STILL GOING...

Mason raced this past Saturday at Arthur Raceway.  He ran both the purple plate alcohol and gold plate classes.  This was the first race day for the chase toward the championships.  Due to Arthur changing the race schedule, we will be missing the race that is scheduled for Sept. 22 since we will be at the Burris Thunder Tour, therefore, Mason is pretty much out of contention for a championship this year.  We are still waiting for the points to get straightened around for the Burris Thunder Tour as well.  As it stands right now, he is sitting in 5th place on the tour.  This year is really testing us as we have be faced with many challenges from vehicle troubles while on tour, chassis and setup troubles, engine and exhaust issues to points and scheduling errors.  As frustrating as it all is, we are still going...

Mason finished 4th in the purple plate alcohol class.  He had a handful with his kart and the track conditions. Track officials have tried and tried to get the track to come back to what is normally a very nice track with lots of grip.  It's been a very difficult track to race on for the past couple of races.  During the feature, Mason  was in a pretty rough wreck.  A couple of karts spun out in front on him and he ended up t-boning one of the karts.  Mason slumped is his seat, leaving people to think he was knocked out.  He wasn't and thankfully he just hurt his knee on the steering shaft.  He was in tears after the wreck but insisted on continuing the race.  He even kept going and raced the feature in the gold plate class.  He and another racer competed for 2nd position through the entire race and ultimately, Mason finished 2nd.  He showed great dedication and perseverance once again.