The Mid-Season championship race at Jamaica July 8th got off to a slow start. It sprinkled on and off for half an hour after practice sessions were complete. The rain stoppped and we were set for heat races. Tyler would start on the pole for the first heat race and lead all 8 laps. The racing was very tight, nose to tail the entire race so one slip up and you could go from 1st to last in about 5 seconds. We started last in the second heat race. It was a battle to make it up to 2nd, but we ran out of laps trying to catch Kordell and we had to settle for a second place finish. Since this was a special mid season championship and money race, they would run 20 lap main events. Tyler led until a caution came out about mid way through the race. On the restart, his buddy Colin got by him on the restart and was leading by about 4 kart lengths going into turn 3. Eric #81 had a super run going into 3 and he and Tyler got together to bring out another caution. Since they did not complete a lap, Tyler restarted first on the next restart. Tyler got out to a nice lead down the front stretch, but Eric and Colin were close on his tail. Eric would get a nose under Tyler in 1, but Tyler would pull away slightly out of turn 2. Eric would again get his nose under Tyler out of turn 4, but Tyler had a good run to pull a few inches ahead. Yes I said inches, these kids were running over 50 mph, an inch off the ground, only a few inches from each other. The racing was that tight, one slight bobble in a turn and instead of leading the race, you will find yourself trying to play catch up. Tyler was able to hold Eric and Colin off to take the checkered flag, his 3rd feature win. Eric finished second with Colin in a close 3rd. Dylan, a new driver from Marshalltown finished 4th and Kordell rounded out the top 5. We have a week off and will tackle the 1/5th mile high banked aspahlt oval again July 22nd. Hope to see you there.