November 14-18, 2007, Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
"All Pulp, No Fiction"
We Duke It Out With The Best Stock Honda Drivers at SuperNationals XI

We did our homework.  Let's see how we stack up against the best Stock Honda drivers in the nation

I know it has been more than a month since the Supernationals XI was completed.  It took about 80 hours to edit the video tape from the Supernats, and then I got sidetrack into putting some stuff onto DVDs.  More on that later.  I know all the timesheets in the story maybe annoying, but that way I'll be able to reference on one single page other competitors when we see them at the WinterNats, ProKart Challenge, or SuperNats XII.  Always good to know who you are competing against.  For those of you that haven't seen the SuperNats preparation chapter, here is the link to the prep chapter.  I didn't post the chapter for the general public to see prior to the Supernats, but those of you on cc.com got to see it first hand, along with our predictions, the day before we left for the Supernats.   The prep story is Chapter 139, and it might be good to read that before you read the chapter below, as it adds some context.

Anyways, here's the story:

Sunday, November 11, 2007
2Wild leaves The OC driving the Pulp Trailer, with about 8 karts and a ton of extra parts, tools, etc.  Wayne Kimball cruises into Sam Boyd Stadium that night, with everything intact.  Last year they took two trailers to Vegas.   This year they were able to stuff everything into my trailer.

Trailer is jam packed with Go-Fast kart stuff

Monday, November 12, 2007
2Wild is trying to get the tent people to hurry up and put our tent up, so they can start unpacking everything, putting up about 20 fluorescent lights fixtures, pulling the karts and tools out of the trailer, etc.

Under the Big Top

Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Jason Steaman and I fly into Vegas.  Dealt with the 45 minute long wait for a cab.  Man that sucks.  I think next time I'll try going to the other side of the building and see if I can grab a limo for about the same price as a cab.  Or even if it is $20 more, it is better than waiting 45 minutes in a dumb ass cab line, lugging your baggage around.  We catch a cab with one of the Swedetech guys to Sam Boyd Stadium.  Being the Cheating Bastard that I am, I immediately start quizzing him on Mike Drennan and Tom Dyer, both of who did well at the Kart Sport Grand Prix.   Dyer won the Kart Sport Stock Moto class, and Drennan took 4th behind Connor De Phillippi and Bonnier Moulton.  I figure that Dyer is gonna be up front in S3, and Drennan seems like he could be a threat in S4.   

The tent guys are still assembling our tent, but at least we have shelter from the sun.   Tent is looking cool, it is twice as big as last year's tent.  We got about 10 karts running out of the 2Wild tent this weekend.  

Wayne flies in a few hours later.  He has Amy and the two kids coming down later with Amanda the nanny.  Jeff and Sunni drive into town about the same time.   We do a final check on the karts, apply the mandatory stickers, fill out the tech sheets, setup out pit area, and get ready for the chaos that will ensue over the next five days.

Later that night, we munch down on some pretty good steak sandwiches at the Hooter's Hotel steak restaurant.  I have bad luck at the blackjack tables.......oh well, we'll try again tomorrow.

Home base for the Pulp Guys

Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Definitely the busiest day of the entire week, as we don't have our whole entourage of people helping us today, as most people are flying in later tonight.  We have Jason Hettervik of 2WildKarting tuning for us, along with Jason Steaman.  They are supporting our five karts (two for Jeff, two for me, one for Wayne).  The practice schedule is busy, but not impossibly busy.   A lot of people thought that Jeff and I would get burned out running two classes.  It wasn't that bad, as we are in good physical condition for karting.   Our schedule for the days is kinda like:

1.  7 minute practice for S4.  When this is done, we have 20 minutes to go back to tent, grab a drink, and get back on the pre-grid
2.  7 minute practice for S3.  When this is done, we have 70 minutes to get both karts ready for the next session
3.  Repeat above procedure five times throughout the day

The Pulp guys go in search of victory and glory at Supernationals XI

To keep us organized, Jason Steaman starts taking notes about the setups of all our karts, so we don't rely on our bad memory as to what was changed from session to session.  He also has a checklist to help us battle  Raceaflais (The Greek God of Racing Chaos), and does a full nut and bolt check on both my karts before they hit the grid.  If we can get through all the practice sessions and heat races without breaking or crashing, it will be a HUGE advantage.  Practice sessions are short, so you must be ready to go and take full advantage of those 6-7 laps of practice you will get to help learn the track and determine your setup.

The track layout is awesome. We'll hit about 88 mph in a Stock Honda down the straightaway.

Jeff's wife is cooking for us, so all week long we are getting fresh pasta, sandwiches, chicken, rice, etc.  It's like we have a gourmet chef in our tent!

Luckily, we avoided major collisions and crashes on this full day of practice.  Jeff is on top of the practice time charts for sessions 3 and 4 in the S4 Stock Honda class (older than 35 years old or body weight greater than 200 lbs, must be 415 lbs total weight of kart and driver).  Jeff sits out of session 5, feeling that he is dialed in.  Heh.  I take fastest time in practice session 5, beating Jeff's fastest time so far today by 7/100th, so I'm on top of the S4 time charts for practice day 1!  In S3 (Stock Honda, no age limits, weight of kart and driver = 385 lbs), I surprise myself by running the 4th fastest time of the day against the young guns.  Hummm.....is it superior skill, or was it because I had double the track time of most of the competitors?   You know what I think it is......and I know what YOU think it must be.....

Dana and Johnny drive into town late tonight, so we'll have some additional help in our quest for SuperNats glory.

S4 Practice Session 5 - Wednesday

Best Lap Tm 57.075 In Lap 6 Best Speed 47.306 by Doug Hayashi

Pos No. Name Best Tm In Lap Best Spd (Mph) Diff Gap Laps 1 55c Doug Hayashi 57.075 6 47.306     6 2 42u Ryan Pool 57.339 4 47.088 0.264 0.264 6 3 45c Fernando Diaz 57.379 7 47.056 0.304 0.040 7 4 89x Paul Russell 57.872 2 46.655 0.797 0.493 6 5 32j Jason Ewers 58.044 3 46.516 0.969 0.172 6 6 2nz Steve Brown 58.120 2 46.456 1.045 0.076 6 7 45z Craig Sender 58.257 5 46.346 1.182 0.137 6 8 68y Mark Drennan 58.384 4 46.246 1.309 0.127 6 9 95x Tommy Baker 58.486 3 46.165 1.411 0.102 6 10 42y John Espinor 58.531 3 46.129 1.456 0.045 6 11 64u Scott Clark 58.553 4 46.112 1.478 0.022 6 12 161c Jim Lewis 58.623 6 46.057 1.548 0.070 6 13 23u Todd Edgington 58.643 4 46.041 1.568 0.020 6 14 1nz Snow Mooney 58.708 6 45.990 1.633 0.065 6 15 15c Michael Mihld 58.787 4 45.929 1.712 0.079 6 16 49c Rob Whitley 58.909 6 45.833 1.834 0.122 6 17 110c Tom Levenberg 58.985 5 45.774 1.910 0.076 6 18 53c Dave Van Gordon 58.986 2 45.774 1.911 0.001 6 19 36c Bill Cox 59.142 4 45.653 2.067 0.156 6 20 75z Steve Perdue 59.145 4 45.651 2.070 0.003 6 21 5z Andy Sole 59.203 5 45.606 2.128 0.058 6 22 45u RJ Edgington 59.282 6 45.545 2.207 0.079 6 23 31x Marty Henderson 59.434 6 45.429 2.359 0.152 6 24 65c Grant Westmorland 59.457 2 45.411 2.382 0.023 6 25 16 Matt Alcorn 59.667 3 45.251 2.592 0.210 6 26 28e Rick Freund 59.769 2 45.174 2.694 0.102 6 27 12j Eric Chappell 59.782 4 45.164 2.707 0.013 6 28 23z David Jones 1:00.076 4 44.943 3.001 0.294 6 29 27 Craig Finer 1:00.089 3 44.933 3.014 0.013 3 30 24 Lloyd Putnam 1:00.214 4 44.840 3.139 0.125 6 31 50z Tim Davison 1:00.505 6 44.624 3.430 0.291 6 32 6x Matthew Maas 1:00.655 4 44.514 3.580 0.150 6 33 3x Mark Black 1:00.699 2 44.482 3.624 0.044 3 34 39 Chris Rapp 1:00.953 3 44.296 3.878 0.254 6 35 58 Brad Johnson 1:01.085 4 44.201 4.010 0.132 4 36 4c Jeff Littrell --:--:--.--- 0 -     0 37 66y Rob Soares --:--:--.--- 0 -     0

