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[quote=JJxMan]Since My-kart’s credo is “Popularizing Grassroot Motorsport”, I’ve actually thought of maybe bringing some of our good drivers in taking Race License, or maybe better still developing a Race Development Programme where in turn we’d not only see My-Kart drivers in Karting but also in Junior Formulae or Perhaps F3000. Not thinking formula 1 so far.[/quote]
That is the direction. The first step is getting sufficient numbers into karting – at least the Rotax 125.
[quote=JJxMan]But first, there must be an entity and also a backbone and brain’s of this entity. Backbone will come in terms of funding. Funding will come in sponsorship (maybe in 3 yrs time) but the brains behind it is more imporatant, such as making sure how things will run, organizing and so forth. Maybe we’d see a My-Kart Racing in the upcoming WRGP in 2010?[/quote]
Yes, the entity is key.
[quote=eravelly]Anyway, this comment has turned into a book. Will talk to you more if interested.[/quote]
Brian
This is excellent stuff. There’s a lot of learnings here. I am quite clear about the objectives, but at the moment struggle to come to a landing on the appropriate legal structure.Joey suggests a club approach… but I feel there is a limit on profit-making activities. I welcome more discussion on this subject.
In essence, the my-KART entity should be allowed to be managed as a business. Expansion is part of the plan. I had previously toyed with the idea of franchising out the programmes etc.
Sponsorship procurement will be a key activity: I expect to have a central sponsorship unit to procure and deploy sponsorship throughout the country.
Talent management also is important. To popularise the sport, you must have a proper “career” route for those who want it. Training drivers on technical analysis, racing skills, PR/media handling, etc are all part of the driver and talent management programme.
There’s lots to do, so I can plan to have a my-KART conference for keen my-KART members who’d like to further develop the group. I would like to leverage on the spirit of the open source collaboration seen in the software industry.
Do let me know who’s keen.
cool pictures. I noticed that the spectators get a very close view of the cars – this is great!
And there seems to be a wonderful carnival atmosphere!
[quote=JJxMan]I’m actually in setting up a karting Team. Might Be good to use My-Kart as a stepping stone. I’ve myself a 125cc kart. Since My-kart’s credo is “Popularizing Grassroot Motorsport”, I’ve actually thought of maybe bringing some of our good drivers in taking Race License, or maybe better still developing a Race Development Programme where in turn we’d not only see My-Kart drivers in Karting but also in Junior Formulae or Perhaps F3000. Not thinking formula 1 so far. But first, there must be an entity and also a backbone and brain’s of this entity. Backbone will come in terms of funding. Funding will come in sponsorship (maybe in 3 yrs time) but the brains behind it is more imporatant, such as making sure how things will run, organizing and so forth. Maybe we’d see a My-Kart Racing in the upcoming WRGP in 2010?[/quote]
Joey – precisely the idea! You’ve read my mind. Thinking big! You also forget the talent management opportunities!
[quote=JJxMan]So I think first and foremost, we should see what the objective of the organization shoul dbe.
I could offer some suggestions on what kind of entitiy My-Kart would be as there are alot of things My-Kart can do for the future of the motorsport.[/quote]Absolutely. myKART’s tagline is popularising grassroots motorsports. There’s a lot of things myKART is placed to do. In fact, I’ve listed out some of the objectives in my opening post in this thread. To do this, myKART must be profitable & sustainable first.
I prefer to take detailed discussions of strategy offline, as I believe these will make myKART a formidable force in local motorsports. Happy to discuss further with any keen members who want to take this project into and beyond the next level.
The entity should be able to make profits, and has a management structure to do so.
Hence, what are your views on this?
OPTION A: club / association / society structure; whereby members contribute towards the club funds and participate in management, but profits re-invested.
OPTION B: enterprise / sdn bhd; whereby members subscribe thru annual fees or thru special class stocks… management is delegated to appointed board of management. Profits can be distributed.
not the same guys. it is like listening to a CD of your favourite band or ochestra vs watching them live.
I think that most reality TV shows are cheesy and contrived. So I’d not want to be involved in any thing that I see as such.
Having said that, I fully believe that there is a place for motorsports in reality TV. To a certain extent, all televised sports events are in fact reality TV. And there are those canny sports promoters who leverage on this by bringing the audience much closer to the human elements. I fully believe that this is what makes such sports viewing so compelling and addictive.
So if there is a motorsports related reality TV, I would follow or participate if it is a bona fide motorsports activity.
bro Devan,
mana ada free ticket… budget cuts means that numbers of tickets being reduced every year. anyway, last time I got free tickets meant that I had to keep my overt Williams support to the very minimum, and grit my teeth everytime Ferrari strolled to victory. *lol*
but I can see what you mean about F1 being over hyped non event. To a certain extent, I agree… but one single thing that makes it all worth it would be the wonderful sound of the V10 engines screaming past you. Simply amazing… and you can more or less appreciate the kind of driving skills demonstrated by different drivers.
Brudder Jules,
Agree that developing a made in Malaysia kart from scratch is not an easy feat. Manufacturing kart chassis is as much an ART as it is a science. Often the “art” bits are not fully understood.
Having said that, for rental karts and entry level karting purposes, it needs not be so high tech, or high art, especially if you are racing in a spec series. This is myKART’s core market: the entry level into karting / motorsports, and hence the demands would not be too high, except that it must be safe, robust and capable of similar experience. myKART would be very happy to be involved in the showcase events.
In relation to affordability, I think the aim to have it at around RM5k is reasonable – if the engines (eg. Modenas) and the chassis are locally made. The unusual tax structure we have in Malaysia does not necessary benefit importation of kart components.
good suggestion guys. I will do so, and recover the costs over the next few rounds.
Before that, will talk to Citykarting to provide a few things for us… eg. PA system / hailer, large whiteboard for scoresheets etc.
Sounds like a great entry level karting – if it has the same lap times as the Yamaha 100s. RM5k? pretty good price.
Hopefully the engine and parts are not so customized that we cannot get replacement from any bike shop or from Modenas.
siew weng – you going to the Aussie GP? Report later laa.
Razmyn – I must start thinking of how I can keep you and your roti canais away from the myKART races.
Anyway – starting a list of those going to the Malaysian GP (hillstand, not bought tickets) so can car pool & buy tickets together:
1. Fazz
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5.Yup – Wai Leong’s dad told me about this sometime back. CityKarting is currently testing this, and would not hurt if we have a go at testing the machine. See how it would compare to (say) the 80cc or 100cc karts they have now.
Apparently Modenas had build the engines sometime back, but somebody in KKS vetoed it saying it wasn’t good… so the programme to pursue it was scrapped.
A new myKART category would be good. Let’s see how Modenas can help further.
