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New TAG News - TAG CLARIFIES RULE SITUATION

JUNE 16, 2005 - Over the last two and a half months of racing TAG^TM Racing International and TAG^TM USA have been tracking the progress of engine parity within the TAG^TM classes. By following these results, we have come to the conclusion that there are four engines that would be considered boost port engines in which the performance level is beyond that of the other TAG^TM motors. These four engines are the ITAL System, Comer, Motori 7 and Sonik. We have been addressing these issues with the engine manufacturers they have been very cooperative and interested in working with us to retain parity within the TAG^TM racing structure. As a result of this, ITAL systems have come up with a new ignition with the rev limiter built in to meet our specifications. TAG^TM Racing International has also been in contact with our Qualifying series tracks and as a result have been apprised of the continuing discrepancy's within the performance levels of the boost port engines As we have stated in the past and within our mission statement, we will continue to work to maintain parity for the engines within the TAG^TM class structure.

With this in mind we at TAG^TM Racing International and TAG^TM USA have decided to eliminate the remaining boost port engines from the junior class structure.

In a continuing effort to retain parity within the senior class structure TAG^TM Racing International and TAG^TM USA have decided to implement weight changes to the boost ported engines, the weight changes are listed below and will be in effect as of 7-1-05.

In other TAG^TM news, Mr. Marty Casey is still overseeing ongoing testing for TAG^TM Racing International. Although Marty is no longer our Technical Director, he never left TAG^TM Racing International. Marty has moved on to the position of Homologation Director. He has maintained his communication with the engine manufacturers and has continued testing for TAG^TM Racing international. Marty's position as Technical Director was using too much of his personal time and not allowing him to follow through on the testing needed to maintain parity with these engines.

The following are currently TAG Racing International^TM and TAG USA^TM qualifying series for inclusion in the "2005 TAG^TM World Championships"

SKUSA - Super Nationals 2004
SKUSA - 2005 Series Championship
KART - National Sprint Series
Stars - EZ-Kart
IRA/CES - Road Race Series
IKF - Sprint Series
Rock Island Grand Prix 2004
Rock Island Grand Prix 2005
ProKart Challenge - California
Ohio Valley Karting Association - Ohio
S.I.R.A. Midwest Championship Series - Indiana
Colorado Sprint Championship - Colorado
Kartways of Arkansas - Arkansas
SLKA series
SLKA Memorial Day TAG^TM Endurance Race - Missouri
Gatorz Karting Challenge - California
Jet Karting - Iowa
Englishtown Raceway Park Kart Racing - New Jersey
Badger TAGÅ Masters Series - Wisconsin
OMC Championship Series - Oklahoma
Cascade Regional Series - Oregon, Idaho, Washington
Iowa International Raceway - Iowa
Southwest Regional Cup - Texas and Oklahoma
Great Lakes SKUSA - Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio
KRA Series at NCMP - Indiana
North Texas Kartways - Texas
Columbia Sportswear Sprint Series - Oregon
WKA - Manufacturer's Cup

TAG Racing International^TM Series
TAGÅ Racing Austria - Klosternevburg, Austria
Aruba TAGÅ Championship 2005 - Aruba
Finndrive Super Cup Series - Vantaa/Finland/EUR
Karting PR - Puerto Rico

Note: you must be a TAG Racing International^TM or TAG USA^TM member to qualify for the "2005 TAG World Championships".

Dave Larson
President ‚ TAG^TM Racing International