Bryan Eady and Jason Lee heading up the S3 heat races
 

S3 Practice 5 Wednesday

Pos	No.	Name		Best Tm	In Lap	Best Spd (Mph)	Diff	Gap	Laps
1	2	Tom Dyer	55.762	3	48.420			5
2	30y	Bryan Eady	55.957	5	48.251	0.195	0.195	6
3	7	Jason Lee	56.181	5	48.059	0.419	0.224	5
4	55c	Doug Hayashi	56.247	5	48.003	0.485	0.066	5
5	4c	Jeff Littrell	56.271	6	47.982	0.509	0.024	6
6	22d	Jeff Welch	56.352	6	47.913	0.590	0.081	6
7	387	Jose Zanella	56.442	4	47.837	0.680	0.090	5
8	15e	Matt Zeis	56.485	5	47.800	0.723	0.043	5
9	51e	Derek Crockett	56.556	2	47.740	0.794	0.071	5
10	32u	Keenan Schmitke	56.572	6	47.727	0.810	0.016	6
11	22	Matt Kistler	56.643	4	47.667	0.881	0.071	6
12	51c	Bobby Legate	56.721	3	47.601	0.959	0.078	6
13	41y	Curtis Cooksey	56.879	4	47.469	1.117	0.158	6
14	33d	JD Mobley	56.902	3	47.450	1.140	0.023	5
15	14u	Eddie Olpin	56.908	3	47.445	1.146	0.006	5
16	27t	Nick Lucido	56.934	4	47.423	1.172	0.026	6
17	3	Cam Egger	56.950	5	47.410	1.188	0.016	5
18	9b	Scott Barnes	57.207	3	47.197	1.445	0.257	5
19	99	Carter James	57.243	5	47.167	1.481	0.036	6
20	6j	Joe Janowski	57.254	5	47.158	1.492	0.011	5
21	77	Steven Reasoner	57.286	3	47.132	1.524	0.032	5
22	113z	Cameron Kingsley	57.309	4	47.113	1.547	0.023	6
23	111c	Clinton Schoombee	57.448	2	46.999	1.686	0.139	5
24	9z	Christopher Barkley	57.555	6	46.912	1.793	0.107	6
25	7u	Wyatt Lloyd	57.564	3	46.904	1.802	0.009	5
26	1nz	Daniel Eggleton	57.623	5	46.856	1.861	0.059	5
27	25c	Kyle Zirkle	57.785	6	46.725	2.023	0.162	6
28	10z	Ted Pyle	57.841	4	46.680	2.079	0.056	5
29	40c	Curtis Ruth	57.873	5	46.654	2.111	0.032	5
30	800c	Wayne Mello	57.885	4	46.644	2.123	0.012	5
31	12d	Ian Koentges	57.912	3	46.622	2.150	0.027	4
32	46x	Flemming Tranberg	58.390	5	46.241	2.628	0.478	5
33	22u	Oliver Crenshaw	58.537	4	46.125	2.775	0.147	5
34	27u	Patrick Cushenberry	58.761	4	45.949	2.999	0.224	5
35	56	Matthew Trott	59.061	6	45.715	3.299	0.300	6
36	15	Kristina McKnight	59.691	5	45.233	3.929	0.630	5
37	56x	Ellie Nash	1:01.134	2	44.165	5.372	1.443	5
38	70	Chad Allen	--:--:--.---	0	-			0

I think the red stickers look better than the glittery green stuff

Thursday, November 15
Final Practice session in the morning, and then we go to qualifying.  I throw down some good laptimes in both sessions, ending up 3rd fastest in S4, and 3rd fastest in S3.  Hey now, I think I might be able to podium in BOTH classes, if I can avoid the wrath of Raceaflais.  Tonight, Jason Trumpio flies into town with some new camera gizmos. (most of the pictures on this page are from him). 

S4 Final Practice - Thursday Morning

Pos	No.	Name		Best Tm	In Lap	Best Spd (Mph)	Diff	Gap	Laps
1	4c	Jeff Littrell	57.086	4	47.297			5
2	45c	Fernando Diaz	57.155	6	47.240	0.069	0.069	6
3	55c	Doug Hayashi	57.373	4	47.060	0.287	0.218	6
4	2nz	Steve Brown	57.460	5	46.989	0.374	0.087	5
5	32j	Jason Ewers	57.748	6	46.755	0.662	0.288	6
6	42u	Ryan Pool	57.832	6	46.687	0.746	0.084	6
7	89x	Paul Russell	58.396	4	46.236	1.310	0.564	6
8	161c	Jim Lewis	58.593	5	46.081	1.507	0.197	6
9	42y	John Espinor	58.766	6	45.945	1.680	0.173	6
10	1nz	Snow Mooney	58.852	5	45.878	1.766	0.086	5
11	15c	Michael Mihld	58.884	6	45.853	1.798	0.032	6
12	31x	Marty Henderson	58.959	6	45.795	1.873	0.075	6
13	45u	RJ Edgington	59.212	6	45.599	2.126	0.253	6
14	16	Matt Alcorn	59.363	6	45.483	2.277	0.151	6
15	64u	Scott Clark	59.392	6	45.461	2.306	0.029	6
16	23u	Todd Edgington	59.485	5	45.390	2.399	0.093	6
17	27	Craig Finer	59.485	6	45.390	2.399		6
18	95x	Tommy Baker	59.615	4	45.291	2.529	0.130	6
19	12j	Eric Chappell	59.644	3	45.269	2.558	0.029	6
20	28e	Rick Freund	59.659	5	45.257	2.573	0.015	6
21	5z	Andy Sole	59.725	5	45.207	2.639	0.066	6
22	65c	Grant Westmorland	59.735	5	45.200	2.649	0.010	6
23	58	Brad Johnson	59.830	6	45.128	2.744	0.095	6
24	75z	Steve Perdue	59.838	6	45.122	2.752	0.008	6
25	23z	David Jones	1:00.074	5	44.945	2.988	0.236	6
26	36c	Bill Cox	1:00.097	5	44.927	3.011	0.023	5
27	45z	Craig Sender	1:00.157	4	44.883	3.071	0.060	6
28	110c	Tom Levenberg	1:00.192	5	44.856	3.106	0.035	6
29	53c	Dave Van Gordon	1:00.388	3	44.711	3.302	0.196	6
30	3x	Mark Black	1:00.530	5	44.606	3.444	0.142	5
31	6x	Matthew Maas	1:00.682	3	44.494	3.596	0.152	3
32	24	Lloyd Putnam	1:00.693	4	44.486	3.607	0.011	6
33	49c	Rob Whitley	1:00.999	5	44.263	3.913	0.306	5
34	50z	Tim Davison	1:01.613	6	43.822	4.527	0.614	6
35	39	Chris Rapp	1:01.686	6	43.770	4.600	0.073	6
36	68y	Mark Drennan	--:--:--.---	0	-			0

Wayne using same red decal set as me

S3 Final Practice - Thursday Morning

Best Lap Tm 55.921 In Lap 4 Best Speed 48.282 by Bryan Eady

Pos No. Name Best Tm In Lap Best Spd (Mph) Diff Gap Laps 1 30y Bryan Eady 55.921 4 48.282     6 2 387 Jose Zanella 56.052 4 48.170 0.131 0.131 6 3 55c Doug Hayashi 56.143 3 48.091 0.222 0.091 6 4 51e Derek Crockett 56.189 5 48.052 0.268 0.046 6 5 51c Bobby Legate 56.260 5 47.991 0.339 0.071 6 6 4c Jeff Littrell 56.483 3 47.802 0.562 0.223 5 7 7 Jason Lee 56.561 6 47.736 0.640 0.078 6 8 2 Tom Dyer 56.575 3 47.724 0.654 0.014 6 9 3 Cam Egger 56.694 6 47.624 0.773 0.119 6 10 113z Cameron Kingsley 56.747 6 47.580 0.826 0.053 6 11 32u Keenan Schmitke 56.749 6 47.578 0.828 0.002 6 12 111c Clinton Schoombee 56.802 4 47.534 0.881 0.053 6 13 12d Ian Koentges 56.875 6 47.473 0.954 0.073 6 14 33d JD Mobley 56.912 6 47.442 0.991 0.037 6 15 15e Matt Zeis 56.935 6 47.422 1.014 0.023 6 16 1nz Daniel Eggleton 56.936 6 47.422 1.015 0.001 6 17 9b Scott Barnes 57.037 4 47.338 1.116 0.101 4 18 41y Curtis Cooksey 57.045 6 47.331 1.124 0.008 6 19 6j Joe Janowski 57.184 4 47.216 1.263 0.139 6 20 27t Nick Lucido 57.203 6 47.200 1.282 0.019 6 21 9z Christopher Barkley 57.238 4 47.171 1.317 0.035 6 22 800c Wayne Mello 57.254 4 47.158 1.333 0.016 5 23 22 Matt Kistler 57.281 4 47.136 1.360 0.027 4 24 7u Wyatt Lloyd 57.346 6 47.083 1.425 0.065 6 25 77 Steven Reasoner 57.380 6 47.055 1.459 0.034 6 26 46x Flemming Tranberg 57.996 4 46.555 2.075 0.616 6 27 40c Curtis Ruth 58.070 6 46.496 2.149 0.074 6 28 10z Ted Pyle 58.088 6 46.481 2.167 0.018 6 29 25c Kyle Zirkle 58.386 4 46.244 2.465 0.298 4 30 56 Matthew Trott 58.651 6 46.035 2.730 0.265 6 31 27u Patrick Cushenberry 58.798 4 45.920 2.877 0.147 4 32 22d Jeff Welch 58.941 2 45.809 3.020 0.143 2 33 15 Kristina McKnight 1:00.060 5 44.955 4.139 1.119 5 34 99 Carter James 1:02.712 1 43.054 6.791 2.652 1 35 56x Ellie Nash 1:04.204 5 42.053 8.283 1.492 5 36 22u Oliver Crenshaw --:--:--.--- 0 -     0 37 14u Eddie Olpin --:--:--.--- 0 -     0

Ugliest helmet vs. Derek Crockett's coolest looking helmet

Thursday, November 15
Qualifying
I had this Cheating Bastard strategy of how to get a good laptime.  I was figuring that since we mount new tires for qualifying, and usually the 2nd or 3rd lap on new tires is when you can throw down the best laptime, I wanted to use both of our allocated two sets of new race tires in qualifying.  I figured I would go out on new set #1, throw down a good lap, then come back into the hot pit area, have the pit crew do a Formula One style tire change, put on the second set of race tires, and take another wack at getting a good time within a couple of laps.  I couldn't get any knowledgeable person to agree with me.  I insisted to Alex Barron a month ago that this would be the best way, but he disagreed.  I tried to convince Jason Hettervik to let me do this, but he also insisted that ain't the best way, that I should save my 2nd set of tires for the main event, when everyone will be running on new tires.  Jason also said it would be best to just do a set of hot laps, then come into the pit area, check tire pressure, see what the other competitors are running for laptime via this goofy I-Card/Gameboy wireless gizmo, and then go out again.  In the end, I agree with Jason, as so far every piece of advice he gave us seem to be working. 

