The final race at Arthur Raceway was this past Saturday, Oct. 6th. The scenario we needed to happen was for Mason to finish two places ahead of the competitor sitting in the first place championship position. He started the feature on the pole and several of the other drivers were able to get around him right off the starting line. We had Mason's kart geared for top speed so lap after lap he was able to pick off the other drivers and eventually gained his way up to the other kid we needed to beat. He got to his back bumper but didn't stay there for very long. He drove around him and then drove away from him. He looked good and would have won if a caution wouldn't have come out. They lined back up and the same scene played out again. In the end he raced a good, clean race and ended up in fourth position for that race with the other kid ahead of him. The results are posted and Mason officially took the 2nd place championship position for the purple plate alcohol class. He may not have won but we are ok with that. Mason didn't race 6 races out of the entire season. We missed 4 when we were out of state racing and 2 we just tried focusing solely on the gold plate class for those particular nights. We have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of and feel good about what we were able to accomplish this season. We feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to travel to the races together as a family and even more fortunate to have met some really great people and new friends along the way.
Our program for the 2013 season is going to be fine tuned over this off season. Newer and better equipment is needed in order to be more competitive in the national level racing events that we plan on focusing the majority of our attention on next season. We may run locally here and there but not on a regular basis. As we have stated before, being successful in the local level racing isn't going to get Mason where he needs to be. If he is going to continue to race and improve his racing skills, we need to get him (and ourselves) out of our comfort zone. We know we have a lot to learn yet and realize we can't do it all on our own. We need to build good, honest contacts and relationships to keep going and advancing Mason's racing career. Hopefully we are on the right track and will be able to make some changes for the better for the 2013 season.
We would like to thank our sponsors once again for your support!
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Don's Auto Repair, Imlay City, MI 810-724-3147
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P.S. Once the Burris thunder tour results are finalized, I will post his position finish. We are thinking he finished around 7th but aren't positive at this point.
