Jim Berry’s Trutech Racing

Another great time at round 3 of Tri-C racing.
Qualifying began very well for us.
Seth jumped over to help out Rod (RLV) & myself in 206 senior. He put it on the pole with nearly no practice.
New with us in KPV, Randy Sturgeon qualified 3rd.
100 cc masters saw Seth qualify 2nd & Pietro had traffic and managed 8th.
Matt McCoy in 100cc senior was 15th.

Heat 1
Seth fought for the win in 206, but was roughed up a bit and finished 5th.
KPV saw Randy hold his own for a 3rd place finish.
100cc masters was a battle for all, Seth holding onto 2nd, Pietro moving up to 6th.
Matt McCoy moving up 1 position to 14th.

Heat 2
206 senior saw Seth move from 5th to 3rd capturing fast lap easily while passing to move forward.
Randy in KPV struggled a bit on the start and dropped to 4th, but improved on his lap times.
100cc Masters was a war zone as usual. Pietro moved to 4th showing some speed.
Seth fought out a 2nd., only to fall in tech to a 1/8" to wide in the rear tire area.
Matt McCoy continued to move forward to 13th position.

Main
Seth in 206 senior was a battlefield again, ending up put of the race due to a pair of drivers making contact with nowhere to go.
KPV saw Randy continue working hard and maintaining his 4th place finish.
100cc masters. Wow, what a battle ground. Seth sat on the sidelines not wanting to receive any further rib soreness. So, the battle was left for Pietro. He battled back and forth rough rider Brian Phillipsen
for 3rd place, exchanging positions several times during every lap. Pietro made a near last corner pass to secure 3rd place.
Matt McCoy marched to a 11th place finish.
Nothing but great racing and great times for everyone in the Trutech Racing pits.

Thanks to Mike Smith, Derek Burris & David Dodson and Terry (KPV) Nash for all the help and hard A__ work they performed throughout the weekend. ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^

LAKC 4/9 – 4/10
Our team decided to run LAKC this past weekend for some extra practice and fun.
Although Saturday was a tremendous amount of extra work for the guys.
We were down 1 mechanic, David Dodson, he was in Arizona at a Rotax event.
Also Seth Willits is still on the mend with bruised ribs, but hopes to be back for the TRI-C event this coming weekend.
Derek Burris and Erick Day worked tirelessly throughout the day. They had to ready 2 karts while taking care of our team drivers.
Pietro was in good form on Saturday for fast lap of the group, Mike Smith getting in some driving
to ready himself for the California ROK Championships coming up next month was 2nd quick to Pietro.
Matt Steele was continuing to improve as the day/weekend progressed. Tyler Redman joined in the fun and had a great day with great improvement working with data/driver coach, Mike Smith.
With Saturday in the books, Warm ups and then qualifying began.
Mike put it on the poll with our new VLR engine, Pietro with a good 3rd place grid position, and Matt had a solid 6th place starting position.
Prefinal had Mike out front with Ronnie Swain & Pietro following close behind. Matt continued to improve and was working hard.
For the Final, Mike took the lead on the start, but had a line of drivers nose to tail hoping for a mistake that never came. Warren Kindberg, Ronnie Swain & Pietro Moro battled for that 2nd spot with Warren getting 2nd, Ronnie 3rd & Pietro 4th. Matt working closely with mike on data and driving made huge improvements in the final finishing 5th and within .2-.4 tenth’s lap times of the leaders.
So once again, great work from behind the scenes with Derek & Erick & Mike. Everyone stayed as we had a great time at the team Barbecue that Beckie Smith provided for everyone. This really is a group of great team members working together and smiling all day.

Jim Berry
Feb. 21, 2022
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Things are always moving forward for us.
We started a new program this year,
We provide pit tent space, mechanics, data and driver coaching.
My mechanics are David Dodson and Derek Burris
Driving coach and data is Mike Smith
Our first TRI-C race was Saturday and our new drivers did very well for their first 2 cycle race.
Seth Willets qualified 5th and a 3rd place podium finish in the final. Raced all day with very sore ribs. He had to ice them down in between heats. A true competitor.
Pietro Moro qualified 3rd & had fast lap in heat #2 & a 5th place finish in the final. Fought hard all day and smiled always.
Mark Connell came out after 19 months off and did extremely well.
Qualified 16th and worked his way to an 8th place in heat #1, had a few overtaking issues in heat #2, but rebounded to a great 13th place finish in the final.
Matt McCoy joined us as well on Saturday and qualified 11th, after a slight coming together in heat #1 with other drivers he bounced back in the final to finish 14th.
Great shout out to David Dodson & Derek Burris for doing everything in the pits & of course, our driving coach and data guy, Mike (Cal Speed) Smith.
Our group laughed and enjoyed all day Saturday.
So I guess all is well in paradise