I took the driver and kart to our tuner - Gary this spring and he performed his magic. As usual, he dialed-in the front end settings and figured out where to mount the seat and where to put the 40+ pounds of lead ballast to get the right balance.
I wanted to help Lian decorate the bodywork and experimented with coatings but never found a sure fire combination before the car show. In the end, we settled on using the Krylon "Fusion" spray paint which supposedly bonds well to plastics. It looked pretty good at the show. Here it is just before I mounted the seat...
The Senior Animal class has had as many as 12 or 13 racers show up on any given race. This season has not had those numbers. The dad on this team is not sorry to see no more than 7 or 8 each race which translates into less beating and banging on the track. Here she is lining up for practice next to her buddy Anthony.
Here are Lian's results for races 1 through 5:
Race 1 - 4th
Race 2 - 2nd
Race 3 - 4th
Race 4 - 2nd
Race 5 - 5th
Race 6 was going to be interesting. Rain was in the forecast and our club has the policy that we will run in the rain from 15 May until 15 Sep (not in thunder or lightning). Rain tires were in order for the feature race. Lian was cold and wet from the time she line-up on the grid for the start. Things got even wetter as you can see in this video of the race.
Finishing second out of 5 was not a great feat. One of those was a rookie (number 7). One of the guys dropped out during the first warm-up lap and the second dropped out in the first lap. Both due to water-soaked ignition systems (when the puddle is deep enough, it will stop the engine). It was a feat just to finish the race under power!
Stay tuned for more adventures...
