At top level in FIA?CIK you could have 30 to 50 karts qualifying within a 10th of a second so any tiny advantage was important.they weren't as popular as the reedjets, pcr's, comers, vortex, ..etc..
I know he was very young and TT75 shows was in 1992 homologation and even earlier though it was still run years later and Fernando Alonso raced on my region Championship and he did race TT75s in the Nationals against the factory Arisco engines like my IDK from the pic under my name. if you don't believe me I'll get you pictures of him and Antonio Garcia both racing TT75s after having both won the JICA/CIK FIA World Championship (both) for IAME when running the Jr engines. Added to that they also run the MAG95s and the reedjets and then the rotary SA engines but they did race ICA with the TT75s for the factory and I can prove it to you if you do not believe. Added to that do not forget that in certain competitions Jr driverscwere already allowed on the ICA classes too. My most stupid memory is my good buddy who owned my favorite track in Spain offering me a Mike Wilson chassis with an SA rotary Parilla for a great price. I tried that beast but being tight on money back then I didn't buy it. Years later we found outvit was one of the karts Fernando ran for Parilla in Super A and today it is worth a lot of money. He even bought back some of them forvhis Museum at the karting track he built.Not sure I agree with this - the TT75 (and its Sirio cousins) was very successful during the 92 homologation period. Rotax and PCR were really the only other serious competitors at that point.
Also for what it's worth, I don't think Fernando Alonso was not old enough to race a TT75 (senior category engine) when it was current. He would have been running the PV92 JICA.
Would love to see photos of Alonso racing a TT75 at that age, please post!I know hecwas very young and TT75 shows was in 1992 homologation and even earlier though it was still run years later and Fernando Alonso raced on my region Championship and he did race TT75s in the Nationals against the factory Arisco engines like my IDK from the pic under my name. if you don't believe me I'll get you pictures of him and Antonio Garcia both racing TT75s after having both won the JICA/CIK FIA World Championship (both) for IAME when running the Jr engines. Added to that they also run the MAG95s and the reedjets and then the rotary SA engines but they did race ICA with the TT75s for the factory and I can prove it to you if you do not believe. Added to that do not forget that in certain competitions Jr driverscwere already allowed on the ICA classes too. My most stupid memory is my good buddy who owned my favorite track in Spain offering me a Mike Wilson chassis with an SA rotary Parilla for a great price. I tried that beast but being tight on money back then I didn't buy it. Years later we found outvit was one of the karts Fernando ran for Parilla in Super A and today it is worth a lot of money. He even bought back some of them forvhis Museum at the karting track he built.
Thanks, Chuck. Merry Christmas too.Jeez Rain, does Spain make you violent ? Merry Christmas bud wish your mom well also later Chuck.