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Race #10 for Doug Tingey

The day started very rough at Miller Motor Sports Park for the last and final race of the season for #115 Doug Tingey. The track was very cold (less than 55°F) and it took several laps to get the tires warmed up. This was my problem: I would run and about 2 or 3 laps and my engine would run out of gas. I thought that it was because there was oil in my fuel filter pulse tube. Today's race was going to be a Qualifying Heat, then a Prefinal Heat followed by the Main Heat. I was going to be in trouble for the Qualifying Heat since I could only run a couple of laps before the engine would die. But I would have to run slow to get my tires warmed up. Mean while, my son Dylan's kart was broke! I pulled the starting cord out of the housing!! Thank heavens the Burdett boy's dad fixed it for me. But, I did not have time to fix my kart prior to Qualifying. So as I suspected, I got one lousy Qualifying lap in (5 seconds off of the pace) before the engine died!! I was going to start last in the Prefinal. Goose sold me a new fuel filter and I reduced the oil content in my crankcase as low as I dared go. I ran the motor in the pits for about 10 minutes and noticed that fuel was leaking out near the carberator. So I put 2 zip ties on the fule line going into the carb. It stopped the leak.

I got a good start on the Prefinal. I ran 4th position nose to tail with the leaders. My engine ran fine!!! I don't know what fixed the problem, but I suspect the fuel leak was the problem, not the pulse or the fuel pump. Great! The problem solved, but now I only have one shot at adjusting my kart for handling.

I made a few adjustments and started the main in fourth place. Here is a picture showing us rolling to the straight way for the start. I am right behind #11 Jared Simcox.

I got a good start behind Jared. I went right to second behind #7 Rob Nye. Ran most of the race bump drafting with Jared trying to make up the 3 second gap to Rob. I made a mistake and Jared took over second place. We drafted together and reeled Rob in a little.

Then on the last lap, I rolled back 5 car lengths coming into the "Snake" and tried to get a ton of speed and sling shot onto the straight way. This picture shows me going onto the front straight. It worked! When Jared looked left I went right and ran up along side of him. We crossed the finish line together. But he was 6 to 8 inches ahead. He took second by 9/1000ths of a second!!!

After the race, Jared talks to me about such a fun and clean race. That was a blast!!

So I took third. Rob Nye took first and Jared Simcox took second. Rob did not show up for awards.

I ended up in Third Place in the Season Points.

Dylan Tingey's Second Kart Race in Kids Karts

Saturday morning was fairly cold at 52°F. The track at Miller Motor Sports Park was very slick due to the cold. Dylan Tingey (#6) was excited that Mom had come down to the race track today. He leaves the pits to go out on the track.

Dylan kept chopping the first and fastest corner. He eventually spun out and was facing the wrong way. Dad ran to help turn him around on the fastest corner with traffic coming right at him. Dylan knows that he must wait till the traffic clears before turning around. But, Dad still has a heart attack!!After the race, he must come in and weigh-in. He likes to drive onto the scales. He must weigh -in over 155 lbs or be disqualified. His bother, Jackson Tingey looks on to see if he makes weight. The pull cord broke on his kart right before the first heat. I did not have time to fix it because my kart was having some serious issues (see story to follow). Thank heavens that the Burdett boy's father took the kart and fixed it for me during my qualifying heat.
Dylan gets ready for his next heat. The boy has no fear!! Dylan Tingey gets a good start!!He passes a couple of racers in the final!! He was pretty excited about that! He still is mad that his dad won't give him the full throttle yet. Once again he goes to the weight shack for weigh-in. He makes weight by 1.5 lbs. Good calculation Dad! He had to wait the rest of the day to get his trophy. Dylan is the youngest and smallest of the Kids Kart class. He shows his trophy!!

Good job "Bubs"!!!!