Jeff looking fast in S4

Qualifying S4
So we grab our spots in the hot pit area for qualifying.  We got Johnny checking the Gameboy gizmo for updates on how we are doing.  I go out on the track, run a couple of what I think are fast laps, and then into the hot pit to see how I did and to check tire pressures.  Johnny says that I'm 15th on the grid so far.  What?  How can that be?  I've been top 3 in practice the past two days.  Am I running with a lot of Cheating Bastards that were sandbagging?   I go out again and run some fast laps, and comeback, and they said I'm way behind again.  Damn.  I go out for one more session, do some laps, and then park it.  I end up qualifying 3rd.  It appears that the I-Card Gameboy gizmo wasn't really doing realtime updates, so I was getting all panicked for no reason, and probably put on 6 more hot laps on those tires than I should have.  So much for using Cheating Bastard Technology.  Jeff takes pole, Fernando takes 2nd, and I am gridded P3.  I'm pretty happy with that P3 spot, as I don't think I'll get involved in any first turn melees.
 

Qualifying - S4

Best Speed 48.464 by Jeff Littrell

Pos No. Name   Best Tm In Lap Best Spd (Mph) Diff Gap Laps 1 4c Jeff Littrell 55.711 5 48.464     11 2 45c Fernando Diaz 56.157 7 48.079 0.446 0.446 14 3 55c Doug Hayashi 56.473 10 47.810 0.762 0.316 12 4 68y Mark Drennan 56.483 3 47.802 0.772 0.010 4 5 89x Paul Russell 56.725 4 47.598 1.014 0.242 11 6 45z Craig Sender 57.087 3 47.296 1.376 0.362 9 7 161c Jim Lewis 57.218 9 47.188 1.507 0.131 9 8 42u Ryan Pool 57.262 3 47.152 1.551 0.044 18 9 32j Jason Ewers 57.304 9 47.117 1.593 0.042 9 10 16 Matt Alcorn 57.318 5 47.106 1.607 0.014 14 11 42y John Espinor 57.339 6 47.088 1.628 0.021 10 12 2nz Steve Brown 57.416 5 47.025 1.705 0.077 12 13 31x Marty Henderson 57.475 3 46.977 1.764 0.059 7 14 75z Steve Perdue 57.503 15 46.954 1.792 0.028 20 15 36c Bill Cox 57.640 14 46.842 1.929 0.137 17 16 65c Grant Westmorland 57.724 9 46.774 2.013 0.084 10 17 45u RJ Edgington 57.738 8 46.763 2.027 0.014 17 18 1nz Snow Mooney 57.895 6 46.636 2.184 0.157 12 19 110c Tom Levenberg 58.071 8 46.495 2.360 0.176 11 20 15c Michael Mihld 58.122 2 46.454 2.411 0.051 6 21 28e Rick Freund 58.125 13 46.452 2.414 0.003 14 22 12j Eric Chappell 58.173 16 46.413 2.462 0.048 17 23 95x Tommy Baker 58.175 12 46.412 2.464 0.002 12 24 53c Dave Van Gordon 58.201 6 46.391 2.490 0.026 12 25 64u Scott Clark 58.220 7 46.376 2.509 0.019 11 26 23u Todd Edgington 58.233 15 46.365 2.522 0.013 18 27 27 Craig Finer 58.319 4 46.297 2.608 0.086 8 28 5z Andy Sole 58.382 5 46.247 2.671 0.063 5 29 49c Rob Whitley 58.808 7 45.912 3.097 0.426 9 30 58 Brad Johnson 58.874 3 45.861 3.163 0.066 4 31 3x Mark Black 58.880 7 45.856 3.169 0.006 7 32 23z David Jones 58.929 5 45.818 3.218 0.049 11 33 24 Lloyd Putnam 59.083 5 45.698 3.372 0.154 6 34 6x Matthew Maas 59.246 7 45.573 3.535 0.163 11 35 39 Chris Rapp 59.392 4 45.461 3.681 0.146 12 36 50z Tim Davison 1:00.595 6 44.558 4.884 1.203 6

Qualifying S3
So I go out, blast some laps, come back in, check tires pressure, go back out, blast some laps.  I'm thinking maybe I should come into the hot pit one more time, check tire pressure, and take a 3rd shot at improving my time.  I decide to do one more hot lap before coming in, and on that lap, I bonehead and hit the plastic barrier with my left front tire.  Which is like hitting a brick wall at speed.  It spins me around, throws the rear axle into the wall, and shoots me across the track.  MORON!  Rear axle is bent at a 45 degree angle, my qualifying session is done for the day.  Damn.  I was just getting warmed up. I was hoping to go through the entire event without replacing an axle, so much for that.  So my qualifying time is cut short.  I knew I shoulda done that Formula One style tire change!  Jeff also has a problem, and crashes into the wall.  We both end up getting 8 laps of qualifying, but if we had another 4 laps, we might have been able to improve our grid positions.  I end up taking 9th, which isn't too bad.  Jeff takes 15th, which is bad, as he is in the danger zone where there are a lot of crashes.  Wayne has a bad qualifying session, and is 23rd, so he's really going to have to deal with a lot of traffic and crashing.  Instead of leaving the track early today, we gotta spend time fixing axles, steering columns, tie rods, etc.  Sucks.  We are at the track until 7:30 p.m, which is about 3 hours later than we planned on leaving.   Wayne rags on us for crashing, as he hasn't hit anything.  Yet.

Qualifying Results S3

Best Speed 49.435 by Bryan Eady

Pos No. Name Best Tm In Lap Best Spd (Mph) Diff Gap Laps 1 30y Bryan Eady 54.617 11 49.435     11 2 7 Jason Lee 54.748 13 49.317 0.131 0.131 16 3 2 Tom Dyer 54.825 12 49.248 0.208 0.077 13 4 41y Curtis Cooksey 54.840 8 49.234 0.223 0.015 12 5 387 Jose Zanella 54.941 10 49.144 0.324 0.101 15 6 51c Bobby Legate 54.987 8 49.103 0.370 0.046 8 7 22d Jeff Welch 55.093 11 49.008 0.476 0.106 15 8 14u Eddie Olpin 55.146 15 48.961 0.529 0.053 16 9 55c Doug Hayashi 55.221 4 48.894 0.604 0.075 8 10 111c Clinton Schoombee 55.231 6 48.886 0.614 0.010 10 11 15e Matt Zeis 55.231 8 48.886 0.614   14 12 51e Derek Crockett 55.325 7 48.803 0.708 0.094 10 13 1nz Daniel Eggleton 55.381 11 48.753 0.764 0.056 17 14 9b Scott Barnes 55.386 10 48.749 0.769 0.005 15 15 4c Jeff Littrell 55.465 5 48.679 0.848 0.079 8 16 22 Matt Kistler 55.554 7 48.601 0.937 0.089 12 17 77 Steven Reasoner 55.570 5 48.587 0.953 0.016 10 18 3 Cam Egger 55.677 13 48.494 1.060 0.107 19 19 113z Cameron Kingsley 55.746 10 48.434 1.129 0.069 11 20 6j Joe Janowski 55.847 11 48.346 1.230 0.101 14 21 33d JD Mobley 55.867 6 48.329 1.250 0.020 7 22 7u Wyatt Lloyd 55.883 11 48.315 1.266 0.016 11 23 800c Wayne Mello 55.935 10 48.270 1.318 0.052 11 24 99 Carter James 55.986 12 48.226 1.369 0.051 14 25 25c Kyle Zirkle 56.038 14 48.182 1.421 0.052 15 26 10z Ted Pyle 56.277 12 47.977 1.660 0.239 12 27 12d Ian Koentges 56.323 6 47.938 1.706 0.046 11 28 46x Flemming Tranberg 56.416 6 47.859 1.799 0.093 7 29 40c Curtis Ruth 56.679 6 47.637 2.062 0.263 8 30 56 Matthew Trott 56.997 12 47.371 2.380 0.318 17 31 27u Patrick Cushenberry 57.042 8 47.334 2.425 0.045 9 32 15 Kristina McKnight 57.682 10 46.808 3.065 0.640 12 33 22u Oliver Crenshaw 58.157 6 46.426 3.540 0.475 17 34 9z Christopher Barkley 58.303 1 46.310 3.686 0.146 1 35 56x Ellie Nash 58.407 18 46.227 3.790 0.104 18 36 27t Nick Lucido 58.607 1 46.070 3.990 0.200 1 37 32u Keenan Schmitke --:--:--.--- 0 -     0

Friday Morning, November 16, 2007
S4 Heat Race 1
So now we begin the first of 3 heat races.  You start each heat race according to how you qualified on Thursday.  After all three heats races are over, then your finishing places (points) for the heat races are added together, and that determines how you grid for the 25 lap main race.  It is key to make sure you have three good finishes in the heat races, as one mistake can put you back in row 6 for the main if you DNF.  All I want to do is finish in the top 4, so I have a good shot at being on row 2 or better for the main event.  Lights go on out on the starter tree, and we go flying into turn 1.  Jeff, Fernando, and Mike Drennan are racing pretty close, I hang back a few kart lengths observing the action.  Jeff wins the race, with Drennan, Fernando, and me 3+seconds behind him.  Behind us, Matt Alcorn heads up the next group, 10 seconds behind Jeff.

