We're sorry everyone but we haven't been very excited to bring you the latest news after the Pegasus Auto Racing Grand Prix of Dousman two weeks ago. Being the host sponsor of the first round of the Midwest Sprint Series had us proud and excited to show the out-of-towners how it's done. But old lady luck had other plans for us that weekend.
It's tough on everyone when you find yourself running at the back of the pack. It's equally frustrating when your kart is plastered in the host sponsor's livery and you are the last kart the crowd sees in the field. Lap after agonizing lap.
Yes we did have some of the best drivers in the Midwest in attendance. And guys who I might add have won numerous national titles. But we're not chopped liver ourselves, and we ran in the pack with a few of these drivers in classes past but fate wouldn't allow it in this particular event.
And in defense of our driver and the talented individual who I hired as our tuner that weekend we did quite well personally. Our best time was a half second quicker than we ever went around that track but unfortunately for us everyone else was also finding these accolades in their efforts.
And although I learned a lot from the young mechanic who worked with Sam for the better part of the weekend, I found it very unorthodoxed for me to just show up at a race track and sit on my rear end. Not one wrench was touched nor even one setting changed. I was relegated to fly-on-the-wall status and I owed it to the mechanic to stay that way. You know what they say about too many Chiefs and not enough Indians.
So to spare the ugly details, we finished at the back of the pack in both of our races. Dead last to be brutally honest, but I for one feel good about the fact that we did make progress. If you can't beat the competition, you can at least better yourself. And we clearly did that.
