Awards Dinner

The club gathered this afternoon at an area party center.  Nearly every family was able to attend this event and it was enjoyable seeing everyone again.  The evening started with good food and an opportunity to participate in a "Chinese Auction" for donated items.

Funny anecdotes and situations were relived and trophies passed out for the racers.  Lian connected with her buddies and we sat with two other racing families at our table as well that were good company.  I bought a bunch of auction tickets and Lian helped choose what we bid for.

Lian was presented a fifth-place trophy for the 4-cycle Restricted Junior class.  Here is the group that made the banquet:

Fifth, Second, First and Third place

She was also named the Most Improved racer in her class this season.  Here she is with her awards:

Note the picture on the plaque is actually Lian in her kart.

The auction results were highly anticipated as there were some small items like boxes of home made candy and bigger items like a high tech kitchen faucet.  Everyone agreed that the most valuable was a full set of Hoosier racing tires.   Lots of tickets were dropped in to bid on that one.

Lucky us, we won it!  Now Dad gets the first set of tires free this next season!  That more than paid for the evening.  Thanks Doug Marsh for donating that prize item!

The track expansion has been interrupted by above average rain and a poor drainage situation causing ponding right where the new pavement was to go in.  Several members of the club have invested much personal time in trying to manage the water so the pavement could go down but it just was not going to happen without improved drainage management and time for the soil to firm-up.  The asphalt plant is shutting down for the season so we will have to wait until around June (after the drainage situation is fixed and the soil dries-up) to lay down the new pavement.  We will plan to run most of the season next year on the old track and maybe run a race or two at the very end of the season on the new track.  Oh well.

I have not yet begun making any preparations for next season.  As I make progress toward the start, I'll try to also post here so you can follow along.  Thanks for staying with us!