Based in Columbus, Ohio, Conlin SpeedSports is entering its tenth year of karting in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Michigan. For 2010 we will be working with customers in the Mid State Ohio Kart Club series at Circleville Raceway Park, Kart Racers of America at New Castle Motorsports Park, as well as regional and national races around the country.
Whether you're a seasoned pro, a new racer looking for a shorter learning curve or just a motorsports fan looking to experience true high performance karting, we have a program for you. Come under our tent and allow to us take care of the event details while you focus on the important part - THE DRIVING. For the last two seasons karts prepared and maintained by our team did not have a single mechanical DNF in over 115 green flags. We take track time very seriously and we'll do everything in our power to maximize yours.
AFK NEWS!
07-15-10 - Adrenaline Fix Karting 's test drivers discuss the new kart and this video makes YOU an AFK insider as you listen in to the behind-the-scenes test session debrief. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uQWuIuu6ZU
07-15-10 - Its been about 7 years but it looks like we're in the 4-cycle bidness again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlwfcV1ul7w
07-14-10 - Almost there. Our "trainer kart" (clone) is just about ready for testing.
07-13-10 - AFK driver Jason Barfield did some serious head-down, clenched jaw lapping at Watkins Glen this weekend, lowering his own D Sports Racer lap record by almost 3 seconds! Way to make a statement AND to leave your mark on one of our most legendary circuits!
07-12-10 - AFK is genuinely priveleged to have spent the weekend at Road America crewing for the U.S. PCR race team with drivers Robert Bujdoso, Kyle Knecht and the rest of the team. Particularly pleased to have worked with Robby to earn a Pole, a Fastest lap and 2 podium finishes in 2 Finals. Congrats also to Jacob Sekey who drove his brand-new PCR to victory in the TaG Heavy Final.
07-11-10 - PCR one-two in the Zoom Zoom Nationals TaG Heavy final at Road America with former Arrow driver Jacob Sekey winning in his new PCR & Robert Bujdoso earning his second runner-up position of the weekend.
07-10-10 - Final top 5 from today's TaG
Senior Final at Road America: P1 Tommy Anderson P2 Robby P3 Victor Pedrosa P4 Kyle Weigand P5 TJ Koyen. Some serious talent there. This ain't no party. This ain't no disco. This ain't no foolin' around.
07-10-10 - Robert Bujdoso P2 in Pre Final. Led first five laps, dropped wheel off, lost one position. Ended up P3 on track in Final but moved to P2 after winner penalized two seconds for scrubbing tires on warm up lap.
07-10-10 - PCR driver Robert Bujdoso P1 in TaG qualifying with a time of 48.441 seconds at the Zoom Zoom Nationals at Road America.
07-09-10 - Adrenaline Fix Karting is ready to swoop into Road America in the morning to team up with Robert Bujdoso and the rest of the PCR Team for the WKA Zoom Zoom Nationals. Look for reports as the weekend progresses.
07-08-10 - AFK driver Jason Barfield is heading up to Watkin Glen where he set the lap record for D Sports Racer last year. Good luck Dr. Barfield and remember: Lap records are there to be broken.
07-02-10 - Adrenaline Fix Karting is heading to New Castle Motorsports Park for the KRA double header weekend. Wishing everyone w great holiday weekend.
06-27-10 - A big thumbs up to AFK driver Jason Barfield for his D Sports Racer podium finish at the very prestigious SCCA June Sprints at Road America over the weekend.
06-24-10 - AFK had a good day of testing today working with Roger Schroer and Tracy Conlin. We got intimately acquainted with Roger's G.P./Rotax and have isolated what has been holding us back in Senior Can for Tracy. She did a superhero job of doing lots & lots of laps and remaining consitent. Many thanks to Kyle Ludwick for jump...ing into the Rotax and providing valuable feedback.
06-17-10 - AFK still has their Biesse/Rok TT available for arrive & drive service at this Sunday's KRA Race New Castle Motorsports Park. This is the same kart that an old guy who hadn't raced for 3 years got into and ran mid-field. Certainly someone less rusty can do even better. Any takers? Email jim@conlinss.com for special pricing.
06-12-10 - Together Jim and Tracy racked up 24 miles in the Relay For Like benefitting American Cancer Soc. After, AKF hit the roller derby in Fishers, IN. Might be an area to branch into!
06-08-10 - AFK will be involved in a differnet type of race this weekend. No engines,
no tires, no helmets. Team principle Jim Conlin and team driver Tracy Conlin are part of team particiapting in Relay For Life in which it vows to have its members walking for 24 hours straight to benefit the American Cancer Society.
