Road America Results

Well sadly neither of us did very well in races. Bryce only finished one full length race because of various mechanical issues. The race that he did finish he was losing power on his motor and barely kept up with any one in his class. Jack also had more than a few mechanical issues, although during our last race of the weekend he placed 2nd because he was basically one of 2 karts that managed to finish the race. The Team race was probably the most exciting of the weekend. Jack started the race and pulled out in front of the pack, then Bryce took over. Bryce and Mike Stroik were going back and forth for first place every lap until about one lap to go when a kart from another class bumped Bryce going into a turn and he lost his chain. All in all it was a very good learning weekend and expensive, so even though the results are disappointing, we both are satisfied with it overall.

Road America! Friday

Today was our first day here on the track at Road America. The morning started off with rain before practice began and that delayed everything by a few hours. But eventually the track was dry enough for everyone’s satisfaction and we were able to start. On the first practice session, Jack’s kart had a carb problem and pulled off the track 20 feet past the pit exit. Bryce ran fine in that and all practice sessions for the day, just getting the track down. Jack managed to run the rest of them after fixing his carb. The only race of the day was the charity race with both of us ran. Off the start, Bryce started 5 and came off the grid last of 20 but began passing people as soon as his motor gathered speed. Jack was the polar opposite, he pass most of the karts off the start and was running great. However, in the class that was started before us, a kart had spun in turn 5, a hard left hand turn. For whatever reason, his kart was still right in the middle of the track coming out of that turn when we got there. Bryce had just passed another racer going into that turn before the parked kart was visible, and he just barely cleared the stop kart. But the racer that Bryce had passed was unable to avoid it and smashed in to the stopped kart head on. The hit was so hard that Bryce could clearly hear it over his motor. This red flagged the race and we had to restart. Off the restart Jack did great again and Bryce did just slightly better. But again Bryce started passing karts immediately. Jack was in a good position in the front pack when he went off the track and into the grass. He got his kart back on to the track but was never able to get back into his original position. Bryce discovered halfway through that race that he had no rear brakes and was unable to hold his kart in the right line because he couldn’t slow down. Eventually he went into a set of rumble strips and lost his chain. Luckily, all of our issues today have been fixed and should be ready for tomorrow.