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Rivers Performance Motorsports, Vernon, CT (2026)

10/18/2026

🏁💙 FINAL OUTDOOR RACE RECAP — P7 & THAT’S A WRAP ON 2026! 💙🏁

The final race of the season for Daltyn and his Jr. Outlaw is officially in the books — and honestly, this one was just FUN.

We knew going into Pomfret that this was the end of our outdoor season. No championship pressure, no big expectations. We just wanted to enjoy one last day with the #48 and hopefully learn a little something along the way.

And apparently we did. 😂

Practice started on a FREEZING track, but by the time Daltyn lined up P3 for his heat, things had warmed up considerably. The kart was fast, but Daltyn was pretty loose through the corners.

Then came one of those classic racing-family moments…

Mom attempted to relay what Daltyn was feeling to Dad. Dad interpreted that as needing a setup change.

Whatever Mom accidentally told him to do… KEEP THAT IN THE NOTEBOOK. 🤣🤣

Because somehow the misunderstanding resulted in a shockingly GOOD setup.

For the feature, Daltyn was supposed to line up P6 — except he missed the lineup and actually crossed the starting line in P7. 🤦‍♀️

And on a track as small as Pomfret, that little mistake mattered.

He got caught behind a kart that was keeping things… interesting 😂 and had to be patient finding the right opportunity to make the pass. By the time he got the opening, he’d lost quite a bit of momentum and the lead pack had already pulled away.

Then, with about 6 laps to go, Daltyn made the pass.

And suddenly the #48 came ALIVE. 🔥

He found the speed we had been looking for and started putting some serious distance between himself and the kart he’d just passed. Unfortunately, there simply weren’t enough laps left to make up everything he’d lost and get back to the lead group.

Daltyn brought it home with a solid P7 finish. 🏁

Would we have liked a few more laps? Absolutely. 😂

But more importantly, we ended the year with a setup Daltyn REALLY liked — and you better believe that one is getting written down for next season.

And just like that…

💙 Our 2026 outdoor racing season is officially over. 💙

What a year.

We’ve wrecked. We’ve rebuilt. We’ve chased problems. We’ve found speed. We’ve lost it again. 😂 We’ve traveled to new tracks, learned different setups, made mistakes, made progress and watched Daltyn grow tremendously behind the wheel.

Now the Jr. Outlaw gets a little rest while we move the racing indoors!

🏎️ Next up: Pioneer Valley Indoor Karting — November 8!

And don’t think the offseason means we’re sitting still.

There’s building to do. Growth to make. And maybe even a few pretty BIG surprises coming for the 2027 season. 👀😏🏁

As always, none of this happens without the people who believe in Daltyn and the #48:

💙 Andresen Electrical Services
💙 Precision Motor Coach
💙 Lather & Rinse Salon
💙 Meineke Car Care Center of West Hartford
💙 O’Reilly Auto Parts
💙 Grandpa Joe Racing
💙 Speedway Sign & Graphics
💙 Riley Generators

And a huge thank you to our family, friends, crew and everyone who helped us, taught us, cheered for us and kept this little race team moving all year.

2026 outdoor season: COMPLETE. ✅

Now we build. 😏

See you at PVIK November 8! 🏁💙

10/18/2026

🏁💙 FINAL OUTLAW SERIES RACE OF 2026 💙🏁

This is it.

Today Daltyn and the #48 take to Pomfret Speedway for Fright Fest and his final Outlaw Series race of the 2026 season.

Heats begin at 11:30 AM, with feature racing to follow, including the Jr Outlaw Challenge. 🎃🔥

This weekend is also about something bigger than racing, with Pomfret’s Fright for the Fight Cancer Awareness event — a pretty special way to close out our outdoor season.

It’s been a year of new tracks, setup battles, wrecks, rebuilds, speed found, speed lost, and plenty of lessons in between.

Today we take all of it and give the #48 one last outdoor run.

One final Outlaw race.
One final outdoor push.
One more chance to leave it all on the track. 💙🏁

After today, the outdoor chapter closes and we shift gears to PVIK through December 20.

