New things go fast, change not so much
A picture tells a thousand words. This one on the ORANZ Facebook page? Closer to 2,000.
My pic of Linc Whiddett racing his 450 Trophykart at the Stadium Championship, Manukau, mid-month. It scored the most views of all the MANY image posts on the page for this event.
This kid's 13 years old, and was charging past drivers twice his age. He would have won his class - and did - but sadly, there's currently no class for Link's wee racer in the regular championship.
Likewise, Mad Mike (his dad) raced a Mazda rotary powered truck in similar colours (below, with a bit of Red Bull splashed into the mix) which would be a Thundertruck except there's an under-thunk ORANZ rule about not having transaxles in the class.
The rule was rushed through by a bloke who isn't even racing these days.
So to summarise: if you have a car with a 50 year old drivetrain made of plasticine and yanked out of a smashed up People's Car you have a place to race; if you have a truck with a transaxle rear end you don't.
If like Linc you have talent to burn and a truck that steps up nicely from the current Kiwitrucks you're invisible. If you have a clunker with half the suspension travel of Linc's truck you're home and hosed.
Change happens at glacial pace in offroad racing.
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