We are keeping a close eye on the forecast for the Richmond area. The current forecast this morning has changed since of yesterday. Currently they are calling for a chance of showers at 10pm tonight which would leave us ample time to race tonight under the lights. As of right now, the call will be to watch the noon forcast and make the call to race or not at 12:45pm today.
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Story by Chris Roy
Kassidy Burton, travels every weekend from her home in Wiscasset, ME to Richmond Karting Speedway (RKS) so she can race her number 12 race kart. One thing that is very interesting about this little driver…… she is only 4 years old!!!
She got her idea to go racing when she went to watch a friend race. “Back in June when I saw my friend Connor Wenners race, I decided that I wanted to try too” Kassidy stated.
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Nine year old Ivan Kaffel, of Raymond, Maine is one of the drivers in the sportsman series at Richmond Karting Speedway (RKS).
RKS is one of the few kart tracks in New England that lets the drivers race either a rocker or a champ roll cage. I asked Ivan which he preferred to use his response was, “Champ because you can race them anywhere and I want to race a modified someday which are open wheels.” The major difference between the two are is Rocker cages move and are bolted on, where as Champs are welded on, built at the factory as a single unit.
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This Friday night the Kart will be racing under the lights at Richmond Karting Speedway (RKS). Austin Teras driver of the number 29 is the current points leader in the BoxStock Series is all set for the sun to go down and the lights to come on.
After last weekends race Cushman Competition put a new kart together for the race, so he hopes it goes well, but not sure. When it comes to racing at RKS If you ask Austin which he prefers the night racing or racing under the sunny sky, this is his reply, “Under the lights it’s the best!”
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This past weekend the drivers returned to the race track, and with names like Benjamin, Rowe, and Lachance, driving as fast as they could go. But it is not quite what you think, this is the next generation of drivers Kaleb Benjamin, Noah Lachance, Gunnar Rowe, and Braxton Rowe as they race in the kart series at Richmond Karting Speedway (RKS).
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10 yr old Levi Lawrence, from Mechanic Falls, Maine is one of the young guns racing at Richmond Karting Speedway. Racing in the Boxstock Division Levi, is currently 2nd in point behind fellow competitor and friend Austin Teras.
The Levi says the key to getting around RKS is, “being smooth in the corners and not jerking it.” Not only does Levi race the car he works on the car in the pits as well, changing the tires. The Karts had raced the day before Levi finished 2nd behind Austin, So I asked him is it his turn to win today? And Levi replied with a smile, “Yep”, and that exactly what he did taking the checkered flag for the 3rd times this season.
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