Red Hot racing in Tillsonburg Continues.
July 16 Race report.
# 14 Paige Smith was back to form in her own kart and dominated the Beginners this week. Paige's younger sister , Aubrey is doing great but is still unpredictable when trying to pass her. # 25 Logan Lapierre used is racing judgement to avoid contact but lost some time in the process to Paige. The results finished with Paige, Logan, and Aubrey in that order. Good Job Kids
In the Juniors, it was all # 5 Tom Pellizzari taking all three wins this week. Tom seems to have found a way to defy gravity as he was able to two wheel his kart around a bank that was designed to prevent drivers from cutting the track. Next fastest was # 45 Nick Sheridan who has been unable to go a whole night without getting locked to another kart. When he avoids that pitfall he is right up there and finished this week second overall. Rookie # 15 Kyle McGlone was able to put three decent finishes together for third this week. This group is running times that rival the Seniors. Great racing
The Seniors division had a first time winner this week. # 66 Colby Bennett found some new speed and went 3-2-1 for the overall win. No less than 5 teams were running 8.6 second laps this week and it made for more really tight racing. How Tight? As the checkered flag came out for the leader in the final main, a group of 3 karts were a 3/4 lap away from finishing, but they were in a battle for positions 4, 5 and 6. Oscar McCormack who has been improving all season looked to have 4th in the bag but behind him was # 39 Kate Courtnage who wanted by. She went high to have a look at an outside pass. Seeing an opportunity to move up was # 52 Jacob Sheridan and he made a move. Quick to see she was going to loose a spot, Kate dropped back down between McCormack and Sheridan but in the process hooked the rear bumper of McCormack. That was more than could be corrected for by any of the three and the trio went up into the wall with McCormack taking the worst of it. Frustrating? Certainly. Guess who gets to start up front next week? So how did the results end up. Jacob Sheridan and Bea Courtnage were tied for second and Eric McGlone was third.
On another note Seniors, many of your karts have a bent forward rear bumper upright. The original design is the part is straight with a slight rearward lean. Get it back to that position. Hint, sliding an old axle over it and pulling will bring it back if you do not have a vice. You all have a bent axle laying around the shop somewhere, don't you?
This seemed to be the week of broken Expert Karts with 50% pulling off the track in the 30 lap feature. Regardless, there was some great racing and fun was had by all. Scott Chesterman, Holly Porter and Scott Kelly were the top three this week.
Next race is in Tillsonburg , July 23. Could someone arrange for a slightly cooler night?
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Mid year I am reminded of the evolution our racers make every season. At the beginning there is a mix of new and old, fast and not so fast drivers. Everyone plays nice and the slower drivers are easy to pass cleanly. The experienced/faster drivers get by easily. The slower driver's teams agree how fun this racing business is and can't wait for their drivers to get faster. The drivers do, get faster that is and then the same teams notice that they are receiving more contact during a race. To the uninitiated, their driver is being roughed up. The reality is the faster drivers are no longer that much faster, and passes are no longer really that clean. Some are, but some are not. These newly faster drivers will keep getting faster and some will soon be attempting to pass the drivers that used to pass them. In the process they won't be that smooth(or clean) and they will likely be giving back some of the paint that they received earlier. And so goes another season.
One last thing I would like to point out to "parents" so our volunteer officials do not quit.
It is directly from our rule book.
"Arguing a call of a track official on race day will result in a TEAM penalty which may be accessed the same day or the following weeks."
The "penalty" can take a variety of forms to get the desired outcome. (which is to not have officials "abused" face to face the night of a race.)
I recommend-----Race night, say nothing, cool down and call the next morning if you have something "civil" to say.
If you have a valid point to make, it will wait until the morning.
Until next week.....
Dave Chesterman.
Chesterman Power Products
Tillsonburg Indoor MX
Tillsonburg Outlaw Kart Club
www.chesterman.ca519-842-5977
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