Modus Motor Sport Website

I've just started to put together a website for Modus Motor Sport, they are the suppliers of Haase karts and Swiss Hutless. They also run a busy kart team at Hooton Park, Three Sisters and GYG.

New Storm Kart From Intrepid

Apparantly the Storm kart has been around for a while, but has created a real stir in the Uk market since JKH have started to promote this budget chassis. The storm kart is based on an old Intrepid Cruiser design and carries all the usual spec SKM parts. So it looks like in this case, budget kart does not mean it's thrown together with dodgey cheap parts and materials.

Looking after Kart Chains Article

Here is a new article on taking care of your kart chain

Most people take their chain for granted and only replace them when they break, or they feel like they are ready to go. But when the chain is effectively THE transmission system for the kart it is crazy not to take extra special care of them.

Also, professional racers replace their chains constantly, both for reliability and because chain wear causes performance losses. And when you consider the costs of karting at a professional level changing the chain every day is quite a smart thing to do for a relatively small cost.

However if you follow the link to the article you will see how a club racer can extend the life of their kart chain and therefore save some dosh!

SmartyCam on Kartintelligence

I've written a bit more on the SmartyCam at Kartintelligence.com with some screen shots of the GPS data it produces for Race Studio Analysis

Head over to Kart Intelligence for the SmartyCam reveiew

My New Toy - The SmartyCam

I just had my first test with the Aim SmartyCam, and it is a serious bit of kit. Basically it integrates your Mychron data with video so you can watch yourself drive and use the data to figure out where and why you are quick, or slow!



Check out the official smartycam site