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KARTCOM NEWS #13<br />
EDITORIAL<br />
HOW FAR WILL WE GO?<br />
It's difficult to return to international karting<br />
competition this past month without<br />
mentioning the inexorable fall in the number<br />
of participants. There were only 44 drivers<br />
in the European Championship at Zuera,<br />
25% fewer drivers at Castelletto in the Rotax<br />
Max Euro Challenge, so the figures unfortunately<br />
confirm a strong trend that still further<br />
clouding the discipline. Evoking the economic<br />
situation nothing new and masks other explanations,<br />
such as the enduring appeal of formulas<br />
like the CIK-FIA Academy Trophy.<br />
Nationally, the KZ2 Coupe de France at Ostricourt<br />
didn't attract as many competitors as<br />
could be expected for this popular category,<br />
but the first event of the 2015 NSK managed<br />
to gather 235 drivers in nine categories.<br />
3MK Events also scored another success in<br />
the field of leisure karting at the SWS World<br />
Finals with 270 drivers from around the<br />
world. Finally, increasingly frequent Historic<br />
Kart meetings recorded a steady rise in their<br />
numbers.<br />
It is as if the top level is receding more and<br />
more every year from the majority of karting<br />
enthusiasts. Money has taken on too much<br />
importance in international competitions to<br />
the point of discouraging most amateurs in<br />
the broadest sense. This is probably one of<br />
the current concerns of the Rotax Max Euro<br />
Challenge which is now dominated by factory<br />
teams, openly or disguised. When one<br />
isn't a factory driver, and there are actually<br />
very few, it is often necessary to spend a lot<br />
of money to get hardware comparable to the<br />
big teams, in CIK or Rotax competition.<br />
Karting professionals, chassis or engine manufacturers,<br />
retailers, teams, organisers, and<br />
others, though all share the same vital necessity<br />
of a greater number of drivers, this<br />
doesn't show in their strategies. Isn't it time,<br />
at the last moment, to take joint decisions in<br />
this direction instead of aiming for a small<br />
short-term victory over ones neighbours who<br />
are in the same boat?<br />
KARTCOM NEWS #13<br />
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