S4 Heat Race #1 Results

Best Lap Tm 55.726 In Lap 6 Best Speed 48.451 by Jeff Littrell

Pos No. Name Laps Total Tm Diff Best Tm In Lap Best Spd (Mph) 1 4c Jeff Littrell 10 9:23.370   55.726 6 48.451 2 68y Mark Drennan 10 9:26.224 2.854 55.786 6 48.399 3 45c Fernando Diaz 10 9:27.216 3.846 55.829 6 48.362 4 55c Doug Hayashi 10 9:27.366 3.996 55.913 6 48.289 5 16 Matt Alcorn 10 9:34.126 10.756 56.425 8 47.851 6 42u Ryan Pool 10 9:36.338 12.968 56.467 9 47.816 7 2nz Steve Brown 10 9:37.245 13.875 56.520 8 47.771 8 42y John Espinor 10 9:39.016 15.646 56.810 9 47.527 9 161c Jim Lewis 10 9:39.925 16.555 56.567 9 47.731 10 45u RJ Edgington 10 9:40.142 16.772 56.794 9 47.540 11 36c Bill Cox 10 9:46.841 23.471 57.257 8 47.156 12 75z Steve Perdue 10 9:47.516 24.146 57.542 9 46.922 13 23u Todd Edgington 10 9:47.855 24.485 57.227 7 47.181 14 5z Andy Sole 10 9:51.229 27.859 57.546 3 46.919 15 65c Grant Westmorland 10 9:52.299 28.929 57.355 7 47.075 16 64u Scott Clark 10 9:52.892 29.522 57.272 8 47.143 17 1nz Snow Mooney 10 9:53.047 29.677 57.700 3 46.794 18 110c Tom Levenberg 10 9:54.022 30.652 58.065 7 46.500 19 53c Dave Van Gordon 10 9:54.165 30.795 57.878 3 46.650 20 24 Lloyd Putnam 10 9:59.295 35.925 58.083 8 46.485 21 23z David Jones 10 10:00.248 36.878 57.375 9 47.059 22 27 Craig Finer 10 10:02.553 39.183 58.104 9 46.468 23 49c Rob Whitley 10 10:05.231 41.861 57.882 10 46.647 24 28e Rick Freund 10 10:12.720 49.350 58.932 4 45.816 25 15c Michael Mihld 10 10:18.363 54.993 57.716 5 46.781 26 3x Mark Black 10 10:19.300 55.930 59.409 4 45.448 27 39 Chris Rapp 10 10:20.715 57.345 59.978 4 45.017 28 58 Brad Johnson 10 10:20.802 57.432 58.300 4 46.312 29 50z Tim Davison 10 10:22.111 58.741 1:00.076 6 44.943 30 6x Matthew Maas 8 8:06.555 2 Laps 58.066 8 46.499 31 89x Paul Russell 6 5:46.566 4 Laps 56.640 5 47.669 32 32j Jason Ewers 4 3:54.806 6 Laps 57.269 3 47.146 33 95x Tommy Baker 2 2:46.962 8 Laps 1:00.049 2 44.963 34 45z Craig Sender 1 1:00.706 9 Laps 59.808 1 45.144 35 12j Eric Chappell 0 3.270 10 Laps --:--:--.--- 0 - 36 31x Marty Henderson 0 --:--:--.---   --:--:--.--- 0 -

Fernando and Jeff duking it out

S3 Heat Race #1
If S4 was a snoozer, this S3 race was like a crazy shoot out at the OK Corral with meth addicts twitching left and right with Uzi machine guns.   The average age for this group of drivers is 25, and about half the drivers are 20 years old or younger.  Wayne and I are the oldest guys in the class at 48 year old, and Jeff is 44.  These other S3 drivers didn't seem to be too concerned about how they are going to be gridded for the main, as they drove like it was do-or-die to be on the podium for this heat race.  There was a lot of contact and crashes right from the start.  From my P9 position, I stayed clean, watched other people break or crash into each other, and holy shit, due to attrition, I end up 4th in Heat Race 1.  Hey now! Maybe I can start the S3 main from row 2, that would be cool.  Jason Lee wins the Heat Race 1, which is very impressive, as he is in a RENTAL KART from Aluminos.  Lee is from New Zealand, and came down with a team of 6 NZ drivers that wanted to duke it out with America's best Stock Honda drivers.  Lee and Bryan Eady are kicking my ass by a good 1.2 seconds a lap.  I got nothing for those two guys.   Littrell gets rear ended and crashed out on lap 6.  That's gonna hurt his grid position for the main  Wayne  moves up to 14th for this race, barely avoiding contact with everyone else that was crashing and burning.

S3 Heat Race 1 Results

Best Lap Tm 54.051 In Lap 10 Best Speed 49.953 by Jason Lee Pos No. Name Laps Total Tm Diff Best Tm In Lap Best Spd (Mph) 1 7 Jason Lee 10 9:12.308   54.051 10 49.953 2 30y Bryan Eady 10 9:13.601 1.293 54.134 9 49.876 3 41y Curtis Cooksey 10 9:20.532 8.224 54.813 6 49.258 4 55c Doug Hayashi 10 9:21.515 9.207 55.292 6 48.832 5 51e Derek Crockett 10 9:21.586 9.278 55.237 6 48.880 6 1nz Daniel Eggleton 10 9:22.201 9.893 54.889 10 49.190 7 9b Scott Barnes 10 9:22.798 10.490 55.038 10 49.057 8 111c Clinton Schoombee 10 9:23.704 11.396 54.955 10 49.131 9 33d JD Mobley 10 9:24.100 11.792 54.971 6 49.117 10 7u Wyatt Lloyd 10 9:28.178 15.870 55.468 5 48.677 11 3 Cam Egger 10 9:28.707 16.399 55.134 10 48.972 12 25c Kyle Zirkle 10 9:28.922 16.614 55.482 5 48.664 13 51c Bobby Legate 10 9:30.043 17.735 54.619 7 49.433 14 800c Wayne Mello 10 9:32.034 19.726 55.578 8 48.580 15 99 Carter James 10 9:32.595 20.287 55.427 8 48.713 16 387 Jose Zanella 10 9:33.858 21.550 54.781 8 49.287 17 46x Flemming Tranberg 10 9:34.000 21.692 --:--:--.--- 0 - 18 40c Curtis Ruth 10 9:39.362 27.054 56.248 4 48.002 19 27u Patrick Cushenberry 10 9:48.470 36.162 56.007 9 48.208 20 56 Matthew Trott 10 9:49.598 37.290 57.327 8 47.098 21 22u Oliver Crenshaw 10 9:52.427 40.119 56.548 7 47.747 22 22 Matt Kistler 10 9:54.708 42.400 55.127 10 48.978 23 10z Ted Pyle 10 9:57.583 45.275 57.058 8 47.320 24 15 Kristina McKnight 10 10:05.646 53.338 57.665 9 46.822 25 56x Ellie Nash 10 10:06.818 54.510 58.025 8 46.532 26 6j Joe Janowski 10 10:06.845 54.537 55.673 10 48.497 27 2 Tom Dyer 8 7:25.054 2 Laps 54.473 8 49.566 28 22d Jeff Welch 6 6:27.364 4 Laps 56.267 6 47.985 29 77 Steven Reasoner 5 4:48.391 5 Laps 55.477 5 48.669 30 12d Ian Koentges 5 5:07.126 18.735 56.419 4 47.856 31 4c Jeff Littrell 4 3:56.823 6 Laps 56.690 4 47.627 32 15e Matt Zeis 0 1.331 10 Laps --:--:--.--- 0 - 33 113z Cameron Kingsley 0 2.066 0.735 --:--:--.--- 0 - 34 27t Nick Lucido 0 5.132 3.801 --:--:--.--- 0 - 35 9z Christopher Barkley 0 5.326 3.995 --:--:--.--- 0 - 36 32u Keenan Schmitke 0 5.962 4.631 --:--:--.--- 0 - 37 14u Eddie Olpin 0 5.963 4.632 --:--:--.--- 0

Saturday morning, November 17, 2007
S4 Heat Race 2
Jeff spanks everyone again.  The big news is that Mark Drennan has a mechanical failure during the race, which sucks for him, as that will throw him back on the grid for the main race.  Which is good for me, as it appears that Drennan seems to have found more speed than me, opening up a possible podium spot for yours truly.

