Today at New Castle Motorsports Park I seemed to notice smiles everywhere I looked. Specifically, I saw the group of people racing in the LO206 classes having a great time doing what they love to do most.
I qualified well in both of the classes I race and several people came to congratulate me and wish me luck. I also had a couple of people tell me that they enjoy my blog. This was great to hear because I often wonder if anyone is reading this!! It definitely made me smile.
Ever since my family started racing we say 'zoom zoom' before the race. When I looked on the gopro attached to my kart, it had 'zoom zoom' written on it. This definitely brought smile to my face as I was suiting up for my race on the grid. Thanks Dad!
We also have a good friend, Grant Pendrey, who comes out to NCMP to help us out. If a kart is available, he races but in many cases we already have all the karts occupied. Grant still comes out and lends a hand in any way he can. Thank you Grant for helping! We appreciate it very much!
My sister is out of town for work again. Even with her hectic weekend schedule, she still always tries to find a way to watch my race on her computer. I love that she is still cheering me on from the other side of the country! Thank you sis!
I am proud to be a part of a class that can race side by side without incident. There was a great 4 way battle for 4th place for the entire race. We could race each other hard and know that no one is going to do something stupid (at least not on purpose). When the race was over there were plenty of smiles and animated talk of how fun the race had been. It really feels like 20+ friends getting together and having a blast racing rather than being just about winning and confrontation. We joke around with one another and just have a great time. We do have our frustrating moments as well but we forgive quickly and look forward to the next race. In one of my races I qualified 6th out of 21 and was looking forward to having a good battle up front. However at the drop of the green flag, I was pushed completely off track and fell to last. Initially, I was fuming inside my helmet but I had to focus on making my way through the pack. I worked my way back up to 13th but this was definitely not the result I had hoped for. As soon as the race was over, I had barely stepped out of the kart when the guy who pushed me off track had come to apologize for ruining my race. At this point, I had cooled off enough to know that it wasn't intentional and stuff like that happens in racing. The apology was much appreciated though and he promised he wouldn't do it again! LOL Now, on to the next race with a great group to race against!
Who did you make smile today?
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