01-26-2018, 09:29 PM
UNLIKE THURSDAY, FRIDAY MORNING PRACTICE WAS MET WITH LIGHT WINDS AND SUNSHINE. SMOKEY'S FIRST PRACTICE WAS REALLY INAUSPICIOUS. I DEPARTED THE PITS (BARELY) AND PROCEEDED TO STALL OUT ON THE UPHILL OVERPASS FROM A REALLY OVER RICH CARB (COMPLETING PERHAPS AN ENTIRE 1/4 OF A LAP). THE NEXT PRACTICE WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY, BUT AT A SNAIL'S PACE.
DESPITE SMILIN DAVE'S DISLIKE OF REPORTING RACE RESULTS, THERE ARE SOME NOTABLE RESULTS. FIRST, NO ONE WON DUAL SIDEWINDER. THERE WERE NO ENTRIES IN THE CLASS. BUSHNELL IS A GREAT TRACK WITH 16 TURNS IN 2/3 OF A MILE. WHEELING A PAIR OF B-BOMBS OR BM130'S AROUND THE TRACK WOULD BE EXHAUSTING. NO ONE PUT THEIR BIG MONEY RIGS ON THE LINE ONLY TO BE COMPLETELY WORN OUT AT THE END OF EACH RACE.
THE YOUNG MAN IN JUNIORS WAS BOTH FIRST AND LAST. HE WAS THE ONLY ENTRY IN JUNIORS. THE IMPLICATIONS ARE RATHER CLEAR.
IN SPORTSMAN, THREE BRAVE SOULS DECIDED THEY WOULD RUN WITH SMOKEY IN HIS FIRST RACE SINCE 1974 (THEN C-OPEN TWIN B-BOMBS). DESPITE SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE MC40'S PERFORMANCE, THE OTHER SPORTSMAN DISAPPEARED IN THE DISTANCE AT NEAR LIGHT SPEED. THE REAR 6.1S CAME ZIPPING BY AT WHAT SEEMED LIKE NO TIME AT ALL. THE SPORTSMAN CAME BY SHORTLY THEREAFTER. ONE UNFORTUNATE SPORTSMAN BADLY BENT A SPROCKET AND LOST A CHAIN SAVING ME FROM THE EXPECTED LAST PLACE FINISH.
HE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO LET OUR VISITOR FROM CANTON, OHIO (MY ORIGINAL HOME TOWN) RUN THE KART IN THE NEXT HEAT.
THE SECOND HEAT SAW SOME MORE IMPROVEMENT FROM THE MC40 (THE CYLINDER HEAT TEMP ACTUALLY GOT UP TO 190! A BIT SHORT OF A GOAL OF LOW TO MID 300S). ONE OF OUR SPORTSMAN DIDN'T MAKE THE GRID. IT TOOK LONGER FOR MOST OF THE FIELD TO BLOW BY ME. ONE POOR SOUL BEAT A SPOCKET AND KICKED CHAIN PUTTING SMOKEY IN 2ND PLACE (REFERRED TO AS FIRST LOSER BY A FRIEND WITH HIGH STANDARDS).
BUTCH K HAD ENGINE TROUBLE IN +60 IN THE FIRST RACE AND REBOUNDED WITH A 2ND PLACE IN THE SECOND HEAT. SON VINCE WAS ENTERED IN THE LARGEST CLASS (STOCK KT100 -13 ENTRIES). UNFORTUNATELY, THE YOUNG WHIPERSNAPPER (A MERE 49 OR 50) PULLED A MUSCLE AND PASSED ON RACING TODAY.
CONCERN OVER POTENTIAL RAIN MOVED THE KART SHOW TO NOON TODAY. THE FINAL HEAT IS SET FOR TOMORROW AT 9:30 AM! I THINK THEY ARE TAKING BETS IN VEGAS OVER WHETHER OR NOT I CAN GET UP THAT EARLY.
SMOKEY
DESPITE SMILIN DAVE'S DISLIKE OF REPORTING RACE RESULTS, THERE ARE SOME NOTABLE RESULTS. FIRST, NO ONE WON DUAL SIDEWINDER. THERE WERE NO ENTRIES IN THE CLASS. BUSHNELL IS A GREAT TRACK WITH 16 TURNS IN 2/3 OF A MILE. WHEELING A PAIR OF B-BOMBS OR BM130'S AROUND THE TRACK WOULD BE EXHAUSTING. NO ONE PUT THEIR BIG MONEY RIGS ON THE LINE ONLY TO BE COMPLETELY WORN OUT AT THE END OF EACH RACE.
THE YOUNG MAN IN JUNIORS WAS BOTH FIRST AND LAST. HE WAS THE ONLY ENTRY IN JUNIORS. THE IMPLICATIONS ARE RATHER CLEAR.
IN SPORTSMAN, THREE BRAVE SOULS DECIDED THEY WOULD RUN WITH SMOKEY IN HIS FIRST RACE SINCE 1974 (THEN C-OPEN TWIN B-BOMBS). DESPITE SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE MC40'S PERFORMANCE, THE OTHER SPORTSMAN DISAPPEARED IN THE DISTANCE AT NEAR LIGHT SPEED. THE REAR 6.1S CAME ZIPPING BY AT WHAT SEEMED LIKE NO TIME AT ALL. THE SPORTSMAN CAME BY SHORTLY THEREAFTER. ONE UNFORTUNATE SPORTSMAN BADLY BENT A SPROCKET AND LOST A CHAIN SAVING ME FROM THE EXPECTED LAST PLACE FINISH.
HE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO LET OUR VISITOR FROM CANTON, OHIO (MY ORIGINAL HOME TOWN) RUN THE KART IN THE NEXT HEAT.
THE SECOND HEAT SAW SOME MORE IMPROVEMENT FROM THE MC40 (THE CYLINDER HEAT TEMP ACTUALLY GOT UP TO 190! A BIT SHORT OF A GOAL OF LOW TO MID 300S). ONE OF OUR SPORTSMAN DIDN'T MAKE THE GRID. IT TOOK LONGER FOR MOST OF THE FIELD TO BLOW BY ME. ONE POOR SOUL BEAT A SPOCKET AND KICKED CHAIN PUTTING SMOKEY IN 2ND PLACE (REFERRED TO AS FIRST LOSER BY A FRIEND WITH HIGH STANDARDS).
BUTCH K HAD ENGINE TROUBLE IN +60 IN THE FIRST RACE AND REBOUNDED WITH A 2ND PLACE IN THE SECOND HEAT. SON VINCE WAS ENTERED IN THE LARGEST CLASS (STOCK KT100 -13 ENTRIES). UNFORTUNATELY, THE YOUNG WHIPERSNAPPER (A MERE 49 OR 50) PULLED A MUSCLE AND PASSED ON RACING TODAY.
CONCERN OVER POTENTIAL RAIN MOVED THE KART SHOW TO NOON TODAY. THE FINAL HEAT IS SET FOR TOMORROW AT 9:30 AM! I THINK THEY ARE TAKING BETS IN VEGAS OVER WHETHER OR NOT I CAN GET UP THAT EARLY.
SMOKEY