Do you have time to talk about the Five-C’s of Design?Competition, Camaraderie, Charity, Carting (pardon my spelling, but alliteration is cool), with a Car Show thrown in for good measure!  

Thanks to longtime partner Lacks Enterprises, the best design event in California returns to K1Speed in July.

In addition to this being 3 evenings of awesomeness that is racing gokarts (the Competition part) against people you went to school with (the Camaraderie part), it is important not to forget that we are doing this to support the fight against prostate cancer (the Charity part).  We have a couple of pretty important announcements about that.

As usual the Bridgestone Winter Driving School has graciously provided a Free Second Gear Safety Class ($495 value) that will be awarded each evening.

They will be providing the prize for our annual Spring Car Show.  So bring something cool and awesome – our winning criteria is typically pretty obscure, so trailer queens rarely win.  In the past we awarded trophies for “Best Patina”, and “Car I most want to drive for the weekend”.  So break out that 66 Triumph from winter storage (car or motorcycle, we don’t discriminate) and come join us for some bench racing in the parking lot.

There will be other cool prizes like massive Lego sets so we will have more than one winner per event. 100% of the money we collect goes to charity

And if that is not enough, we will have our annual event shirts at the event.  While the design has not yet been finalized, make a donation of at least $20 and we will gift you a shirt. PLEASE NOTE! If you have not received your shirt from previous events we will (hopefully) have them there.

A couple of housekeeping notes:

CHARITY: The worst part about getting older is not what it does to your body or mind, but what it does to those we care about.  The list of my friends and family who have either fought cancer or dealt with a family member fighting cancer is getting longer by the year. A few years ago it was my mother, then a close personal friend battled breast cancer (successfully I might ad), Brian Fioritto’s father and Alzheimers last year which brings us to this year. A dear friend to the event is in the middle of his prostate cancer diagnosis and while the name shall remain private – if you have been to an event you have most likely spent time talking to him. So for 2019 we are battling prostate cancer thru Generation ZERO, the first generation of men free from the pain and suffering of prostate cancer. With your help, we can fund critical programs that serve patients and their families. We’ll advance research into new treatments and a cure. You’ll help raise awareness and enable life-saving early detection. (YOU CAN DONATE AT THE LINK)

Guest Policy:  OK, as we have started to have some issues – I felt the need to be very clear about the GUEST POLICY. We have always openly welcomed guests, however, as we have become pretty much full to capacity, allowing a guest to race means a designer gets left out of the fun.  So guests are welcome to come and cheer, share some food and drinks and hang out  but they MUST register with your email address and mark the box not racing (so we can manage the food and drinks).  The event is designed specifically for the design community and we would like to keep it that way – not to be elitist – but because we have limited space to race.

One final, final note.  I hear from many that they don’t want to come and race because they are “slow” and “not competitive”.  While I admit there are some really fast people who attend, there are also some really, really slow people (you know who you are).  There are 30-50 people racing each night, and the advantage we gain with having so many is that we separate people into groups with people of similar skill levels and lap times.  No matter who you are, I assure you it will be a great time and you will talk about your experience for days and weeks afterwards, whether you race or just hang out and cheer others on.

REGISTER HERE FOR #75 IRVINE 7/22

REGISTER HERE FOR #76 TORRANCE 7/23

REGISTER HERE FOR #77 SANTA CLARA 7/25

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Time:

• 5:00pm – Registration Opens
• 6:00pm – First Kart Practice/Qualifying Session
• 6:30pm – Food is served
• 8:00pm – Car Show Judging is completed
• 9:00 pm – Trophies awarded