- Moon Racing Drivers Finish One Two Three at Sears Point!
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Benny, Justin, & Jimmy, gave Dean a great Father’s Day gift by driving their best, taking first, second, and third in the mixed classes. Jimmy had the best race of his year taking his first main event win in the competitive Jr. 1 2-cycle class. Qualifying less than a 10th/second off pole, Jimmy was a contender from the start. After many laps of running just inches off the bumper of the first place car, Jimmy made his move. Half a lap later, the former leader wanted the spot back and overtook Jimmy at the end of the straight. Jimmy was clearly faster in the infield, but the other car had gear for the straight. It was a very interesting race between the two drivers until the leader had to pull off due to a broken throttle cable . It was a bad way to end a great race, because it was going to be a battle all the way to the checkered. Jimmy kept his head in the game and held on for his first Jr. 1 2-cycle win crossing the finish line with both hands in the air.
Benny was the next race up and he was starting in 3rd after a good qualifying run. After a good start to put him in 2nd, Benny began to pull away from the rest of the field, while the leader put some distance between everyone. After about 7 laps, Benny seemed to be gaining on the leader, than about 15 laps into it, the progress was stagnant. Coming down to the last few laps, a fellow competitor was charging through the field, and Benny was not able to hold him off. Benny finished a close third.
Justin has been a consistent runner for the past few months. After solid drives all year long, I think Justin just likes to pass people. Not running up to speed on practice, we switched motors and did some chassis adjustments and Justin qualified 4th. After many laps of being stuck in 5th, Justin started to apply pressure and mad a good pass. Second place pulled off due to a broken pipe and Justin was in third. Chasing down the other drivers, Justin was turning fast laps and he eventually overtook for 2nd. After the race had ended, we inspected Justin’s kart, and he had literally driven with only one brake pad. The other pad was broken and was pressed into the rotor. All the drivers did a great job this weekend.
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