Sunday, June 7, 2009
I name her Candy.
We raced our only time at Wiscasset last night. Car was good, driver was better. I got the car too loose for the feature. Evan held onto it well, just hard to pass on the outside with a car that wants to come out from under you. Finished 4th out of 13 cars. Congrats to POS Racing teammates Charlie, Kevin, and Bobby on their great runs last night. We will be busy this week getting the car ready for the 3 day, 3 race week starting Thursday at Beech Ridge, then Unity, and Speedway 95 on Saturday. Nice job last night Ev. I know what I need to do to her. I name her Candy.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
After 5 races 2009
This is my first blog of the season. Been busy with the racecar.
This winter we bought a new chassis, engine, wiring, rear end housing,just about all new car. We spent a lot of time setting it up, painting everything, switching over all the parts from the old chassis. We had a few glitches like the clutch issue, and the shifter, but all in all I think the car itself is going quite well.
Evan has been doing awesome on the track and off, with a 4th place in the standings, a 2nd, a 3rd, and 3 6th place finishes. He has brought the car in with minimal repairs needed, enabling me to work on maintenance and setup. So far, so good.
We are ready I think to make some changes to help Evan go faster. Wiscasset is next on the schedule. He has experience at this track, some good some not so good. I'm going to work hard to put the best setup in the car, hopefully we get an ounce of luck and get our first win in Legends soon. All for now, Todd
This winter we bought a new chassis, engine, wiring, rear end housing,just about all new car. We spent a lot of time setting it up, painting everything, switching over all the parts from the old chassis. We had a few glitches like the clutch issue, and the shifter, but all in all I think the car itself is going quite well.
Evan has been doing awesome on the track and off, with a 4th place in the standings, a 2nd, a 3rd, and 3 6th place finishes. He has brought the car in with minimal repairs needed, enabling me to work on maintenance and setup. So far, so good.
We are ready I think to make some changes to help Evan go faster. Wiscasset is next on the schedule. He has experience at this track, some good some not so good. I'm going to work hard to put the best setup in the car, hopefully we get an ounce of luck and get our first win in Legends soon. All for now, Todd
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Late season wrecks
Seems the end of the racing season brings out the worst in some drivers. Last Thursday we get wrecked on the last lap while we had the inside on the 4 car. He just turned down into Evan. Apparently he thinks he needs to continue the driving he's known for at Oxford. He took out 2 cars that were faster than him.
Friday night at Oxford for the Kart Klash. Sorry to see it was nothing like the Klash of 3 years ago. 14 karts in our unrestricted class, though. Evan drew last spot so he had to drive through the field, and the kart is showing the wear from that run. He spun to avoid many wrecks, rattled the clutch plate loose, lost the left side of the nose, and bent the rear bumper to a pretzel. Somehow he was in position to overtake the leader on lap 37 of 40 when the engine started sputtering , running out of fuel. He hung on for 2nd, nice run, Ev.
We decided to race at Richmond on Sunday. We repaired the body, and put the clutch plate back on. 14 karts at Richmond also, bound to be an eventful race. Evan won his heat, started at the rear because he won last time here. After a few false starts because of impatient drivers, the race went green. There was a lot of beating and banging, resulting in several spins and karts repaired under caution. I put plenty of fuel in the tank so we wouldn't worry about running out. Evan made it through the field to take the lead , in a great battle with Tate hodgdon and Willie Pelotte. The 3 of them swapped the lead in the in the final laps, with Tate ultimately winning. Thank you Tate and Willie, for racing Evan clean. That race was worthy of mention at the banquet. I hope someone got it on video. Got to go finish the legends car so we can race 3 times in 2 days. Beech Ridge final race on Thursday, a make-up and regular race at lee on Friday. All for now, Todd
Friday night at Oxford for the Kart Klash. Sorry to see it was nothing like the Klash of 3 years ago. 14 karts in our unrestricted class, though. Evan drew last spot so he had to drive through the field, and the kart is showing the wear from that run. He spun to avoid many wrecks, rattled the clutch plate loose, lost the left side of the nose, and bent the rear bumper to a pretzel. Somehow he was in position to overtake the leader on lap 37 of 40 when the engine started sputtering , running out of fuel. He hung on for 2nd, nice run, Ev.
We decided to race at Richmond on Sunday. We repaired the body, and put the clutch plate back on. 14 karts at Richmond also, bound to be an eventful race. Evan won his heat, started at the rear because he won last time here. After a few false starts because of impatient drivers, the race went green. There was a lot of beating and banging, resulting in several spins and karts repaired under caution. I put plenty of fuel in the tank so we wouldn't worry about running out. Evan made it through the field to take the lead , in a great battle with Tate hodgdon and Willie Pelotte. The 3 of them swapped the lead in the in the final laps, with Tate ultimately winning. Thank you Tate and Willie, for racing Evan clean. That race was worthy of mention at the banquet. I hope someone got it on video. Got to go finish the legends car so we can race 3 times in 2 days. Beech Ridge final race on Thursday, a make-up and regular race at lee on Friday. All for now, Todd
Friday, August 15, 2008
Beech Ridge 8/14
Had a good race at the Ridge last night. Evan started in 6th spot, outside of the 399. On lap 1 the 06 I believe checked up, causing the 10 and 399 to tap each other, the 21 and 87 got together ending the 87's day. Evan restarted in 6th again, and fell back before getting back down in line. He did a great job avoiding several near wrecks, passing several cars and was happy with the car handling. He finished 9th, out of 18 cars on track. We rolled the car in the trailer undamaged. Great job, Evan.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Beech Ridge
I believe the 56 car is going to be good on Thursday. Along with the immense setup help from Bob Weymouth ,the 399, Evan is getting more comfortable with the car and the track. We should be good there. We should be good at Wiscasset also, on Saturday.
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