Bruce Brothers Racing will once again be contesting the Mid State of Ohio Kart Club (MSOKC) championship and participating in the Commercial Point Grand Prix (CPGP) street race in 2011. Our race schedule is as follows:
Race No. 1 - Sunday, May 8 - Qualifying - 20 Bonus Points
Race No. 2 - Sunday, May 22 - Normal (Extended feature laps for TaG, Spec 100, 80 cc)
Race No. 3 - Sunday, June 5 - Clockwise
Race No. 4 - Saturday, June 18 - Night race, Standing start
Race No. 5 - Saturday, June 25 - Night Race , Qualify
Race No. 6 - Sunday, July 17 - Normal (Extended laps for Supercan, Supercan Novice)
Race No. 7 - Sunday, July 31 - Clockwise, Standing start
Commercial Point Grand Prix - August 6-7 - Non-points event - Street race
Race No. 8 - Sunday, August 14 - Normal
Race No. 9 - Saturday, August 20 - Night race
Race No. 10 - Saturday, September 3 - Sunday Schedule, Qualifying, Hog Roast
Rain Date 1 - Sunday, September 4 - Rain Date No. 1
Race No. 11 - Saturday, September 24 - Normal, Sunday Schedule - 20 Bonus Points
Race No. 12 - Sunday, October 2 - Clockwise, Qualify - 40 Bonus Points
Rain Date 2 - Sunday, October 16 - Rain Date No. 2
All MSOKC events will take place at Circleville Raceway park (CRP), which is located just north of Circleville, Ohio, on Route 23. The CPGP will take place in the streets of Commercial Point, Ohio.
Conor returns to our 80cc Shifter Kart, which has undergone a complete engine and gearbox rebuild. Peter will graduate to the Spec 100 Pipe class, which required a reconfiguration of the kart he drove last year. We look forward to seeing you at the races!
Bill
Friday, May 6, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Indoor Karting Adventure
Bruce Brothers Racing took advantage of Henry’s last few days at home before returning to college and packed our bags and headed to Cincinnati this past weekend. Our first stop was for some indoor kart racing fun at Competition Racing (http://www.competitionracing.net/) in nearby Lawrenceburg, Indiana (see pictures below - click to enlarge). Indoor karting events involve timed wheel-to-wheel driving sessions where the primary objective is to post the fastest lap time. All five of us did the first session, the boys and I did the second session, and the boys did the third session along with several other competitors. The boys easily posted the fastest lap times of the day to that point and were within 0.06 seconds of each other (19.34, 19.38, and 19.40 seconds for Peter, Henry, and Conor, respectively). From there, we headed to Blue Ash Chili (http://www.blueashchili.com/) for some authentic Cincinnati-style chili. After checking into our hotel and having a dip in the pool, we went to the theater and saw the remake of True Grit (http://www.truegritmovie.com/). After the movie, we had burgers at Terry’s Turf Club (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Terrys-Turf-Club/164701121642). Both Blue Ash Chili and Terry’s Turf Club were recently featured on the Food Network’s Diners, Drive-ins and Dives (http://www.foodnetwork.com/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/index.html) – Blue Ash Chili was excellent and Terry’s Turf Club was awesome (see pictures below). After a good night’s sleep and a free breakfast, we packed up and headed to Jungle Jim’s International Market (http://www.junglejims.com/), which has been described as a theme park of food, in Fairfield, Ohio. When we got home, Henry prepared sushi for dinner. My post-Christmas diet took a severe beating...
Bill
Thursday, January 13, 2011
2011 Commercial Point Grand Prix of Karting
The 2011 Commercial Point Grand Prix of Karting will be held on August 6 and 7, 2011. Hopefully the weather will cooperate this year. We'll be sure to bring extra tie-downs for our E-Z Up canopies just in case.