But first…

LET’S FINISH THIS OUTLAW SEASON STRONG.

10/17/2026

🎃🔥 FRIGHT FEST — DAY 1! 🔥🎃

The #48 is back at Pomfret Speedway today for the first half of Fright Fest weekend!

Today is all about practice, test & tune, and getting the kart where Daltyn wants it before Sunday’s final Outlaw Series race of 2026. 💙🏁

🏁 Gates open — 7:00 AM
🔥 Open Practice — 9:30 AM–2:00 PM
🔧 Test & Tune — 2:00–4:30 PM
🎃 Halloween Festivities & Potluck — 4:30 PM

After everything we’ve learned this season, today is our chance to get some laps in, make changes, and hopefully head into Sunday feeling confident.

And yes… there’s Halloween fun mixed in too, because apparently racing all day wasn’t enough. 😂🎃

Day 1. Let’s get to work. 💙🏁

10/16/2026

🎃🏁 FRIGHT FEST WEEKEND IS HERE! 🏁🎃

One more outdoor racing weekend for the #48!

This weekend we’re headed back to Pomfret Speedway for Fright Fest and Daltyn’s FINAL Outlaw Series weekend of the 2026 season. 💙

Saturday is all about getting dialed in:
🏁 Gates open — 7:00 AM
🔥 Open Practice — 9:30 AM–2:00 PM
🔧 Test & Tune — 2:00–4:30 PM
🎃 Halloween Festivities & Potluck — 4:30 PM

Then Sunday it’s time to race, with heats starting at 11:30 AM and features to follow.

This season has taken us to new tracks, forced us to learn different setups, and taught us plenty along the way. Now we get one last Outlaw weekend to put it all together before shifting fully to PVIK through December 20.

One last outdoor weekend.
One last Outlaw push.
Let’s finish 2026 strong. 💙🏁

As always, thank you to the people and businesses that keep the #48 rolling:

💙 Andresen Electrical Services
💙 Precision Motor Coach
💙 Lather & Rinse Salon
💙 Meineke Car Care Center of West Hartford
💙 O’Reilly Auto Parts
💙 Grandpa Joe Racing
💙 Speedway Sign & Graphics
💙 Riley Generators

Next stop ➡️ POMFRET.

10/05/2026

🏁 CLAREMONT RACE RECAP — P6 🏁

Well, Claremont was FUN… and VERY different from anywhere we’ve raced before. 😂

We knew going into a brand-new track there would be a learning curve, and Sunday definitely gave the #48 team plenty to learn.

💙 Practice 1: Daltyn went out and immediately reported the kart was very loose coming off the corners. Dad made a few adjustments and we headed back out for round two.

💙 Practice 2: The kart felt better to Daltyn, but the stopwatch wasn’t showing the lap times we expected. Back to the drawing board. Dad made another change and sent him out for the heats.

After the heats, we realized that change had taken us in a different direction than we expected.

So naturally…

We swung for the fence. 😂

We made a much bigger change for the feature hoping we’d find what the #48 needed.

Narrator: We did not. 🤣

These smaller kart tracks might officially become the bane of our existence! Just when we start figuring out what this kart wants at Stafford with its longer straightaways, we switch gears, head to these smaller tracks and basically have to start learning all over again.

But that’s racing. Every track, every adjustment and every wrong turn in setup gives Daltyn and Dad more information for the notebook. We’re still a relatively new team figuring this stuff out together, and sometimes learning what doesn’t work is just as valuable as finding what does.

Daltyn rolled off P6 for the feature and battled through to maintain P6 at the checkered. 🏁

Not the result we were hoping to find with all those changes, but we came to Claremont to learn — and we definitely left knowing more than we did when we arrived.

Now we’re taking a weekend off from the Outlaw Series and heading back indoors to Pioneer Valley Indoor Karting next weekend! 🏎️💨

Then it’s one final outdoor racing weekend:

🎃🏁 October 17 & 18 — Fright Fest at Pomfret Speedway!

That will be our FINAL Outlaw Series race of the 2026 season.