06-07-10 - Team driver Tracy Conlin advises against making carb adjustments between the oval and the "Ski Jump" on NCMP's long course. At that particular point the mind should not be on the right hand but rather the left foot apparently.
06-07-10 - We survived a wild weekend at NCMP: Saturday we had the pleasure working with John Vottero as he tested the PCR but unfortunately track time was cut short by a hang-onto-the-canopy-boys t-storm that attacked the track. Sunday morning storms provided more excitement leading into a windy day of racing. Both Mark & Tracy qualified mid-field. Mark finished 6th with consistent & faster laps while an electrical problem retired Tracy on lap 5.
06-03-10 - We send our congratulations to AFK driver Jason Barfield on his D Sports Racer win last weekend at Road Atlanta.
05-31-10 - Thanks to everyone that called to chkec the weather & were interested in the PCR Test Day. Sadly, weather wasn't cooperating - when still raining at 11:30 & the w/ forecast for more in the p.m., we made the decision to pull up stakes (literally) & send the PCR team on their way after a long weekend at CRP. If you were interested in testing a PCR TaG drop us a line and we'll get you in ours. Week nights can be arranged too.
05-30-10 - We've got a bunch of dialed-in PCRs in Junior and Senior configurations waiting to be test-driven by YOU. Come on out to Circleville Raceway Park, tomorrow, Memorial Day, to see for yourself why there's been a llot of yellow and red karts up front lately.
05-29-10 - Final Resilts: Robert Bujdoso 1st, Ross Rezner 2nd, Kyle Knecht 3rd. Fastest race lap by Kyle. Great fight for 2nd in closing stages with positions swapped twice on the last 2 lap. PCRs 1, 2 3.
05-29-10 - wheel problem causes DNF while leading Pre Final. We have our work cut out for us in the Final.
05-29-10 - AFK's Great Lakes Sprint Series pilot Ross Reznor on pole for GLSS TaG Senior by .1. Should be a good race!
05-28-10 - AFK had a good day of testing at CRP in prep for the Great Lakes Sprint Series round there. We learned several key elements to making the PCR work in the heat (and damn was it hot) and by the end of the day Ross had matched the PCR Distributing/Checkered Motorsports lead team driver Robert Bujdoso's best lap. Could be an interesting TaG Senior race tomorrow
05-25-10 - AFK's PCR test day is only 6 days away... Monday, May 31st at Circleville Raceway Park. The U.S. PCR racing team will be staying on after the WKA Great Lakes Sprint Series race there to give Central Ohio racers a chance to experience the new PCR. There will be an assortment of Junior and Senior karts for test drives. RSVP... or drop us a line if you'd like to do a session or two.
05-24-10 - It should also be mentioned that AFK team principle, Jim Conlin, jumped in the open AFK TaG and raced in the Old Men's Class (TaG Sportsman). He qualified 7th and ran as high as 4th before finishing 5th on a track configuration he'd never been on before. By mid race most of the rust was worn away and he began to feel competent... (not to be confused with competitive). Might even see him again out there this year.
05-24-10 - We're sending thanks out to Dave Creech for his help through the day and to Joann Bruck Creech for not letting us all starve to death as we struggled & scratched our heads. (It's almost worth leaving the karts at the shop and just go to the track for Joann's vittles.) Dave entered his first TaG race with his new PRD but clutch & brake... problems kept him from realizing the potential of the new package.
05-24-10 - We were reminded of the importance of continued testing. The PCR has been fast everywhere we've gone so far this year but a 90 degree day on a track with tons of rubber caught us out. Two practice sessions was not enough time to make the kart happy & fast. Our complacency made for a long and frustrating day. Won't happen a...gain. Many thanks to Ross Reznor for 110% effort.
05-18-10 - We still have TaG and Super Can karts available for this Sunday's KRA Race #4. Grab your gear and come on out to Arrive & Drive - we do the work while you have the fun. Call or write for special event pricing.
05-17-10 - Hardcore crew member Mark Nevill made an
impressive debut in his first kart race moving from 7th to 4th in his
first heat, 7th to 3rd in his second heat & was challenging for 2nd
when he was taken off the track by a desperate defensive move in the final. Mark
displayed a smoothness & maturity that perhaps makes him... better
suited for the regular classes than the Novice class he ran. Well done Mark!!!
