Wampum, PA – After more than a month off, the BeaveRun Championship Karting Series returned to action with the first of four August races. While it was the eighth race of the season, it was the first for several new and returning drivers.

The JW’s Eurotech TAG class saw a nice rebound in kart counts as the new and returning drivers pushed the entry list to fourteen despite several regulars not running due to other race commitments.  Kyle Smith scored yet another win in his short TAG career followed by teammate Roby Bujdoso, just .127 seconds behind.  Daniel Hewes rounded out the podium.

Matching the TAG turnout was the Cook Racing Engines Yamaha Junior Can class with fourteen entries.  The action was close and exciting as always with nine drivers running in the 1:01 range.  Nick Rivellini returned to his early season form picking up both the Pole and Prefinal win followed by Trent Walko and Andy Schlosser in each session.  Schlosser waited on the back bumper of the leaders until the closing laps, passing both Walko and then Rivellini at the White Flag.  Rivellini pulled off the pass of the day braking late in to Turn 3 though to surprise Schlosser and reclaim the lead and hold on for the win to sweep the day!

Madison Campeau, another of the crop of 2010 CRP Racing Kid Kart Rookies, won her first race in just her third try! Madison had the perfect day setting fast time in Qualifying and winning the Prefinal as well as the Final.  Christopher Moul had a great run to take second by less than .15 over Beau Power.  Summer Dodson and Carson Fitzgerald finished fourth and fifth respectively.

Just four entries turned out for the Checkered Motorsports Yamaha Sportsman class but the action at the front was some of the best of the year. Nick Luedeke and Elijah Ciotti finished 1-2 in the Prefinal and then put on a show in the final swapping the lead numerous times before Ciotti prevailed at the line by just .039 seconds! Ryan Finney picked up the third spot.

The J3 Competition Cadet Final was all Nick Luedeke in the end as he powered to a rare runaway win in the normally close class, taking the checkered flag by more than five seconds ahead of runner-up Leo Stoia. O.P. Kinos was strong all day eventually picking up the third place spot. Jacob Todd won the Turn1 ProSports Cadet Novice class followed by Nathan Polacek, Dillon Fitzgerald and Teige Townsend who made his karting debut.

For the third week in a row Derek White and Harry McElhaney topped the Metric Screw & Fastener Senior Yamaha race.  Bob Seidel was the fastest of Senior Yamaha Supercan entries, earning the third place overall.  Randy D’Amato pulled double duty again, finishing fifth in his Yamaha and then first in the Bergfelt Racing Clone Class.

Next on the karting agenda is a “BeaveRun Double” featuring a practice on Friday followed by two complete days of racing from August 13-15. A change has been made to the previously published schedule - the race format for Saturday August 14^th will be the conventional, full track layout with qualifying.  Sunday August 15^th calls for the standard track configuration with the heat race format. There will be some minor changes to the heat race format rules to make for a safer, more efficient race day program.

For more information about the BeaveRun Championship Karting Series please visit www.beaverun.com/karting or call 724.740.1200.

BRCKS Results (Full results can be viewed at www.BeaveRun.com/Karting)

Race 6:

CRP Racing Kid Kart

Madison Campeau

Christopher Moul

Beau Power

J3 Competition Cadet

Nick Luedeke

Leo Stoia

OP Kinos

Turn1 ProSports Cadet Novice

Jacob Todd

Nathan Polacek

Dillon Fitzgerald

Checkered Motorsports Yamaha Sportsman

Elijah Ciotti

Nick Luedeke

Ryan Finney

Cook Racing Engines Yamaha Junior Can

Nick Rivellini

Andy Schlosser

Trent Walko

JW’s Eurotech TAG / DB Motorsports TAG Masters

Kyle Smith

Robert Bujdoso

Daniel Hewes

Metric Screw & Fastener Yamaha Senior Pipe & Can

Derek White

Harry McElhaney

Bob Seidel

Bergfelt Racing Clone

Randy D’Amato

Mike Gnad

Jimmy Stoicovy

Wampum, PA – The Yamaha Junior Can class has proven to be very strong at BeaveRun in 2010 with the largest kart counts and most competitive fields. Rounds six and seven did not disappoint as 17 and 16 karts respectively filled the grid for two days of action featuring a standard qualifying format on Saturday and a Heat Race format on Sunday.

Wampum, PA – Leo Stoia scored a double win in the fifth round of the BeaveRun Championship Karting Series, picking up wins in both the J3 Competition Cadet and Checkered Motorsports Yamaha Sportsman classes.  Nick Luedeke brought home runner-up honors in both classes, setting fast time by more than two tenths of a second in each race. Derren Gregory and Ryan Finney rounded out the podium in the respective classes.

