Spring, Round 4: April 8 April 15, 2003
The fourth round of the Karting Challenge was scheduled for April 8, 2003. Unfortunately, the sales staff scheduled a large enduro group over the top of our event. Because TBC only had 12 working cars, we were out of luck even with a track open.
After some heated discussions with the facility manager, each of us had our money refunded and were given free passes to the next event. We rescheduled for the following week, April 15. After all, what better way to celebrate Tax Day than turning money into noise?
The group migrated to Speed Zone, and it turned out Speed Zone has an all-you-can-drive special for $30 from 7-11 pm. That's a bargain, and the rest of the day turned out fine with racing at the slick track, turbo track, Formula cars and the hit of the night, the dragsters.
The following week, we returned to TBC for the Karting Challenge. Surprisingly, the cars were much improved over the past events, with new tires and some significant repairs.
The long track's transponder was out of whack, so we ran 3 races on the small track. The second one was run in the reverse direction, and that track is a real bear that way.
First race was tight, with only .1 seconds between 1st and 4th. Jim E. won that one with a 21.30, Rob came in 2nd with a 21.36, and Wes picked up third with a 21.38
The second race was run backwards, and the laps times reflected the increased difficulty of the reverse direction. Jano was the only one to break 22 seconds, with a 21.58. Chris ran a 22.03 for second, and Jim picked up third with a 22.11.
For the third and final race, we started with a standing start and ran the normal direction on the small track. Practice apparently makes perfect, because the times were much better this time around. The winner of heat one would have finished in 7th in the final!
Ron picked up third, with a very respectable 20.84. Jayson beat him by only .01 seconds, with a 20.83, to take the second podium spot.
And in first place......
With a 20.73............
Jano!
The final finishing order in its entirety was:
- Jano
- Jayson
- Ron
- Ken
- Rob
- Chris
- Geronimo
- Wes
- James
- Tillman
- Jim
The Spring 2003 series will run from January through June on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. The next event is May 13, 2003.
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Heat Race 1 |
pdf:"A B |
| Position |
Name |
Points |
| 1 |
Jim E. |
30 |
| 2 |
Rob L. |
28.5 |
| 3 |
Wes D. |
27.5 |
| 4 |
Ron R. |
26.5 |
| 5 |
Jayson B. |
25.5 |
| 6 |
Tillman S. |
24.5 |
| 7 |
Charis F. |
23.5 |
| 8 |
James M. |
22.5 |
| 9 |
Jano M. |
22 |
| 10 |
Geronimo R. |
21.5 |
| 11 |
Ken T. |
21 |
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Heat Race 2 |
pdf: A B |
| Position |
Name |
Points |
| 1 |
Jano M. |
30 |
| 2 |
Chris F. |
28.5 |
| 3 |
Jim E. |
27.5 |
| 4 |
Ron R. |
26.5 |
| 5 |
Rob L. |
25.5 |
| 6 |
Wes D. |
24.5 |
| 7 |
Jayson B. |
23.5 |
| 8 |
James M. |
22.5 |
| 9 |
Tillman S. |
22 |
| 10 |
Geronimo R. |
21.5 |
| 11 |
Ken T. |
21 |
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Feature |
pdf: A B |
| Position |
Name |
Points |
| 1 |
Jano M. |
60 |
| 2 |
Jayson B. |
57 |
| 3 |
Ron R. |
55 |
| 4 |
Ken T. |
53 |
| 5 |
Rob L. |
51 |
| 6 |
Chris F. |
49 |
| 7 |
Geronimo R. |
47 |
| 8 |
Wes D. |
45 |
| 9 |
James M. |
44 |
| 10 |
Tillman S. |
43 |
| 11 |
Jim E. |
42 |
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Points Standing |
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| Position |
Name |
Points |
Position
Change |
| 1 |
Rob L. |
455 |
-- |
| 2 |
Jayson B. |
411 |
+1 |
| 3 |
Jano M. |
396 |
+3 |
| 4 |
Chris F. |
385 |
+2 |
| 5 |
Tillman S. |
358 |
+2 |
| 6 |
Ron R. |
323 |
+3 |
| 7 |
Rob M. |
299.5 |
-4 |
| 8 |
Dan M.. |
298.5 |
-4 |
| 9 |
Bill M. |
288.5 |
-4 |
| 10 |
Jim E. |
273 |
+2 |
| 11 |
James M. |
270 |
-- |
| 12 |
John G. |
206 |
-2 |
| 13 |
Wes D. |
195 |
-2 |
| 14 |
Geronimo R. |
184 |
-- |
| 15 |
Greg S. |
96 |
-- |
| 16 |
Ken T. |
95 |
-- |
| 17 |
Damon B. |
90.5 |
-1 |
| 18 |
Ron Q. |
83.5 |
-1 |
| 19 |
Nareg B. |
80 |
-1 |
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