05-17-10 - AFK driver Jason Barfield suffered a rib injury during practice yesterday and we wish him a speedy recovery. Jason is a very active, competitive & dedicated driver and we know it wasn't easy to sit out the rest of the day. But with a summer of KRA kart races, SCCA Spec Racer Ford and D Sports Racing on tap, risk of further... injury on CRP's tight, bumpy curcuit would not have been wise.
05-17-10 - Thank you to guest pilot Ross Reznor for putting the PCR in front in all three races yesterday, leading something like 23 of the 28 competitive laps and making the PCR do things we didn't even know it was capable of. Ross is a gifted driver with an amazing sense of the contact patch. We were proud to have him on our team.
05-13-10 - AFK congratulates Julie Conlin on her first day at the Target Chip Ganassi Racing Indy operation and wishes her well as she works team public relations for the Indy 500 before heading back to NASCAR country in June.
05-09-10 - AFK wishes all the racing moms out there a happy Mother's Day. Your racers couldn't do it without your love and support.
05-07-10 -Adrenaline Fix Karting will be hosting a PCR test drive day, Monday, May 31 (rescheduled from April 3), open to everyone. Anyone interested in test driving a PCR is invited to come out and jump in one. We'll have:
Cadet
Sportsman
Junior Can
...TaG (2)
No obligation, just take a couple of hours out of your Memorial Day holiday to come out to the track with your safety gear and see what the 2010 PCRs have to offer.
05-02-10 - Checkered Motorsports & AFK almost had a perfect weekend: TaG Heavy qualifying in damp conditions produces all PCR front row. Robbie pole with Kyle P2; Pre Final was in dry and sunny conditions... Robbie won but only just, Scott Ferris hounding him the whole way. Kyle dropped to fourth. In the TaG Heavy Final. Ferris got a great start but had Robbie hot on his heals until about lap 7 when the PCR began to push out of the corners. Post race inspection revealed that the RR hub had moved. Still, 2 poles, 3 wins and a all PCR front row wasn't too shabby a performance.
05-01-10 - Adrenaline Fix Karting was proud to be part of Robbie Bujdoso's big win in the WKA Manufacturer's Cup TaG Senior Final. Robbie pulled out a comfortable lead over Mike Giessen in the opening laps but then had to turn the wick up once Kyle Weigand got by Giessen and began chasing us down. Robbie hung on to earn his 2nd National win and AFK's first. Thanks Robbie.
04-18-10 - AFK was down to one kart for GLPS Race #2 on Sunday, not being able to obtain the necessary parts to get Jim Brickley back on the track. Qualifying temps were mid-40s & our set up was only good enough for 5th. Chris recovered 1 position after losing 2 at the start of the Pre-Final but then moved his Arrow/Motori 7 up two more positions to 4th in the Final. Great run Chris!
04-18-10 - We were wrong! Chris Carmen didn't finish 4th in Saturday's GLPS TaG Senior final - he won the photo finish by .010 of a second! That, folks, came down to the placement of the transponders on the karts. Ours was about 6 inches more forward than Mr. Ludwick's. Also not mentioned in that post was that so intense was the run to the line that both karts crashed trying to negotiate the next corner.
04-17-10 - AFK has put day 1 of round 1 of the Great Lakes Pro Series in the books. Chris Carmen used AFK prep'd/POWERsports developed Motori 7 to qualify outside pole for TaG Senior in his Arrow. P2 in Pre-Final w huge lead over 3rd. Challenged for the Final lead briefly before losing a photo finish for 3rd. Jim Brickley Q'd 12, finished 10th in Pre-final & was 6th when he got caught up in a 2nd turn pile up, retiring on the spot.
04-13-10 - AFK congratulates PCR driver Robert Bujdoso for a heck of a run at the Championship Karting International round at
NCMP on Saturday. Robbie led the TaG Senior final for many laps but in
the end had to settle for a close second finishing ahead of the likes of
Kyle Wiegand, Conor Daly, TJ Koyen & Taylor Miinch. Way to make
that PCR go! Great job Robbie!
04-12-10 - Adrenaline Fix Karting sends congratulations out to AFK driver Jason Barfield for not one but two Spec Racer Ford victories at the 25th Anniversary SRF Festival at Road Atlanta over the weekend. Great work by Jason and the Jay Motorsports team!
04-03-10 - Adrenaline Fix Karting got off to a great start to the 2010 season. AFK driver Jason Barfield racked up a win in the TaG Sportsman class and second in TaG Masters (in the pouring rain) at NCMP's first KRA race. Guest AFK driver Eric Fagan needed just one more lap to win the TaG Lite race in what was really just a PCR demo run. He had to settle for second after reeling in the leader in the final laps and setting the race's 3 fastest laps along the way.
