SPRING 4 (March 30, 2024) and as part of your regular kart setup for any track time:

• Weights painted white
• Marked with kart #
• Secured with 5/16" bolts (1 bolt for under 7 lbs, 2 bolds for 7+ lbs)
• Double nutted or drilled bolt safety-wired / cotter pinned
• Secured with a 35mm washer on the inside of the seat and the outside of the weight

Karts will not be permitted on the track if they are not in compliance. We appreciate your help enforcing this for the safety of everyone. If a weight falls off a kart during a race, it will result in a DQ for the event.

HEAVY DUTY ZIP TIE WRAP FOR STARTER BATTERY - Required starting March 30 (Spring 4)

Starting Spring 4 (March 30, 2024) and as part of your regular kart setup for any on-track time, please use a heavy duty Zip Tie wrap to secure your onboard starter battery (suggested: 175 lb. Zip Tie) and label with the kart #.

Karts will not be permitted on the track if they are not in compliance. We appreciate your help enforcing this for the safety of everyone. If a battery falls off a kart during a race, it will result in DQ for the event.

ONBOARD CAMERA

In the interest of minimizing risk, please remember to hard-mount AND tether your onboard camera to the chassis. Please mark it with the driver kart #.

PRE-TECH INSPECTION / 2024 CHASSIS TAGS

Future 2024 Pre-tech inspections will include the above items for tech. If you have already had your kart tagged for 2024, please ensure compliance.

*NEW* NTK Penalty Sheet - Spring 2024

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Thursday, 15 February 2024 17:41

*NEW* NTK Penalty Sheet

• Subject to change after each series and as safety requires.
• Each participant shall conduct themselves to the highest standards of behavior and sportsmanship. The Master Member or Driver of Record, or guardian if participant is a minor, is responsible for all actions of his/her pit and support crew and non-member guests.
• The Race Director has final authority at each event for the interpretation and application of the NTK Competition Rulebook. All decisions are final and may only be protested at the track to the appropriate racing committee. Penalties for violations are determined by the gravity of the violation and the effects on the fairness of competition, the orderly conduct of the event, and the best interest of karting.
• Members of NTK may be subject to additional sanctions (See NTK Procedures Manual).
• Wanton disregard of a rule is considered Disorderly Conduct.

 
NTK Penalty List

New Rule for Junior 1 LO206 - Effective Feb 17, 2024

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Thursday, 15 February 2024 10:51

Attention Junior 1 LO206 Drivers

New Rule at NTK: LO206 Junior 1 drivers will use a GREEN SLIDE (#555740) starting February 17, 2024

NTK 2022 Announcement - Night Lighting

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Thursday, 06 January 2022 13:27

NTK is happy to announce a new amenity at the track. Members will now be able to turn the lights on whenever they want to practice at nighttime without a fee.

 

To do so, you will need your membership/bathroom key to open the control box (the year inscribed on the key will change each year on March 1st, as will the lock).

 

At the rear of the tech barn, you will find the box next to the radio room door.

 

Open the lock and you will find the control panel.

 

To turn the lights on press the top left-hand button labelled “OVR” once.

 

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  Key

  Use your membership key to open the control box
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  Control Box

  The Control Box is located at the rear of the Tech Barn
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  Control Panel

  Open the control box door to access the control panel
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  OVR Button

  Press the OVR button to turn lights on

 

Once you are finished practicing you must turn off the lights. Make sure no one is on the track and everyone is done practicing before turning the lights off. Be courteous. Also, once you turn them off you cannot just turn them back on. There is a 30 min cool down time.

 

***To turn the lights off, press the “OVR” button once and lock the box back up.

 

If there are any issues, regardless of the urgency, please reach out to Bob Schabel before attempting to fix it. Bob can be reached at: 940-230-4334, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..If Bob can’t be reached contact the track manager or an officer of the club.

New Procedure for Tire Purchases

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Wednesday, 13 October 2021 20:58

As of Fall 5 tires will be a purchased through the NTK eCommerce store instead of the online registration.

It will be a separate purchase from the registration. We are doing this to help control our inventory to insure we always have tires for our customers.

You can find the link to purchase tires under the "Register" tab in the main navigation at the top of the page. Click on the "Tires" link once there.