tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:19:26 +0000Determined to become one of today's top racing talents, <br>Sam Marmurowicz has shown himself to be a serious contender <br>in the WKA.<br><br>Driving the #98 Pegasus Auto Racing/ OMP Margay, Sam has <br>proven he's quick and consistent while earning his first Driver's <br>Championship in HPV Jr with the Badger Kart Club. With the<br> dedication of Inch-Hi Motorports and the continued support <br> from our business partners, this combination can only <br>strengthen our bid for future success.http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (M)Blogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-8672975171087120270Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:40:00 +00002009-12-02T15:19:26.430-06:00It's funny not having anything to work on during the off season.  Not funny ha-ha but funny as in a fish out of water.  At every season end for the past six years we would engage in the same ritual.  Clear the trailer of everything, move it to our basement, and begin the tear down and build up process.  Not this year though.Those test days behind the wheel of that Rotax powered Merlin had one http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2009/12/what-to-do.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-1105240495402418807Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:06:00 +00002009-10-19T16:53:48.082-05:00Wow, did this one go by fast!The 2009 season actually came to a close for us back on September 27th.  We clinched our final position in the standings back on September 20th and because of this, chose to run a totally different kart/engine package in the final event.  More on this later.So even after all the frustration of several consecutive DNF's this past season, Sam managed to hold on to the http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2009/10/and-2009-comes-to-close.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-4288443485878442122Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:47:00 +00002009-09-21T09:31:35.313-05:00More than six weeks after we finished our last race we returned to the Badger Kart Club this past weekend with what we hoped to be a new lease on our racing life.  Past problems with our ability to keep a chain on our vehicle resulted in five DNF's (Did not finish) which began back in July at round three of the Midwest Sprint Series.Driver and crew are happy to report to you today that it seems http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2009/09/it-feels-good.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-2609647227498309871Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:59:00 +00002009-08-26T10:31:55.179-05:00That's right, another disappointing weekend in a long string of DNF's.  Four of them to be exact with a newly earned DNS this past Sunday.  Yep, it's gotten so bad for us that now our days are over before the green flag ever falls on us!  And with three races to go in our season we might be tempted to throw in the towel at this point and just cut our losses.The problem with that is in quitting http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2009/08/0-and-6.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-1214123276034772108Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:17:00 +00002009-08-17T09:36:42.830-05:00With a season like the one we're having right now I can't say that I'm disappointed in the fact that this year is winding down on us.  We have been plagued by problems for the past four weeks that are testing our patience and taxing our resources and frankly it's beginning to be darn near unbearable for all of us.That chain skipping problem that we expected to lose by this weekend, well it ain't http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2009/08/no-end-in-sight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-4693818878898000638Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:45:00 +00002009-08-04T13:26:35.940-05:00Why is it that I can't even buy a break sometime?  I'm a pretty nice guy for the most part.  I could stand to go to church a bit more than I do but I give back to the community, I help people who are in desperate need of help, and I hold the door for the elderly.&nbsp So why in God's name can't we finish a Midwest Sprint Series race?Turn the calendar back one year ago and you would undoubtedly http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2009/08/we-must-have-angered-gods.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-7155914332371052259Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:28:00 +00002009-08-04T13:27:57.246-05:00We've been quite busy lately with all things racing and non-racing related, so accept our apologies for our being tardy with our duty to bring you up to speed on our efforts.Sunday June 21st found us in 6th place at the end of our day.  For the most part the event went well all day until of course the final arrived.  Dueling with another driver for 3rd place, Sam got the short end of the stick http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2009/08/catching-you-up-with-our-progress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-7946556724302551165Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:31:00 +00002009-06-10T15:38:30.552-05:00Like drag racing?Go to 3AM with Gus for more information on how we spent our week off from the track.http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2009/06/something-tad-more-powerful-than-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-4560279856835869849Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:24:00 +00002009-06-01T10:43:19.931-05:00This past weekend at Badger Raceway was very productive for us and heartbreaking all at the same time. So much good could have come from our efforts, but being in the wrong place at the wrong time would end our charge prematurely.To our surprise, and our pleasure, eleven competitors showed up for our class on Sunday. It was the most HPV's we've seen in one place outside of a national event and http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2009/06/our-break-through.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-55574761184756069Tue, 26 May 2009 15:25:00 +00002009-05-26T11:32:52.709-05:00May 10th and 17th at Badger Raceway netted us two fourth place finishes in HPV Junior. What sounds and looks good on paper though isn't always how it seems.Sunday May 10th was virtually our first time out on a dry track so it took us some time to find our legs again. Several new drivers have found their way to our class this season and they are proving to be very fast right out of the box. A http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2009/05/couple-of-fourths.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-4415108840736717070Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:27:00 +00002009-04-27T12:36:48.846-05:00Mother 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 http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2009/04/0-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-3257088410795754641Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:57:00 +00002009-04-22T10:06:50.415-05:00In 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 trackhttp://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2009/04/season-opener-sunday-april-19th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-7127337875921678508Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:26:00 +00002009-03-13T14:42:56.159-05:00If I may ask, please direct your attention to the side bar on your right as you'll find our 2009 schedule has been assembled. Even though our primary focus right now is more toward the regional and national level, current events could force us to stay closer to our local track this season.  