NO WINS :(

Both Mason and Rick raced this past weekend. Unfortunately, neither won brought home a win. Here's the details...

Saturday, July 2: Mason raced at Arthur Raceway. His practice times were good. Rick added wedge here, took out air there, and he was off to qualify. He had the fastest time out of his class with a 10.16. A storm came through during qualifying and completely changed the track. His first heat race, he was once again stuck in the rear of the pack due to winning the prior week's feature. He made it up to 4th place for the finish. After a couple other adjustments, he went back out for his 2nd and 3rd (dash) heats and took 1st place in both of them. This sat him on the pole for the feature. Due to lapped traffic, track conditions and gearing, he wasn't able to get to the front. He made it to 2nd place. Rick and I have always said, we don't want Mason to dominate, we want him to be competitive. We feel he will learn more from having to race the kids, rather than drive out in front of them. It's still hard to accept a loss though, especially after so many wins. I was a bit disappointed until Mason and I went to tell the driver that won "good luck". The smile on that other driver's face made Mason's 2nd place finish acceptable. The kid was smiling from ear to ear. Other good news is that he doesn't have to start in the rear of the pack next week. And next week is Mid-season Championship for double points so it's a good week to not have to start in the rear. :)

Monday, July 4: Rick's race started off on edge after being drawn in the same heat as the "bad seeds". He went out on the track not knowing what direction to go in... keep a level head or get pissed off. He jumped out in the front early on and was going strong until he wasn't going at all. After leading 8-9 laps out of a 12 lap heat, the car had mechanical problems. He went over a jump and didn't hardly make it up the next one. The passenger side motor mount broke, allowing the motor to shift and pretty much everything else to fall out of place. The car was carried over to the trailer and his night of racing was over as quick as that. That's the downside of the Bump-N-Run. You work so hard on the car and get so excited and something happens that's beyond on your control. Way too much is being asked of these cars and it's bound to happen. Maybe next time...