Look on the left rear bearing hanger. Top digit is the year (9=99, 0=00, ect) next 3 is the chassis number.I have a AV2 laser not sure what year it is but it has all the ajustments , i think it should be a competeve kart ! , i do not think that any new advances in dirt oval karts have been made ? but i do not get to the races as much anymore , looks to be a very good kart to me i am not sure what year it is i see no reason to go buy a new kart . any coments? thanks