On Saturday, Blake was awarded two Gold trophies for winning the finals race and for racking up the most points over the winter season. Blake has been working hard on upgrading his kart for the NHKA Series where he will be racing in the Senior LO 206 league. His first race is Saturday, April 22nd at Canaan Motor Speedway. Blake's new kart number in New Hampshire will be 95, the same number as one of his up and coming NASCAR favorites.
Heading to the Finals in Lead Position
Blake wrapped up the last race of the season with 29 points and one more fast lap point. This puts him in the front of the pack with 186 points. Blake is looking forward to the league finals in two weeks on Saturday April 15th at F1 Boston in Braintree. Blake is also getting ready for his first outdoor season with the NHKA in New Hampshire. Over the next few weeks he will be working with his team at the CF Motorsports Shop making modifications to his kart to get it ready for the summer outdoor race season.
Leading the Pack
With the F1 Indoor Spring Finals a little more than a month away, Blake expanded his lead this Saturday in the 1A league to 157 points. In three rounds Blake finished first, third and fifth, also racking up two more fast lap points. Blake also clocked the fastest lap of the day at 20.092 seconds on the city course. Blake races one more time on April 1st in Round Seven before the finalson April 15th.
Taking the Checkered Flag
Expanding his lead in the F1 Indoors Winter Karting Series
This week Blake expanded his first place lead in the F1 Indoor Winter Series. Despite a computer glitch in the current F1 league standings web page, Blake maintained his first place position in the 1A league jumping from 103 points to 130 total points. Blake chalked up another fast lap point this week for a total of 7 fast lap points for the season. Blake clocked his fastest lap at 15.75 seconds.
Leading F1 Winter Series and Getting Ready for Spring in New Hampshire
Blake is leading the Winter F1 Boston Indoor series with 103 points in the 1A Junior League. He is looking forward to racing his own LO 206 Briggs and Stratton kart outdoors again in New Hampshire in 2017 as part of the NHKA Series. His first race of the outdoor season will be on April 22nd at Canaan Motorsports Park. After that Blake will continue to race at Canaan as well as New Hampshire Motor Speedway throughout the summer and fall.
Qualifying For The Fall 2016 F1 Indoor League Finals
After all the Fall season points were totaled this week Blake qualified forthe Fall finals race with 99 points. He is looking forward to the finals on December 18th and another 200 plus lap Endurance Race on December 28th at F1 Indoors in Braintree.
Wrapping Up The 2016 Outdoor Racing Season with Another First Place Win
Blake wrapped up the final race of the 2016 F1 Club Racing Series with another first place win. At the awards ceremony he collected two first place trophies for two back-to-back first place wins this past month. Blake is thankful to all his sponsors, CF Motorsports and his coach Tom Prioli for helping him make this first season of racing his own kart a very successful one. He looks forward to the 2017 season when he hopes to upgrade his kart and join the New Hampshire racing series. In the meantime, he will continue racing over the winter in the F1 Indoor League.
Racing in a Storm
The remnants of Hurricane Matthew made for some very wet racing this Columbus Day weekend at F1 Outdoors in East Bridgewater. Despite the torrents of rain and high winds on Sunday, Blake finished in first place in Race #8 of the 2016 season for the F1 Outdoors Club. The wet track caused a lot of slipping, sliding and drifting. Huge puddles wreaked havoc with the kart's engine but also allowed for some big splashes! Blake worked with his racing coach Tom P. to keep his kart rolling and adjust his racing style for the wet weather, and it all paid off.
Getting Gold at the 2016 F1 Outdoors Fall Classic Racing Weekend
It was a great weekend of racing fun and friends this past Saturday and Sunday at F1 Outdoors in East Bridgewater. Blake took second place on Saturday and first place on Sunday for his division. The team from CF Motorsports cleaned up with all members bringing home the gold. Great job to all the racers and their pit crews!
