Daytona Results

The Reall Racing Team returned from Daytona with moderate successes under their belts. On Friday, 12/28, they arrived for practice after working all day Thursday to prep the karts. During Friday's practice, we found that we were off the pace a little bit and worked on gearing.
After much despair, we got assistance from the Vehrings of 4CycleCentral. They assisted us with scaling of the karts and getting the gearing close. We then tried one of their motors to see if our motors were the problem.
On Saturday, we picked up some time in practice and prepared for the races. Bryce would start in Animal 335# class, with Jack running Animal 385#. Both classes would run the track at the same time, separated by a 10 second delayed start time. Bryce ran well and finished in the top ten, only to be penalized in post race tech for a bodywork infraction. Jack stayed out of trouble early in the packed field and finished 6th.
On Sunday, excited from the success the day before, and with the bodywork issues fixed; we prepared for the race. Today, we would be race group number 1 with all the Animal racers from the previous day in one class. Starting with 38 Animals on the Grid was more than we had experienced before. During the 30 minute timed race, very few incidents occured on the track allowing almost all the Animal Racers to finish. In the end, Jack and Bryce ran the last half of the race together with the lead going back and forth. Coming out of turn 4 on the final lap, Bryce made a move to the outside and passed Jack. Jack dove low and picked up the draft of another Karter to squeeze by Bryce at the line by .032 seconds.

Next up Kershaw, SC for Race #2 of the series at Carolina Motorsports Park.