SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF

What a race. This past Saturday, Sept. 17, we celebrated Trenton and Mason's 9th Birthday at Arthur Raceway. This race night was non-points, however, it was the State Championship. Dave Hausbeck, Arthur Raceway Owner, made the night free for everyone who attended and raced. The racing started off really well. Mason qualified in second place and won his first 2 heat races. He was in a small accident that broke off a piece of the lexon we had protecting the nose of the kart. During the dash race, where he started in the rear of the field, he came around turn 3 and ended up on top of a kart that was tangled up with another driver. They lined the kids back up and they took off again, this time getting tangled up in turn 1 where Mason's cracked piece of lexon was snagged and ripped a hole about 1 ft. x 8 in. in his nose piece. We waved him off the track so he didn't end up finishing the dash race. He was so upset and crying that his kart was messed up and he didn't get to finish the race. We calmed him down and used good old duct tape to hold the kart back together for the feature race. He was lined up in second place with Steven #66 on the pole. They took off and just couldn't hold off the 3rd and 4th place karts. Steven and Mason were running 3rd and 4th. With just a few laps to go, both Mason and Steven finally found their fastest line and enough speed to go by those other two karts and claim 1st (Mason) and 2nd (Steven) place for the State Championship Purple Plate Alcohol race. It sure was an emotional night, especially for being non-points. There were several of us women that had tears in our eyes as he took the checkered flag. We are so proud of Mason for being able to put the bad stuff behind him and go out there and continue to race his little heart out. He received a big trophy and we look forward to going to the State banquet we have been told so much about. :)

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.