03-27-10 - AFK had a great first day of testing at NCMP today. We got Jason's new kart sorted & on pace for next Saturday's race and got JAY Motorsports principle Jay Green back up to speed after a long lay-off from karting. Everyone was faster each time out and finsihed every session. No Gator rides for AFK karts!
03-26-10 - NCMP's rescheduling of the first KRA race to Saturday, April 3, forces us to move the PCR Test Day yet again. New date to be announced. Please stay tuned.
03-16-10 - The PCR Test Day at Circleville Raceway Park has moved to Saturday, April 3rd. Check out the event details and RSVP to the Adrenaline Fix Karting Facebook Event Page if you'd like to do a session or two.
03-15-10 - Major kudos to PCR drivers Andrew (KF3) and Robbie Bujdoso (KF2) for 3rd and 5th place Final finishes respectively at the CKI Florida Cup round in Homestead, Florida on Saturday. On Sunday Robbie was P3 in the KF2 Final until Alex Speed got past him on the last lap. Good to see the yellow karts mixing it up with the top dogs.
03-14-10 - Central Ohio was well represented at FasTimes Indoor Karting in Indy last night, March 13. AFK drivers claimed 5 of the 6 top spots for the day's open karting sessions:
1. Ross Reznor 23.737
2. Tracy Conlin 23.760
4. Jim Conlin 24.009
5. Jason Barfield 24.137
6. Dave Creech 24.450
Seemed like everyone had equal shares of frustration and elation with good clean (well, pretty clean) racing in there too. Well done guys & gal.
03-06-10 - AFK congratulates
JAY Motorsports driver Nick Evans on a great "First Gear" profile
article in the April issue of SCCA's SportsCar magazine. This follows
Pat Gallagher's First Gear feature in the March issue. Two central Ohio
kart racers cited as moving on up the ladder two months in a row. Nice.
03-10-10 - AFK drivers Jason Barfield, Lynsey Tilton and Tracy Conlin all confrimed for first AFK race of the season March 28 at NCMP.
03-06-10 - AFK is getting 2 karts ready for arrive & drives March 21 at NCMP and 3 karts ready for KRA season opener at NCMP March 28. Whew, not much time let for all this but we always seem to manage.
02-07-10 - With New Castle Motorsports Park announcing that they will offer a"Clone" class for the 2010 season AFK will be building a team kart powered by the reliable 4-cycle engine OHV clone engine. Arrive and drive race rate will be $95 with practice day rates even lower. See our Arrive & Drive page for details.
01-24-10 - AFK/Conlin SpeedSports is 95% moved into their new workspace. The 2010 karting season begins NOW.
01-23-10 - AFK and Jay Motorsports are teaming up for the KMI Kart Expo in St. Charles, Illinois, February 26-28. Plans currently include AFK karts and a JM Formula Enterprise car in the booth with 2009 SCCA FE National Champion Nick Evans on hand to speak with visitors about progressing from karts to cars.
01-09-10 - AFK congratulates
driver Travis Ward for being named 2009 MSOKC Rookie Of The Year. Travis
committed himself, made huge progress throughout the season and earned the honor.
01-01-10 - AFK has a new look with a complete Adrenaline Fix Karting web site. Just about everything you need to know about our arrive & drives, trackside & shop services and PCR karts sales & leasing is available for thorough review.
12-31-09 - Congrats to PCR driver Robbie Bujdoso for qualifying his PCR/Rok TT 5th in the Tag Heavy/Tag Masters class at the WKA Manufacturer's Cup at Daytona and then taking his PCR to 3rd place in the TaG Heavy Final behind Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon & Jacob Sekey yesterday! First race in the Senior ranks! Great job Robbie!
11-23-09 - We've got a new way to get your Fix: AFK/Conlin SpeedSports, LLC now offers PCR karts for sale or lease. Top quality at a reasonable price.
11-05-09 - Congrats to AFK driver Travis Ward on his 1st WKA Nat. New track (Charlotte), new kart (PCR) & new competition. By Sun was only .7 off the likes of DiLeo & Bumgarner.
10-17-09 - Nearly perfect race day teamed with Creech Racing for the Toughman 225 @CRP. Qualified on pole but then lost it due to being 2lb light. Started DFL but ran our planned race & were in P1 by lap 100. Eric & Travis were phenomenal. Won race by 4 laps. Great prep!! Great crew!!!
