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GEEZER BARNESVILLE 2019 FINAL RACE DAY - Blaine Young - 03-16-2019

SMOKEY WINS AT BARNESVILLE!!!!!  OK SORTA KINDA.  WHILE SMOKEY SLEPT, VINCE K AND SEAN K DUG THE BIG J LANCER SIDEWINDER OUT OF THE TRAILER AND ENTERED IT IN THE KART SHOW (AT SMOKEY'S REQUEST).  I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DID, BUT THEY CAME OUT WITH BOTH A PLAQUE AND A CERTIFICATE.  FORTUNATELY THEY DID GET THEIR PICTURES TAKEN FOR THE VKA WRITEUP.

THE DAY WAS DRY AND LESS THAN TROPICAL (MOSTLY HIGH 40S TOPPING OUT AT ABOUT 50).   THERE WAS A STRONG TURNOUT AND LOTS OF SPECTATORS (SMART ENOUGH TO STAY IN THEIR CARS) ACROSS THE TRACK.  IT WAS IMPRESSIVE GIVEN THE ROTTEN LONG TERM FORECASTS RIGHT UP TO RACE DAY AND A LOT OF REASONABLE UNHAPPINESS WITH LAST YEAR'S POORLY RUN RACES.

TODAY'S RACES WENT OFF WELL.  FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO MAJOR INJURIES (EXCEPT TO EGOS AND EQUIPMENT).  THE NEGAL C-OPEN WEST BENDS RECOVERED FROM THE DISAPPOINTMENT AT BUSHNELL AND WON THE CLASS.  JERRY NEGAL'S NEAR BULLET PROOF 101S ACTED UP AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN RECENT MEMORY HE DIDN'T SWEEP C-OPEN.  GARY W'S KILLER B-OPEN DEVELOPED AN IGNITION PROBLEM IN ONE ENGINE THAT JUST WOULDN'T SORT OUT.  THIS KILLED ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR SEAN K TO BLOW UP MORE THAN 3 MACS IN ONE RACE DAY.

THE JUNIORS PUT ON THREE GOOD RACES.  THEY HAD THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ENGINES AND BIG DIFFERENCES IN EXPERIENCE LEVEL.  THEY RAN CLOSER TOGETHER THAN YOU WOULD EXPECT WITH THAT MANY DIFFERENT FACTORS AT WORK.

THE YAMAHA CLASSES HAD LARGER NUMBERS OF ENTRIES THAN MOST OF THE OTHERS.  SEVERAL WERE BIG ENOUGH THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SAFER TO RUN TIMETRIALS FOR THEM AND START THE FASTEST KARTS AT THE FRONT.

SMOKEY