08/04/2026
CKNA Summer Nationals
One of those weekends you wish you could have back to change things up but we did the best we could with the changing conditions on Saturday & Sunday.
A mix of rain & sun both days completely exhausted everyone & the entire Precision Performance Karting team was on hand for set up & quick changes!!
This was one of the most challenging weekends running 2 classes Brady has experienced in a long time!!
Senior light
44 karts total
Practice on Friday was perfect & Brady had pace for top 10
Happy hour was 6th
Just before qualifying we had to make a decision on wet set up or dry
We decided to go dry but had the wrong gearing
Qualified P15 not the worst
Now everyone was split into 2 groups (odd & even) for 2 heat races
Heat 1 started 8th finished 3rd
Heat 2 it had rained earlier & at the grid we had to make a decision… half the field had rain tires on & the other half had slicks!! We opted for rain tires & it was the wrong choice… started P3 & with the tire pressure & gearing Brady finished P16
After everyone raced their heat races… points were totaled & Brady started P12 for the feature.
As we sat on the grid to go out on track the rain started & we had 10 min to switch to full rain set up
Kart was set & he got a great jump… moved from 12th to 5th place after 5 laps & then the heavy downpour came & Brady lost viability & his shield fogged up. On lap 7 he looped it & by the time he got rolling again he found himself in the back half of the field & brought the kart into the scales!! No damage to kart or motor.
Senior Medium
47 karts total
Another great practice session on Friday
Happy hour found himself 7th fastest but unfortunately he hit the scale 1 lb light DQ
He would start the Qualifying session in the first group which as you go out the track gets faster
It had rained earlier but we went out on slicks
First lap was the first groups fastest lap as karts started to go off track & bring water & mud back onto the track
P3 after the first group on the first lap
The second group went out & no one went faster because of the conditions on the track (mud & water)
The 3 group finally began to turn faster laps & Brady ended up P19 for qualifying.
Groups split again
Heat 1 started P10 finished P4
Unfortunately with all of the delays we could not get in heat 2 for senior Medium & that would finish out Sunday morning after warm ups.
Heat 2 started P4 & ended up with the victory
Shortly after we cleared tech & scales we were notified of a 2 position blocking penalty to officially finish P3
Feature started P8
Again rain fell 2 races fore the feature 15 min delay for that class to switch to rain set up
The class before us rain rain tires & the tough decision to go rain or slicks had to made again… but we could see dry spots on the track & 10 min before race time we switched everything over to dry set up.
Feature the outside row got a great start with a great dry line to power through turns 1 & 2
Brady found himself in 4th & into the last set of turns had the lead but as he exited the last turn he lost grip!! The kart behind him had a different drive line & had a ton of grip but unfortunately drove over the top of his right side bending his axle & carburetor intake creating an air leak & his top end speed was down.
Lost the lead group & fought hard for 5th place but with 3 laps to go another kart drove into him & both spun out.
P14 was the official finish… not exactly how we pictured the weekend. We came out stronger & learned a lot!!
Hopefully this makes us better for the next race.
August 14 & 15 Brady will be doing double duty with Route 66 Sprint Series at his home track at Briggs & Stratton Motorplex at Road America
KA Senior
206 Senior
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