I apologize that this a couple weeks late... somehow it took me 2 weeks to sit down and decide to do a race recap from when we traveled to Kansas for the $10,000 to win King of America race. We left on Tuesday evening once I got done with work. It took about 12 hours to get there, as the roads through most of Iowa were horrible with snow/slush/ice...or at least that's what the guys said.... me and the kids sort of slept most of the drive. We arrived safely and awoke to a pretty decent day, until evening came and it was time for practice to start. Then the storm rolled in and forced them to cancel practice until the next morning.
I'll just give a quick recap of racing... but basically each modified driver raced a total of 4 heats and accumulated passing points throughout the course of the first 2 days. Shane's first run was shaping up to have some potential, until he came into the corner way too hot and hit the wall. It looked much worse than it was and thankfully the guys got it put back together and everything scaled out normal. From then on, I could tell he raced scared, or untrusting of the car/track/etc. and his passing points reflected his lack of confidence. He picked up a heat win (from the pole), and basically finished wherever he started in each heat. In a big show like that, you need to finish consistently toward the front and we just weren't able to produce well enough finishes to make the main event.
The Midwest mod ran a complete show each of the 3 nights, and he wound up 2nd the first night, 9th the second night, and DNF'd on the final night, after his rear suspension broke while leading.
There was a nice wooded area, river, and grassy play area on the grounds, so me and the kids went for walks, met some new people from Texas and played softball and kickball with them during the day. We took the golf cart one afternoon to town and played at the park, and also took an adventure on some back roads which led us to Kansas cows! Yes, they're probably the same as MN cows, but watching Mason freak out when we seen one with horns and then noticed himself wearing a red jacket, was quite possibly the funniest part of my vacation. The speed at which he removed his jacket and hit the gas on the golf cart was hilarious.
He had to prove to me that he could cross the river... Not without falling in first though!
Even though racing didn't go as well as it could have (albeit, it could've gone worse too), we all enjoyed our time there and are excited to hopefully head back again next year.
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