{"id":12720,"date":"2014-03-28T00:24:44","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T04:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maineracing.com\/wp\/?p=12720"},"modified":"2014-03-28T00:24:44","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T04:24:44","slug":"kate-re-weve-worked-hard-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2014\/03\/kate-re-weve-worked-hard-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Re – \u201cWe\u2019ve worked hard over the winter\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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story by Chris Roy<\/p>\n

Kate Re of Lovell, Maine will be back at Richmond Karting Speedway (RKS), once again this upcoming race season.\u00a0 <\/span>Kate will be competing in the two different race series \u2013 Box Stock and Junior Animal. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Though Kate hasn\u2019t been racing over the winter, she has been keeping busy getting ready for the 2014 race season. \u201cDuring the off season I\u2019ve been going to school and getting my karts ready for this season. I\u2019ll be racing two classes this year, so it\u2019s been a lot of work over the winter getting ready. I also put my karts in two car shows over the winter to support RKS and try to get some new racers interested, the Northeast Motorsports Expo in Augusta and the Maine Racin\u2019 Preview in Portland. I was really excited when I won \u201cBest Appearing Go-Kart\u201d at the Augusta show. It was a surprise and a great way to start the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>The season opener at RKS is on April 27th<\/sup> though there is a practice day for the drivers on April 19th<\/sup>. \u201cWe\u2019ve worked hard over the winter. I am all set for this season to start \u2013 I can\u2019t wait to race and see my racing friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

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With all the success she has last season with 4 Jr Boxstock wins and 1 win in her inaugural Boxstock race, Kate looks to carry the momentum forward into this season. \u201cI hope I can carry over my success to this year. It will be challenging but I feel confident and am excited to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Richmond Karting Speedway is one of the premier kart racing tracks her in Maine, with long straight away\u2019s and high banks. The drivers learn to race the track as well as one another. \u00a0<\/span>\u201cEveryone races different and has different ways of getting around the track. The key for me getting around RKS is following my lines and hitting my marks. RKS is a fun track!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kates dad is very busy come race weekend, working as crew chief, mechanic, spotter, sponsor, etc\u2026 \u201cI think it would be fun to race with my dad because he can help me learn. He knows a lot about racing;\u201d So who would win if these 2 Re\u2019s raced each other, \u201cit would be tough but I think I would win because I have more experience in a go-kart than he does.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Safety is always important issue when at the race track, as everyone is making sure the drivers have a fun, exciting and safe race as they head on to the race track. \u00a0<\/span>\u201cBeing safe is very important! My dad and I do safety checks on my kart before each race or practice. I also wear the right equipment to keep me safe \u2013 a fire suit, helmet, neck brace, elbow pads, gloves and shoes. The people at the track and my dad have also taught me about safety on the track \u2013 it\u2019s okay to be aggressive but be safe doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kate would like to thank all her race sponsors, \u201cI would also like to say a BIG thank you to my sponsors this year, I couldn\u2019t enjoy this without their continued support!! Andy Shaw Designs, Henry\u2019s Concrete, Jake\u2019s Rod Shop, Old Mill Tavern, The Toy Box, Troy Morse Concrete, Uncle Bob, Worster Marine Center and Worster Rubbish.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

story by Chris Roy Kate Re of Lovell, Maine will be back at Richmond Karting Speedway (RKS), once again this upcoming race season.\u00a0 Kate will be competing in the two different race series \u2013 Box Stock and Junior Animal. \u00a0 Though Kate hasn\u2019t been racing over the winter, she has been keeping busy getting ready […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,59],"tags":[1235],"class_list":["post-12720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-karting-in-maine","category-rks","tag-richmond-karting-speedway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}