Condolences to Mrs. Bovee on behalf of the GVKC

The Genesee Valley Kart Club would like to send our sincere condolences to Mrs. Bovee on the loss of her Grandmother. We appreciate everything that you do for the club, and our thoughts are with you during this difficult time.

-Jeff Stark and the membership of the GVKC

A Frigid Mothers Day..

What more could a Mother want on her special holiday? Near freezing temperatures and slick pavement were in abundance at Avon this Mother’s day. I’d like to take a moment to thank all of the Moms who participated, or allowed someone to participate in the insanity we call kart racing. THANK YOU!

GVKC once again put on a successful event. Mike F. (the “F” stands for Flag-Meister) was cold, tired, and feeling sick. He trucked through the day and we at FroggyBottomRacing would like to send him our best wishes on a quick recovery.

The track was like diving on wet glass. Spins abounded for the less experienced drivers, but there was a marked lack of contact. Kudos to the drivers for being on the ball and avoiding each other. I know that some of the new folks were a bit nervous about skidding out. I’m really glad everyone stuck with it, and hope that it was a good learning experience. I know I learned a lot.

On a personal note my previous best lap time was just over 40 seconds. This was on a relatively warm day, with the track completely to myself. Even with the conditions as cold and slick as they were, I was able to put down fairly consistent 37-38 second laps. This is still a few seconds off of the established TAG pace, and those laps were not pretty to look at. My wife said I was all over the place, but looked like I was having fun. Being able to toss the kart into a corner, and see if it would stick was a great confidence builder for me. I had a few spins, and the Yamaha pipe I was running with suffered an off track excursion because of me (Sorry dude, I felt terrible). I now have a much better feel for this chassis, and when it’s about to break loose and bite me. It was a good day, and totally worth it.

We hope that everyone who couldn’t make it had a safe and happy Mother’s day. We look forward to seeing you all at the track next week.

Rusty and the FroggyBottomRacing team

Farnan Domination in Oval

A family win today for the Farnans! Heidi Farnan #1 takes a win in Senior Clone Lite, and Dave Farnan #55 in the Senior Clone Heavy class.

A checkered flag for Dave

It was cool, but the weather decided to cooperate today and made for some great racing. I was privileged to be on site to help score today and thankfully the program moved along pretty smooth. It was definitely worth seeing our Race Director try to cut the grass around the track with a push mower! Congratulations to the Farnans for a family victory today!  Thanks guys for the fun day, I will have to come out on Saturdays more often.

On a side note…The oval points are now updated on the website and can be found here.