The newest drag racer gears up!

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

No runs for Danny this year (that I know of!) as he is only 3.5 years old, but loves the racing stuff, [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] Amanda is almost 6 y/o, but has no desire to race - even though I promised her an all pink princess oriented race car.... no dice, [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img] Not surprising, she rarely drove her Barbie 2 person jeep as she much preferred her older brother to chauffer her around in it. We'll see, there is still hope......

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

We finally made it to the track this past Sunday!

Apparently, we need to blow off the cobwebs a bit, [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img] the car was running a little rough, wouldn't idle well. Car was a few tenths off from last year on the first run, yielding a 13.33 vs last year's final run of 13.1X's. The temp was cool, humidity was high.

Next run was even slower with a 13.57 - Benjamin called for engine change! Dad said noway, [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

Benjamin dials his own car with only minimal input from me. So, he dialed a 13.60, and then drew a 7.90 car in the first round. This is not surprising since of the 30-35 Jr's only 3-4 of them are running 12.90. Maple Grove does not classes within Jr's, so its a tough place to start out. I tried to explain to Benjamin that racing at the Grove is similar to playing up 3-4 years in soccer - its tough at first, but he'll become a better racer in less time. We will run at a few other tracks this year where they do run the 8-9 year olds together so he can experience running against other 12.90 cars.

Crazy car picks it back up, and runs a 13.29! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img] We went out first round - I wish it was because we ran under, which we obviously were on track to do, but Benjamin was a little lazy on the tree that day and the 7.90 kid caught him at the stripe.

Apparently, I need to adjust the rollout in the practice tree. These 12.90 cars react pretty slow since they don't have a lot of power. We plan to hit the TnT tomorrow night, then another run at it on Sarurday. We will write DEEP on the car going forward.

What a blast, there is no better way to spend a day with your kid. Now, what did I do with that Yenko Deuce I used to take out once in a while?

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PS: I think a Kestrel 4250 is in the near future, [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]

[Salvatore]

Sounds like you guys are getting dialed in in this hot, humid weather. never easy but when the kid has interest and spirit, it makes it much easier. About that Gobi Beige car...........bring it down. I have a few real nice vintage parts that would look good on that car. Will look the part of a Yenko when I am done with it! Can I have it for the summer?

[Xplantdad]

Marlin...glad to see Ben-Jammin...and having fun too

Doing stuff with your kids while they are still kids is priceless. I wouldn't trade the memories that I made with Holly when she was small for any amount of money!

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