Motorsports

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Finally, back in action after long 3 weeks off at the Indianapolis Karting Challenge Round #2.
Lots of racing action. Mostly us getting passed. Big learning curve going back for first time in 4 years.

Kart Chaser covered the event live on Youtube. At 2:30 mark of video I steal their footage of kart flipping in our race and Me and Dan driving by right afterwards.
Dude ended up breaking his collar bone.

 

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Freak accident while practicing at New Castle. ****ing geese. Tore up my brother's new kart pretty good. He didn't see me stopping.

 

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My brothers view of the geese crash. After that he switched over to backup kart and had his best finish in Super Masters. The compilation shows his run through second pack, then fall back to the back of second pack with me. Last few laps he moves to front of pack with pass at white flag and finishes 6th. It was a great recovery for him after crash with geese. Masters race he dipped a tire in front of me in lap 4 and we both went off track and were out of race. When you run many laps with your brother nose to tail eventually something is bound to happen. We have been lucky. Not so much this past weekend. It was fun see him finish within sight of the winners.

 

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Back to back Indy winner back when he raced go karts at New Castle Motorsports Park.

 

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My brother takes the last spot on the podium at the Quincy Grand Prix with 5th place finish in the Legends class.

Quincy Grand Prix will always be my favorite race. On Sunday they estimated there were 15,000 - 20,000 spectators watching the races throughout the day.
You just don't get that anywhere for a kart race. This year they allowed spectators in the pit areas. Kids were constantly coming around asking for used tires and used kart parts and autographs. I gave away a bunch of Beyond The Karts stickers and some used parts. It was something you will never forget.