Tracy		Dana

June 2006 Reports

16 - 18 June - Four Podiums In Two Days

Expert crew members Todd (L) and Eric were required to rest for two minutes every 5 hours- whether they needed it or not

Races 4 & 5 of the 2006 Great Lakes SuperKarts! USA Klein Tools Pro Tour were held at Circleville Raceway Park, a track where we have more experience than anywhere else. Dana and Tracy were able to use their familiarity from a driving perspective to their advantage but as the weekend wore on and more rubber was laid down on the track, it became more and more of a stranger for the crew to tune the karts for. By mid-Sunday CRP was the stickiest track we've ever tried to race on and it proved to be a huge challenge to tune Dana's kart for the condition. Tracy had her share of frustrations too spinning out of second place on lap 16 of Saturday's 20 lap Final. She also suffered her first DNS (did not start) ever when her kart refused to start on the grid for Sunday's Pre-Final. Still, we were able to come away from the weekend with 3 top-three finishes, a top-three qualifying effort and enough points for second and third in the Jim McCollough Racing TaG Senior championship.

But before the drivers or the team manager can take any credit whatsoever for the results, the crew has to be praised yet again. If it weren't for the skill and determination of Todd Mees and Eric Creech and later, old friend DW Route, the karts would likely have not finished any of the races. These guys share our passion for racing, it's obvious. Why else would someone get to the track at 7am, work nearly non-stop all day and leave at 9pm? And then, do it all again the next day?! Their energy, attention to detail and eagerness to do what it took to get the karts ready for the next battle was the main reason we were as competitive as we were. There were times in which everybody was on a task and I looked around and didn't have much to do. I felt like Roger Penske. I could get used to that. More...

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