It was finally here! The Victorian Country Series! We left on Friday at about 4pm and arrived at 7:30pm after a 30 minute stop at Colac for dinner. We pitted with David Huezo and Riley Meens in Tag 125 light and Tag restricted light respectively. I was racing in Ka4 Junior Heavy.
Drivers:
Keean FERGUSON 46
Daniel HOOKWAY 95
Benjamin MOSS 11
Maximus FAHEY 71
Johnny HILL 88
Riley JABKE 44
Samuel DAVIES 10
Winston SMITH 26
Daniel GOLIGHTLY 6
Noah CROUCH 68
Alex RYAN 5
Nicholas RYAN 7
Jay RACOVALIS 99
Kye BELTON 29
Max GREEN 39
Braden CLARK 18 (Me)
Ben TAYLOR 22
Ryan COOK 28
Lachlan SWAYN 57
Joel JOHNSON 15
Joshua HORDER 66
Hamish ALLAN 21
Seth BURTON 25P
Saturday practice.
I had never driven on the track until Saturday and was really exited to drive it. It took a while to get used to the track, but I really enjoyed it. David and I were both new to the track whilst Riley had driven it before.
Saturday after practice.
After practice had finished, we put the karts away and Riley left to stay away from the track. Dad set up an electronic system with the generator and we could use electricity. The club hosted dinner, a spit roast. David and his family went to get some Fish and Chips. We had a good sleep.
Sunday.
Today was the day for racing and to kick off the VCS 2018. For Qualifying, I was second out of the grid behind Hookway but sadly qualified 18th.
Heat 1
I got an ok start but at turn 2 Jabke flipped and there was a full course yellow, which means slow to a pace behind the leader in single file. I finished the race 15th, 9.665 seconds behind the winner (Hookway).
Heat 2
I got another ok start and had a pretty good race, ending 16th.
Final
At the start I ran really wide and nearly collected Davies whom spun at turn 1 and almost passed A. Ryan at turn 2. It was an eventful race, and I finished 13th.
A really fun weekend overall and also learning a lot.
Braden Clark, Kart #18.
