We arrived at the Badger Raceway a little later than we did last Sunday. It was overcast and the weather did not look promising.
Tom and Connor went to register and came back for the kart to take it for tech check. The kart did not pass although Tom did all the adjustments he thought he needed to make the day before. The weight, used to compensate for the required weight of kart and driver, (obviously, Connor and the kart were lighter than they're supposed to be) in the front only had one nut. It needed to be double-nutted. So Tom had to make that adjustment. After that, they both went to the Driver's Meeting.
The Animal Sportsman class, the class Connor is in, was called to line up on grid B. Three different classes had already ran the track and a couple more were lined up to go before Animal Sportsman. By now, it had sprinkled for about a few minutes and I could see karts were still running on the track. As soon as Connor, Tom and my dad (he came with us) wheeled the kart away from our truck, the red flag was thrown. The guys wheeled the kart back to the truck and parked it under the tent that we had brought and set up. We huddled in the back of the truck while it rained with thunder and lightning. After several minutes, the race was called off. The drivers who came earned 200 points--equivalent to winning a race. Race #1 is checked off, everyone is tied in points and on to the next one on May 20th.
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