6.12.09 - An Important Letter From TAG
Letter From David Larson concerning changes in TAG Special Event Qualifiers:
It is no mystery that all of us find ourselves in a very tough economic climate. As the 2009 season has taken shape we all know that competitor's costs have increased and the available money required to race your karts just isn't as much as in the past. Against the backdrop of the economic downturn we find ourselves facing the facts that you must pick and choose the events that will best suit your family while not hurting your all-important local club championships.
The support of your local championships goes to the very heart of our racing industry and my following statement underscores this philosophy.
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TAG™ Racing International / TAGUSA™ has chosen to drop our scheduled Special Qualifying events from the 2009 schedule in hopes it will free up our competitors budgets to support the qualifying series in their local regions thereby allowing them to plan to participate in the
“2009 TAG World Championships” at Oklahoma Motorsports Complex October 1st thru the 4th 2009.
Let me be very clear - - - The TAG World Championships will indeed take place as planned and it is my sincere hope that you utilize your regional "home tracks" to qualify for Oklahoma.
Obviously I am sorry for any inconvenience that this may cause any of our racers, however, if we all work together to support our local tracks, all of us will weather this economic storm and race strong in 2010.
RACE THE ROCK ! !
Today I talked with Roger Ruthhart concerning the fact that The Rock Island Grand Prix is also in jeopardy of being cancelled. I told Roger that it is TAG's position that conducting our own TAG Special Qualifying events takes away from existing, established and popular events like “The Rock”. Rock Island is a nationally-recognized, headline-event and is the Largest street race still produced in the US. TAG has always been proud to support this event and will continue to during this ridiculously tough economy. Therefore, “The Rock” will still be a direct Qualifier for The TAG World Championships in Oklahoma. We urge you to RACE THE ROCK!! I urge all drivers and families to click onto www.rockislandgrandprix.com and register to race and thereby compete to qualify for the TAG Worlds.
The following list contains direct links to your local tracks.
CLICK TO THESE TRACKS & REGISTER TO QUALIFY
Our hope in dropping our Special Qualifying events is that it will allow more competitors to plan to attend “The Rock Island Grand Prix” and the “2009 TAG World Championships”.
Listed Below are some of the track series that are TAG Qualifying series.
Aruba www.karting-aruba.com
Beaver Run www.beaverun.com
Badger Kart Club www.badgerkartclub.com
Cal Speed www.calspeedkarting.com
CCK Panama www.clubdekartingcck.com
Championship Enduro Series www.championshipenduro.com
Gatorz Karting Cup www.gatorzkarting.com
Grand Junction Motorspeedway www.gjmotorspeedway.com
Great Lakes Pro Series www.glproseries.com
Gulf Coast Kartway www.racekarts.com
IMI Motorsports Complex www.imimotorsports.com
MSR Houston www.msrhouston.com
North Texas Kartway www.ntkarters.com
Oklahoma Motorsports Complex www.oklahomamotorsportscomplex.com
Palm Beach International www.racepbir.com
Rock Island Grand Prix www.rockislandgrandprix.com
USA International Raceway www.usainternationalraceway.com
Venezuela
Thank you for your understanding and support. Let's "Race Through!!"
Dave Larson President TAG™ Racing International / TAGUSA™ |
