3 trouble makers??
Oh no that is Team JD Byrider!
Driver's Meeting
Getting ready to start the race
Holy cow 84 karts is a lot for one race!
Tony's future ride!
Ron, Riley, and I during one of his breaks.jpg)
The trophy girl is smiling because Steve goosed her :) Or at least he said he was going to!Ron raced in the Robopong 200 Endurance race on Sunday at New Castle. This is a race Ron looks forward to all year, is a huge race in the karting world.
Indy car drivers like Dan Weldon, Scott Goodyear, Will Power, Ed Carpenter, AJ Foyt IV, and many more race this event. There seemed to be more that normal this year but I think it is because they tested at the track today so they were already in town. This is Ron's time to shine against all these "professional" race car drivers.
Ron has been battling a cold so I was a little worried how the weekend would turn out. Ron teamed up with fellow JD Byrider teammate and friend Colton, they made a great team this year! The kart wasn't quite set up right for qualifying and Ron qualified 48th out of 84. My Mom tried to make it positive and tell him at least he was in the top 50! Ron was beating himself up all night Saturday and most of Sunday morning for it. This is over a 4 hour race, 200 laps a much longer race than Ron's normal 12-15 lap races. Ron and Colton both raced hard and smart and ended up finishing 7th and beating all the Indy car drivers!!!! It was a great race and I am very proud of Ron. I think once he feels better he will be pretty excited as well, we were both hoping for a top 10 finish with the way he qualified and just the talent that shows up at this event. He told me last night finishing 7th made him wish for a top 5. Boys, will they ever be happy? :) I am still very proud of him and everyone involved they all did a good job. It was a really fun day at the track, even I hadn't had that much fun at the track in a while. He is exhausted today, between fighting a cold and a pretty physical day he is beat.
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