S4 Heat Race 2 Results

Best Lap Tm 55.573 In Lap 4 Best Speed 48.585 by Jeff Littrell Pos No. Name Laps Total Tm Diff Best Tm 1 4c Jeff Littrell 10 9:23.105   55.573 2 45c Fernando Diaz 10 9:26.237 3.132 55.933 3 55c Doug Hayashi 10 9:28.201 5.096 55.868 4 89x Paul Russell 10 9:29.069 5.964 56.188 5 16 Matt Alcorn 10 9:30.693 7.588 56.002 6 42u Ryan Pool 10 9:31.223 8.118 56.083 7 161c Jim Lewis 10 9:37.595 14.490 56.784 8 2nz Steve Brown 10 9:38.021 14.916 56.590 9 42y John Espinor 10 9:39.694 16.589 57.014 10 53c Dave Van Gordon 10 9:41.933 18.828 57.116 11 32j Jason Ewers 10 9:42.517 19.412 56.879 12 45u RJ Edgington 10 9:47.889 24.784 57.136 13 65c Grant Westmorland 10 9:48.615 25.510 57.644 14 64u Scott Clark 10 9:48.856 25.751 57.357 15 23u Todd Edgington 10 9:49.017 25.912 57.476 16 1nz Snow Mooney 10 9:49.596 26.491 57.422 17 27 Craig Finer 10 9:50.094 26.989 57.425 18 49c Rob Whitley 10 9:50.157 27.052 57.028 19 28e Rick Freund 10 10:00.665 37.560 57.816 20 58 Brad Johnson 10 10:01.027 37.922 57.749 21 6x Matthew Maas 10 10:02.246 39.141 58.021 22 15c Michael Mihld 10 10:02.367 39.262 57.494 23 95x Tommy Baker 10 10:04.452 41.347 57.603 24 36c Bill Cox 10 10:10.000 46.895 57.303 25 5z Andy Sole 10 10:22.017 58.912 57.319 26 50z Tim Davison 9 9:28.482 1 Lap 1:00.540 27 3x Mark Black 4 4:13.218 6 Laps 58.876 28 39 Chris Rapp 4 4:22.532 9.314 1:00.785 29 31x Marty Henderson 2 3:44.093 8 Laps 1:30.825 30 75z Steve Perdue 0 2.112 10 Laps --:--:--.--- 31 68y Mark Drennan 0 3.446 1.334 --:--:--.--- 32 45z Craig Sender 0 4.656 2.544 --:--:--.--- 33 110c Tom Levenberg 0 5.892 3.780 --:--:--.--- 34 12j Eric Chappell 0 --:--:--.---   --:--:--.--- 35 24 Lloyd Putnam 0 --:--:--.---   --:--:--.--- 36 23z David Jones 9 9:32.708 4.226 57.912

S3 Heat Race 2:
Ex-Superpro driver Tom Dyer steps up and takes down Lee and Eady this race, securing the win.   Dyer had some type of incident last race that screwed him up, but he makes a comeback in this race.  There is more crashing and banging in this race.  Jeff said it is almost impossible for him to make it up to the front part of the grid from his 15th spot in qualifying, as there is all kinds of chaos back there.   I end up 8th, staying clean again.  Jeff struggles to 17th due to all the mayhem.  Wayne takes 21st, and he ain't happy about it.
 

S3 Heat Race 2 Results

Best Lap Tm 53.909 In Lap 5 Best Speed 50.084 by Jason Lee

Pos No. Name Laps Total Tm Diff Best Tm In Lap Best Spd (Mph) 1 2 Tom Dyer 7 6:26.928   54.364 7 49.665 2 30y Bryan Eady 7 6:27.335 0.407 54.315 7 49.710 3 7 Jason Lee 7 6:27.408 0.480 53.909 5 50.084 4 51c Bobby Legate 7 6:29.892 2.964 54.176 6 49.838 5 41y Curtis Cooksey 7 6:29.916 2.988 54.467 6 49.571 6 387 Jose Zanella 7 6:30.411 3.483 54.598 6 49.452 7 22 Matt Kistler 7 6:32.912 5.984 54.890 5 49.189 8 55c Doug Hayashi 7 6:34.791 7.863 55.214 5 48.901 9 111c Clinton Schoombee 7 6:34.987 8.059 54.912 4 49.170 10 51e Derek Crockett 7 6:35.160 8.232 54.930 5 49.153 11 113z Cameron Kingsley 7 6:35.371 8.443 54.895 5 49.185 12 77 Steven Reasoner 7 6:35.644 8.716 54.509 5 49.533 13 3 Cam Egger 7 6:36.268 9.340 54.883 5 49.196 14 9b Scott Barnes 7 6:37.633 10.705 54.961 5 49.126 15 15e Matt Zeis 7 6:39.052 12.124 55.008 5 49.084 16 6j Joe Janowski 7 6:39.154 12.226 55.008 5 49.084 17 4c Jeff Littrell 7 6:39.491 12.563 54.930 6 49.153 18 33d JD Mobley 7 6:39.976 13.048 54.927 5 49.156 19 40c Curtis Ruth 7 6:42.607 15.679 55.647 4 48.520 20 7u Wyatt Lloyd 7 6:42.629 15.701 55.314 6 48.812 21 800c Wayne Mello 7 6:43.328 16.400 55.040 6 49.055 22 32u Keenan Schmitke 7 6:44.755 17.827 55.211 4 48.903 23 12d Ian Koentges 7 6:49.884 22.956 56.001 5 48.213 24 10z Ted Pyle 7 6:50.163 23.235 55.982 7 48.230 25 27u Patrick Cushenberry 7 6:50.479 23.551 56.057 7 48.165 26 25c Kyle Zirkle 7 6:50.679 23.751 55.544 5 48.610 27 56 Matthew Trott 7 6:57.278 30.350 57.197 5 47.205 28 15 Kristina McKnight 7 6:58.103 31.175 56.915 4 47.439 29 9z Christopher Barkley 7 7:04.596 37.668 55.598 5 48.563 30 56x Ellie Nash 7 7:07.369 40.441 58.273 4 46.334 31 14u Eddie Olpin 6 5:35.935 1 Lap 54.464 6 49.574 32 1nz Daniel Eggleton 5 4:45.953 2 Laps 54.832 5 49.241 33 22u Oliver Crenshaw 5 4:53.086 7.133 55.724 5 48.453 34 46x Flemming Tranberg 5 4:54.751 8.798 56.145 5 48.090 Not classified DNF 22d Jeff Welch 0 1.088   --:--:--.--- 0 - DNF 99 Carter James 0 2.943   --:--:--.--- 0 - DNS 27t Nick Lucido 0 --:--:--.---   --:--:--.--- 0 -

S4 Heat Race 3:
Drennan and Jeff are duking it out for first place.  I'm in 4th, behind Fernando, when Fernando breaks and DNFs.  Bummer for Fernando, that's gonna really hurt his grid positioning for the main.  On the other hand, his DNF moves me up on the grid.  I'm laughing and screaming in my helmet, "I'M IN P2 FOR THE MAIN.  I'M ON THE FRONT ROW FOR THE MAIN!  HA HA HA HA!".  Paul Russell gets by me.  I slow down a bit, as all I have to do is finish this race in 4th place and not crash into a barrier, and I'LL BE ON THE FRONT ROW FOR THE MAIN.  It will be the first time all year that I've started a main race on row 1, and I'm doing it at our biggest race of the year.  So we got Pulp Racing Team holding down row 1 for the main.  Can anyone stop us for a 1-2 finish?  

S4 Heat Race 3 Results

Best Speed 53.985 by Mark Drennan Pos No. Name Laps Total Tm Diff Best Tm In Lap Best Spd (Mph) 1 68y Mark Drennan 10 9:22.644 9:22.644 55.349 7 53.985 2 4c Jeff Littrell 10 9:22.908 9:22.908 55.446 9 53.890 3 89x Paul Russell 10 9:29.473 9:29.473 56.197 9 53.170 4 55c Doug Hayashi 10 9:29.940 9:29.940 55.952 7 53.403 5 16 Matt Alcorn 10 9:32.937 9:32.937 56.453 8 52.929 6 42u Ryan Pool 10 9:34.239 9:34.239 56.341 9 53.034 7 45z Craig Sender 10 9:35.599 9:35.599 56.586 8 52.805 8 32j Jason Ewers 10 9:35.666 9:35.666 56.544 9 52.844 9 42y John Espinor 10 9:36.266 9:36.266 56.601 8 52.791 10 2nz Steve Brown 10 9:36.552 9:36.552 56.314 4 53.060 11 161c Jim Lewis 10 9:36.626 9:36.626 56.245 9 53.125 12 31x Marty Henderson 10 9:37.690 9:37.690 56.252 9 53.118 13 36c Bill Cox 10 9:43.481 9:43.481 56.751 10 52.651 14 65c Grant Westmorland 10 9:45.130 9:45.130 56.931 8 52.485 15 53c Dave Van Gordon 10 9:46.188 9:46.188 57.358 10 52.094 16 23u Todd Edgington 10 9:47.571 9:47.571 56.808 9 52.598 17 1nz Snow Mooney 10 9:47.962 9:47.962 57.006 9 52.416 18 64u Scott Clark 10 9:50.183 9:50.183 57.372 6 52.081 19 45u RJ Edgington 10 9:50.369 9:50.369 57.108 5 52.322 20 95x Tommy Baker 10 9:50.649 9:50.649 56.993 6 52.427 21 28e Rick Freund 10 9:50.887 9:50.887 57.098 6 52.331 22 5z Andy Sole 10 9:51.110 9:51.110 57.101 10 52.328 23 49c Rob Whitley 10 9:52.851 9:52.851 57.273 6 52.171 24 3x Mark Black 10 9:57.346 9:57.346 57.528 6 51.940 25 24 Lloyd Putnam 10 10:03.771 10:03.771 57.525 10 51.943 26 12j Eric Chappell 10 10:03.959 10:03.959 57.331 10 52.118 27 6x Matthew Maas 10 10:12.071 10:12.071 58.244 7 51.301 28 39 Chris Rapp 10 0.000   --:--:--.--- 0 - 29 50z Tim Davison 10 10:12.866 10:12.866 59.587 7 50.145 30 45c Fernando Diaz 8 7:46.880 2 Laps 55.925 3 53.429 31 110c Tom Levenberg 7 6:56.283 3 Laps 57.295 4 52.151 32 23z David Jones 3 3:08.302 7 Laps 58.678 3 50.922 33 75z Steve Perdue 3 10:26.380 7:18.078 58.769 2 50.843 34 27 Craig Finer 2 2:08.781 8 Laps 59.562 2 50.166 35 15c Michael Mihld 1 1:48.531 9 Laps 1:45.201 1 28.403 36 58 Brad Johnson 0 4.159 10 Laps --:--:--.--- 0 -

S3 Heat Race 3:
I had Jeff's wife Sunni do the calculations for the gridding of the S3 main event through the first two races, prior to the start of Heat Race 3.   I'm in P4, sitting in row 2 for the main so far!  All I have to do is finish around 8th or 9th, and make sure that Derek Crockett doesn't beat me by more than 2 spots, and that Bobby Legate and Clinton Schoombee don't beat me by more than 4 spots, and I think I can secure my position in row 2.  Muuhhhhaaaaa!  I can't make it to row 2 on the grid at the ProKart Challenge S3 main races, but I might be able to do it at the SuperNationals.  In looking at the results from the first two S3 races, I'm not sure I can hold the P4 position in the main race, as there are some really fast drivers behind me that got some good speed, but those guys are going to have to find away around me without crashing, and they'll have to hold on for 25 laps.  I figure I'm in good enough shape that I'm not worried about getting tired.   Between the two classes, so far I have 14 practice sessions and 5 heat races without anything breaking or crashing, which is a world record for me.  Usually something falls off my kart, breaks, or blows up every other session.   All I need is one more good heat race...... 

