Margay Racing, LLC

Vintage
Since 1968, we’ve built our share of karts. Almost 20,000 to be exact. At least 90 unique models account for that number. As the Margay is a member of the cat family, many of the names used over the years also come from the cat family. It may be difficult to find a connection behind other names, however, there is usually a story behind each. Following is a brief primer Margay kart names:
Bandito Logo
‘New Breed’ was the name given to Margay’s first chassis as it was ushering in a ‘new breed’ of kart after Margay purchased the assets of King Kart. The ‘Sidewinder’ featured the first side-mounted engine. ‘AM Pac’ stood for American PACkage which was a turn-key kart consisting of a Panther X chassis with our own LMR 100cc reed engine. The ‘Bandito’ name was derived from a drawing by Don Freber of a pistol-pointing, sombrero-wearing Margay behind the wheel of a kart as it hurls down the track (still the coolest sticker we have ever produced). ‘SR-16’ stood for Sprint Racer 16 as it was the 16th different sprint chassis we built (apparently we spent more time developing the kart than we did the name). The ‘Expert’ name was applied to karts in an era where the IKF ‘Expert’ classes were dominated by karting’s heavy hitters. ‘ELS’ was a designation for Entry Level Sprint. ‘A/C’ designates the adjustable caster feature while ‘F/C’ designates Fixed Caster. ‘TNR’ designated Tom Nields Racing with whom we worked to develop that series of chassis. ‘TK’ stood for Tom (Nields) and Keith (Freber) while the ‘4’ in ‘400’ designated a four-rail chassis design. ‘SE’ designates sprint enduro. A ‘Tsunami’ is a killer tidal wave caused by an earthquake. That name was applied to another package kart which featured Yamaha engines. ‘Syncro’ had no real meaning or story behind it, it just sounded cool. Finally, ‘Brava’ was the conclusion of a late-night brainstorming session on the eve of the CIK homologation form submission.

Look for dates to be added to the list below in the future. Enjoy!

1.      New Breed
2.      Sidewinder
3.      Cheetah
4.      Cheetah Mark II
5.      Cheetah Mark III
6.      Cheetah Concept Enduro (Single & Dual)
7.      Concept Sprint
8.      Concept I Sprint Single
9.      Concept II Sprint Dual Dual New Breed
10.    Concept 1XL Single Enduro
11.    Concept II Dual Enduro
12.    Scat-Kat Fun Kart
13.    Panther
14.    Panther ELS
15.    Panther Jr.
16.    Panther X
17.    Panther X Jr.
18.    Panther X Dual
19.    Panther X Pro Kart
20.    Am Pac
21.    Pro X
22.    Bandito
23.    Bandito ELS
24.    SR-16
25.    Expert
26.    Expert II
27.    Expert III 15° Narrow, Centered
28.    Expert III 15° Narrow, Offset
29.    Expert III 12° Narrow, Centered
30.    Expert III 12° Narrow, Offset
31.    Expert III 15° Wide, Offset
32.    Expert III 12° Wide, Centered Jimmy Mann Margay C-Open
33.    Expert III 12° Wide, Offset
34.    Expert ELS
35.    Rookie 15 degree Narrow
36.    Lynx A/C
37.    Lynx Enduro
38.    Rookie Lynx
39.    Cougar A/C
40.    Cougar Enduro
41.    Puma F/C
42.    TNR TK 400
43.    TNR Shifter
44.    TNR Single Rail
45.    TNR Dual Rail
46.    TNR TK 400 Rookie
47.    TNR TK 425 Shifter
48.    Mini-Indy
49.    Lynx SE
50.    Tsunami 100
51.    Tsunami 125
52.    Lynx OTS
53.    Dual Rail
54.    Pro Shifter
55.    Single Rail
56.    Single Rail Pro
57.    TK425
58.    Syncro Blade USAC United States Auto Club Charter Membership
59.    Syncro Cadet
60.    Syncro A/C
61.    Syncro Quad
62.    Syncro SS
63.    Syncro SSA
64.    Syncro Blade
65.    Syncro F/C
66.    Brava 1
67.    Brava 4
68.    Brava 125
69.    Brava 80
70.    Brava 1 Limo
71.    Brava Cadet
72.    Cheetah Enduro
73.    Brava 2000
74.    Brava 2
75.    Brava SE 2
76.    Brava SE 4