Sunday 25 March 2012

How Proud Am I?! (Again!)

Earlier today was the third round in the Daytona Manchester Inkart Championship - Samuel finished third in round two. He was 7th on the grid for the first qualifying session and unfortunately took a black flag so he ended up loosing the places he gained during the 10 lap race and finished eighth.

Second session he was first on the grid (all random placings to ensure all competitors have same advantage) and he kept the place throughout so maximum points.

For the final qualifying he was placed fourth on the grid and managed to retain the place. So then it just depended if he was in the A or B final. Luckily he'd scored enough points from the three rounds to be placed fourth on the grid for the A Final. So he was in with a good chance of a podium finish.

Samuel had a fantastic grid start and managed to get past the second and third placed drivers on the first corner after the grid as they had a bit of a tangle and Samuel neatly sidestepped them and was behind Saul (the eventual winner) to the point that he gave him a little nudge to let him know he was there around lap 3 or 4.

Saul normally races away and no-one catches him so he was rather surprised to see Samuel right up his rear and couldn't shake him off for the remainder of the 20 lap race!

Samuel finished in second place behind Saul with only 2 seconds difference (and he pulled a few faster laps than Saul too!) and he set his fastest lap time of 26.010 seconds - just over the magical 25 second barrier!

So we are more than pleased and Samuel has been bouncing off the walls since we got home! We think he has now moved up to third place in the overall points for the Cadet Championships and if he keeps this up, well, who knows?!

Here he is shaking Kevin's hand (who afterwards told me that Samuel had raced a perfect race - and he's only 8!)
The Cadet and Junior first, second and third place finishers - Samuel is nearest camera

And here he is with his trophy!! It actually comes upto just under his chin - you can't see it too well in the photo!
We thought he would be getting a kart trophy again like last time so we were really surprised when he was presented this huge cup!!

And the sun is shining - the boys have new super soaker water pistols so they've had a water fight and now they are watching the F1 Grand Prix...... who knows - it could be Samuel in 10 years!!

20 comments:

  1. Well done, Samuel! Bravo! Hugs, Miria xx

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  2. You must be so proud.Well done Samuel.Hugs Debbie x

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  3. Fabulous Ruth, congratulations to Samuel!

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  4. Woo Hoo! You're gonna have to go shopping for a trophy cabinet!!! lol!
    Hugs
    Dawn xx

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  5. woooohoooo samuel!! so very well done poppet! you are a super star
    huge hugs Lou and Mo xxxxxx

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  6. woohoooo! well done Samuel! And there was me thinking you wanted a career colouring with Promarkers! Well done superstar!!xxx

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  7. A very well done to Samuel from me too. Fabulous news and obviously very exciting for all the family.
    Fliss xx

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  8. That's fantastic Ruth, no wonder you're proud (again!). Well done Samuel!
    Hugs
    Tracey
    xx

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  9. WTG Samuel!!!!...super awesome Ruth!!!
    hugs, Marjo

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  10. Fantastic. Well done Samuel. You must be very proud of him.
    Mags
    x

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  11. Yay well done .. have you got your polish ordered .. you will need loads by the time he has finished winning all those cups!
    Lisa x

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  12. Brilliant news Ruth - Congratulations Samuel...what a fantastic achievement! Cheers Claire x

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  13. What a little star, well done that boy indeed. How proud you must be Ruth.

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  14. Whoo hooo gooooo Samuel well done... think we might just see you in the future....Keep it up.
    Shell xx

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  15. Wow Ruth, what a champion Samuel is and what a fantastic trophy, you need a big trophy cabinet now, well done Samuel!!!!
    Kevin xx

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  16. Well done Samuel, what a great performance, I am so pleased for you Ruth.xxx

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  17. I'm staying friends with you :) :) Congratulations Samuel, and am I right in thinking that the boys who also got trophies are a lot older than Samuel?

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  18. Well done! I love the smile on his face in the last photo! It says it all!
    Hugs

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