Sunday, August 29, 2010

WDCR Solo Nats F125 Injury Report

There are less than 10 days left before the F125 class takes on some evil course designers in Lincoln. What's better than reporting on the currently injuries/disabled news for the F125 National participants? Here is the latest:

Mike Kline - Fear of commitment and predicted overdose. Mike is having trouble committing to his new kart, and the predicted Sonics overdose on the way to Lincoln is a foregone conclusion. (Same goes for Josh Luster, those dudes need some serious help) Mike is still wishy washy on whose kart to drive, just like any politician.

Justin Neal - Suffering from power hungry symptoms and mounting problem. After I've been telling him all year that he has a horsepower problem, it took a broken motor mount before Justin realized his motor is underpowered compare with others. Now he is power hungry and looking for a mount, just like any politician.

Edwin Liu - "Over worked" and completely lack of focus. Edwin has been using "working" as an excuse to miss the last 2 1/2 karting events. But the reality is he has been playing Starcraft 2 instead of "working". It doesn't stop Edwin though: He won every race he entered after he stopped karting regularly. Saying one thing and does the other, just like any politician.

Lisa Garfield - "Oh, it's a small leak". It starts out from a simple sentence from Marshall Cone: "Lisa, your spindle is loose". It leads to replacement of a spindle, which leads to a seized front brake caliper, followed by a rear brake bleeding disaster, then turned into a completely corner weighing problem, which resulted to a four hour camber/caster/toe/camber/caster/toe camber/caster/toe/camber/caster/toe/camber/caster/toe adjustment session, then leads to a disastrous ride height adjustment session which leads to a busted spindle bearing on the side of the spindle that was working. This finally ended with Brian to announce: "I want my life back".
(No politician reference needed on this one)

Brian Garfield - "Suffered injuries that can't not be disclosed in public". This afternoon, Brian suffered an injury that we can not disclose in public. I can only summed up as a "typical politician injury".

Danny Kao - Always go left, having problem turning right. Danny is suffering a tweaked chassis so he can turn left very easily, but impossible to turn right. It's kind of fixed, but now my front end is all crooked it. Well, just like any politician.

This concludes the F125 injury/disabled report.

Danny Kao, WDCRSoloNats News.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Back again for 2010

The troop of bloggers will be back again this year to post the shenanigans and other important stuff from the Solo Nationals in Lincoln, Neb. The Pro Finale will be Sept. 4 and 5, with the regular Solo Nationals competition taking place Sept. 7 through 10.

With the deadline for the $150 entry fee passing yesterday (you can still register but the fee is now $300), it's time to look at who of the 1,170 entrants are from the WDCR and heading to Cornhusker land in three weeks:

Tuesday/Wednesday

BS
Pat Griffith, Pontiac Excitement Solstice GXP
Clyde Caplan, Mulletproof Corvette
Eric Kriemelmeyer, Solstice
Brendan Bengermino, Corvette

GS
Andrew Baker, Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V OMG WTF ASAP PDQ
Kenny Sorensen, ditto

STS
JohnV, Mazda Beer Keg
Ian Baker, Honda CRX

STU
Rod McGeorge, Subaru Impreza STi
Shane Chinonn-Rhoden, Subaru Impreza STi
Josh Luster, Subaru Impreza STi

STX
David Ogburn, Mini

Formula Weedwacker
Typhoon Danny, Swiss Hutless Toxic (WTF does that mean?)
Mike Kline, CRG Road Rebel (seriously, there are different karts?)
Edwin Liu, Tony Kart Krypton (they all look the same)
Brian Garfield, CTS Honda (like motorcycles or something)

Formula Weedwacker Ladies
Lisa Garfield, CTS Honda (a-ha, a duplicate)

Formula Junior Weedwacker-A
Julian Garfield, Arrow AX-9 4S (I think they make this up)

Formula Junior Weedwacker-B
Carson Garfield, CRG Cadet/KT100


Thursday/Friday

CS
Andy Thomas, Mazda RX-8
Robert Robeson, Mazda RX-8

CSL
Learic Cramer, Nissan 370Z

FS
Big Mike Snyder, Mustang of some flavor
Sam Strano, Mustang of some flavor
Terry Baker, Shelby Mustang
Lee Piccione, Shelby Mustang Kao-lifornia Special

FSL
Holly Schwedler, Shelby Mustang Kao-lifornia Special

ASP
Courtney Cormier, Chevy Corvette

SSM
Jason Becker, BMW M Coupe

Smurf
Brian Karwan, VTAAAK!
Little Mike Snyder, Honda Tartan

FSAE
Mike Cook, Terpmobile
Mike Stanley, Terpmobile


For the Pro Solo Finale, WDCR is r3pr3s3nt3d by:

FS
Mike Snyder
Sam Strano
Lee Piccione

GS
Andrew Baker
Kenny Sorensen

STS
JohnV
Ian Baker


ASP
Courtney Cormier

SSM
Jason Becker

Smurf
Brian Karwan

F125
Lisa Garfield
Mike Kline
Justin Neal
Brian Garfield

FJA
Julian Garfield

FJB
Carson Garfield

L1
Holly Schwedler
Learic Cramer

Be sure to check back during Solo Week!