S3 Heat Race #3 - Someone stalls a couple of karts in front of Wayne on the start

Wayne throws out hand, "Don't hit meeeeeeeeeeeee"
 

After being hit, another driver waves hand, "Don't hit meeeeeeee"

Barrier is crashed into, people spun around, track is blocked for some drivers

Wayne still has hands up, "Track is blocked, don't hit meeeeeee"

After being hit multiple times in the front/back/side, Wayne gets out of kart

Wayne walks disgusted away from thrashed kart

Hummmmm...frame is bent, right side lower than left side.  Not good.

Lights go out, and we are off.  Somewhere around lap 4, coming down the main straight, I'm sort of at the front of the second pack of drivers, and I get punted from behind.  Arrrgh!  I spin around and head in reverse towards the barrier, kart stalls before I hit the barrier.  Bastards!  By the time I get the kart restarted, I'm in last place.  Shit.  There goes my row 2 position in the main.  Jason Lee, who was kicking ass in Heat 1 and 2, is at the back of the pack with me.  He had a flat tire, DNF for  him.  Oh that sucks......He was gonna in row 1 for the main.  With Jason having a bad finish, I coulda moved up to P3 for the main, since he was going to be P1.  Instead, we both drop back about four or five rows for the main, and other people rub there hands in glee, as they are gonna move up a row due to our bad luck.

 
Jason Hettervik preparing for a perfect 10 point launch

Wayne had even worse luck.  He's in the middle of the grid.  A guy a couple karts in front of him stalls on the start, causing an accordian-style crash from people who can't avoid the stalled kart.  Wayne's in the middle of the kart, he gets hit from behind and spun and hit again multiple times.  Looks like his brand new kart frame is bent.  He's totally bummed.   Jason Hettervik looks at the frame, and with the help of Tony Morrison and Jim Miller (between them totaling a quarter ton of "muscle"), they prop it up on our trusty block of wood that we use to re-bend kart frames, and Jason puts his 200+ pounds of muscle onto the kart frame to jump the frame back to normal.  Jason has done this to our other karts with remarkable success.  This time is no diffferent, he's at least got it so the laser alignment gauges show that it appears to be aligned.  So at least Wayne can participate in the main race tomorrow.  (Factoid: Jim Miller is probably the only ProKart racer that is eligible to collect Social Security.  That means I got at least 14 more years of karting left in me, if I don't go broke before that.....) 

Hiiiiiiiiiyaaaaahhhhhhhhh!

I get back to the pit area, and I plug in the memory card from the Loser Cam into my laptop to see who punted me (I'm sure it was just a normal racing incident, nothing malicious)......and the camera didn't work that session.  Arrrgh!  I check the forward facing view camera, thinking maybe as I spun around, I'll see who was close to me.  Damn....the forward facing view helmet camera didn't work either!   I'll never know who punted me.  Rat bastards!

Fernando getting the jump on Jeff

Since I had one bad finish, and Legate had one bad finish, Clinton Schoombee becomes the highest ranking PKC S3 driver on the grid for the main.  With his steady finishes of 8th, 9th, and 5th, Clinton's looking pretty good sitting in P3 for the main.  Can he hold on for 25 laps to make it to the podium in his first Supernats event? 

Dyer wins the Heat 3 race.   Zanella, Legate, and Eady go three wide towards the checkered flag, separated by 1/100th of a second for one of the more exciting finishes of the week.

S3 Heat Race 3 Results

Best Speed 55.338 by Jose Zanella

Pos No. Name Laps Total Tm Diff Best Tm In Lap Best Spd (Mph) 1 2 Tom Dyer 10 9:10.145   54.231 7 55.098 2 387 Jose Zanella 10 9:10.620 0.475 53.995 8 55.338 3 51c Bobby Legate 10 9:10.623 0.478 54.138 8 55.192 4 30y Bryan Eady 10 9:10.631 0.486 54.288 6 55.040 5 111c Clinton Schoombee 10 9:16.497 6.352 54.577 9 54.748 6 22d Jeff Welch 10 9:16.529 6.384 54.487 9 54.839 7 41y Curtis Cooksey 10 9:16.273 6.128 54.835 6 54.491 8 14u Eddie Olpin 10 9:16.796 6.651 54.616 9 54.709 9 51e Derek Crockett 10 9:20.270 10.125 54.776 7 54.549 10 9b Scott Barnes 10 9:24.833 14.688 55.314 8 54.019 11 3 Cam Egger 10 9:24.931 14.786 54.940 8 54.387 12 15e Matt Zeis 10 9:25.218 15.073 54.857 4 54.469 13 6j Joe Janowski 10 9:25.730 15.585 54.864 4 54.462 14 77 Steven Reasoner 10 9:25.915 15.770 54.977 8 54.350 15 4c Jeff Littrell 10 9:26.466 16.321 54.916 8 54.410 16 22 Matt Kistler 10 9:27.698 17.553 54.737 8 54.588 17 33d JD Mobley 10 9:27.875 17.730 55.007 5 54.320 18 7u Wyatt Lloyd 10 9:28.462 18.317 55.106 7 54.223 19 99 Carter James 10 9:28.779 18.634 55.155 8 54.175 20 9z Christopher Barkley 10 9:29.438 19.293 55.050 9 54.278 21 32u Keenan Schmitke 10 9:29.485 19.340 54.714 9 54.611 22 10z Ted Pyle 10 9:31.657 21.512 55.481 9 53.856 23 40c Curtis Ruth 10 9:32.198 22.053 55.512 9 53.826 24 27t Nick Lucido 10 9:32.294 22.149 54.780 8 54.545 25 27u Patrick Cushenberry 10 9:35.273 25.128 55.496 10 53.842 26 46x Flemming Tranberg 10 9:42.558 32.413 56.089 5 53.272 27 113z Cameron Kingsley 10 9:46.961 36.816 55.179 8 54.151 28 25c Kyle Zirkle 10 9:53.741 43.596 55.576 8 53.764 29 55c Doug Hayashi 10 9:55.401 45.256 55.116 4 54.213 30 22u Oliver Crenshaw 10 9:57.372 47.227 56.212 9 53.156 31 56x Ellie Nash 10 10:00.551 50.406 57.757 9 51.734 32 7 Jason Lee 4 3:45.297 6 Laps 54.712 2 54.613 33 56 Matthew Trott 4 4:02.712 17.415 57.392 3 52.063 34 15 Kristina McKnight 2 2:28.920 8 Laps 1:11.056 2 42.051 35 1nz Daniel Eggleton 0 27.028 10 Laps --:--:--.--- 0 - 36 800c Wayne Mello 0 27.699 0.671 --:--:--.--- 0 - 37 12d Ian Koentges 0 --:--:--.---   --:--:--.--- 0

Jeff in front of Fernando and Drennan

Sunday morning, Super Sunday, November 18, 2007
S4 Main Final Race
There is excitement in the air.  Rob Howden is announcing over the loudspeakers, making the races even more exciting for the fans.  In the S4 main, we have an All Pulp front row.  Fernando is gridded 10th, Drennan is 6th.  I figure those guys will have a chance to make a run at me for second.  Right now, it seems like none of us are going to catch Jeff unless he breaks or clips a barrier. 

The plan is working!  An all Pulp Racing front row for the S4 Main at Supernats XI!

Lights go out, and it's me following Jeff into turn 1.  Looking good.  After a few laps, Drennan blows by me.  Damn!  Looks like I need to stay as close as possible to him.  And then a few laps later.....Drennan breaks again.  Bummer!  Hey now, I'm in second place.  Looking good. 

Jeff and I lead the pack into Turn 1

The laps march on.....10 laps...15 laps....20 laps.  Around lap 22, Jason Hettervik is on the sidelines, up on the fence, motioning me to get my ass in gear.  That must mean....Fernando is making his move from  P10.  I try to pick up the pace.  Coming into turn 1 to begin the last lap of the race, Fernando makes a good move and gets me on the inside.  Damn!  I held him off for 24 laps, but I needed one more. I try to chase him down, but can't do it.  

Can they hold on for 25 laps to attain Supernats glory?

Fernando takes 2nd, I take 3rd, Paul Russell 4th, and Matt Alcorn 5th.  Jeff spanks the field by 14 seconds.   The forward facing helmet camera didn't work, looks like a problem with the battery holder.  I replaced the damn power wires, but I didn't replace the actual battery holder.  

Littrell-Hayashi-Diaz-Paul Russell-Matt Alcorn take the S4 Podium

The Loser Cam only worked for part of the race, as it ran out of memory.  I have to start the Loser Cam in record mode long before I get into the kart, as it is somewhat difficult to start the recording process. (Turn Camera on.  Put camera in Record Mode.  Turn off LCD screen on camera.  Lock all buttons on camera.  Stuff camera, battery holder, and wires into plastic holder bolted to seat.  Then tie wrap all the stuff so it doesn't fall out.  Total time takes about 2 minutes, so I need to have everything recording way before they put us on the grid, and we were on the grid for a long time due to the podium presentations in the previous race.  So I didn't get Fernando's pass for second place on video....bummer for him.)

