WKA Road Racing at Virginia International Raceway

This past weekend was the second to last WKA Road Racing event, taking place at VIRginia International Raceway, in Danville, Virginia.
My first event was the Junior Sprint Lite race on Saturday.  The start to the race went poorly, and I set off 30 seconds behind the competition.  I worked my way through the field, and by the second to last lap I was 15 seconds behind first place.  Unfortunately for me, I was not able to catch up, and i finished second 11 seconds behind.  However, my best lap time was a 2:49.3, a full three seconds faster than the first place finisher.
Because the starts have been an area that could use improvements, I worked on keeping the engine running, at using the carburetor needle to regulate the flow of fuel into the engine.  This helped profoundly in Sunday's race.
I started well, coming into the first corner in second place.  I quickly overtook for first, and stayed there until the second to last lap.  The second place went by coming through the uphill esses, and as we went into the famed Oak Tree Turn, i went to the inside.  He went wide and over the rumble strips, allowing me to go by.  On the last lap, we went side-by-side through the esses and into Oak Tree.  I again edged him out through Oak Tree, maintaining the lead into the Roller-Coaster.  He went inside, I held him off through the last turn.  I came onto the main straight in the lead, and eventually won by 0.06 seconds, or about half a kart length.
The championship will be decided in early September at Summit Point Raceway in West Virginia.