10-11-09 - On Oct 11 Travis qualified on Pole by .04 over Angel Wilkinson. In the Pre-Final his crew made a last minute change that went the wrong way which let Angel get a big lead; Travis was 2nd. The Final was an absolute barn burner with Travis & Angel running off from the pack. Angel got the advantage at the start but Travis...
10-04-09 - With just two races in the MSOKC championship and Travis Ward made the most of them. On Oct 4 he dominate Heat 1, winning by over 1/4 lap and setting fastest lap. In Heat 2 he spun to last but recovered to finish 7th, again setting fastest lap. In the Final an incident while passing for 2nd tweaked the handling and he had to settle for 4th.
09-27-09 - Both Conlin SpeedSports teams overcame numerous obstacles at the sixth Mazda Robopong 200 presented by Bridgestone endurance race held on Sunday at New Castle Motorsports Park.
09-20-09 - This will be our 5th year entering an all female driving team in one of the most prestigious karting events in North America. Lynsey, Dana, Tracy and new teammate Melissa Landspurg will make up the Conlin SpeedSports XX team and will be joined by a 2nd entry of Mike Unger and Chris Tatman on the XY team.
09-18-09 - MSOKC championship Race 11 September 20. Travis will be looking to repeat and Chris Tatman will team up to push him harder.
09-05-09 - A season of hard work finally paid off for Travis Ward and his Adrenaline Fix Karting team at MSOKC race 11 with a pole position in qualifying, a win in the Pre Final and a win in the Final setting fastest lap in every session. Ross Reznor was just as quick in the morning practice but a wrong tire choice hurt him in competition.
08-24-09 - Three races to go in MSOKC championship. Travis needs every point he can get to move up in the standing and overcome the missed race earlier in the season.
08-15-09 - August 15 was another good night. Chris Tatman came within a lap and a half of winning Heat 1. Travis Ward also ran well matching Paul Milleman's best lap of the day of 44.1. But Travis got punted in the Final while running 3rd by a brakeless Eric Fagan who was sub'ing for the banged-up Bo Strawser. 2nd race in a row t...
08-10-09 - Travis Ward continues to chase his first win and Chris Tatman returns to see if he can add to his win column.
08-04-09 - At Commercial Point G.P. all our drivers were fast right from the 1st sess Sat. Travis, Jason & Dana all did exceptionally well. Jason was in there fighting for 3rd & 4th spots despite a 30lb wt disadvantage. Travis got faster each sess & drove spectacularly in the Pro Race lapping within .3 of multi Nat'l champ and legend Gary Lawson.
07-21-09 - MSOKC Race 7 was another successful outing for Adrenaline fix Karting with a second consecutive 3rd place recorded by Travis (w Daniel tuning) in the Final in the Biesse/Motori 7 and with Ross Reznor being very competitive (with Mark tuning) in his first MSOKC TaG race.
07-17-09 -Mid state Ohio Kart Club race #8. Adrenaline fix Karting will be fielding Travis Ward, Chris Tatman and Tracy Conlin
07-01-09 - Adrenaline Fixing Karting will field a super strong line-up in the 2009 Commercial Point Grand Prix street race in the TaG class: Travis Ward (Biesse/Motori 7) will return for his second CPGP; Jason Barfield (Manning/Rok TT) will be making his mark on his first street race & Dana Conlin (Biesse/Rok TT) will return as the team's veteran CPGP driver.
06-30-09 - A good night of racing at MSOKC Race 6 with Travis Ward finishing 3rd in the feature on pace with leaders. Travis displayed a level of maturity behind the wheel we haven't seen until now. Looking forward to him being a regular Adrenaline Fix driver the remainder of the season.
06-09-09 -Chris Tatman returns to race the Adrenaline Fix Karting Biesse/Rok TT at MSOKC Race 5 on Sunday. Team will be trackside both Saturday and Sunday for testing and arrive & drives.
06-08-09 -Two great runs for Adrenaline Fix driver Jason Barfield at KRA double-header weekend at New Castle Motorsports Park moving from 11th to finish 4th on Saturday. On Sunday Jason qualified 5th, dropped to 7th in the first turn shuffle and fought back up to fourth.
06-04-09 - Adrenaline Fix Karting will be competing with the KRA folks for their double header at New Castle Motorsports Park. Daniel and Jason to test Friday. Jason to race Saturday. Jason and Lynsey to race Sunday.
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