May 16, 2009

Today was a longer day than usual with the makeup races from the previous week. Jack started the Tiger Heat in second spot behind TJ. Jack stayed right with TJ for the first half of the race looking to make a pass when he finally got the chance just before half way. TJ and Justin battled it out behind Jack and got together on the back stretch but maintained momentum to keep the race caution free. Jack stretched his lead as TJ and Justin battled for second spot and took the heat race win.
The Tiger Feature began with Jack in the pole position. After an initial "no start" Jack took them around the trak in the lead position. The boys ran the race in single file with Jack at the lead followed closely by Barry and then Bleau. About a kart length separated each of them for the beginning poriton of the race. TJ began battling Justin for the second spot which allowed Jack to lengthen his lead over the two. About half way Justin started closing in on Jack and TJ started to fall off. It was looking like this would be a race to the finish! The distance between them leveled off with about 8 to go and they rode around for the remainder of the race with Jack taking the win over Justin.

The Jr Sportsman heat started with Jack in second spot. Jack got a huge run coming out of turn four to take the lead but was easily passed by Barry crossing the stripe for lap one. Duhaime then passed Jack on lap two. Jack and TJ battled it out for quite a few laps each gunning for the third position. Jack pulled ahead of TJ when the two of them came upon the lapped kart of Cody Zompanti. TJ finally grabbed the spot from Jack with two to go causing Jack to finish the heat race in fourth spot.
The Jr Sportsman Feature saw Jack in 4th spot. Taking the green flag Barry got turned by Duhaime causing a single file restart. With Jack single file from the fourth position he had all he could do to maintain the lead lap. Jack made a nice clean pass on the lapped kart of Cody Zompanti. With about 4 laps to go the pack caught up to him putting him a lap down. With one to go they came out of turn four in a pack and caught Zompanti for a second time. Jack spun the kart trying to avoid crashing into Barry but saved it enough to keep the green flag flying. The race ended with Jack in fourth just getting back up to speed...