As always, a huge thank you to the people and businesses that keep the #48 rolling:

💙 Andresen Electrical Services
💙 Precision Motor Coach
💙 Lather & Rinse Salon
💙 Meineke Car Care Center of West Hartford
💙 O’Reilly Auto Parts
💙 Grandpa Joe Racing
💙 Speedway Sign & Graphics
💙 Riley Generators

And thank you to everyone behind the scenes who continues to help this little team learn and grow.

Claremont ➡️ P6. Another new track in the notebook. Another lesson learned.

Next up: PVIK! 💙🏁

10/04/2026

🏁🔥 IT’S RACE DAY! 🔥🏁

The wait is OVER — today Daltyn and the #48 are headed to Claremont Speedway for the 603 Karting Series Outlaw Series! 💙

After Mother Nature postponed this one, we’ve been waiting a little longer than expected to finally get the #48 on track at Claremont. Today we get our chance!

This will be Daltyn’s first time racing at Claremont, so the mission is simple: learn the track, find the line, build speed every time we go out and see what the #48 can do. 🏁

⏰ TODAY’S SCHEDULE
🏁 Gates Open — 9:00 AM
🎃 Trailer Trick or Treat — 10:00–10:30 AM
👥 Drivers Meeting — 11:00 AM
🔥 Practice Begins — 11:30 AM
🏎️ Jr. Outlaws — 2nd group out for practice
🏁 Heats & Features to follow!

We’ve got the kart loaded, the crew ready and one very excited driver. 💙

New track. New challenge. Same #48.

Time to go learn ourselves a racetrack. 😏🔥

LET’S GO, DALTYN! 🏁💙 #48

10/03/2026

🏁 NEXT STOP: CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY! 🏁

After Mother Nature made us wait a little longer than planned, the #48 is FINALLY headed to Claremont Speedway this Sunday for the 603 Karting Series Outlaw Series! 💙🔥

This will be Daltyn’s first time taking the #48 around Claremont, so Sunday is going to be all about learning a new track, finding speed and seeing what we can do!

It’s also Championship Day, so we’re expecting a full day of racing with the Jr. Outlaws getting TWO rounds of practice before heats and features. 🏁

⏰ Sunday Schedule
🏁 Gates Open — 9:00 AM
📝 Registration — 9:00–10:30 AM
🎃 Trailer Trick or Treat — 10:00–10:30 AM
👥 Drivers Meeting — 11:00 AM
🔥 Practice Begins — 11:30 AM

After everything this team has worked through this season, we’re excited to load up, head somewhere new and put the #48 back on track.

A huge thank you to everyone who keeps this kart rolling:
💙 Andresen Electrical Services
💙O’Reilly Auto Parts
💙 Precision Motor Coach
💙 Lather & Rinse Salon
💙 Meineke Car Care Center of West Hartford
💙 Grandpa Joe Racing
💙 Speedway Sign & Graphics
💙 Riley Generators

And as always, thank you to everyone behind the scenes who continues to help us learn, rebuild and keep digging.

New track. New challenge. Same #48.

🔥 CLAREMONT, HERE WE COME! 🔥

09/27/2026

🏁 PVIK FALL/WINTER LEAGUE — RACE #1 RECAP! 🏁

Lots of learning, lots of racing, and a pretty successful first league day for BOTH Rivers boys! 💙💚

🔥 DALTYN — P2 🥈

Daltyn was placed in the Adult League and came out laying down some pretty strong times! With a cold track, it took a little while to get some heat into the tires, but once they came in, Daltyn settled into a strong P2.

On lap 14, while working through lapped traffic, Daltyn made two attempts to get around a car that wouldn’t move down, and the second attempt ended with Daltyn in the wall. 😬 That put him at the back of the lead-lap group and his podium spot suddenly wasn’t guaranteed.

Apparently Daltyn took that personally. 😂

He got back to work and started driving with PURPOSE. He wasn’t about to give up that podium spot without a fight, worked his way back through, and brought it home right where he had been running…

🥈 P2 FINISH!

🏎️ DEACON — P7

For Deacon, today was all about learning.

