I tried writing this five times. Every time I sat down, I didn’t know where to start.
So let’s just start here. We got wrecked. The kart is in pieces. And I have never been more confident in the driver sitting behind the wheel of our Compkart.
This is our LO206 karting race recap from the Northeast Karting Challenge (NKC) at Englishtown Raceway Park, May 16th and 17th, 2026.
Saturday — Chasing the Setup All Day
Englishtown is not a forgiving track. The surface is a mix of asphalt and concrete through the corners, and it is bumpy. Brady was physically beaten up by the end of every session.
On top of that, the track conditions were constantly evolving. Low grip on the entries, high grip on the concrete, low grip again on the exits. And as the heat built through the day, so did the grip levels. We were chasing a moving target the entire time.
We took swings at the kart all day trying to get it to rotate consistently through the corners. Handle changes. Gearing changes. Brady kept his head down and kept giving us feedback lap after lap.
Finally, we made a mild caster change and the kart woke up. It came alive. Of course, that happened right before loading everything back into the trailer for the night.
That’s karting.
Sunday — We Found the Speed
Warmup told us something useful. A carb tune combined with the shortest gear we had got the kart pulling off the corners the way we needed it to.
Brady went second quickest in class in both warmup sessions. We qualified second in class. The balance was consistent and Brady was comfortable in the kart. That matters.
Then the pre-final happened.
Brady stalled on the pace lap. Engine off, field pulling away, race about to go green. A lot of drivers panic in that moment. Brady did not. He got the kart restarted, took the green flag several seconds behind the pack, and went to work.
He gained back every second he lost, passing multiple drivers along the way. He came back to second in class and eleventh overall out of eighteen starters.
That’s who we’re backing.
The Final — Three Hits and He Still Didn’t Stop
We lined up eleventh overall for the final. I walked the grid and talked to the drivers around us. We were on the wrong gear for the back straight, and I told them so. I said be patient, you’ll be able to get by Brady down the straight. No need to do anything aggressive.
Didn’t matter.
Going into turn two, Brady got pushed wide. Three karts wide into that corner, and somehow they all survived through the exit of turn four. Then someone tried to dive underneath the kart in front of them and launched themselves directly across our front end. The other driver went three feet into the air. Our front fairing and all the support brackets were destroyed on contact.
Brady kept pushing. Bent steering. Broken fairing. He kept pushing.
Then it happened.
While making a pass, someone clipped his right rear tire. Coming off turn three, the right rear let loose, hub assembly and all. The tire went across the track. Brady spun and ground to a halt.
He got out. Dragged the kart to a safe spot. Got off the track.
And then he looked at me with fire in his eyes and let me know exactly how he felt about what just happened.
If you saw his face in that moment, you would understand exactly why we are doing this.
What This Kid Is Made Of
Our partner, Garrett, from Wealth Education Company, has one simple instruction for this team. Run hard and try to win.
That is what Brady does. Every single lap. When the front fairing is gone, and the steering is bent, and the whole day has gone sideways, he is still out there trying to pass somebody.
That fire does not come from coaching. You either have it, or you don’t.
Brady has it.
The Damage, the Bill, and What Comes Next
Here is the short version of what needs to be replaced: front fairing and all support brackets, right front kingpin, steering column, right rear hub, axle key, and rear gear guards. The engine mount took a hit, and we still need to confirm whether the chain and rear sprocket are damaged.
The total to get the kart back together is coming in at nearly $500. That number stings. But we have what we need to get it done, thanks to the crew at Linsell Speed Shop and the team at Fulkrum Competition Services for having Compkart-specific parts on hand and ready to go. Those relationships matter more than people realize.
We have withdrawn from this week’s race at Oreville Kart Club to give ourselves enough time to tear everything down, inspect it properly, and rebuild it right. We are targeting a return to racing on June 7th at Oakland Valley Race Park.
One more thing. Tim and Jacoby from Mint Digital Marketing were on-site on Sunday and captured a ton of photos and video from the weekend, including Brady in his new suit. That content will be coming out very soon. Stay tuned.
Thank You
To everyone who is part of this team… THANK YOU! Brady and I appreciate every single one of you.
