Evan was very excited for his second race weekend and his chance to actually finish a race. Round 1 at Buttonwillow ended with a crash, but his bike was rebuilt and even had a fresh coat of paint. He learned to ride at the Atwater Kart Track, so he was already comfortable there and ready to go. That was a good thing since he missed Friday practice. Not to mention, Saturday started out a little rough—carburetor problems kept Evan from riding in the first practice session. Once Miles figured out how to work around the carburetor issues, the day went well—no crashes and a good qualifying effort.
Evan was gridded 6th, and it was a double-header weekend for the MiniMoto Beginner class. He got a pretty good start in his first race to move up a spot into 5th, and stayed there for most of the race. Unfortunately, towards the end of the race fatigue set in and he slowed his pace, so he got passed on the second to last lap. That put him back in 6th place, which was where he finished.
Before Evan’s second race, Mom got in on the fun during the moms’ race. It was her first time on a bike and she was by far the slowest out there but had a great time and was happy she didn’t hurt anything more than her pride. A good time was had by all, but race 2 was coming up soon so time to get focused. Evan put in some of his fastest laps ever at the beginning of the race, but fell off of that pace a bit towards the end. Another 6th place finish marked the end of this successful weekend. Evan’s lines had improved dramatically thanks to some help from Cory, and the only time he went off track all weekend was when his bike died on him and he had to pull off.
The only thing left for the weekend was the paddock Easter Egg Hunt!