test day

Great day testing at New Castle....perfect weather, and tons of laps. Working with a GPS and data collection was a big help. Made consistant gains in lap times all but 1 session. I ended up only 2hundreths of my target lap time, so a productive day!
We had 4 Rotax karts sharing data, which was a bonus for number comparisons, and testing results. A couple of lead-and-follow sessions also helped on track driving lines.

Looking forward to the Rotax Grand Nationals scheduled July 15-17th!

Team America MRP/Birel

My sights are now on the Rmax Grand Nationals in July at NCMP. I have signed on to race under the Team America MRP/Birel tent. I plan to make a trip to the track for some motor testing in advance of the formal event practice with the team engineer, and a couple of other team drivers.

New Castle Motorsports June update

Rmax Challenge update-

June 5th Rmax Challenge race at New Castle Motorsports had a low kart count for the day. I was hopeful that a larger amount of people would turn-out for practice/preparation for the Rotax Grand Nationals scheduled at NCMP for July. The race had 5 karts in the Masters group. The format was a qualifying session, heat race, and final race. I was fast during qualifying, and was on the pole.....until...I came across the scales about 20lbs light :) ... That left me with a challenge for the heat race! So, I started in the back of the pack for the heat race...and lap-by-lap fought my way to the front. The kart was handling great, and our set-up was good for the day. I made my way to 1st place, and pulled a comfortable lead to take the checker flag in first place. I even came across the scales at the correct weight :) I started the final in first....lost a couple of spots on the drop of the green, but after lap 5 I had worked my way back to 1st place...and did not look back from there. I scored the race win! That makes my 5th win of the season!

KRA June 6th

Sunday I entered the KRA Tag class. As always, the KRA tag class has plenty of competition. We had a chance to race on a new track layout at NCMP. The track included 90% of the oval that then lead back onto the main road course with a huge elevation change and a VERY tight 'S' section that proved to be a challenge for me. The track was a blast to drive, and the oval was very fast....but I struggled with the tight section after the oval all day. The Rotax lacked enough bottom end power with the gear that I had selected! I struggled to a 10th place qualifying position, and finished the race with a hard fought 8th place. Not my best performance, but I feel that the kart gear selection and my driving in the tight portion of the track could both use improvements!

Next scheduled race is at Grattan Raceway, unfortunately we will miss the Grattan race as I have returned the TKZ tow vehicle back to GM :(