One Lap of America at Summit Point, WV

It's that time of year again for the One Lap of America race. My uncle Wally and cousin JC are taking part for the 3rd consecutive year. They had a great first day with Walt placing tied for 31st on the wet skid pad, which was a huge improvement over last year. Then JC finished 35th in the autocross in the afternoon at Grissom Air Force Base. JC felt he could have done better, but it was a solid effort.

Myself, Nicholas and my Aunt Mikki left Saturday early evening to head down to West Virginia to see the race on Sunday. It was a pretty uneventful trip, with Nicholas only complaining about how uncomfortable it was to try to sleep in the back sleep. If he would only grow some, we could get rid of the booster seat and he'd be comfortable.

JC had the first run at Summit Point Motorsports Park. It is a 2.0 mile course with one fairly technique section. He came in tied for first in their class (Vintage Foreign) with an '89 BMW 535i. That BMW started ahead of JC in their group and JC ran awesome. He ended up passing the BMW on the front stretch of the 2nd lap. He ran splits of 1:34, 1:30 and 1:29 to finish 23rd overall (out of 69 finishers).

Walt was having a good run too, but unfortunately he started last in the group and the lead car in the group passed Walt as he came down the front straightaway and Walt saw the checkered flag and thought he was done too. The results show him with a finishing time, which I'm not sure why that is, but he was pretty upset with the mental mistake. But I know he'll recover and do well in the future events.

In the overall standings Krueger Tuned Racing is 36th and 2nd in their class. They are 130 points out of the top spot in their class. That is a realistic margin to make up, but they'll need to be on their A game the rest of the way.

I also had a blast checking out other cars and talking with some drivers. One in particular was Steve Burke. Steve lives in Rochester and I've been following his progress with his 2008 Mitsubishi Evo X. It was great to get to meet him and he had a very good run today too. He is currently sitting in 7th place overall and 1st in class. One of Steve's main sponsors was Magnus Motorsports. Maybe I'll get a free shirt from posting some pictures of his car :)

Good luck to all drivers the rest of the week! Have fun, drive fast and stay safe!!!

Final Spring Football Game

Saturday was the last game / scrimmage for the spring 2011 football season for Nicholas and Michael. They both played very well. Both teams played against the Hamlin Recreation team at Brockport's home field. Even though Nicholas' team lost, they still played well. Even more so when we found out that several players played in both the younger and older kids game and they were supposed to be in the older age-group game.

Michael's team won and it was due to a very strong second half. Michael scored a 2-point conversion on a flanker reverse. He was really pumped to get the ball and did a great job finding the end zone. The game was called shortly after that due to some over spirited parents on the Hamlin side. The boys were getting a little out of hand with some pushing and trash talking, so the Brockport coach called the game.

Both boys had fun and improved as the season went on. Michael will be playing for the Ogden Bears in the fall. Nicholas has decided to not commit to football and wants to focus on basketball and running some races this summer and fall.