J&D Racing Fans,
This past weekend was a busy one for J&D Racing. J raced in race #1 of the Saturday Night Live series on 5/30 and both guys raced in the 3rd race of the season at SMS on 6/1. Weather for both days was 70’s during the day and about 60F at night during the feature races. Overall it was a good weekend for J&D Racing.
J is racing in a 5-race series at Rt 106 Racepark in Concord, NH called the Saturday Night Live (SNL) series. Each race of the 5 races is scheduled on the last Saturday of each month, May – September. D won’t be racing in this series since there is only one group of Tiger Sprints (A & B classes together). This series does time-trials instead of heat races to qualify for the feature. J won the pole with a time of 9.52 sec. Starting on the pole of the 8-kart field, J worked his way out to an early lead of the 35-lap event. Unfortunately, many cautions in the middle of the race took away his lead and eventually, one of the karts got around him. With two laps to go, J was planning to make his move to try to win, but lapped traffic got in the way. Check out the video for some good racing action. People were still commenting on Monday at SMS how good the race was at 106 on Saturday. Next SNL race is 6/27.
At SMS on 6/1, J started on the pole of the 6-lap heat race with 8 karts. He was suppose to start 3rd, but the karts scheduled to start 1st & 2nd didn’t make the race. He took and kept the lead for all of the 6 laps despite a caution flag on lap 3. So starting on the pole for the feature, J fell to 3rd on the first lap. The race stayed green for all 12 laps and he ended up finishing in 3rd. J has changed his line around the track and has reaped the benefits of faster lap times. The last 2 laps of the race, he ran his fastest times ever at SMS - 17.62 sec per lap. His kart is tight into turn 1 and so he scrubs off speed through turns 1 & 2. We are working on that for the next race. J is now 3rd in the point standings.
D also started on the pole for his 6-lap heat race. There were 18 karts signed in for the Tiger B class, so there were 3 heats with 6 karts in each race. He fell to second and ended up finishing there. This earned him the 6th starting spot of 9 karts in the first of two 10-lap feature races. D held his own and finished in 6th. D also ran his fastest laps ever at SMS, by finally recording two laps of 18.91 sec each. This is the first time D has run under 19 sec. D is 7th in the point standings.
It was a good weekend for J&D racing since both guys ran their fastest laps ever & J brought home 2nd & 3rd place finishes. We are hoping for another strong run on Mon. 6/8 at SMS. Unfortunately, weather may be factor. Stay tuned!!
J&D Racing,
S, B, J & D
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