Taylor (age 7) Left (P-3)
Morgan (age 9) Right (P-2)
So the 7 year old did great, there was only a small field of 3 so everyone got on the potium reguardless. It was good to see them out there having fun, but I wish our local track would enforce the 206 rules. My girls are completely legal, from carb slides, to appropriate weight, and coil restrictions. P-1 (who is also new to racing) is going out there with no weight, an adult slide and 6,100 coil. So she was flying past my girls and I don’t think they completely understood why.
So long as their out having fun I guess thats all that matters. I think the track lets it slide based on the same logic, its such a small class, they’re not wanting to hinder than in any way. But for me coming from a very strick CKNA ruleset, it does kinda bother me.
As for my first race in the X-30, it was pretty bad. We started out the morning the day prior, when I pulled both the kids carbs off and cleaned them. I’ve done several times in the past without issue. But man I must have done something wrong, cause both carbs were flooding out so I spent all morning taking them apart and messing with them to get the karts to run right. So I got ZERO practice time prior to the first race, I just jumped on and set it.
The qualifying session I lasted 2 laps before my right rear tire began leaking. I guess in my hast to slap everything together, I tore the bead on the tire and didn’t notice it. I went out on Vega Reds at 9 psi, and it went to no psi in 2 laps.
2nd Race I lasted about 3 laps before spinning out and cutting the grass. The power of the X-30 is INCREADIBLE and I was not accustom to being thrown around in the seat that much, coupled with the fact I could not get on my racing line being I was being rocketed toward the next turn in such a quick fashion, I wasn’t prepared for that. So instead of maintaining my lines, half the time I felt like I was trying to keep it on track. Again, a stupid amount of power I was not prepared for.
In the final I slapped on a set of old Vega Reds I ran in 206 on narrow wheels. At this point I just wanted to finish a race, and I will say I was sucessful. Finished P-9 of 14. Which sounds decent- but their we 3 mechanical DNF’s on lap one.
Both the girls spun out multiple times, but both finished their races and seemed to have a blast.
My biggest take away from the weekend was STRESS! for dad. Wrenching on 3 karts, prepping and parenting two girls at the same time. Working as a corner worker during their races (for safety reasons) then rushing back to the pits and trying to handle all my race preperations. To say it was challenging was no understatement.
Having them both running competitively in the same class resulted in grey hairs for my wife and I and some late nights at the track repairing crash damage caused by their sibling for me. Great times though and they both remember the time spent racing fondly. My son and I now race 206 Senior and Masters and don’t have to worry about crashing into each other!
I never stopped pushing the limits though.