Henry Falls-Hand Kart Racing Team

Calspeed 5/8/10

This how the race at Calspeed went today  [Sat 5/8/10].

I qualified 4 out of 6, Willem Eldson 1st, Alec Karas 2nd and Tim De Silva 3rd.

The first heat race, I drafted Alec past Willem on the outside on the start, with De Silva and Eldson very close behind.  Karas right in front of me.

It probably could have been anybodys race, but it was a little pushy between me and De Silva, so with a few laps to go, De Silva tried to go for the inside but clipped my tire and went up the right side of my kart, then he spun out.

Eldson past me in the second to last corner and tried to go get Karas on the straight but lost by .361 of a second and me third.

The damage from the De Silva’s up on me accident, cost us a dented down pipe, a cracked header, a bent out of shape exhaust tempature gauge, messed up exhaust springs for the holder, and a few more things, but we still fixed it.

Second heat everything was smooth until the second to last lap when De Silva went up Karas, and De Silva got down quickly, still going, and while De Silva was up on top, Eldson tried to go up to the lead, but got a little sideways, which let me pass Eldson.

The finish was Karas again, De Silva second, and me third with Parker Stanway trying to get me on the straight but couldn’t.

Main race, the start it was this order – Karas , De Silva,  me .

I was right behind De Silva and he went a little too slow into the corner,  so I couldn’t slow my down in time because I was right behind him.  I ended up giving him a little bump and he got a little sideways losing just a little bit of ground on us.

Stanway was behind me and had to slow down, but that caused Eldson to go up him and Stanway got spun out .

The little bump caused me a rolled black flag ( warning on my driving ).

It was just me and Karas up in the front until De Silva passed me on the straight and Eldson passed me in a corner, but I was still behind and then De Silva nudged Karas causing a big spin with Eldson spining to a stall, De Silva a spined stall, and Karas kept going .

I got in front of all that but I still got off track, and on my way back on the track, I went over a big bump on the apex and that bent the sprocket and caused the chain to get really tight.

But I forgot about Robby Metan who wasn’t running too well but was catching me and did all the way to the end.

The finish was Meltan, me, Stanway 3rd, and Karas 4th. Top three went to tech.

Robby got DQed over his win, that became a loss, 3rd place Stanway, ok, and me ? ….DQed also.

So the finish became Stanway 1st and Karas 2nd , and thats it.

I was DQed for the port timing being  2 thou off !!!

I don’t know how that could be possible because my engine was just sent to Pitts this week. My Dad says that when De Silva went up me earlier it messed it up, and I agree with him.

Better luck next time.

Henry