Saturday, September 3, 2022 | Country Acres • Page 1
Country Acres Saturday, September 3, 2022
Volume 9, Edition 44
Focusing on Today’s Rural Environment
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(above) Caysen Slinden drives up the hill after doing practice laps in his go-kart. This is his first year racing. (left) Keeley Slinden waits to get in her go-kart before practice runs Aug. 27 at the Stockholm Karting Center in Cokato.
Stai, Slinden families make time for motorsport
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BY GRACE JEURISSEN | STAFF WRITER
ROVE CITY – Not many families can say they spend every other weekend of their summer racing around in tiny motor vehicles, but the Stai-Slinden Racing Team can. On those weekends, Kari and Chris Slinden travel with their two kids, Keeley and Caysen, to the Stockholm Karting Center in Cokato to race go-karts. Chris Slinden has been racing since he was 12 and, from early in their relationship after meeting Kari, the couple spent time together enjoying the racetrack. Go-kart racing has brought the Stai-Slinden team to Wisconsin, Indiana and even to Arizona; Chris
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and Kiara once raced in Florida as well. Once Kari’s nieces, Kiara and Katie Stai, were old enough to participate, Chris and Kari made sure to get the two sisters involved. “I’ve been doing this since I was 5,” Kiara said. “Kari and Chris are like our second parents and really helped get us started with go-kart racing.” Katie agreed. “I was too scared to do it, so I waited a while to start racing,” she said. “Now, I love spending my weekends here at the track.”
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