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Tracc 5 Racing at the WKA Nationals

Written by Paul Haney with images and info provided by Jeff Braun

1. Equipment. The karts and engines.
2. Practice day Thursday at Charlotte, uploaded Friday, March 12.
3. Friday report, more practice. Uploaded Saturday, March 13.
4. Saturday report. First race. Uploaded Monday, March 15.
5. Sunday report. Rainy races. Uploaded Monday, March 15.

The Braun's, Jeff, Diane, Colin, and Travis leave West Texas on Monday, March 8 for the World Karting Association National Championships in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Tracc 5 team gets to Charlotte Wednesday night and begins practice the next day.

Colin Braun will be racing in three classes looking for his first National podium finish. Last October Colin drove the new Jolly Kart Cadet chassis in its world debut at the No. American Karting Championships, also at Charlotte. His experience on this tricky course is something the team hopes will prove to be an advantage.

Travis Braun, Tracc 5 data engineer, gathered valuable data during the October race at Charlotte and this should make the team competitive from the first practice session.

The Tracc 5 team races with Coello Racing and Jolly Kart USA. Also driving for the team in the 125cc Pro Shifter class are Niki and Mike Coello. Niki had a double win at the Jacksonville WKA Nationals in January.

Want to know more about karts and kart racing? Here's some links to interesting sites.

http://www.worldkarting.com This is the sanctioning body.

http://www.coelloracing.com The importer of Jolly karts.

http://www.muller.net/karting A web site with info and links.