Trent Tucker and Christopher Moul finished 1-2 yet again in the CRP Racing Kid Kart class while newcomer Madison Campeau came home third in just her second race.

Making it a family sweep was Trevor Tucker, Trent’s older brother, who won the Turn1 ProSports Cadet Novice race with Andrew Collins and Alex Lester close behind as all three racers finished within 1.2 seconds of each other.

The Cook Racing Engines Yamaha Junior Can class saw 15 entries, the largest turnout of the day, as it continues to be one the best supported in the Series. Jacob Donald scored a runaway victory while the second through fifth place karts waged a race long battle for runner-up honors.  Tommy Frazier beat Trent Walko to the line by just five hundredths of a second for the Junior rookie’s best finish of the year.  Walko charged from the tail of the field after a Heat Race crash scoring an impressive third place finish.

Kyle Smith picked up the win in the JW’s Eurotech TAG race following John Flucker IV’s disqualification for an airbox coming off during the race.  Flucker set fast time by .4 seconds and dominated the race after an early race tangle with Brian McHattie for the lead left the lone DB Motorsports TAG Masters entrant on the sideline. Smith’s win was in his first race in the TAG class. Jen Williams and Roby Bujdoso rounded out the top three.

Derek White and Harry McElhaney finished 1-2 in the Metric Screw & Fastener Senior Yamaha race.  John Burton, the lone Yamaha Senior Can entrant on the day finished third.  Michael Milanovich was the lone Bergfelt Racing Clone entrant of the day as the threatening skies hampered the turnout for the new class.

The weekend of June 26 & 27 will feature another BeaveRun Double as the BRCKS hosts rounds 6 & 7 on the Wilson Circuit. The Alternate Configuration event scheduled for Saturday has been changed to a standard layout race featuring a traditional qualifying format while Sunday’s race will offer the Heat Race format. Random draw will determine the grid for the first Heat Race followed by a second Heat Race with the field inverted.  The Final order is set by the combined results from the two Heat Races.

For more information about the BeaveRun Championship Karting Series please visit www.beaverun.com/karting or call 724.740.1200.

BRCKS Results (Full results can be viewed at www.BeaveRun.com/Karting)

Race 5:

CRP Racing Kid Kart

Trent Tucker

Christopher Moul

Madison Campeau

J3 Competition Cadet

Leo Stoia

Nick Luedeke

Derren Gregory

Turn1 ProSports Cadet Novice

Trevor Tucker

Andrew Collins

Alex Lester

Checkered Motorsports Yamaha Sportsman

Leo Stoia

Nick Luedeke

Ryan Finney

Cook Racing Engines Yamaha Junior Can

Jacob Donald

Tommy Frazier

Trent Walko

JW’s Eurotech TAG / DB Motorsports TAG Masters

Kyle Smith

Jen Williams

Robert Bujdoso

Metric Screw & Fastener Yamaha Senior Pipe & Can

Derek White

Harry McElhaney

John Burton

Bergfelt Racing Clone

Mike Milanovich

Wampum, PA – BeaveRun Championship Karting Series kicked off the 2010 season with two successful rounds of racing despite weather and scheduling challenges.  A soggy April in Western Pennsylvania culminated with a rain soaked opening race followed by the first, and last, Mothers Day race.

A solid contingent of racers from a five state areas still turned out for the opening rounds however as kart counts of 63 and 57 entries respectively represented more than a 15% increase in entries over the 2009 opener. The growing Yamaha Junior Can class drew the largest fields both days with 17 & 15 entries followed close by TAG and Cadet averaging 13 entries each, historically BeaveRun’s two strongest classes.

Nick Rivellini was the star of the first two events, carving his way through the Yamaha Junior Can field from a tenth place starting position to win in the rain in Race 1.  The Virginia driver then followed up with a Pre-final & Final sweep in round two that included a duel with Connor Gawry where the duo traded over/under passes for four straight laps before Rivellini emerged the winner.    Sewickley, PA’s Andy Schlosser also made a strong move forward in the rain to finish third on a last lap pass after qualifying tenth.

The Sportsman ranks came down to a three way clash of northeast Ohio based racers in most of the Cadet and Yamaha Sportsman classes as Leo Stoia brought home three wins (2 in cadet, 1 in Yamaha) and Kaden Harter the other as the two battled with Nick Luedeke (four top 3’s) both days. The highlight came in the second Yamaha race where Stoia and Harter swapped the lead four times in the final three laps with Stoia coming out on top by just .09 seconds at the end. James Todd and Andrew Collins split a pair of wins in the Cadet Novice class as well.

The TAG class was the exception to the rule in the first two weeks as three different drivers made up the podium each race.  Maryland’s Daniel Hewes scored the win in the rain at the opening race while Robby Bujdoso brought home the victory in Race 2. TAG Masters driver Brian McHattie finished a strong second in Race 2 despite racing at the 30 pound heavier Masters weight.

