08/06/2026
Riverland 2 Day meeting, what a great weekend away with SDK and all our other Dirt Karting friends.
Was a successful but very trying weekend and learning a lot.
Day 1 at Loxton Kart Club
Off pole in heat 1, rolled around waiting for the green flag to drop, Damon missed the start properly and finished in 7th
Heat 2, Started 10th finished 7th
Heat 3 started 4th, engine developed a miss fire, finished 10th
Engine had no spark when we got it in, swapped engine with his standard Speedway engine for Heat 4
Started 8th and finished 10th with an underpowered engine compared to the ported ones.
When we got to Renmark I pulled the engine out and found a broken wire on the coil that goes to the TCI module, repaired it best i could and bolted it back on. Engine fired straight away 😁
Day 2 Renmark.
Heat 1 Started 4th and engine fired but wouldn't run under load, DNS
Fuel running out intake so swapped carbys.
Heat 2 Started 2nd going clockwise ( reverse to speedway) Damon took the lead into turn 1 and powered away leading 16 others for 4 laps until 2nd place decided only way to pass him was punt him off the track coming into a corner, spinning Damon and taking out several other drivers. Questioned other drivers actions, no issue with it from Stewards 🤬
Checked over kart as best we could, lots of cable ties holding front bar still and rear bar pushed in but that's all we could see.
Heat 3 Started 7th and finished 8th, didnt want to pull as hard as Heat before?
Heat 4 Started 6th and dropped back to 11 with engine not feeling right so didn't want to push it.
After cleaning kart today and assessing damages we found the throttle stop had been pushed back slightly in the crash only giving him 3/4 throttle, hence why if felt off. But that's racing.
Anyway good weekend away and lots learnt from it.
Thanks to all that helped and always support us,
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