06/09/2026
🌩️ RACE 4 RECAP 🌩️
We made some big changes to the #48 this week and found some more speed, but a thunderstorm of craziness rolled into the Junior Outlaw division last night.
Daltyn started P2 in his heat race and immediately found himself dealing with some stormy conditions. An initial restart was needed when the pole sitter didn’t come up to speed until the last minute. On the restart, Daltyn felt the same thing happening and backed out of it to avoid getting caught in the weather himself.
Unfortunately, that caution created a storm cloud of karts behind him that quickly rolled through, shuffling the #48 toward the back of the field.
But just when things looked gloomy, Daltyn found a break in the clouds.
Digging deep, he worked his way back through the field and charged his way to a P7 finish.
That put the #48 starting P13 in the feature.
If the heat race was a thunderstorm, the feature was a full-blown weather event.
From the drop of the green flag, chaos clouds formed throughout the field, leaving damaged karts scattered across the speedway. Drivers did their best to navigate the ever-changing forecast, but the conditions just kept deteriorating.
With just under halfway to go, Daltyn exited Turn 3 and drove straight into a Turn 4 hailstorm of karts. He locked up the brakes trying to avoid the developing weather system, but unfortunately slid into the mess. The impact broke a heim joint and ended the night for both the #48 and another competitor.
Before our kart even made it back to the pits, another hurricane of chaos swept through the field and collected several more competitors.
By the time the checkered flag flew, only about 7 of the original 18 starters remained on the speedway.
When all the storm damage was assessed, Daltyn was officially scored P17.
While the finishing position wasn’t what we were hoping for, there were definitely positives to take away. The changes we made this week found speed, the kart was improving, and Daltyn continued to battle no matter what Mother Nature—or the racing gods—threw his way.
We’ll head back to the garage, repair the storm damage, and continue preparing for the next forecast. The Wild Thing Karts are off next week, but the #48 team will be back in action on Monday, June 22nd looking for sunnier skies and a stronger finish. ☀️🏁
Huge thank you to all of our amazing sponsors and supporters:
🏁 Andresen Electrical Services
🏁 Precision Motor Coach
🏁 O’Reilly Auto Parts
🏁 Lather and Rinse Salon
🏁 Riley Generators
🏁 Grandpa Joe Racing
🏁 Speedway Sign and Graphic
Special thanks to:
🏁 Rory West with Prokart for the fast motor
🏁 Jim Houghton with 99 Fabrication for the awesome body
🏁 Harte Collision for the kick ass paint job
🏁 Wade and Sandi with Wild Thing Karts for putting on an incredible program
🏁 Stafford Motor Speedway for providing a great facility for these kids to race
Sometimes racing is sunshine. Sometimes it’s thunderstorms.
Last night was definitely thunderstorms. 🌩️💙
#48
