Fall Classic Sugar hill speedway 1/11/09

This weekend we raced at Sugar hill speedway. This weekend it was the Fall Classic so it was a huge race people all the way from Connecticut come to race and watch this race!! About one hundred and four Karts were at the track so it was jammed packed with Thirty foot trailers when the time for the Fall Classic people don't mess around!! Our first practice went as well as it could have ever it was so far the best practice with awesome times!! Our second practice went more awesome I was humming ( to see what I mean by humming watch Driven the movie)!! Then as I was getting out of my car I heard a crashing sound I looked over and saw a tiger sprint go kart go nose over tail three times and then hit the wall with extreme force. I was amazed by the damage on that car amazingly there was Only a few dents and spots where paint chipped. Then we had our drivers meeting which went pretty good. Followed by our drivers meeting we had our time trials so we got ready and went out for time trials. Once they posted the times on the board we found out we qualified second to the #99 car the same guy I won to last year it was like a blast from the past!! Pretty soon we were getting ready and we were ready to go green flag racing. I got out onto the track and we lined up then the green flag waved and we went underway immediately the #60 jumped out in front followed by the #99 we ran third till lap nine when I dived underneath the #99 and took second back!! We went single file as the #60 and I pulled away. Then out of no where a car spun and was taken off the track that brought the cation out after we were all lined up we went green and immediately again the #60 pulled away to half a track. As I came around the corner we received five to go and boy did I fly I made up half a track in four laps then on white flag going into three I dived down low and took the lead but then the #60 made the same move on me as we got closer to the checkered he pulled a little bit a head and boy it was close we came in second by less than a car length!!! It was the best finish we ever had that we were competitive in!! It was an spectacular finish. Special thanks to Meme, Bubba, Uncle Ron, Aunt Julie, and Aunt Margaret who came and supported us. Another special thanks to our other sponsors who sponcered us all year Office Environments, E and S Insurance, Gamens Outdoor Property Services, New England Karting Center, Meme and Bubba, Nana and Papa, the Frenches and my pit crew and back up pit crew (Uncle Kirk). Thank you all for a spectacular season we will see you next season!!

Route 106 raceway 10/10/09

This weekend we raced at Route 106 raceway. My Dad couldn't come because he had to go to a wedding so My Uncle Kirk voulentered to be my back up crew chief. This race was not a normal race because we had two practices then a feature race and then time trials then another race. The reason for it is because we were making up one race that got rained out then we were also doing a tripple crown race. Our first practice went pretty good no accidents. Our second practice went good to but the car was a little loose. Then we got ready Uncle Kurk pushed me up to the grid and we went racing everybody was pretty loose because of cold and because we were running hard tires. So we kept racing and I finished third. Then we did time trials and I qualiffied fourth not very bad I guess. And then had a very very long break till it was 10:30 PM when we finnally got started there was frost on my front pannel and I was writing smilley faces on it. Finally we started up and got the green flag and from that point on every body was sliding every where in every direction. Pretty much everybody had a little damage. We finished fourth because of a bent spindle. But racing with hard tires in 38 degree weather your going to slide a lot so we really shouldn't of raced but we did and finished in the top five. Special thanks to Uncle Kirk!!!

Route 106 raceway 9/26/09

Last weekend we raced at Route 106 raceway. In the first practice we did absolutly awesome beating our own personal record by one whole second, we were running 8.7 seconds!!!! The second practice we did even better than before and I think we beat our new record!! After all the practices were finished we started up for time trials. We did okay I guess in the time trial considering I was sliding every where, we finished fourth but I had to hold back a ton so I wouldn't spin so we still had a very fast car. So my Dad dropped a pound around and we waited to go green flag racing. Soon my division was up so I suited up and waited at the grid. Finally we went out onto the track and went green flag, pretty much immediatly I moved up to third place and I held my possision. The leaders were pretty far a head but as the race went on I reeled them in. And soon I was right on the second place persons bumper!! Then right when I was going to make my move cation goes out. Once we were all lined up again we went green and again I held onto third as the leaders pulled a head but then six laps later I am right up with them trying to get around I went high then low trying to get around them!! Just then another cation goes out. And again we lined up and went green and again I held my possission as the leaders pulled ahead finally we receved two to go and boy did I put the petal to the metal I closed like five car lengths and recieved third by only a car length!! An outstanding finish for us!!