Marc Parker of portland oregon never disappoints with the fine karts he consistently submits to Readers' Karts. This Bug Sprint twin saw some real racing action at the Western regionals in Sept '00. Here is Marc's letter that came with these photos:
Bob-Attached are three photos of my Bug Sprint with Twin MC70's. I purchased the kart and the engines locally. I sent the engines to Vince Hughes for check up, and he rebuilt the twin carbs, and balanced the cranks as 70s were notorious for vibrating. We set this one up under time pressure for Phil Pfau who ran it a few laps in the Western VKRA race held in Portland. You have to see Phil and his crew trying to start this monster with direct drive (it's in the video). Although Phil did not complete the races because of tuning challenges he believes these 70s will blister just about anything out there and the Bug is a handler. Tires are Bluestreaks, paint is black powercoat, upholstery is original. My plan is to run this kart at VKRA races next year, but with twin 101s in order to preserve these rare and beautiful 70s. I plan to add disk brakes on front, as I haven't learned how to corner yet, in order to stay within striking distance of Bill Rice's exhaust. I'm including an action photo to prove that I don't hang these karts on the wall.
