Hubby and I spent the day at the Wisconsin International Raceway. There's always that one driver from Canada that qualifies a place as "international," right? The track is located outside Kaukauna – that's in the Green Bay area for you western Wisconsin folks.
Our nephew Colin is racing the TUNDRA Super Late Model Series this season. Each round will be at a different track. Since we don't know how many of the 6 we'll make, we figured we better get to the first one for sure! And this one, at least, was sponsored by Wisconsin Potatoes.
It was a nice day. Cloudy and slightly cooler over there, mainly because of the wind, which blew all kinds of dust and grit into out eyes and nose and mouth and probably ears. Still. Much nicer than a May weekend in Wisconsin could potentially be!
It was a good day for #87. He qualified 4th out of 33 drivers. The fastest qualifier actually broke the track record so we knew competition would be tough today. But Colin took the checkered flag in the Fast Five Dash (for the 5 fastest qualifiers). Then, in the 50-lap feature, he fought hard and was sooooo close to finishing 3rd – he probably needed 3 more laps – and he ended up finishing 5th. That's a great start to the season!
Took lots of photos but will share just a few here...
Rolling out the racer.
Fast Five Dash win!
50-lap feature action.
Do I lose my gearhead status if I say it's pretty?
Gotta get past people!!
Passing #66 was a turning point that put Colin in the top 5.
Finishing 5th and so close to 4th!
I think before my next race, I am going to eat french fries so I can be powered by potatoes. They are obviously the source of crazy speed.
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