Kale Small Racing

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Question of the day — Was I being too patient in the All Pro race? Drop your thoughts in the comments or on You Tube.

Driving from the back! Not a good day of qualifying so had to drive it from the back. Didn...

Long day yesterday at Paradise Raceway wrapping up our day around 4am. We had initially planned to run Alma this weekend, but when Jr Limited was added to the event, we knew we needed to drive the additional 5 hours north. My first attempt with the limited at last month’s Big O finished before it really started, so I was happy to get to run it again. Thank you Clay Bellamy Racing!! We were just behind the leader in practice times but didn’t get a lot of laps due to multiple cautions. Qualified 8 out of 11, but I got more comfortable with when to get into and out of the throttle by the race and made it up to 4th in a few laps. Unfortunately, my helmet fogged up early on and I could only see out of a small area where my nose was touching my visor, so I couldn’t do much else. I was able to pass for 3rd on lap 8 and caught the second place kart a few times but just couldn’t set up a pass with the limited visibility of the track. Although we were very happy with a 3rd place finish, I really think we had something for the leaders so I was disappointed. Might have reminded my mom a few times that wouldn’t have happened with my Bell (which was cracked when I was flipped at Fruitland back in January). [Helmet sponsor needed 🤣]

For Junior (3) All Pro warmup, we showed up to a nice, pretty new white body - thanks Brad Beverly. Not sure it helped either of us though. We qualified 14 of 20. We haven’t really got the Rogue figured out when it comes to qualifying and had limited laps in practice. (Pull string for the motor failed on the grid so we missed warmup and with the cautions in the pro practice we only ran a few full speed laps.) Hoped I’d be able to race up to at least mid pack, as our finish set the start for the pro race - a format I was actually excited about. We fell back early on though and finished 16. Track conditions deteriorated and multiple karts were damaged as a result of either the holes or trying to avoid them. I was able to avoid both the holes and the wrecks for most of the Pro race and worked my way up to 5th. I continued to get held up by another driver and my patience cost me as ended up entering 4 in a bad spot and hit the wall at the tower. Race paid top 10, so it wasn’t a total loss but definitely should have been a top 5.

All in all we had a good showing this weekend and I appreciate the help of those that made it happen!

Everglades Carts & Marine
Outdoor Resorts of Chokoloskee
Pottsco Industrial Services
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Saturday’s race video should be up tomorrow once we get home.

Next race is Saturday @ Callahan Speedway for Race 5 of the Velocita Southern Thunder Dirt Tour Presented By: KartVision & FHS series. Let’s go Kaden Dowling/KD’s Tire Solutions!

South Carolina bound 🏁
Looking forward to running Jr Limited this weekend!

6 days til we are on the road to South Carolina. Excited to have to have the opportunity to run a Junior Limited!

Spent the 4th at Paradise Raceway
for the Maxxamillion Kart Race Salute to America.

Friday we qualified 8th of 16 carts and made it up to 4th in the 15 lap feature. Enjoyed the daytime racing and felt good about the kart as we were making ground, just ran out of laps.

Saturday was a different story. We struggled with tires and made a number of changes to the kart trying to find speed. The Jr 3 warmup and pro race only had 2 classes in between so we didn’t have much time to adjust, ending up qualifying 17th of 21 and 16 of 20. First race I tried a number of different lines but ran in the back most of the race passing only a few karts and then getting spun in turn 4 headed to the checker. With the quick turnaround before the pro race, I probably should have pulled off early. We changed the driver, gear and of course tires and with the help of a few cautions I was able to finish 5th in the pro race, again running out of laps. Managing 2 Top 5s with our poor qualifying was I guess a win. Only our second weekend running the Charger Racing Chassis Rogue so hopefully things will be better when we return in August for the Big O Tribute.

Thanks to Brad Beverly for the ride and all the hard work on tires and to Clay Bellamy Racing for the support this weekend at the track and the Coggeshalls this week for the hospitality giving us a break pre-racing.
Of course we also have to thank those of you at home helping us make it happen!

Everglades Carts & Marine
Sweetwater Pressure Cleaning
Outdoor Resorts of Chokoloskee
Pottsco Industrial Services

Race video was complete mid day yesterday but won’t upload while we are on the road. Should have it up this afternoon once we get home. Please make sure you’ve subscribed to the page!

Let’s go 🦃🏁

Took June off but looking forward to being back at the track this week 🇺🇸🏁🇺🇸

Always one of my favorite drivers. More so now watching him as a dad. Prayers for the Busch family.

Race video is up from yesterday’s Velocita Southern Thunder Dirt Tour Presented By: KartVision & FHS

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