Race Stats for Simmons and Year to Date
The new guys on the block put on a good show at the race on their home track. We want to thank the staff of Simmons for their help and support. The food booth was a popular place on race day. The track was tight and rough with lots of turns but teams were turning lap at 30-35 sec. intervals.
In the High School class there were lots of ups and downs during the two races. Simmons won the first race with 107 lap with the Middleton 80 car second with 96 laps. The Middleton 133 car, the girls team, with new batteries came in 3rd with 93 laps, after they lost laps when the ballast fell out of the car and had to be reinstalled. TBT was 4th with 85 laps after loosing laps with a blown tire.
In the second race Simmons broke a chain and lost a lot of laps before they could get it running again. TBT had problems in the second race with more blown tires and wheel problems. That left the two Middleton cars battling for the lead. The girls team in the 133 car kept up a fast and steady pace and won the second race by 4 laps over the Middleton boys in the 80 car.
The Middleton girls team beat out the Middleton boys team by 1 lap after 2 hours of racing to take the overall 1st place in the High School Class. Both cars ran steady and fast races.
In the Open Class in the first race it was Tiger Racing against the field. After 1 hour of racing and 119 laps it was Robinson Racings 13 car by .233 sec. over Tiger Racing with Robinsons 94 car 3rd with 116 laps and USF 4th with 82 laps. After the races were over Robinson Racings 13 car had holes rubbed in the nose cone and Jim Jr. had scuff marks on his shoes. That was how rough the course was.
In the second race Robinson Racing had the 94 car withdraw early in the race and the 13 car blew a tire late in the race to drop to third and USF improved to 2nd place with 122 laps just 2 laps behind Tiger Racing in the 4 car with 124 laps.
In the Experimental Battery Class there was a lot going on with the Electrocutioners and ProEV battling hard over both races. The surprise of the day was the Electrocutioners new 72 car. Drew came up with an actual Go-Kart running on Lithium Ion batteries.
In the 1st race the 72 car racked up 111 laps for a strong 3rd in its first ever race. The Electrocutioners 08 car battled the ProEv 39 car for a one lap win. Towards the end of the 1st race the 08 car, with 128 laps, and the ProEv 39 car, with 127 laps got together on the front straight and the 39 car lost its canopy and messed up a tire.
In the second race the 72 car was going like a bat and put in 126 laps for a 1st place. Cliff in the 39 car had problems with his canopy, too much duct tape holding it together. Then he had problems with his rear drive wheel and other stuff and had to withdraw.
Pony driving the Electrocutioners 08 car held off Drew in the 72 car for 1st place overall in the EX Battery class by 1 lap.
Girl Power came on strong with Overall 1st place finishes in the High School and EX Battery classes.
Blown tires, locked up drive wheels, busted chains, mirrors, loose ballast, to much duct tape and other gremlins caused much consternation in the ranks, standings and order of finish.
The next race is in Jan. at Wharton HS. That will be the last tune up before our biggest race of the year at the USF ENGINEERING EXPO. We should see some new out of town cars with upward of 20 cars total and a large crowd of spectators over the two days.
I would like to wish every one a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah and great end of the year. Have a great time and be safe. See you all rested and ready to go for the second half of the Electrathon Of Tampa Bay season.
Vic