Monday, 5/11/09, was opening night at Stafford Motor Speedway for the Wild Thing Kart Series & J&D Racing was ready to go. Weather was nice - a cool spring day w/ temps in the 60's during the day and the mid 50's at night.
D is kart driving the #08 kart in the Tiger Sprint "B" division just like last year. There were 17 karts in this division on opening night, so they were broken up into two groups. D started 8th of 8 in the second 6 lap heat race for the Tiger B's. He worked his way up to a third place finish which put him in the 10 lap A-Main Feature race. He started 6th of 9 and held his own for the first 8 laps before he fell to 7th, where he finished. D started improving at the end of last season and he continued to show progress throughout the night.
J is driving the #95 Lightning McQueen paint scheme in the Tiger Sprint "A" division like he did last year too. The only thing different for the #95 is the new Animal motor J has on his kart. Thanks to all of our sponsors for making this happen - Service Master of Fargo, Uncle L & Grandpa S.
There were 10 karts signed in for the Tiger Sprint "A" division and J drew a 4th place starting spot. The kart in front of him got off to a slow start in the 6 lap heat race and J dropped back to 6th place. He kept digging and was able to finish back in the 4th spot. This allowed him to start in the 4th spot for the 12 lap feature event. We'll let you watch the action in the feature for yourself. Enjoy the race!!
Next race at SMS is 5/18/09.
2 comments:
Congratulations J on your first place win! Great job D!
What I really want to know is how S managed to record such an exciting race without celebrating as J overtook the other karts and went on to win! 8)
Actually my hubby was taping for them because B couldn't be there and she is usually the one behind the camera...I was still expecting to hear some "whoohoo"ing from F! :)
I think it is so sweet how J thanks his mom, then corrects himself to thank his dad and say he wishes his mom was there to see it. awww!
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