06/09/2018
We’ve had a great time in Texas! It was really hot but we got to race, got to hang out with some great friends, and got to spend time with some Texas family we haven’t seen in a while!
Savannah’s car was set up for a hot 160 track but her heat race got moved to the next morning due to the storm that came in late Thursday afternoon. So yesterday morning she was the first one to roll out (literally, she started on the pole in her heat race) but since there was no grip or heat on the track and we hadn’t made any adjustments to her car she didn’t do great and had to start on the pole again in the D main. She drove what she was given though, so we chalk that one up to handler error. 😀. She was smoking fast in the D main and finished 2nd so she transferred to the C main and started P8 there. Again she drove the wheels off a smoking fast car, but another car got into her and she bent her front axle. (I think the other car spun and she was trying to go around him but he ran into her on accident). The race timed out before we could even do anything to try and get it fixed so that ended her day. 😕
Samantha’s Heavy World Formula was a little hard to handle in her heat race and she admitted that she was applying some brake in the corner (driver error) so she finished last in her heat. John made some adjustments to her car and when she rolled out at P9 for the B main she had a MUCH faster and better handling car as well. She drove HARD and was doing great, but another car spun in the corner and she didn’t see it until it was too late. She tried to go around it but wasn’t able to completely avoid it. Needless to say by the picture below, John just walked out there with a grin on his face and with a dolly in hand to get her off the track. We’ve always told them to drive the wheels off it if they need to, just don’t back off, don’t give up, drive clean, and make smart moves, and both girls did exactly that!!
Sometimes when you’re racing you get bad calls, sometimes you have bad luck, sometimes you make bad choices on the track, and sometimes you just can’t turn or move out of the way fast enough to avoid a wreck. But at the end of the day if you feel like you drove your hardest and tried your best you can wipe away those tears of frustration and disappointment and be proud of yourself. And both of these girls should be VERY proud of how they drove yesterday!!!!
Thank you to all the other parents and handlers this week for the help with the cars (both on and off the track), for your advice, set up tips, and words of encouragement! Race families helping each other is what makes this sport so great! And we are so excited to see so many of our good friends race in the A Mains today! Good luck to you all!!! ❤️ 😊
