Racing May 19th

Well race fans, if there are any out there, we had an amazing nite tonite. Unfortunately no one seemed to be around to witness it unless we have some fans across the feild in the spectator section. Our pits were empty tonite. Anut Rae and Grandpa were unable to come and so far that is all that we have been drawing for a crowd. I guess if you don't win big, people just stay home. This year is a learning year for us. I am trying to learn about all the ins and outs of maintaining the kart and making adjustments. There are so many thing that can be changed to affect performance that it is a little overwhelming to be honest. There is toe adjustments, camber, stagger, gearing, air pressure, cross weight and then there is just how the driver performs to. Lots to consider but hey we are having fun even if we are not winning races or money this year.
OK tonite we started off with some clutch problems so off we went to the tech guy Chris for some quick input to fix our noisy problem. Last year I over lubed, apparently now i am under lubricating! Hole crap, hopefully I get it right next week. If not I atleast know how to fix the problem should it happen again. Our first heat we started last and finished last. Oh well. The second heat we were in the number one pole position since they flip the starting order. We feel back and finished second last only to Caleb's friend #20. For the feature race we cleaned the tires. prepped them, topped up our air pressure and methanol. We started the race second last but let me tell you, Caleb ran the best race so far of the season. He was passing other karts and moving up in the pack with 5 karts behind him at one point. Then the trouble started. There was an accident and yellow flags came out. The karts were relined and restarted, then another accident and Caleb ended up off the track and dropped back to 3rd last. Then more problems and he was 2nd last. THEN his friend #20 ran up the back of him and Caleb's kart got a little messed up and he did not finish the race. S..t happens right. He was doing awesome thought, keeping up and passing. I was biting my knuckles and talking to him from the fence even though he could not here my coaching. After it was all said and done, we changed his spark plug, rotated the air filter and FINALLY got it to restart and he ran it around the track some more to make sure that what ever was wrong was corrected. His kart was reving super hign but had no torque to it? He figures all 4 tires were on the ground and he ran out of fuel but i beg to differ. I think he was on uneven ground and yes there was fuel. The air filter was full of dirt so maybe the engine just could not breath? Who knows but we can only get better next week right! Until next week if anyone is out there. I am beat from lifting 165lb kart all nite.