Cody Johnson Racing

WKA Florida State Championship Kart Race Monticello May 2008

 

Cody's Race report

Monticello Raceway was the site of the 3rd race of the 2008 WKA Florida Championship series.

My dad and I arrived at the Monticello Raceway early Friday morning with my kart and Yamaha motor in the back of our truck, we have found out that if you are not pulling a huge trailer it saves you a lot off gas and money.

Well any way Fridays practice went pretty good for me I was fast all day in and out of the draft, I tried not to put to much time on my motor so I could save it for the race.

Come Saturday morning we went out for a couple of practices and the started getting ready for Qualifying. This weekend we decided to save money and not use new tires. Without new tires I Qualified 4th but I was not the least bit worried because I knew all our tires would be equal come the final.

The start of the pre-final was hectic dash into the first corner which just happens to be a hairpin. Somebody does not decide to use his brakes and pushes someone into the corner which in turn piles the whole field in the corner except the leader and he check out! I on the other hand fell all the way back to last or around there but I slowly worked my way to second and that is where I would start the final.

In the start of the final the leader got a huge advantage so the track officials had a complete restart in the second restart I came out third and I had my tire pressure adjusted so the they would come in later in the run, just a couple of laps into the final we where heading into the hair-pin in the back when all of a sudden I was hit really hard from the behind by the fourth place kart making me lose the leaders and fell back to 6th place and that's where I finished.

I learned when something like this happens you just need to stay calm and every thing will work it self out. I would like to thank my mom and dad and all the people that help me like Switch racing motors, Corey Reeves, Wes Phillips, Rudy and all the people from Rysa Racing and Richard Gray