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<\/a><\/p>\nMatthew made it clear\u00a0\u2026\u00a0he would be the one to beat!<\/p>\n
Chappy was assigned Kart #1 and sat focused before the official Start.<\/p>\n
A Shotgun Blast and we were off! The race was 5 laps\u00a0\u2026\u00a0the first to finish would become Huron Chapter\u2019s 2018 GoKart Champion! Chappy just about got disqualified\u00a0after cutting\u00a0off a woman and her baby who were heading towards their finish. The organizer simply warned him and added at least 10 seconds to his finishing time. Ken, John and Matt were very close behind for the first lap, then John moved out front but still second to Chappy. Matt disappeared so it was Chappy, John and Ken heading towards the finish. Chappy finished first with John second. Ken had just entered his fifth lap and looked into the stands to see John and Chappy signing autographs, he figured he was on his sixth lap\u00a0\u2026\u00a0but then realized he had enjoyed the scenery a little too much!<\/p>\n Congrats Chappy!<\/p>\n I guess I should talk about the Brevet,\u00a0although just a way to pedal to the GoKart Championship and back, we actually completed an official 400 km Brevet. Congrats to Chappy, John Cumming, Jerzy Dziadon, Dick Felton, Ken Jobba, John Maccio, Matthew Mcfarlane, Jim Raddatz and Sergii Tsymbal.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, Charles Horslin\u2019s knee started acting up an hour or so after he started, so he called it a day\u00a0and let Chappy know via an e-mail. Chappy, Ken,\u00a0John\u00a0and Matthew were in the Jen\u2019s Cafe (Mitchell Control) for a Great Breakfast when they found out. The rest of the Randonneurs\u00a0skipped\u00a0breakfast, basically had their Control Cards signed, a\u00a0coffee\/pop\u00a0and a muffin etc., then continued on.<\/p>\n If any of you paid attention to the weather forecast, the week before showed rain, thunder and\u00a0lightning for both Saturday and Sunday. Ouch!<\/p>\n Saturday morning things changed, clouds all day with a chance of sunshine. Basically the clouds disappeared just after lunch and the temperature started rising!<\/p>\n The\u00a0second\u00a0Control being the Erbsville Kartway meant that\u00a0if you weren\u2019t competing in Huron Chapter\u2019s GoCart Championship, you simply had your Cards\u00a0signed\u00a0and continued on,\u00a0backtracking, which is where Chappy, Ken, John and Matthew ran into a few of the Randonneurs heading to the next Control.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Coffee Culture in\u00a0Stratford\u00a0is the 3rd Control. The place to have a Great Lunch or Dinner is the Boar\u2019s Head Pub. We all\u00a0sat and enjoyed an\u00a0incredible soccer game on the big tv!<\/p>\n Leaving Stratford, the four of us continued on … being … the back of the pack and all!<\/p>\n With the\u00a0outside\u00a0temperature being 36 deg C, we stopped in Plattsworth, time to sit in the shade and fill ourselves up with some H2O.<\/p>\n After leaving Plattsworth, the Randonneurs headed to the next Control in Woodstock. Once Control Cards were signed and back on track, Chappy noticed a Bowling Alley and suggested\u00a0\u2026 ONE GAME?<\/p>\n Highlight of the Night was seeing\u00a0what looked like a fellow Randonneur who had missed getting his Control Card signed and was heading back to the Control\u00a0\u2026\u00a0but it turned out to be Terry Payne on his new TRUE NORTH!<\/p>\n Terry told us how his wife was relaxing on the couch just before bedtime, he simply dressed into his cycling gear and told her he\u2019d be\u00a0home around 3\u2026<\/p>\n I know, no questions asked!<\/p>\n As we pedalled through the night, weather was perfect. No wind, >10 deg C and we owned the roads! At the finish we took a great shot of John Maccio and\u00a0Matthew McFarlane with their Control Cards Signed.<\/p>\n Congrats to Matthew for completing his first GoKart\u00a0Championship\u00a0\u2026\u00a0I\u00a0mean 400 km Brevet!<\/p>\n Now, being without sleep, John and Matthew\u00a0suggested\u00a0that I follow them to ensure we were all driving safely. We loaded the bikes and headed home! Thanks Gents!<\/p>\n Fun just seeing the title eh! Everyone enjoyed 2018\u2019s Carey\u2019s Carefree Cruise 400km Brevet. Thanks to Liz Overduin who created this route! The main goal this year was to WIN the GoKart Championship held at the Kartway in Erbsville. The … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"