This race Lian was excited for. She really felt like she had a shot at the win because she had shown strength - even against the fastest in the class. In the heats, Lian finished second and third. She nearly beat her personal best lap time of 21.04 sec as you can see below.
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| Best three lap times during first heat race. |
Rain was threatening and the club was concerned that lightning would come with it. As I have said before, we run in the rain this time of year but not with lightning in the area. With this in mind, everyone rallied to get the races in quickly so everyone would have a chance to run. Her heat race achievements were good enough for her to start second in the feature.
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| Racers line-up for start of Feature race #9. |
Lian was determined to get a great start and show the guy in the #6 kart the back of her kart. She couldn't wait to get going because she felt like she could really make it happen and take her first win. The fight for positions during the race start was like we have never seen. It sure made mom and dad anxious to watch.
See for yourself with this helmet camera footage of the first few laps.
Lian ended up finishing third after all that. She was animated and frustrated when she got off the track. I was proud of her though because she was aggressive but ran a clean race and did her best.
Someday soon she will win one of these!
