Monday 8/3 was an OK night for the J&D2 racing team at SMS. Weather was warm with temps in the 80’s and cooling down to the 60’s after sunset. This was the first race back after the Monster Truck show the previous weekend. The kart track gets covered with dirt for the Monster Trucks, and even though the track is cleaned up well, there is still some residual dirt which makes the track slick. The lighter karts that both J&D drive were loose coming out of the turns, but the heavier kart that S drives wasn’t affected as much.
A quick rundown of the three racers starts with J. He started 8th of 10 karts in his heat race. Moved up a spot or two and then got bit by the slick track conditions when he bobbled coming out of turn two. He dropped back to 8th and finished there. Starting 8th in the feature, he moved up to 4th and even had 3rd for a bit, but ended up finishing 4th. Not bad considering he started near the back. Josh is tied for 2nd in the point standings.
D started 5th of 8 karts in his heat, he moved up to 3rd and finished there. This gave him the 5th starting spot of 8 karts in the first feature. He fell back to 7th and maintained that spot throughout the race. He is 5th in the overall points standings.
S started 6th of 8 in the second heat and finished there. This allowed S to start 12th of 16 in the feature. He pretty much stayed there and picked up a position by passing a kart with 3 to go. When the checkered flag fell, S was in 10th. Not bad for the second time out, but still a way to go to be competitive.
Here is a picture of the 2009 J&D2 Racing Team.
No racing this week. The next race is 8/17 at SMS which is the Family Fun Night. This is the start of a four week stretch where we have racing at least once a week, if not more, so stay tuned.
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We enjoyed watching the boys 'live'! It was fun.
I can see how this can become a regular activity!
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