Jack drove his new race car for the first time this weekend in a couple of days of practice.  For an eleven year old kid who obviously had never driven a full size car before, let alone a stick, he took to it very quickly.  Jack got the hang of working the clutch and the shift and ran his first laps on Friday.  After starting the day taking it slow and easy he cut 14 seconds off of his lap times to finish the day within a half a second of the times from last years field.

Saturday was his first practice with other cars on the track.  After spending the morning on track for the Canaan Fair Speedways Car show, Jack took home first place in his division in the Best in Show awards ceremony.  Thanks so much to Tom Fuller of Reliable Collision for the awesome paint job, and Wayne at Universal Signworks for the beautiful graphics.  

Jack's first practice on track with other cars went really well.  He held his own and even made a pass.  We were all very proud of the way he handled the race car.  This looks like it could be another great season of racing!!

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Opening Weekend - Twin State Speedway 2011

Our First official “Race Weekend” of 2011 is in the books. Jack Walker Racing attended final practice at Route 106 on Saturday April 30th. This was Jack’s first time out on the track with some competition. All in all it was a good day. Shook down a new kart, broke in a new motor and ran a few green flag laps. 106 has some new competitors in the Jr Sportsman division so it was good to get to mix it up with them for a bit as well.


Sunday found the team at Twin State Speedway for the first race of the year. This first race will also be counted towards the New England Challenge Series which is a 4 race money event running at the track. Jack took to Twin State really well last year so we had high hopes for him in this first event of the season. There was a total of 14 Jr Sportsmans at the track so they broke up the practices and heats to avoid the “big wreck” before racing even got underway.

Both rounds of practice went really well. The kart handled perfectly and Jack drove with determination lapping almost the entire field multiple times. Because there were so many karts and Twin State hand scores they decided that 14 was too many to have on the track at one time so the Sportsmans were broken up into 2 Heats, an A main and a B main. Jack started on the pole in the second heat and never looked back, taking the win and cruising onto the A main.

Jack started outside pole in the 10 kart A main but ran into the leaders rear tire causing him to drive up over the tire and lose traction. He slipped back to 6th before the first lap was even completed. Jack kept his cool and found his groove picking them off one by one. Driving in the fourth position and gaining on the leaders the caution flag flew.

Jack started in 4th place behind TJ Bleau and easily pushed him to the front to take over second spot with 5 to go. The front 4 were mixing it up for a few laps and caused another caution as the 2nd and 3rd place drivers each spun out.

With 2 laps to go Jack took the green on the outside in 2nd spot. Jack fell in behind TJ Bleau waiting to make a run for first. A last corner effort found Jack 2 ft from the win. JWR would settle for 2nd.

This was our highest finish at Twin State Speedway and an excellent start to the 2011 season. If we have a few more runs like that this could turn out to be a great year for the JWR team. Next week is Route 106’s opening day Saturday May 7th. Follow Jack on Twitter, Facebook and jackwalkerracing.com for race updates all year.

2011 Racing Season

With Speedweeks in full swing, the Bud Shootout happening tonight, and the Daytona 500 next weekend, JWR thought it would be a great time to start the 2011 racing season blogs!!
Our summer season is just around the corner and once again we'll be running the Jr Sportsman Champ.  You'll be able to check us out at our weekly race on Saturday nights at Route 106 Race Park in Pembroke NH.  But if you'd like a change of scenery, check out the schedule page to see when we'll be running in Claremont NH at Twin State Speedway and Richmond Maine at Richmond Karting Speedway.  Jack had a lot of fun last year racing at some different tracks, and against some new competitors!!!
If April seems to far away, you can check us out indoors up at Victory Lane Indoor Karting for the final Winter Blast race in Portland Maine.  The race will be held on February 27th. 
This year should be a lot of fun, with a lot of new faces. We're hoping for a really great racing season.

See you at the track.

2010 05 15 Week 3 Route 106 Weekly Series Feature Race

The night did not get any better for Jack Walker Racing. Jack started the feature in 5th spot after an inconsistent call sent him to the back for spinning in the heat race.  Jack immediatley jumped into 4th spot and battled TJ for the third position before winning the battle just before the completion of the 2nd lap.  Jack held off TJ until the half way point when Jack made the pass attempt for 2nd spot on the 96 of Justin Barry.  Jack and Justin got together and TJ spun trying to avoid them sending the three of them to the back of the field.  Jack would take the restart from the 5th position.  Justin and Cody got together as Justin made the pass attempt on Cody causing them both to spin.  Inconsistently again, the track put the 24 back in front of TJ and Jack, who had passed them during the spin.  Jack took the green from the 4th spot and took a couple laps to pass the 24 of Zompanti.  In the closing laps the 96 and 95J battled for the 3rd position with Jack narrowly missing the spot as they crossed the checkers.  Jack takes 4th in the feature.

2010 05 15 Week 3 Route 106 Weekly Series Heat Race

Week 3 at Route 106 Race Park and the JWR team is still missing by just a little. The Heat race lined up by points so Jack started in 5th spot. A turn 2 crash on lap 1 caused half the field to spin bringing out the first caution and started the race over with the initial lineup. Jack made quick work of getting to the third spot on lap one but was immediately taken over by the 83 of Ryan Barry dropping Jack back to the 4th spot. Jack settled in behind Ryan until Ryan hooked up with the 24 of Cody Zompanti and fell out of the groove allowing Jack to drive by both of them on the front stretch to take over 2nd spot. Jack maintained the 2nd position until about the halfway point when Ryan hooked up with him causing Jack to fall out of the groove and loop it under the flagstand. Jack was sent to the back for bringing out the caution and had less than half the laps to try to make up some spots. Jack started in 6th spot behind the 09 of JP Brennan and made the pass in the first couple of laps but had fallen back from the rest of the field and did not have enough time to catch them. Jack finished the heat in 5th spot yet again.

2010 05 02 Week 2 Route 106 Weekly Series - Feature Race

Jack started the feature in 5th and made quick work of getting up to 3rd place behind the battling 15 and 83. The 15 and 96 spun out on the front stretch almost simultaneously bringing out the first caution and landing Jack in 2nd spot. Jack fell to 3rd on the restart when the 15 and 96 brought out the 2nd caution for spinning again getting into turn 4. The next restart went single file with Jack back in 2nd as the field hadn't completed a lap on the previous restart. The 83 of Ryan Barry had a commanding lead and Jack was comfortably sitting in 2nd as the laps ticked by and they drove to the checkers. Jack comes home in 2nd spot.