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Strong Turnout
Fuels BeaveRun Opener
Wampum, PA
(May
10, 2008) - Despite the rising
cost of travel, BeaveRun MotorSports Complex attracted a large contingent of
racers from Michigan to Virginia and all points in between. The .82 mile,
17-turn course has a growing reputation of developing some of the best
racers in the country and in turn has shown steady growth across nearly all
classes.
Starting off
the year with a field nearly double in size from 2007 was the Kid Kart class
as the youngsters competed in three separate heat races in both the
Restricted and Unrestricted classes. The future of karting at BeaveRun is
solid with this growing class.
The Cadets
featured a strong turnout as always with seventeen karts checking in to the
two class system. Nine Novice Cadets took the green flag with Andrew Bujdoso
and Ayrton Climo swapping the lead several times throughout with Bujdoso
pulling out the win by .3 seconds. Just .9 seconds separated the next four
competitors as Ty Flickinger made a late race pass to secure the third spot
followed by Ryan Maloney, Matt Schlosser and Justin DiMassa. Max Wright,
Cody Galioto and Austin Durick rounded out the field in their first races at
BeaveRun as all nine racers completed the full distance.
In the Cadet A
race, it came down to a similar battle with two karts breaking away from the
very competitive field. Trent Walko edged Jacob Donald by just .038 seconds
followed by Pole winner Tyler Moneypenny in third. Ayrton Mutagaana, Tyler
Frankenberry and Jerett Zaleski were the remaining running karts while Tommy
Frazier, the third quickest kart in the race, and Breyton Santee were
sidelined early.
Sam Beasley and
Robby Bujdoso proved to be the strongest in a very stout Yamaha Junior
Supercan field that featured no less than nine competitors with National
level experience. A total of eighteen entries marked the largest turnout at
BeaveRun in many years as the tried and true Yamaha class shows new life.
Kyle Smith, Connor Hayes and Grant Cain filled out the top five of a field
that featured six brand new entries.
Yamaha Heavy
also saw one of the larger fields in some time as eight karts took to the
circuit. Michael Roloson won in his first points race in the class after
moving up from Junior Supercan last year. Roloson led Alan Hamilton and
newcomers Kyle Knecht, Roxy Racioppo and Christopher Fraser to the finish.
New entries
across several classes is a positive sign showing that BeaveRun is not only
growing from within but attracting new families and many new entries to the
sport.
Noah Stark put
some distance on the field in the Stock Shifter class as he topped Jeff
DeMello, 125 Shifter driver Eric Morse, Scott Nogrady and Brian Goebel. With
several new karts being prepared now, the shifter class expects to almost
double in size in the coming races.
Fifteen TAG
karts showed up for the always competitive class. Chris Livengood edged
Chris Horan by just .161 seconds in what was Horan’s very first race in TAG
after winning the Junior Supercan class in 2007. Defending Champion John
Flucker started off the season strong with a third place finish followed by
two relative new drivers to the class David Scott and Bryan Dudiwka. Scott
and Dudiwka both have years of karting under their belts and make great
additions to an already tough field.
Up next for the
BeaveRun Championship Karting Series is a double race weekend from May 16-18th
featuring a full day of practice on Friday May 16th followed by
two complete days of racing May 17th & 18th. With
three full days of action available for a single road-trip, a large turnout
is anticipated. Camping is available at BeaveRun and the races will run rain
or shine. For more information please visit
www.beaverun.com or call 724.535.1000
BeaveRun Championship Karting Series Race 1:
Kid Kart:
Shane Killen
Elijah Ciotti
Savannah
Fitzgerald
Diamond Harper
PJ Molnar
Chase Smith
Jacob Todd
Nate Kazienko
James Todd
Joey Wright
Cadet
Novice:
1 Andrew
Bujdoso
2 Ayrton Climo
3 Ty Flickinger
4 Ryan Maloney
5 Matt
Schlosser
6 Justin
DiMassa
7 Max Wright
8 Cody Galioto
9 Austin Durick
Cadet A:
1 Trent Walko
2 Jacob Donald
3 Tyler
Moneypenny
4 Ayrton
Mutagaana
5 Tyler
Frankenberry
6 Jerett
Zaleski
7 Tommy Frazier
8 Breyton
Santee
Yamaha
Junior Supercan:
1 Sam Beasley
2 Robby Bujdoso
3 Kyle Smith
4 Connor Hayes
5 Grant Cain
6 Blaise Haynes
7 Austin Dilts
8 Tyler
Brzeczkowki
9 Kylie
Flickinger
10 Zach Knotts
11 Andy
Schlosser
12 Nick
Rivellini
13 Budd Mizer
14 Charlie
Eyster
15 Garrett
Sorley
16 Anthony
Aiello
17 Jason Evanko
18 Eli Schrock
Yamaha
Heavy:
1 Michael
Roloson
2 Alan Hamilton
3 Kyle Knecht
4 Roxy Racioppo
5 Christopher
Fraser
6 Harry
McElhaney
7 Michael
Racioppo
8 Richard
Spicer
Stock
Shifter:
1 Noah Stark
2 Jeff DeMello
3 Eric Morse
(125 Shifter)
4 Scott Nogrady
5 Brian Goebel
TAG:
1 Chris
Livengood
2 Chris Horan
3 John Flucker
4 David Scott
5 Bryan Dudiwka
6 Daniel Hewes
7 Audrey Staton
8 Joe
Sylvester, Jr
9 Ryan Zecman
10 John Flucker
III
11 Drew Schaler
12 Jeremiah
Johnson
13 John
Bokovitz
14 Morgan Baker
15 David Evans |