Based on qualifying, he was placed in the younger league and started P6. He was definitely nervous behind the wheel and quickly learned there’s a pretty big difference between turning laps for fun and getting into an actual competitive race. 😂

He spent the race finding his footing and learning when to be patient and when a little more aggression is needed. After a few cautions, he found himself battling it out with the back of the pack and ultimately brought it home P7.

Most importantly, he climbed out happy, having learned a TON about the ins and outs of racing and ready for more. 💚For his first taste of competitive kart racing, we’ll absolutely take it!

Now next weekend gets interesting… 😂

PVIK is scheduled to race again next Sunday, but so is our postponed Outlaw Series race at Claremont. Claremont is watching the weather, and if Sunday’s rain chances stick around and the race gets moved to Saturday, we’ll be able to make it back to PVIK on Sunday.

If Claremont stays Sunday, we’ll miss PVIK and the boys will return November 8, because Fright Fest and our final Outlaw Series race will have us racing Saturday and Sunday, October 17 & 18.

Apparently having TWO Rivers boys racing means our calendar has officially become a giant game of “Which track are we going to this weekend?” 😂🏁

Either way, today was a great start.

🥈 P2 for Daltyn
🏁 P7 and a whole lot of learning for Deacon
💙 💚Lots of learning for the Rivers boys and fun had by all!

Not a bad way to kick off the Fall/Winter League!

09/27/2026

🏁 A NEW LEAGUE & A NEW RACER! 🏁

Apparently the Rivers boys have decided there is no such thing as too much racing. 😂

Today kicks off the Fall/Winter Junior League at Pioneer Valley Indoor Karting, giving Daltyn another chance to get behind the wheel, keep learning, and get even more seat time.

But this time… he’s bringing a teammate. 👀

After spending plenty of time watching his big brother race, little brother Deacon has decided it’s his turn to get behind the wheel! 🏎️💨 Deacon is joining the Junior League and is ready to see what this whole racing thing is about for himself.

Daltyn may have the experience advantage, but something tells us Deacon is going to have absolutely ZERO problem trying to chase down his big brother. 😂

Two Rivers boys. Two karts. One track.
What could possibly go wrong?! 🤣🏁

And don’t worry — the #48 outdoor season isn’t finished yet! Our postponed Outlaw Series race at Claremont is next weekend, followed by one more trip to Pomfret to finish out the outdoor season. 🔥

So apparently our fall calendar now looks like:

Race. Race indoors. Race some more. Repeat. 😂🏁

Here’s to a Fall/Winter Junior League full of learning, competition, brotherly trash talk, and a whole lot of fun.

Daltyn AND Deacon are ready to race! 💙🏁

09/13/2026

🏁🌧️ MOTHER NATURE WINS — WTK SEASON FINALE CANCELLED 🌧️🏁

Well… Mother Nature gets the final checkered flag at Stafford this year. ☔️

Unfortunately, today’s Wild Thing Karts season finale has been cancelled, which means our 2026 WTK season officially comes to a close without getting that one last run we were hoping for.

It’s definitely disappointing, but what a season it has been for Daltyn and the #48. 💙 From wrecks and a barrel roll, to rebuilding a bent kart, chasing motor gremlins, finding speed, building confidence and — most importantly — watching Daltyn continue to grow as a driver, this season gave us plenty of memories and even more lessons.

We also want to send a HUGE congratulations to Brayden Kane on earning the 2026 Jr. Outlaw Points Championship! 🏆🏁 Congratulations to Brayden, his family and his entire team on an awesome season and a well-earned championship!

And while this officially closes the book on our 2026 Wild Thing Karts season, don’t pack the #48 away just yet. 😉

We’ve still got TWO Outlaw Series races left! 🔥

First up ➡️ Claremont Speedway next Sunday! 🏁 The #48 is ready to keep building on all the speed and progress we’ve found throughout the season.

A huge thank you to Wild Thing Karts, Stafford Motor Speedway, our sponsors, crew, family, friends and everyone who has supported Daltyn and the #48 through every high, low, rebuild and comeback this year. 💙

WTK 2026 is officially in the books.

But our season isn’t over yet…

NEXT STOP ➡️ CLAREMONT. 🏁🔥

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