1:58
Every muscle in my body is still sore today. My fastest laps Sunday were in the 1:03 range for the mile long track. Need to get the time down under a minute to be competative. Sabra' Cook, my driving instructor pictured above, is the daughter of the track owner. She is 16 and a 4.0 Junior at Fruita High. At 105 lbs. she is the fastest driver in the area. Her times are in the 56 to 57 second range.
I race in the Senior Max Class. I managed to come in third yesterday. This class is for 35 year olds and up. Cart and driver must weigh at least 390 lbs. The cart weighs 200. Therefore weight must be added to the carts for the drivers that weigh less than 190. I add no weight.
Average speed is around 60 mph. The track has multiple difficult corners. We estimate the straight away speeds in excess of 80 mph.
The CRG cart is built in Italy. The Rotax engine is made in Austria. The MG racing tires come from Brazil. At 14,000 rpm, the highest allowable, the piston in the 26 pound engine is going up and down 233 times per second. The expected engine life is 50 hours.
Kids begin in the Comer 50 class at age 4. Granddaughter, Brooke, was racing Go Karts before she had the training wheels removed from her bicycle. Grandson, Parker, races in the Comer 80 class. At the race last month a 9 year old girl from Denver was fatially injured in a terrible accident.
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