Bill
Bill
Saturday, December 4, 2010
New Buckeye Bullet Article
There's a great new article on the Buckeye Bullet that can be found here:
http://speedhunters.com/archive/2010/12/03/car-spotlight-gt-gt-the-buckeye-bullet-2-5.aspx
It includes a bunch of good pictures. One of the Bruce Brothers Racing stickers (B2R for B-squared-R) can be seen in the third picture down - just to the right and below the Penske sticker. The mention of high school interns about two-thirds of the way down refers to Conor.
Bill
http://speedhunters.com/archive/2010/12/03/car-spotlight-gt-gt-the-buckeye-bullet-2-5.aspx
It includes a bunch of good pictures. One of the Bruce Brothers Racing stickers (B2R for B-squared-R) can be seen in the third picture down - just to the right and below the Penske sticker. The mention of high school interns about two-thirds of the way down refers to Conor.
Bill
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Video of Conor at CRP
It's the off-season, so there's nothing new to report, but here's a video that I took with my iPhone of Conor during open practice for MSOKC Race No. 5 back in June. This is the "normal" direction (counter-clockwise) at Circleville Raceway Park. The video begins with Conor exiting Turn 10 (the final corner at CRP). He crosses the Start/Finish line (marked by an orange cone) and continues through Turns 1, 2 and 3. You hear gear changes from fourth, to fifth, and then sixth. Turn 1 at CRP is flat out for most karts, including our 80cc shifter kart. The long back straightaway between Turns 4 and 5 is longer than anything between Turns 10 and 3 at CRP, but top speed (about 70 mph for Conor) generally occurs entering Turn 3.
Bill
Bill
Thursday, October 28, 2010
MSOKC Race No. 12 – October 17, 2010 – Season Finale Redux
NEWS – The make-up date for the rained-out Mid State of Ohio Kart Club season finale was a week ago Sunday, October 17, 2010. Unfortunately, my work required me to be out of the country that day (Berlin, Germany, and then Sofia, Bulgaria). Peter, who has taken up the sport of Crew, had secured fourth place in the MSOKC championship in his class by simply showing up for the original date of the season finale. He had a regatta the day before the make-up date and elected to spend the day at home recovering from the extensive physical exertion that this sport requires. Conor stood to lose second place in the championship in his class if he failed to show up for the make-up date, so we recruited friends and family to give Conor the support he needed. I prepared his kart and had everything loaded up and ready to go before I left for my trip. My dad offered to accompany Conor to the track, our good friend Greg Wilkinson offered to help with the at-the-track activities, and Laura took over as scribe and caterer. While Conor was on the track, Greg provided me with live commentary via cell phone – into late Sunday evening in Berlin.
PRACTICE – My first phone call didn’t come until Conor’s first heat race, so apparently everything went well during practice. I did learn later that it became apparent during practice that the run-away championship leader in Conor’s class had elected to sit out for the make-up, since he had already clinched the championship.
80cc SHIFTER – The random draw from the previous attempt at the season finale, which had Conor starting from pole position in his first heat race, was used again for the make-up. Conor got away well and settled into the lead easily in the first few corners. He and his rival for second position in the championship, who had started from the second position, quickly pulled away from the rest of the field during the first few laps. Conor was able to extend his lead by 0.1 second or so each lap. His rival backed off a bit on the last lap and Conor won by a margin of just over 2 seconds. With the order reversed for the start of the second heat, Conor would have to follow his rival through the field to avoid negating the advantage he had gained by winning the first heat. Conor’s rival managed to improve from sixth to third on the first lap (of eight) while Conor went from seventh to fifth. Both improved one more position on Lap 2. On Lap 3, Conor’s rival improved one more position into the lead, but Conor improved two positions into second. Conor reeled in the leader during Laps 4 through 6, but seemed to back off knowing that damage would be minimized by finishing right behind his rival. A first and a second earned Conor the second starting position for his feature. All Conor would need to do was finish one place behind (or ahead of) his rival to secure second place in the championship. Conor got away well again but couldn’t manage to get ahead of his rival at the start. These two traded fast laps through the first half of the 10 lap feature. The leader began to feel the pressure that Conor was applying just past half distance. Conor even pulled along side his rival on the entrance to Turn 9 after getting a good run through Turn 10 (the previous corner when going in the opposite direction) on Lap 7. Conor’s pressure paid dividends a lap later when the leader dropped two wheels into the grass on the exit of Turn 1, which allowed Conor to slip by into the lead. Conor pulled away over the next two laps for his first feature race win of the season.
