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GEEZER BARNESVILLE 2019 FIRST RACE DAY
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THE VINTAGE KART WEATHER GODS SMILED ON BARNESVILLE TODAY.  THE FRONT MOVED THROUGH LATE LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING WITH THUNDER & HEAVY RAIN.   THE MORNING LIGHT RAIN STOPPED AND THE TRACK WAS DRIED OUT FOR THE SCHEDULED AFTERNOON PRERACE PRACTICE.  THE FIRST HEATS WENT OFF ON SCHEDULE.

THE BIGGEST SURPRISE WAS THAT PAPA (NEGAL) SMURF CAME IN SECOND IN HIS +60 AND REAR 6.1 HEATS.  MR. HARTMAN'S CLUTCH FAILED TO WORK A FLAWLESSLY AS USUAL.   WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE THIRD HEAT AFTER A LITTLE TINKERING.

THERE WERE TWO ACCIDENTS DURING THE FIRST HEATS.  VINCE K WAS JUST ABOUT PAST A PILE UP OF TWO KARTS IN FRONT OF HIM WHEN THEY CAUGHT HIS REAR WHEEL AND ONE OF THE KARTS ACTUALLY RAN UP HIS BACK AND HIT HIS RIGHT HAND.   FORTUNATELY VINCE WASN'T SERIOUSLY HURT (HE FINISHED THE RACE) BUT IT WAS SCARY TO SEE THAT KART CLIMB UP HIS BACK.

THE FOUR STROKES PILED UP AT DEAD MAN'S CURVE (THE END OF THE STRAIGHTAWAY).  THREE KARTS WERE SIDELINED (HAD TO BE PULLED APART) AND THE RACE WAS RED FLAGGED AND STARTED OVER.  FORTUNATELY, NO ONE HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.

THERE WAS A NEW CLASS OF TWIN SIDEWINDER YAMAHAS WHICH HAD FOUR KARTS.  NO ONE RAN THE ROTARY VALVE DUAL CLASS TO MY DISAPPOINTMENT.  IN THE B&C OPEN REAR KARTS WHICH STARTED BEHIND THE YAMAHAS, PAPA SMURF'S TRUSTY 101S RAN DOWN ALL THE YAMAHAS BUT ONE AND WAS WORKING ON HIM.

RAIN IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE PROBLEM TOMORROW.  IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE PRETTY BRISK, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING SHOULD GO OFF OK.

SMOKEY
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