10/04/2026
π Pumpkin 100 π
2 years ago, we had planned to make the trip up to Rice Lake to run the Pumpkin 100 but unfortunately the 9s couldn't due to his leg injury. Since then, it's been a bucket list race...100 laps, nothing else like it around here in the Midwest karting world.
Unfortunately, the Pumpkin 100 turned into the Pumpkin 5 and honestly should have been the Pumpkin 0. π€·ββοΈπͺ
π§ threatened the day from the start with the forecast ramping up as the day went on. Hindsight I'm sure different decisions could've been made by the track to get the "main" event in but as it went, the 100 lap race was the last event and as the 12 karts took the track, the skies opened up.
The 9s showed up with speed, which also increases the disappointment of not getting the opportunity.
πHeat 1 - 5th to Finish 1st π! Kart was lights out fast.
πHeat 2 - 6th to 2nd! Tried something different with tires that didn't produce the same roll speed at the 1st heat.
π Preliminary Feature (20 laps) - Started outside front row, double file starts killed us. Dropped to 11th on lap one, drove up to finish 3rd (Fastest Kart on Track at the end).
π Pumpkin 100 - Started outside front row, 5 laps and rain ended the night.
Up next β‘οΈ the Mel at Cedar Lake later this month!