NEXT RACE – That’s a wrap for the 2010 MSOKC season. I was apprehensive about the boys racing in my absence, so I was pleased when Peter decided to give the make-up a miss and to see Conor do so well without me – maybe I should plan to be away more often! While Conor is highly capable on his own, his performance was enhanced by friends and family who stepped up to the plate in my absence. I hereby extend my heart-felt thanks to Greg, my dad, and Laura. Kudos also go to Greg for thinking to call me with live coverage by cell phone. Both boys ended the season on a high note – Peter with a win and a fourth place finish that would have earned him a front row feature race starting position before the rain ruined the original attempt at the season finale, and Conor with a feature race win during the make-up that secured his second place finish in the championship. The season-ending MSOKC banquet is January 8, 2011.
Bill
p.s., Lap times, lap charts, and results can be found at http://www.mylaps.com/results/showevent.jsp?id=607941.
PRACTICE – My first phone call didn’t come until Conor’s first heat race, so apparently everything went well during practice. I did learn later that it became apparent during practice that the run-away championship leader in Conor’s class had elected to sit out for the make-up, since he had already clinched the championship.
80cc SHIFTER – The random draw from the previous attempt at the season finale, which had Conor starting from pole position in his first heat race, was used again for the make-up. Conor got away well and settled into the lead easily in the first few corners. He and his rival for second position in the championship, who had started from the second position, quickly pulled away from the rest of the field during the first few laps. Conor was able to extend his lead by 0.1 second or so each lap. His rival backed off a bit on the last lap and Conor won by a margin of just over 2 seconds. With the order reversed for the start of the second heat, Conor would have to follow his rival through the field to avoid negating the advantage he had gained by winning the first heat. Conor’s rival managed to improve from sixth to third on the first lap (of eight) while Conor went from seventh to fifth. Both improved one more position on Lap 2. On Lap 3, Conor’s rival improved one more position into the lead, but Conor improved two positions into second. Conor reeled in the leader during Laps 4 through 6, but seemed to back off knowing that damage would be minimized by finishing right behind his rival. A first and a second earned Conor the second starting position for his feature. All Conor would need to do was finish one place behind (or ahead of) his rival to secure second place in the championship. Conor got away well again but couldn’t manage to get ahead of his rival at the start. These two traded fast laps through the first half of the 10 lap feature. The leader began to feel the pressure that Conor was applying just past half distance. Conor even pulled along side his rival on the entrance to Turn 9 after getting a good run through Turn 10 (the previous corner when going in the opposite direction) on Lap 7. Conor’s pressure paid dividends a lap later when the leader dropped two wheels into the grass on the exit of Turn 1, which allowed Conor to slip by into the lead. Conor pulled away over the next two laps for his first feature race win of the season.
NEXT RACE – That’s a wrap for the 2010 MSOKC season. I was apprehensive about the boys racing in my absence, so I was pleased when Peter decided to give the make-up a miss and to see Conor do so well without me – maybe I should plan to be away more often! While Conor is highly capable on his own, his performance was enhanced by friends and family who stepped up to the plate in my absence. I hereby extend my heart-felt thanks to Greg, my dad, and Laura. Kudos also go to Greg for thinking to call me with live coverage by cell phone. Both boys ended the season on a high note – Peter with a win and a fourth place finish that would have earned him a front row feature race starting position before the rain ruined the original attempt at the season finale, and Conor with a feature race win during the make-up that secured his second place finish in the championship. The season-ending MSOKC banquet is January 8, 2011.
Bill
p.s., Lap times, lap charts, and results can be found at http://www.mylaps.com/results/showevent.jsp?id=607941.
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