1st race over

Calabogie is now history. It was a far better weekend than we feared. The course was simpler than one would like due to the lack of snow. Rebecca raced the 380 for the first time and Patrick raced the 550 for the first time. Bill and Tom had the clutching set up well on the 550 and it had a decent hole shot so Patrick was able to stay with the leaders on each start. There are some pictures of him on DooTalk at the starting line.

The kids share the Freestyle and we saw by the end of the weekend it needs some love. It had a broken side panel and it was getting pretty slow by Sunday. Patrick actually had a 3rd on it on Saturday. Turns out the carb boot is shot and needs replacing. It wouldn't run at all this weekend at the cottage.

Rebecca had a great time on the mini. She won on Saturday and go DQ'ed for speeding on Sunday. She came 3rd twice in Novice girls and 3rd once in Novice 1.

We ended up with a great spot in the pits - they were too soft on Thursday and Friday when all of the big teams showed up. Saturday morning we got moved to within about 50 metres of the staging area.

My sister's family came out to watch for the first time. I don't think they were ready to sink the money into racing full time just yet.

The rear shocks froze up on the 380 on Sunday at the cottage. We're going to upgrade the track to a 1" while the shock is being replaced. Should give the sled a much better holeshot since the existing track is only about .7".

Our next race is Rouyn in the middle of January. We might be able to go over there to practice sometime over the holiday. We need to win the lottery to buy a property to put up a practice track.