CONCORD, N.C. – One of the most anticipated Daytona Dirt World Championships is coming up this December 28-30 at the Daytona International Speedway Flat Track.
Since the October 8 announcement that the World Karting Association is teaming with the DynoCamsTri-State Pro Series for this year’s event to make Daytona the 2013 Tri-State points opener, officials have been working to lay out the structure of the weekend.
The following explains many of the key announcements racers have been awaiting.
The reason for this is that Tri-State is a Maxxis-only series, while WKA has commitments to include VEGA in the nine WKA Florida Divisional Dirt Series classes, which is running this fall at Volusia. There is also a commitment to Maxxis through the WKA South Carolina Divisional Dirt Series.
A total of 37 classes will be on the 2012 Daytona Dirt schedule.
Many of these classes are “traditional” WKA Dirt divisions. Additions include seven big “pro” races that will run a Maxxis-only tire rule.
The seven pro classes (listed with minimum weight and winning purse) are the following.
- Pro Clone (380#). $10,000 To Win. Pays 10 places.
- Pro Animal (375#). $2,000 To Win. Pays five places.
- Pro Animal Junior (320#). $2,000 To Win. Pays five places.
- Pro Clone Junior (280#). Eight to 12 years old. Green plate; small pipe. $2,000 To Win. Pays five places.
- Pro Junior 2 (Animal 300#; Flathead 290#). $2,000 To Win. Pays five places.
- Pro Junior 1 Animal (265#). $2,000 To Win. Pays five places.
- Pro Champ (425#). $500 To Win. Pays five places.
Other Maxxis-only classes are the following.
WKA classes that will run a VEGA or Maxxis option tire rule are the following.
While a number of sponsor negotiations continue to be worked out and will be announced in the coming weeks, Briggs & Stratton Racing has confirmed its support of this year’s Dirt World Championships. Briggs has posted $2,000 toward Animal Pro class. As noted, this class will pay $2,000 to the winner.
Another confirmed sponsor is South Carolina’s Possum Kingdom Speedway, which has posted sponsorship for the Pro Champ event.
In the past, Sportsman 2 Lite, Heavy and Champ have been Animal-only in WKA competition. This year, citing a successful program in the Tri-State Series, Briggs flathead engines will be permitted to run against the Animals in Junior 2 Lite, Heavy and Champ. Flatheads will be able to run at 10 pounds less than the Animals.
In addition to the Junior Animal and Junior Clone $2,000-To-Win Pro classes, the Junior age bracket includes the traditional Junior Lite, Junior Heavy and Junior Champ for Animals only and Junior Box Stock for Clones. All of these divisions are Maxxis-only.
A second 2-cycle class will run on the Daytona dirt Sunday. The class is Yamaha KT100 and it will mark the first time a Yamaha-only 2-cycle class has run the DIS Flat Track. The Yamaha class is open tire and is open for stock Yamaha at 360 pounds and Stock Appearing Yamaha at 390 pounds.
A document will be available on Monday that outlines all classes with weights, plates and tire rules.
All Junior Box Stock classes will run the small pipe, any dry clutch and one of the previously listed four mandatory flywheels.
All tech procedures will come from the 2013 WKA Technical Manual. The new Tech Manual is currently at the printer and will be mailed to WKA members in the coming days. If you’re not a member, call WKA at 704-455-1606 to order a 2013 Tech Manual.
The Daytona Dirt World Championships entry form, which will denote the daily schedule, will be available soon.