As stated previously, this schedule is subject to change should we find ourselves in a situation that http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2009/03/2009-schedule.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-7469990604804602548Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:34:00 +00002009-03-12T13:34:45.028-05:00http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2009/03/inch-hi-motorsports-video.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-4751230652681304484Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:41:00 +00002009-03-10T12:28:49.252-05:00Hello everyone and thanks for being so patient with us over the past few months.  My normal chatty self had very little to say since we had no idea of what our season would look like, and if we were going to have one at all.Our first obstacle (which we really haven't cleared yet) was whether or not a certain division of my wife's company is planning to strike like they've been threatening to do http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2009/03/still-burning-midnight-oil.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-7085572850148624255Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:30:00 +00002008-12-26T11:04:05.466-06:00Wow, that's a mouthful. If it even made sense at all!It's been quite a while since we last posted anything on our site so we first wanted to wish everyone a happy holiday and hope your Christmas brought everything your hearts desired. Good luck to all of our friends who made the trek to the WKA season opener in Daytona, (I swear one year we'll do it too) and we hope your trip is a safe one. What http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2008/12/tentatively-speaking-tentative-schedule.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-1879689375029243772Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:56:00 +00002008-10-14T12:01:47.806-05:00Want to see more? Go to 3AM With Gus for more details.http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2008/10/not-dads-proudest-moment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-5167765439115622614Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:54:00 +00002008-11-13T16:48:52.381-06:00That's all she wrote for 2008. Our season at the Badger Kart Club, and karting in general for this season has finally come to a close. Third place in the points is where we landed and like every year at about this time you can almost hear the collective sigh of relief from fans and competitors alike. But as always we find ourselves asking each other how it came and went so soon. It seemed like http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2008/09/last-time-down-that-road.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-6412012144710612397Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:23:00 +00002008-09-16T14:33:52.761-05:00Points Race #14 at Dousman this past weekend left a bit to be desired. We managed to run our fastest time of the season thus far, a 39.44, but couldn't seem to put anyone behind us in the process. We had a good turnout for a change with ten entries in our class. Coming off our high from the Road America event we felt confident in our abilities to finally run with the faster drivers who might http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2008/09/bittersweet-to-say-least.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-6511128514623888948Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:27:00 +00002008-08-27T14:06:46.432-05:00When I said in our last post to hang on because we've just begun I wasn't kidding. This past Sunday at Road America Sam has proven that it's his turn to be a major concern to others on the track as he posted a well deserved fourth place finish in his HPV Junior class of nine drivers."I'm just shooting for a top five finish" he said, before heading to the grid for his feature race. After all we http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2008/08/sign-of-things-to-come.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-6257314977516561281Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:50:00 +00002008-08-21T12:45:05.003-05:00Wow! What a difference that change made. We decided to try a different engine builder (our third in two years) and I think we got it right this time. Saturday we got to the track late in the day hoping there would be some sort of a track to work with. The club had been off for two weeks and people had been saying that times were off due to no rubber on the track. We found no break either as we http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2008/08/hang-on-tight-hes-just-begun.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-1306354917773854173Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:19:00 +00002008-07-29T13:58:33.545-05:00Although the amount of money spent this weekend wasn't nearly as much as last week's, the amount of frustration seen from driver and crew was just as high.It all boils down to seat time. And when priorities with one of my three jobs or scheduling conflicts in our personal lives should interfere with this it's easily noticed on race day. We only managed to finish a couple of hours of testing time http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-27th-in-books-and-august-3rd-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-180338533928014385Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:42:00 +00002008-12-09T18:34:43.400-06:00I know I've said it before and with my luck I fear today won't be the last, but this was by far the worst week we've ever had to date. Beginning this last Tuesday our intention was to get out and dust off the cob webs after a six week hiatus from racing. We planned on practicing each day out at our local track leading up to this past weekend's event. But all too often we find that what you plan http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2008/07/it-began-to-look-like-we-couldnt-buy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-8118033464229798077Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:23:00 +00002008-12-09T18:34:43.547-06:00We only came to practice. But after the spot where our truck and trailer was parked literally turned into a running stream we decided to white knuckle it through the night and try leaving in the morning.We just can't seem to catch a break here in Wisconsin. What first appeared to be a winter that was never going to let go quickly turned into the Great Lakes Tsunami season. Saturday we only http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2008/06/another-one-down-drain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632687.post-3983734910564353418Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:09:00 +00002008-12-09T18:34:43.673-06:00Congratulations to us is due in the fact that we've broken yet another record in our illustrious career in karting. We've managed to spend more money at this past weekend's Midwest Sprint Series Race at Badger than we have in any race to date and with absolutely nothing to show for it.Round two of the MWSS headed to Badger Kart Club this past weekend and we felt confident that we could run not http://samsracepage.blogspot.com/2008/06/record-broken-and-palms-burned.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M)