The track we race on every week went to the Hoosier Predator Series. Stock predator on Hoosier D20 treads. They only have time on race night to run one class of adult karts, so the clone class was shut down to run the predators. Other tracks in the area that switched to all Hoosier Predator rules say their kart counts have gone up every race because of the cheaper engines. Our track has lost a lot of karts. We only get 7 or 8 karts now. I have not decided yet if I like the change or not. The engines are cheaper at $99 with a coupon but the tires cost more. We have only been able to run one kart this year, I ordered tires on wheels back in February….. still waiting. 3 races left in the season we probably won’t get the second kart on the track. The class is SLOW! A lot of the fans that come to watch have lost interest in the adult classes because it is too slow. Last week they let a driver come out with his old clone kart on maxxis tires. He stayed a half a lap behind for the green flag, and before halfway through the race he was running up front. On a yellow he backed off again to a half a lap behind and still caught back up. I do say these rules make it more challenging. It is all setup and driving. The karts are evenly matched so you don’t have the few big money guys running up front every week, it is s lot more competitive. Other tracks we race at have an out of box class. They typically don’t have as many karts as the clone classes, but it is close in numbers. I think the predator is just like any racing, right now it is a cheaper way to get on the track. How long until drivers nature comes out and they start asking for rules changes to allow them to run faster?
