Tracy		Dana

April 2006 Reports

 

Tracy fought carb problems Friday

21 - 23 April - Tracy Turns "Pro"

As Mike Unger promptly pointed out minutes after the awards ceremonies, Tracy lost her amateur status and became a "professional kart racer" by finishing fourth in Sunday's TaG Senior Final and earning a cash award at the opening rounds of the 2006 Great Lakes SuperKarts! USA Klein Tools Pro Tour. As exciting as that was, the highlight of the weekend was a close race between Dana and Tracy in the Saturday Final in which Dana got by her sister in the last corner of (what she thought was) the last lap. That race saw the ladies were in an entertaining four-way battle for 18 laps. There were also plenty of low-lights like carburation problems for Tracy and both of Dana's Sunday races ruined by mechanical problems. More...

09 April - Tracy Impresses In First TaG Start

Our 2006 season started unexpectedly, with a last-minute decision to run the first Mid State Ohio Kart Club event at Circleville Raceway Park. It was the good weather forecast that got us thinking about getting Tracy her first laps of the season. We reckoned with a day of thrashing we could get Tracy's kart raceable as it was 80% done already. Dana's kart, on the other hand, was hopeless. She'd have to wait until our first scheduled race.

Taking her first green flag with 28HP, Tracy was on pace with the seasoned regulars almost immediately posting 2nd, 5th & 3rd place finishes with a 2nd overall for the day. While we never got the handling quite right for the changing track conditions, the rest of the kart performed flawlessly. And after the troubles we had in Florida last month, this was a welcome change and a morale booster. More...

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