2012 Utah Karting Champoinship Race #1

McKenzie takes second place after a great pass from fourth to second. She chased Zac but ended up second after a 14 Lap final.  Great job girl.  Dylan was home trying out for a compitive soccer team. He made the team!

Super National Kart Race 2011

Check out this real cool video made by a Utah karter named Wyatt Lloyd.....
http://youtu.be/TV2lybdqLdo

2011 Kart Banquet

We met at the Clubhouse at Miller Motorsports Park for the annual Kart Banquet. This was the awards night. McKenzie took 4th place just behind Sydney Hess. They both raced well this year. Mom and McKenzie... Here Dylan is with his dad... the pit crew and sponsor!

We sat with John, Karen and Hemi Yakovich at the dinner and banquet. Hemi is so cute! No wonder Dylan likes her.

Hemi gets her award for the Kid Kart class. Not sure where her teeth went?

Dylan is proud to recieve his award. He did real well this year. In most cases he won and when he didn't, he lost to Hemi.

Together with their trophies.

Then we got a partial group picture of our friends at the track.

It was a great season. Can't wait till next year.

McKenzie - Race #14 Utah State Championship

McKenzie's last race of the season. She is 50 points or so behind Sydney #11 for 3rd place. Here we go its is go time!!

McKenzie beats Sydney in the first heat by just a nose. What a great race for both of them.

Kenzie ends up on the pole for the Main. Wow this gonna be exciting!! She gets the lead and then drops to second.

Half way through the race a bazaar event takes place in the other Senior 4 cycle race. There was a wreck and an individual went and punched out the teen he was racing with! This resulted in a red flag!!! So McKenzie had to restart the race with the Senior 4 cycle class in between them all.

She did not get a good start since the Seniors did not draft with her. McKenzie battled Russel Biles #3 (Senior) and he pushed her in one of the corners which allowed Sydney Hess #11 to get by her. This resulted in Kenzie finishing 4th.

Good job girl. It was a fun season.

Dylans Race - #14 2011 Utah State Championship

On pit row getting ready.Dylan all smiles.

Out front, but Hemi #3 is chasing him.

He is little but fast. This picture shows how small he is relative to his kart.

In the Main, Dylan jumps to the front for the hole-shot.

He finishes in first.

He gets his medal with Hemi.

Then returns to his pit for some more photos.

Great job this year Dylan!

Race #12 2011 Utah Kart Championship

Dylan runs out front. He is getting faster with more confidence. Hemi #3 runs really well too. They are usually battling for 1st and 2nd.

The kids get their medals after the Main.

Dylan and Hemi like to hang out together. They are pretty cute together.

McKenzie passes Sydney Hess #11 on the last lap of the Main to take the position. Great race for both of them.

Time for weigh in..... McKenzie Tingey and Sydney Hess waiting for the scales.

Good job girls!

Race #11 Utah Summer Championship

McKenzie helps change the gear on her kart as Dylan watches.
She doesn't usually like to help cause she is "too hot" or "too tired". But today she wanted to change the gear.

Dylan finishes just barely ahead of Hemi #3.

Time for weigh in...

Now back to our pit.

McKenzie pushes Zach to the lead in the Main.

Kenzie goes to second and then her chain comes off with 2 laps to go. Heartbreaking end to a great day of racing. Time for a new chain!

Race #10 At Miller Motorsports Park

McKenzie starts on the pole being pushed by Zach Warrell #25.
Towards the end of the race McKenzie battles Casey #33 for third place.
Dylan gets a good start and goes on to win the main! Hemi right behind him though. The kid karts recieve their medals.
It was a great day of racing.

Race #6 June 4, 2011

Finally the weather is warm and no rain! Dylan's motor is running real well. Here he is waiting to get started.
Dylan (#6x) ran out front with Hemi (#3) most of the time. Then in the main he ran away with it! Here he is working through the field.

All of the kids getting their trophies. Dylan is third from the left.

He was proud of his performance. They selected the fastest 3 karts to go to tech inspection. I had to take the carb apart and verify the jet size. They inspected the spark plug, exhaust and gear ratio. He passed.

McKenzie got confidence with the "Sick" configuration. She started in 3rd postion in the Main. She pushed Zach (#25) into the first corner and then took second and stayed there the entire race! She was pretty excited to place second on her own. She drove perfectly considering the very difficult corner at the end of the backstretch!

Here she is pushing down the straightway.

McKenzie's friend AJ Ottley came with us. This was her first time to the track. She said, "That it was a long day!"

Kenzie stands on the podium for second!

New medals for this race. They are cool!

The Herald Journal called and may do another story??

Sunoco Utah Championship Race #9

Awesome day for racing! Dylan ran very well in his class. Here he is passing Hemi Yackovic. It was her first race ever and she did really well. Dylan takes the checkered flag at the end of 14 laps! McKenzie (#51 )started third in Heat #1 and got tagged by Kaitlin Malloy in the first corner. They both spun out into the dirt. She finished 13th out of 17. She started the Main in 13th and quickly jumped to 10th and ran there behind #79 and #42 the rest of the race. Good job girl! Only 2.4 seconds a lap off the leader. McKenzie has no weights on her kart and minimal gas in her tank! She is running 10 to 15 lbs over the minimum. She will run the rest of this year in the Junior 1 class and then move up to Junior 2 next year. Then she won't have a weight disadvantage. Now for Doug's races (#115).
Jolene said that these were the most exciting races she had ever seen. Heat #1 - I started in third and finished 4th after taking the lead on lap 5 and taking turn 1 to fast and dropped a tire in the dirt and went "farming". Heat #2 - I was nose to tail with Jared throughout the race. Then on the last lap I put a move on him and passed him with two turns to go for the victory. Awesome move for first place! Then came the Main race. I started on the pole, but Jared and Karen hooked up to pass me into turn one. The guy behind me was no help! There we raced 10 laps nose to tail...Most of the time, I was bumping Jared so that we would not lose Karen. This is how close I run 55 mph behind him!!

I was able to push Jared past Karen on lap 9.

Then on lap 10, it was going to be my turn to pass Karen. I set her up to pass and I clipped a turn curbing a little to much and my chain came off!!! Race over for me. Jolene took the picture of me out there cussing at my kart. The redemption is that I set fastest lap times in all three races! It was a blast. I'll get them again in two weeks.

We went to the MillerSPorts Park Clubhouse for Dylan's trophy. As you can see it was a beautiful day at the track.

Shannon gives Dylan his trophy and tells him to stand still so dad can get a picture!

The family photo in the clubhouse as Porsche 911's race in the background.We had alot of fun.