On a Rail

NTK hosted our Spring 5 race last night. This was the first race all season that Scott was able to be at the entire race - from practice to finish. He did get teased somewhat by some of the others at the track...asked if he knew what to do and did I need to go help him. Ha! We couldn't run without Dad!!

I knew Hunter was tired and a bit punchy from not going to sleep on time the night before, but this is racing and he needed to have his head in the game. The kids in this class are driving open wheel karts with a gas tank between their legs potentially reaching speeds of 60mph . You've got to be awake and focused.

His qualifying round was good, but he wasn't running as smooth as last time. After last race's "smooth" driving action from Hunter, I was expecting more of the same. He seemed to be over-driving a couple of the corners. He still was fast enough to qualify for the pole position, but he could run better. He told Scott that he was sliding a bit on those corners, so Scott made a tiny adjustment (so tiny it made me wonder if that really helped or was it just the mental aspect in Hunter's mind) and Hunter went back out for pre-final and laid out some great times and was running smooth again.

By the time the final heat rolled around, it was dark and the temp had dropped a little bit, so his times slowed up a fraction, but man, he was running smooth. Another win racked up for the "Blue Kid"'s camp!!

Another dad walked by us, smiled and simply said, "on a rail." Yeah, that's what he looked like he was running on. Let's pray he can look that way next weekend for the regional race.