RESULTS:

Drove down to Calspeed on Friday to get a day of testing and practice into the books before Round 3 of the Tri-C Championship on Saturday Race Day. Luca continues to get faster with every outing – the seat time is proving invaluable and this track is really helping him …

Luca’s first race of the Tri-C Championship season got off to a memorable start with a rare wet weather race. Hold on though … I am getting ahead of myself. We drove down from Las Vegas to Calspeed, Fontana for the opening of the track on Friday at 9:00am. It …

YES!! Luca’s performance speaks for itself. A race strategy executed to perfection – pressure till you force the error then make the pass. Last lap with 5 turns to the finish, Luca takes the lead for a memorable first win of the 2017 Championship  – it couldn’t have been scripted …

After more than 6 weeks out of the kart, Luca was really psyched to get back on track. It had been a long hiatus with Luca showing a lot of patience. It gave him the opportunity to really focus on school which he took, impressing his dad no end! His …

Luca’s race weekend was compromised by a bad maneuver from a fellow driver. As shown in the video above, Luca was in 2nd place, somewhat off the pace but still full throttle down the straight into turn 1 at close to 70mph, when he was bumped 3 times in quick succession by …

Another great weekend of racing from Luca. He secured his first pole position and he made another very strong statement to his competitors. Luca continues to make progress in leaps and bounds, applying the lessons he learned from the bad luck of his first 2 races as he searches for his …

The backdrop of the desert mountains with the bad weather rolling in, the seasoned racer sharing his line with the new kid who’s just happy to be there, the dynamic between the four competitors as they walk the track, of friendships in the making, the intense focus on Luca’s face as he searches …

The new season starts with Luca moving up to the Cadet 2 class racing Mini Rok and Mini Swift 60cc engines. Our thanks to all our sponsors that made this possible. These engines are specifically designed for go karts, capable of reaching top speeds of 70mph at the end of the straight. …

Luca’s last race of the season – he was so looking forward to getting back into the kart.  That’s all he thinks about these days – lives and dreams racing. So much so that recently, I had to put a brake on his racing exuberance – I caught him looking for the …

Luca was so excited all week about racing in his new ItalCorse chassis this weekend. After the first practice session, his only comment when getting back to the pits, apart from the huge smile on his face, was “the handling is incredible! Unbelievable!” “Dad, I love my new chassis! Love it.” The kart’s superior handling obviously …

Luca and I are asking again for your help with the next steps in his go kart racing adventure. Luca is quick, very quick. He’s surprised everybody and he’s exceeded my lofty expectations since he started racing go-karts. He’s done extremely well and it’s hard to think that he only …

This race weekend was an education to say the least. Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong and the weekend ended with Luca’s first retirement due to mechanical failure. It’s an important lesson for this young racer to learn to rise above the disappointment and to put it behind …

It seems like the races are coming thick and fast now although Luca has a race weekend only once a month. This is his 3rd race weekend for points since he sat for the first time in his kart back in June. He’s made enormous progress, growing in confidence and …