The Cheating Bastard plan work!  We attain glory on the S4 Podium

S4 Main Race Final Results

Pos	No.	Name	Laps	Total Tm	Diff	Best Tm	In Lap	Best Spd (Mph)
1	4c	Jeff Littrell	25	23:06.687		54.882	22	54.444
2	45c	Fernando Diaz	25	23:20.706	14.019	55.168	21	54.162
3	55c	Doug Hayashi	25	23:21.568	14.881	55.481	6	53.856
4	89x	Paul Russell	25	23:27.736	21.049	55.499	4	53.839
5	16	Matt Alcorn	25	23:29.251	22.564	55.605	23	53.736
6	42u	Ryan Pool	25	23:31.255	24.568	55.597	23	53.744
7	161c	Jim Lewis	25	23:37.382	30.695	55.591	24	53.750
8	23u	Todd Edgington	25	23:40.675	33.988	56.051	14	53.309
9	1nz	Snow Mooney	25	23:53.159	46.472	55.998	14	53.359
10	45u	RJ Edgington	25	23:53.207	46.520	56.036	14	53.323
11	45z	Craig Sender	25	23:53.283	46.596	56.408	22	52.971
12	49c	Rob Whitley	25	23:54.767	48.080	56.153	24	53.212
13	31x	Marty Henderson	25	23:55.512	48.825	55.991	16	53.366
14	65c	Grant Westmorland	25	24:00.383	53.696	56.426	21	52.954
15	75z	Steve Perdue	23	22:10.630	2 Laps	56.203	16	53.164
16	28e	Rick Freund	22	21:14.457	3 Laps	56.820	21	52.587
17	53c	Dave Van Gordon	21	20:18.382	4 Laps	56.908	20	52.506
18	64u	Scott Clark	20	19:21.761	5 Laps	56.849	6	52.560
19	23z	David Jones	20	20:16.154	54.393	56.969	20	52.450
20	110c	Tom Levenberg	19	18:28.668	6 Laps	56.839	16	52.570
21	24	Lloyd Putnam	18	17:33.926	31.276	56.546	15	52.842
22	36c	Bill Cox	17	16:33.218	8 Laps	56.616	15	52.777
23	3x	Mark Black	15	14:45.694	10 Laps	57.365	10	52.088
24	42y	John Espinor	18	17:02.650	7 Laps	56.048	18	53.311
25	27	Craig Finer	15	14:47.053	1.359	57.727	10	51.761
26	58	Brad Johnson	13	12:56.252	12 Laps	57.785	12	51.709
27	15c	Michael Mihld	13	12:57.410	1.158	57.710	8	51.776
28	39	Chris Rapp	12	12:01.608	13 Laps	58.593	8	50.996
29	12j	Eric Chappell	12	12:01.676	0.068	57.914	8	51.594
30	50z	Tim Davison	10	10:08.991	15 Laps	59.312	9	50.378
31	32j	Jason Ewers	7	6:45.539	18 Laps	56.025	6	53.333
32	68y	Mark Drennan	6	5:37.042	19 Laps	55.314	5	54.019
33	2nz	Steve Brown	6	5:42.657	5.615	55.856	5	53.495
34	6x	Matthew Maas	6	6:07.358	30.316	58.805	6	50.812
DNS	5z	Andy Sole	0	--:--:--.---		--:--:--.---	0	-
DQ	95x	Tommy Baker	5	4:01.104		57.667	3	51.815

John Motley, the tech inspector for the Supernats, does a full inspection of the motors.  Since these are stock Honda motors, you aren't supposed to modify anything, which means that they have to tear down the ENTIRE motor.  All five of the podium guys pass inspection, and we get a box of loose parts back.  Looks like 50+ pieces, as the case is split, all the transmissions gears are checked, water pump, head, cylinder, reed cages, etc.   That'll cost about $300 for Darcy to piece the motor back together.

After getting all the champagne out of my face and hair, I start getting ready for the S3 Main race.  I switch racing suits, drink 50 ounces of Snapple and water, reset all the cameras, and am ready for one more race.   Right before this race starts, Tom Kutscher announces to the drivers that the winner of this race will get a free ride to be one of four members of the Team SKUSA/MG Tires race team in the Granja 500 Kart race in Brazil.  They'll race against guys like Rubens Barrichello, Felippe Massa, and other big name stars in a 12 hour endurance kart race.

Jeff's kart sitting on pole

Jason Lee is gridded in front of me, and before the race starts, he comes up to me and says that his starts haven't been that great, due to his unfamiliarity with the kart.  I tell him that my starts use to really suck, but I've finally got the "feel for it", and have been having pretty good starts so far, so I give him a couple of tips that might help him.  Hell, I might was well help him, as even if I blow by him on the start, with the speed he's got he'll get by me within a lap, no use holding him up in his chance to become the S3 Supernats champion.   And perhaps maybe I can tuck in behind him and move up a few spots.

Jose Zanella ready to dive in on me

The lights go out, I get a real good start, and I get by about 3 people going into Turn 1. Looking good, I'm now about 7th or so in the main!  Nice.  I slot in behind Bobby Legate, and then just try to see what happens.   I hold the position  for about seven laps until Jose Zanella (16 year old Rotax Champ) storms by me.   The next lap, Jason Lee blows by me.  I catch up to Clinton, and we duke it out for a while, until 14 year old Cam Egger gets by us.  Near the end of the race, I have Steve Reasoner on my bumper, and we are both able to get by Curtis Cooksey.  Littrell is blasting from the back of the pack, and finishes behind Reasoner.  Jeff was hoping to get on the Loser Cam and blow by me before the end of the race, but he falls a couple of laps short.  I was 0-10 in the main races against Jeff in the ProKart Challenge series, 0-11 after the S4 main, but it looks like I've broken the streak.  I'm 1-11 now in the main races this year, and I'll go into the New Year with a winning streak of 1 race.  Ha ha.  I end up taking 7th, Jeff takes 9th.  Wayne crashes and ends up 23rd. 

Clinton, me, Jason Lee, Matt Kisler in a train

Dyer and Eady battle it out for first place, with Dyer taking the win.  Legate takes 3rd.  Looks like my boasting of the PKC S3 Light class being the fastest around doesn't come true at the Supernats, since Dyer and Eady (NorCal guys) got the best of all us PKC guys.  (But then again, Conner De Phillipi and Bonner Moulton didn't run in this class at the Supernats, which would have made for a really exciting race among the front runners). Jason Lee was moving his way from 12th to see if he could catch Dyer and Eady, made it up to third by lap 19, and then he GOT ANOTHER FLAT TIRE.  Now that is some bad Raceflais racing luck there.  He gets fast lap of the race before DNFing.

S3 Main Race Final Results

Best Lap Tm 53.353 In Lap 15 Best Speed 56.004 by Jason Lee

Pos No. Name Laps Total Tm Diff Best Tm In Lap Best Spd (Mph) 1 2 Tom Dyer 25 22:35.776   53.513 15 55.837 2 30y Bryan Eady 25 22:36.692 0.916 53.521 21 55.829 3 51c Bobby Legate 25 22:44.724 8.948 53.510 19 55.840 4 387 Jose Zanella 25 22:52.893 17.117 53.883 22 55.453 5 51e Derek Crockett 25 22:54.466 18.690 53.932 13 55.403 6 3 Cam Egger 25 22:57.283 21.507 54.052 16 55.280 7 55c Doug Hayashi 25 23:00.696 24.920 54.372 6 54.955 8 77 Steven Reasoner 25 23:01.194 25.418 54.414 8 54.912 9 4c Jeff Littrell 25 23:01.736 25.960 53.851 23 55.486 10 15e Matt Zeis 25 23:03.424 27.648 53.878 7 55.459 11 41y Curtis Cooksey 25 23:03.439 27.663 54.440 19 54.886 12 14u Eddie Olpin 25 23:03.698 27.922 54.157 23 55.173 13 22d Jeff Welch 25 23:04.176 28.400 54.038 22 55.294 14 7u Wyatt Lloyd 25 23:05.944 30.168 54.437 9 54.889 15 111c Clinton Schoombee 25 23:06.666 30.890 54.735 5 54.590 16 113z Cameron Kingsley 25 23:07.920 32.144 54.144 8 55.186 17 9z Christopher Barkley 25 23:13.537 37.761 54.383 9 54.944 18 10z Ted Pyle 25 23:21.920 46.144 55.200 6 54.130 19 40c Curtis Ruth 25 23:21.961 46.185 55.167 25 54.163 20 46x Flemming Tranberg 25 23:22.603 46.827 54.977 22 54.350 21 33d JD Mobley 22 20:19.727 3 Laps 54.432 21 54.894 22 22 Matt Kistler 21 19:21.759 4 Laps 54.224 7 55.105 23 800c Wayne Mello 21 19:39.825 18.066 54.907 21 54.419 24 27t Nick Lucido 21 19:47.839 26.080 54.964 9 54.363 25 7 Jason Lee 19 17:19.030 6 Laps 53.353 15 56.004 26 22u Oliver Crenshaw 18 17:07.747 7 Laps 55.834 7 53.516 27 56 Matthew Trott 17 16:17.722 8 Laps 56.012 10 53.346 28 6j Joe Janowski 15 13:57.384 10 Laps 54.435 7 54.891 29 15 Kristina McKnight 15 14:28.549 31.165 56.223 7 53.146 30 9b Scott Barnes 16 16:16.573 9 Laps 54.479 5 54.847 31 27u Patrick Cushenberry 14 13:17.483 11 Laps 54.998 9 54.329 32 99 Carter James 14 13:41.030 23.547 54.679 12 54.646 33 25c Kyle Zirkle 13 12:52.450 12 Laps 54.916 11 54.410 34 32u Keenan Schmitke 12 11:15.782 13 Laps 54.817 12 54.509 35 56x Ellie Nash 10 9:53.130 15 Laps 57.555 8 51.916 36 1nz Daniel Eggleton 8 7:36.567 17 Laps 55.080 3 54.248 37 12d Ian Koentges 4 4:00.105 21 Laps 56.777 3 52.627

