July 28th, FRP Points Race #9

Results

Saturday we were back at Fremont Raceway Park for our 9th points race. It looked like it would rain all day, but the weather held off and we were able to run the race. We started 5th out of 5 in the first heat race, and by the end of the first lap had made it up to 2nd which is were we finished behind Seth Schneider. The second heat we started on pole and led it flag to flag. By virtue of our 1st and 2nd place finishes, we started on the pole for the Feature with Seth on the outside. At the start of the feature, Seth and I raced wheel to wheel for the first 2 laps. He got a better run off of 4 coming down for the 3rd lap, so I decided to drop in behind him and we could settle this at the end. For the next 17 laps, we were nose to tail, but then we came up on lapped traffic. I knew the lapped kart would either help slow Seth down or it would end up slowing me down. Well, the latter happened because Seth had a much more favorable place on the track to make his pass then I did. Once I cleared the lapped kart, I was able to get back up to Seth, but by that time we were out of laps. So we ended up finishing 2nd, but the points leader, Rex, had some problems and we gained a little on him. I have to thank Andy Miller for coming out and helping us Saturday night, it's greatly appreciated.

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