I'm speaking of go-karts. Dirt go-karts more specifically. The latest addition to the Zeus Media Network family is DownInTheDirtTV.com . Rolled out yesterday at the Liberty Raceway/King of the Clay banquet in Greensboro.
This will be the first phase of development for a WebTV Reality Series called...Down In The Dirt.
Here is the Trailer
Their competitors begin at age 4. Pretty serious racing. I like the ones with roll cages and seat belts.../lol.
My grandson Tommy Clinard Jr. started in Karts at age 12 and was quite good at it winning many races. He only ran on the dirt tracks.
But I was so glad when he started racing in the stock cars. Much safer than the Karts.
He never had a serious injury but was shaken up several times.
The ones that he raced were the open type. No roll bars or seat belt. They reached speeds of 50 - 60 miles per hour.
But the experience that he gained in the Karts has been a big benefit to him in the cars.
Sorry PKL but was that necessary right after the site was put up??
Wow, Liberty was the last place my son raced in the purple plate class in a State Championship race. Country came to Town when we showed up in our non-sponsored 10 year old kart. My son Alex qualified 8th of 18 karts, less than 1/10 of second off the pole. He was running in 5th when a young rambunctious kid drove him into turn 3 and he shot up the track and into the barrels and hit his head and shoulder on a fence post outside the grid, sending barrels and dirt flying over the fence onto the karters waiting in the grid. That was the last time we raced anywhere, sold everything and bought a vintage stock car. The rest is history. 
Racing is dangerous at every level.
Kart racing is a huge part of the proving grounds for all forms of upper level racing. We (ZMN) are extremely happy to have been asked to market and build the entire network for this new WebTV Reality Series. It includes (initially) 4 websites and a pay-per-view webtv channel. It is the first Digital Media Network of its kind. We just love pioneering stuff.
As for the child dying last week....we did not stop racing after Earnhardt was killed...we just made it safer. The same will result from the tragic loss of Tyler Morr.
I did not say that stock cars are safe. I said that they were safer.
I would love to see that video, BB! I didn't know your expertise reached into the karting world, too.
Good job on the trailer Jeff!
Tonight's Legendtorial, written this past Saturday, will address the issue of kids in racing. Although probably woefully inadequate, I felt the need to express my opinion. Hope to see you all listening Tonight (Tuesday, May 29th) at 7:00 p.m.
Thanks Jeff for giving these guy's a plug.Karting was my life once spent many many years with the karts.Liberty takes me way back when the days of karting was in it's hay day.Billy was right ,if you could win at Liberty you could win anywhere.Unless you have been a part of karting it is hard to see just how much work it takes and how much it means to karters.I have seen Robbie talk of karting and i still feel the burning inside as he does.
I have also seen the danger in karting with me and my son,more with my son.We raced to have fun but the danger was still there.I watched Dale S.R. bring J.R. to a kart race when J.R. was a kid. First time on the track J.R. takes off wide open and wraps around the tires in the corner.J.R. comes off the track and they load it up and as far i know they never returned.
I have seen many go from karting to stockcars just to return back to karting.Some of them say they couldn't afford the car racing and some would say the people in karting brought them back.The talent in these karts were amazing.Some made it to big time racing some never did some never wanted to leave.Karting is a great place to start out or make a life long commitment.
Karting even has it's own Waltrip ( knows Tim would like this).Bobby Waltrip is the voice in a lot of the big races.The people love him not because his name but he is one of them.Karting teaches you so much other then just racing.It allowed me and my son to spend countless of hours together.Every weekend he was with me.He did not do the party stuff as a kid he did not have time.We was busy racing every weekend.Karting took him away from the drugs and the alcohol.I knew the dangers karting but i also knew the dangers of drugs and the wrong crowd.Karting was much safer then what the world offered him and me,no matter the cost.
I could go on forever about karting but maybe another day.Thanks again Jeff i know how much it means to the karters to get recognized.
