April 27, 2009

0-2

Mother nature did it to us yet again. Round two of the BKC Bridgestone Championship series was rained out for the second straight weekend.

We arrived on Friday evening and immediately went to work on the kart, rebuilding the carb and clutch. What we hoped would have been a great day of testing on Saturday turned into a waiting game with countless hours of TV and board games. After everything was said and done on Sunday, we didn't so much as turn the engine over.

New on the schedule is Sunday May 10th, Mother's Day. We originally planned on passing on this event but the teams financier, mother, and wife has made it clear to us that she's OK with spending the day at the track.

We'll see if third time's the charm.

April 22, 2009

Season Opener, Sunday April 19th

In grand fashion and what has historically happened for years, the season opener at Badger Raceway was a rain out. Only three classes were awarded race points with the rest of us receiving 200 rain points.

Not too disappointing seeing that we had to scramble to get the kart even drivable on Friday. Saturday's weather was fantastic but between broken parts and upwards of 40 karts being on the track at the same time, any real testing was useless.

Once Sunday arrived we were greeted with cold temperatures (thirty degrees cooler than Saturday) and skies that would threaten rain for most of the morning until it finally arrived mid afternoon. The decision was made literally as Sam was waiting on the grid to go out for his second heat race. Nothing left to do but pack up and hope for the best on the 26th.