SUNDAY JULY 5TH SPECIAL RACE

ATTENTION ALL RACE FANS. THERE WILL BE NO RACE ON TUESDAY DUE TO THE SPECIAL RACE WE HAD ON SUNDAY JULY 5TH. I am not slacking again this week if you look for an update on Wed and there is not one. OK down to our exciting racing on Sunday. We were all excited last week to see how our new clutch was going to work out and that did not happen due to our oil transportation system malfunction. Today we still have "The Turd" loner engine on our kart. After an exciting birthday pool party, we rushed up to the track for 3pm with my sister-in-law in tow to get our half ass kart looked at to see if it was still OK to race. We checked air pressure, methanol levels, OIL LEVELS!!! then scaled it up and Chris made a rear axel adjustment. Things looked OK. Caleb did the warm up lap and was sliding a little so we switched over from SS11 to SS22. So far so good right. No not for Team Chaos, Hence the name. We are in the hot pits to start our first heat when Caleb's kart won't ideal right and stalls twice. Tim Tallman said Oh your gas tank is loose, he can't race this one pull him out of the line-up. We put him on the kart stand and notice the carb has loosened from the engine and tighten the screws at the restrictor plate. Done right. Wrong. Apparently this loner motor has a crack in the mount where the fuel tank attaches to the engine and is leaking methanol. Great. We coat hanger and wire the thing back together and carry our fire extinguisher with us, just kidding Mom. Methanol leaks are not a big deal I guess. Heat 2 he starts in the back of the pack and was still sliding around so finished last. We decide to change the air pressure again and Chris Long recommended we adjust the rear axel some more. For his feature race we are all prepped and ready to go! He actually had a good race. He started near the back but after 25 laps he moved up, had a bad point where the kid in front slowed down and Caleb ended up on top of him but got back off. He finished 10 out of 14 karts right behind his friend #20. No money again but we still have a kart to race next week and hopefully our engine will be back new and improved! So our tip of this week is make sure you do not have a screw loose and lubrication is the key to keeping everyone happy!