This week was a perfect example of what happens when you get a rough track. The night started out well enough but extra moisture and a soft base made for a night of awesome racing to watch but it was a rough ride for the drivers. Very high and very low were not too bad but the middle groove had some bumps that if hit in a slide made for some interesting moments.
At the beginning of the season someone promised # 9 Kassy Streng, from Tillsonburg, that if she won a night she could get a pink race suit. Well Streng is going to be in the pink with this week's sweep of the Beginner class. The rough track may have played into her hand as her QRC handled the bumps better than the rigid kart of last week's winner #55 Scott Hall, from Wilsonville. It wasn't all bad news for Hall who was able to hold off his sister # 01 Jamie Hall and # 57 Bryson Green, from Ingersoll, who were also both in the QRC chassis.
We are going to have to pull out each junior's worst night to do some point comparisons because the Summer Series is insanely close. This group is so close that every single pass for every point is important because it could mean the difference between. This week #17 Brandon Norris, from Brantford, turned his pole position start into first overall for the night by winning the 10 and 25 lap races. It was #20 DJ McRae, from London, who managed to work his way through the field in the longer 30 lap final to grab the last main but had a mechanical take him out of the 25 lap. The real story was he was working on passing #77x Alex Hill, from Wilsonville, when she two wheeled it right in front and in the process of jamming on the brakes, McRae broke his pedal mount. Now I must admit that I am used to watching a couple of races and guessing who took the overall win for the night but this week, I would not have been even close. Second place went to #87 Brad Perrott, from Strathroy, who ran consistently well in the 10, 25 and 30 lap races going 3-3-2. #0 Cole MacDonald, from Mississauga, also had a strong night and took a third with 2-2-7. This group put on one heck of a show all night from their near perfect formation starts to the racing right down to the final lap holding out their noses as they crossed the finish line.
The Seniors were all about the Courtnage girls as #39 Kate Courtnage came out on top this week as sister Bea took second by merely a point. There must be something in the water in Harley because these girls are fast. Doing his best to represent the guys was #30 Josh Beecroft, from Ridgetown, as he worked his way around the rough track with sheer determination. One of the senior races was running on borrowed time as we picked up a motor mount plate this morning that likely belongs to Kate, Bea or Scott judging by the style of it. Better have a look racers to see what is holding on your engines.
The Experts were prepped to put on a great show with the tacky and rough track, and they did but not in the way you would think. The time trials took out the #7 kart when the main sprocket bolts backed out and launched the sprocket. #81 Cassidy March, from London, has yet to figure out his Honda CR250 engine running issues and left the final main before it even started (if any teams are good with those engines they could use some help on this one). #88 Devin Jarvis, from London, and #63 Dylan Chesterman started the race but left midway with fatigue.
#1 Holly Porter who has been running a borrowed Kart was the next to drop which left #19 Cody Coburn, from Mount Brydges, and #34 Scott Chesterman to battle it out in a last man standing grudge match for 15 laps. Chesterman had ran the first half of the race up high against the wall where it was smooth but Coburn was able to finally able to get by running the rougher but faster mid groove. This forced Chesterman to drop down and take his beating to get the lead back but Coburn answered with a similar move. Looking for all the world like these two were going to crash each other out, they battled to three laps to go when a bounce put Coburn back several kart lengths and figuring he could not close the gap, backed out of it and took second. Both racers almost needed help to get out of the karts afterwards when their noodle arms were not strong enough to pull themselves up. Amazingly both drivers set a fast lap time that was the same down to 1/1000 of a second.
Next Race Aug. 10 at Chesterman Power Products/ Home of the Tillsonburg Outlaws
Chesterman Power Products
Tillsonburg Indoor MX
www.chesterman.ca
519-842-5977
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