In the other shifter classes, Marco Ardigo, the reigning world champ and Tony Kart Factory Driver, wins the SuperPro class.  Gary Carlton, the number 1 shifter driver in the USA, takes second place.  Nick Halen, who was spanking our ass last year and the early part of this year in PKC Stock Honda, takes 6th in SuperPro, just barely missing the podium against the best drivers in the world.   Connor De Phillippi moves up to S1(ICC/Built moto class), and wins his 4th Supernats title at the age of 15.  I'd say Connor is ready to take a shot a SuperPro next year, which will be exciting to watch.  Bonnier Moulton, another PKC S3 regular, was running in 2nd place in the G1 Main (ICC/Built Moto/over 35 years old) class, before crashing out.  Bummer, we were rooting for him.   Darren Elliot wins G1 again for the second year in a row.  Brendan Phinny wins the S5 (Junior) Stock Honda class.  As for the TaG classes, uhhh....I can't figure out the differences or explain the engine combos/weight thingy, so I'll let someone else report on those classes.....We here at Pulp Racing recognize only Stock Honda as the main event, everything else to us is a "supporting class".  <grin>

Me in front, Jeff trying to move up in the S3 Main race.

November 19, 2007
Jason Steaman and I fly home.  After five consecutive days of karting, I'm getting withdrawal shakes as we get on the airplane, as I haven't been on the karting track in the past 24 hours for the first time in almost a week.   I ended up being a loser at blackjack, down $500 for the week.  I didn't think that was possible...oh well....next year I'll get my money back.

November 27, 2007
Jeff says he isn't going to run S4 next year at the Supernats, since he has won twice in a row.  The top spot is open for 2008!  Fernando says he probably isn't going to run S4 next year either.  If they aren't running S4, I guess that means I ain't running S4 either, so the top three spots will be open for the taking at Supernats XII.  Start practicing now!

Storming into Turn 1

November 30, 2007
Team SKUSA/MG Tires races at the Granja 500 in Brazil.  The team consists of SuperPros Alex Speed and Fritz Leesman, S1 Supernats winner Connor De Phillippi, and S3 Supernats second place driver Brian Eady.  There are 71 teams entered, including some big names like Barichello, Massa, Fittipaldi, etc.   After a few hours, Team SKUSA/MG is running in 2nd place, throwing down some fast laptimes against their competitors.  Unfortunately, Raceaflais intervenes, Leesman gets pushed to the curb, and gets T-boned, damaging the kart.  Bummer.....but at least they made their presence known in a big way that team SKUSA will be coming back next year with a chance win this race.  More on ekartingnews.com.

The thundering herd makes their way into Turn 1

December 14, 2007
Formal press releases for the SuperkartsUSA Winternationals are put on ekartingnews.com.  Interesting stuff, as Stock Moto no longer becomes the poor stepchild class.  Usually the SuperPro or S1 class gets top billing and prizes, with G1(35 and older ICC/built Moto) second billing, and the various TaG classes 3rd billing, and Stock Honda no billing.  Instead, for the Winternats:

"On track, the savings continue, as a stock moto emphasis for the series will take the top spot in the class structure for the first time in SKUSA history. It's a bold introduction for SKUSA's newly launched, affordable racing concept for the future, as well as a continuation of the "off-season" conditioning program for skill levels of all types - in the fastest growing stock series in the country.

With that philosophy, SKUSA's S3 and S4 classes take a turn as the premier formulas to run in the series. When asked for the motivation behind this approach, SKUSA answered that it is due of the affordable nature the package brings the participants. Many of the top shifterkart pilots in the country now drive stock moto packages, making it a durable alternative for honing driver skill and for flat-out fun. Aside from S3 and S4, the S1 class will be for the ICC hotshoes that are expected, looking for off-season seat time in a competitive environment. SKUSA will also run a G1 class for the over-35 drivers."

Funneling down into Turn 1

SKUSA announces that the Stock Honda drivers will race for cash in a three weekend, six race winter series.  First place in overall points for the series takes home $3,000, second place $2000, third place $1000.  As a comparison, the winner of the SuperPro class at the Supernats took home $10,000, The winner of G1 class took home $5000, and S3 and S4 Stock Honda winners got uh.....no cash.  (But the S3 winner did get a free ride to the Granja 500).

I'll be a the Winternats with cameras ready to roll

December 15, 2007
Our first practice day in a MONTH.  This is the longest we have gone without practicing in quite some time.  The SuperkartsUSA Winternationals start in three weeks at California Speedway, so we need to get some practice and seat time.   Jeff flips his winning S4 kart early in the day.  He's okay, a little bruised up and ego hurt.  Kart suffers from bent axle, spindle, steering column, tie rods.  Later in the day, I switch gears, and I thought Jason tightened the gear, and he thought I tightened the gear, so the gear came lose on the track, ruining the gear and the rear axle.   I'm an idiot, I should have checked, I was so used to Jason checking my kart at the Supernats, but he was running a kart on this practice day, and he wasn't really supposed to be checking my kart.  Erik Messley finally started building his kart that he bought last December from me.  He of course didn't finish intime for our practice day (I knew he wasn't going to make the deadline when it took him 2 hours to put the new floor pan on, and another 8 hours to put the fuel hoses/Mychron sensors, radiator hoses).  Yeah, Messley drilled those seven new holes in the floor pan perfectly at a rate of 1 every 15 minutes or so.  We take his kart to the track and at 6.5 hours later at 3 p.m., he's ready to go out on the track.  In his second session, his rear hub falls off (hummm.....I may have put that hub on...uh oh...), but no damage.  So a rough start, but we got a couple more weeks to clean up our act and battle Raceaflais and the rest of you fast S3 drivers at the 2008 WinterNationals.

Five consecutive days of karting is pretty damn fun!

For those of you insomniacs that want more reading material about the SuperNationals XI, check out the following:

1.  SKUSA Website:  http://www.superkartsusa.com/eleven/

2.  Excellent reporting by eKartingNews: http://www.ekartingnews.com/news_info.php?n=9103

3. Pulp Racing PR News Releases:  November 17 and November 23

4. Got my money back from the guys at www.corner-carvers.com from last year's Supernats bet

Wayne Mello looking like he means business

Downloadable Helmet Cam and LoserCam videos from this year:
(note: all the video files are very large, Windows Media video clips, but high quality resolution)

1.  Miscellanous SuperNats XI "Mistakes" clips    (58 meg, do a right-click save target as)  About five minutes long.

2.  Entire Supernats XI S3 Main Race (could be potentially boring, real long, only for real kart fanatics)
     Part 1  (190 meg, yes it's big, but I know you download porn files this big, do a right-click save target as, takes about 2.2 minutes on my 15 meg FIOS connection)  Also has the TrackVision telemetry/dashboard on it, as well as Loser Cam picture-in-picture for the entire race.  About 14 minutes long
     Part 2  (167 meg,  do a right-click save target as)  About 13 minutes long

3.  Miscellaneous S4 Clips  (58 meg, do a right-click save target as) About five minutes long.

If anyone should want the Supernats XI clips on DVD so they can play it on their big screen TV, I'll burn you a copy for 10 bucks (which will help cover postage, handling, cost of DVD burner, blank DVD, DVD case, Epson RX280 Printer with CD/DVD printing support, ink jet cartridges for printer, etc.)  Hey, c'mon, support The NSX-Files/Pulp Racing website so I can make more videos! <grin>   There are two DVDs to choose from:

NSX-Files Volume 5
Consists of clips that already exists on the website, but have been re-mastered so they look pretty good on a big screen TV, and you can easily play them one after the other, should you be sadistic enough to torture your non-karting friends.  Quality is better than the above downloadable clips, since they are encoded to DVD files.  It is not Hi-Def quality, but it looks good on a big screen for a kart video.
 

DVD Menu - popular clips from the website from the past couple of years

Volume 5 DVD Label

NSX-Files Volume 6
Consists of clips from this year that already exists on the website, including the Supernats XI clips that you can download, but they are re-mastered to look good on the big screen, and you have them all in one spot instead of digging around on the website.

DVD Menu V6 - Clips from this year

DVD Label for Volume 6

If you would like a copy of either or both DVDs, paypal me at d*o*u*g*h*a*@*m*s*n*.*c*o*m (take out the asterisks, that is there to keep the 'bots from grabbing my email address and sending me spam) 10 bucks per DVD, with your mailing address.   Or if you don't do paypal, send me a check to the shop, Pulp Racing, 17875 Metzler Lane, Huntington Beach, CA 92647.  Or catch me at the kart track, and I'll have some in the trailer if you want to pay in person.

So that's how the year ended.  Hopefully we will take what we learned this year at the ProKart Challenge Races and the Supernats XI, and apply that knowledge to the 2008 karting season.  Everyone have a good holiday season, and see ya back here in a month with a report from the WinterNationals!  

Since I beat Jeff in the S3 main, I'll end the story with a picture of me in front of him.  Ha ha!

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