New Tires

We purchased 2 new right side tires today. Here's to hoping they will help. I'm not real excited about the rain they are calling for this coming Saturday. Mason sure needs to win this next race or his good season will quickly turn to bad.

BUMMED OUT

Mason had a rough night last Saturday at the track. We waited through rain storms and racing began around 7pm. There was no practice and they eliminated one heat race. The track was like ice due to the water. Mason just couldn't manage to get where he needed to go. After all said and done, he ended up 3rd for the night. 3rd isn't bad, except now he is tied for 1st place points, rather than having the lead. We received information from the track owner that admitted to a calculation error and Mason should have started the feature race on the pole, rather than the second row. This may or may not have changed the outcome; we will never know. We are really bummed that there isn't more of a point gap. Mason has won so many of the races, yet he is tied for points now due to one 3rd place finish. I don't know how this is going to pan out, we are just hoping Mason will be able to pull it together and stay in the top.

BACK IN THE GAME

Last Saturday started off really badly. Mason just couldn't get out of his own shadow. He qualified with a rotten time. There was obviously something wrong with the kart but we just couldn't pin point the issue. Finally toward the end of the night, someone suggested checking his clutch. It was hanging up and not engaging all of the time. We borrowed a clutch from our engine builder and he made his way to a 2nd place finish for the feature race. We are really proud of him.

We ordered replacement parts for his clutch. Now we really need to consider tires too. The points have been reset to start "the chase". He is ahead by only 6 points now and has 5 races in the chase for the championship. Everyone else seems to have newer skins than us so hopefully it won't hinder his chances at the championship. Wish us luck!