Neo 2012 by Lewis Jones aged 10

Neo 2012 by Lewis Jones aged 10

WEDNESDAY

I am looking forward to the KYOSHO barbecue at the Cradock’s house. I will meet the world champion Cody King and his dad Paul.

Everyone is at the Cradock’s house Elliott, Chris, Stewart and all the team. Cody is being very nice to me and the food is great, ‘ALL YOU CAN HANDLE BRO’.  My sister and her friends are in the hot tub having fun as the adults are drinking and still eating the food.

We are on our way home now mummy is driving as dad drank too much beer!

THURSDAY

We are on our way to the Neobuggy race now. We just picked up Taro from the Cradock’s house as they don’t have much room as Cody bought too much stuff. 30 minutes from the track now, Taro is playing on the ipad as I write my blog about Neo 2012.

We arrived at the track and it’s basically a great big Cow shed and it’s big really big. We can’t get inside yet, so we have put up the Gazebo so we built the barbecue ready for tomorrow. We have set up our pit area and I’m pitting next to Cody King, he’s really nice and talks to me a lot. The track looks amazing it’s my type of track!

The hotel is nice and there is a restaurant opposite. We are at the Premier Inn lobby and Cody and Elliott are admiring each others beauty! Cody keeps looking at the vending machine which is full of chocolate.

We ate at the restaurant; Elliott had a chicken and bacon sandwich. They do very nice orange juice and Chris has a very nice Purple T-shirt on!! People keep asking him if he’s going to the prom!

I am going to bed now, the bed is so comfortable. I hope I get a good night sleep before racing starts tomorrow.

FRIDAY

We have just got up and having breakfast, Cody is wearing the same top he came to England in (dad told me he has lots of tops the same). Cody tried Crumpets for his breakfast.

At the track and everyone is working on their cars. Dad is doing his then he will do mine. I have new Blue KYOSHO stickers which I have put on my shell so it is all bling! Paul KING is putting new parts on Cody’s car so he will go faster. Jared TEBO is sat near us to.

Well I just raced my first ever race at Neo. I was in the same heat as my dad. I beat him I came 10th and he came 12th. My dad has to marshal, I don’t as I’m too young as you have to be over 12 to marshal in England. I hope I beat him next time but he got a faster lap than me.

My second race and I came 12th and my dad finished 10th. I was having trouble with the jumps at the end of the straight but Cody told me how to do them so I am much faster now with a 41s lap. Thank you Cody.

Practice is finished for the day I came 218th, Cody King 7th and Elliott 16th. The track is hard but the Kyosho team are helping me get faster. My dad is worried that I will beat him and he will have to give up racing!

SATURDAY

Well it’s raining today. Just checked the heat listing and I am in heat 2 and my dad is in heat 5. Elliott is in 15 and Cody is in 16 as they are very fast. It’s still raining but its ok as we are racing indoors and won’t get wet.

After my 1st round today I beat my dad’s fastest lap by .2 second. He is getting really worried now and everyone is laughing. Cody and Elliott are both doing really well as is Tebo. Everyone is getting very tired.

I have got my lap times down under 40 seconds now which I am happy with but my dad is faster but I’m not far behind now.

At the restaurant I had scampi. Cody had a burger again! We our teaching him an English accent and he keeps saying ‘you alright mate’ which is very funny as he says it all the time and very loud. Cody and Paul are really nice and I like driving the kyosho car, it’s the best team ever.

SUNDAY

We have two more rounds of qualifying today. My final will be today and the lower finals are after we finish racing. My dad will be today too as he’s not doing so great.

I just raced my 1st round today and finished 5th in my heat. Dad did not finish as he broke his car. Dad is going to use my new Futaba controller as he does not like his old one.

In my last race I got down to a 38.5 lap which is my fastest so far. Dad got a 37.2 and went faster than me as he got 11 laps. I almost got disqualified because the person who was marshalling for me forgot. Elliott spoke to them and sorted it out and explained it wasn’t my fault. Thanks Elliott.

I just raced my final and I came 1st. It was great Cody and Elliott were marshalling and my dad and Stewart Wilcox were pitting, great job guys. All the team and my friends were there to cheer me on. I have now bumped up into my dads final. He is now feeling under a lot of pressure as he starts 7th and I am 12th.

We just raced the final and dad came 3rd and I came 9th. He bumped up so he is in the next race. Cody said that my driving is good for my age and my dad was very proud of me because I came 1st in my first ever race at Neo and he had never done that before. My best lap was a 37.3.

MONDAY

I missed my tea last night as I wasn’t very well after my finals. I had to go to bed. My mummy looked after me though. My dad celebrated for me with the rest of the team!.

Cody is racing today so I am going to watch him and learn from him so next time I will be able to beat my dad the next time I race with him. My dad is helping Paul pit for Cody. He is really happy about that. Cody is so fast, that’s how I want to drive when I get older. I have walked around the pits and got all the best drivers to sign my MP9 shell. Cody was the first to sign it. I had a picture taken with the pit girls!

I watched all the finals with my mum as dad was still helping Paul as Cody was in the final. Cody was unlucky in the main and had a bad start. Tebo won it as the Kyosho is the best car. Elliott finshed 7th and Cody 11th. Well done Team Kyosho.

NEO 2012 is over

THANK YOU

I had a great time and I hope to race at next years Neo. Thank you mum and dad for letting me race. Thank you to the Cradock and the Boots for making it fun. I made great friends with Cody and Paul and really miss them alot. I hope that they come to the Kyosho Masters in France in June as I will be racing against my dad.

Thanks you everyone for being so nice to me, your friend Lewis JONES aged 10.