Well, after the run at Kershaw, we were home for Race number 1 of the Dart Kart Series at our home track, Mid Ohio. The regional race runs a shortened weekend with racing on Saturday and Sunday from 8am to 2pm, then a motorcycle group takes over the track.
We were both setup and ready to go Saturday morning. Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate. The Saturday races were considered "wet". Since we had no one else running in our class, we only had to grid to recieve points.
Sunday, we ran well, but Bryce had trouble with his karts performance. We will sort it out later.
I ran 1:55 lap times and handled really well.
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Kershaw Results
The trip to Kershaw was...exciting?! We arrived late on Friday and began to set up our site for camping and got the karts ready for the first practice on Saturday. We came from a late winter storm of 20.5 inches of snow, so it was difficult to prepare everything at home.
We camped in the trailer to save a little money. Everything was going well. And Kershaw has wireless internet and electric, so we were in good shape.
Saturday, we hit the new layout of Kershaw. It was a much better track design. It was also a little slick and bumpy.
Saturday's race was Jack in 385 and Bryce in 335. Bryce came in from the second practice after dying at the end of the straight. We thought it was a carb and changed it out. But he was not able to get started at the start of the race. (Afterwards, we found he had thrown a rocker in the last practice). I, Jack, started well and ran right up to third, behind two top drivers. On lap two of the 15 lap (30 minute) race, I lost my clutch bolt and then the chain.
After the race on Saturday it began to get gloomy. We got the stuff put away as much as possible and began to get ready to camp in the trailer again. Then it hit! Rain, wind and tornadoes. We lost the canopy almost immediately. As soon as we got a break, we put the karts away and unhooked the trailer. We then headed to Lancaster to seek shelter in a hotel. When we got there, we were subjected with tornado warnings and touchdowns all evening long around us. When we returned on Sunday, we found the track intact, but debris and trees everywhere.
Sunday's races were delayed after attempts to dry and clean the track. We were the first race, so the track was pretty green. Jack and Bryce ran together in 360. Bryce's setup was not the best so he was pretty loose throughout the race. Jack ran up to the front off a great start and settled in a 3rd. A 360 spin on the back straight put him back to 7th. At the beginning of the second lap, the kart in front of him spun and flipped, causing a red flag. The driver was shaked but all right. The decision was to run a shortened race with a complete restart. During the rest of the race, Jack ran up in fifth, then fourth place, taking turns with the third place kart of Chris Moore. The kart tightened up at the end and he finished fourth. This was the first trophy in a WKA National event for the Reall Racing team.
Kershaw continues to be a thorn in Bryce's side as he struggles here. We had fun, and look forward to returning next year.
Up next, WKA regionals at Mid Ohio on April 25-27, 2008
We camped in the trailer to save a little money. Everything was going well. And Kershaw has wireless internet and electric, so we were in good shape.
Saturday, we hit the new layout of Kershaw. It was a much better track design. It was also a little slick and bumpy.
Saturday's race was Jack in 385 and Bryce in 335. Bryce came in from the second practice after dying at the end of the straight. We thought it was a carb and changed it out. But he was not able to get started at the start of the race. (Afterwards, we found he had thrown a rocker in the last practice). I, Jack, started well and ran right up to third, behind two top drivers. On lap two of the 15 lap (30 minute) race, I lost my clutch bolt and then the chain.
After the race on Saturday it began to get gloomy. We got the stuff put away as much as possible and began to get ready to camp in the trailer again. Then it hit! Rain, wind and tornadoes. We lost the canopy almost immediately. As soon as we got a break, we put the karts away and unhooked the trailer. We then headed to Lancaster to seek shelter in a hotel. When we got there, we were subjected with tornado warnings and touchdowns all evening long around us. When we returned on Sunday, we found the track intact, but debris and trees everywhere.
Sunday's races were delayed after attempts to dry and clean the track. We were the first race, so the track was pretty green. Jack and Bryce ran together in 360. Bryce's setup was not the best so he was pretty loose throughout the race. Jack ran up to the front off a great start and settled in a 3rd. A 360 spin on the back straight put him back to 7th. At the beginning of the second lap, the kart in front of him spun and flipped, causing a red flag. The driver was shaked but all right. The decision was to run a shortened race with a complete restart. During the rest of the race, Jack ran up in fifth, then fourth place, taking turns with the third place kart of Chris Moore. The kart tightened up at the end and he finished fourth. This was the first trophy in a WKA National event for the Reall Racing team.
Kershaw continues to be a thorn in Bryce's side as he struggles here. We had fun, and look forward to returning next year.
Up next, WKA regionals at Mid Ohio on April 25-27, 2008
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