Two relatively new classes to BeaveRun, Yamaha Sportsman and 4-Cycle Clone, are proving to be worthwhile additions while the Kid Kart class is showing signs of rebounding as well with several new families getting their first taste of karting. Rookie Kid Kart racer Trent Tucker topped the time sheets in both events while Christopher Moul scored a second and a third. Lady racers Savannah Fitzgerald (2^nd) and Sara Castles (3^rd) also reached the podium. James Stoicovy, Mike Milanovich and Josh Bergfelt took home the top three spots in the Clone class both days.

The new tech initiatives put in place for the 2010 season have already proved there worth as several warnings and disqualifications have helped to tighten up a formerly loose set of rules.  Most notably though has been the issue with suspected tire prepping. With a database of durometer readings taken across several classes under similar conditions an acceptable range is established. Any reading outside of this established range can be disqualified. Tires must be within the acceptable range or they are not legal, eliminating the need to prove tire prepping. This system already proved effective with a disqualification in Race 2 due to excessively low durometer readings.

The next event in the BeaveRun Championship Karting Series is a double race weekend May 22 & 23 that will also include a full day of practice on Friday May 21^st. The Saturday portion of the program will feature racing in the standard clockwise direction followed by counter-clockwise practice in preparation for a Reverse Direction Race on Sunday.

For more information about the BeaveRun Championship Karting Series please visit www.beaverun.com/karting or call 724.740.1200.

BRCKS Results (Full results can be viewed at www.BeaveRun.com/Karting)

Race 1:

Kid Kart

Trent Tucker

Savannah Fitzgerald

Christopher Moul

Cadet A

Leo Stoia

Kaden Harter

Nick Luedeke

Cadet B

James Todd

Trevor Tucker

Jacob Todd

Yamaha Sportsman

Kaden Harter

Nick Luedeke

Ryan Finney

Yamaha Junior Can

Nick Rivellini

Trent Walko

Andy Schlosser

TAG

Daniel Hewes

Blaise Haynes

John Flucker III

Yamaha Senior

Derek White

Michael Burton

John Burton

Clone

James Stoicovy

Mike Milanovich

Josh Bergfelt

Race 2:

Kid Kart

Trent Tucker

Christopher Moul

Sara Castles

Cadet

Leo Stoia

Nick Luedeke

Kaden Harter

Cadet B

Andrew Collins

Trevor Tucker

Jacob Todd

Yamaha Sportsman

Leo Stoia

Kaden Harter

Nick Luedeke

Yamaha Junior Can

Nick Rivellini

Jeff Myers Jr.

Connor Gawry

TAG

Robert Bujdoso

Brian McHattie

Kyle Knecht

Yamaha Sr

John Burton

Bob Seidel

Clone

James Stoicovy

Mike Milanovich

Josh Bergfelt

Wampum, PA – The first “BeaveRun Double” of the 2010 BRCKS season is in the books and Mother Nature once again played a hand in the results. Saturday’s races were run in steady wet conditions as the rains came early and stayed throughout the day.  Sunday saw better weather but a different twist was in the plans - the first reverse direction race of the season. Through four rounds the Series has enjoyed more than sixty karts per race on average despite the weather woes.

Trent Tucker lead the way both days in the CRP Racing Kid Kart class as he continued his winning streak bringing home the top spot honors in four straight races.  The karting rookie was followed to the line by Christopher Moul who scored second and third place finishes over the two race weekend. Also with top three runs were Braedon Scott with a third on Saturday and Ayden Sprague second on Sunday.  The Kid Kart racers continue to impress in their first year as a regular Championship class.  Each race day has seen at least one new driver to the series in this class with several additional new racers planning their debut in the coming weeks.

The JW’s Eurotech TAG class saw Roby Bujdoso run his winning streak to three straight races following a sweep of the weekend activities.  The Hookstown, PA father/son duo of John Flucker III & IV finished third and second respectively in the Saturday downpour while the younger Flucker returned to the podium with another second place finish on Sunday.  Opening weekend winner Daniel Hewes recovered from a blown engine on Saturday to hold down a third place finish on Sunday.

Cook Racing Engines Yamaha Junior Supercan racers continued to demonstrate some of the closest and most exciting racing in the series.  Nick Rivellini won his third straight race, beating Trent Walko to the line by less than .08 seconds in the rain.  Walko broke Rivellini’s spell on Sunday however winning his first race of the year followed by Tyler Brzeczkowski and Ayrton Climo who both advanced a position with a move to the inside of Rivellini on the last turn of the final lap. Climo also finished third on Saturday.

Kaden Harter and Leo Stoia finished the Checkered Motorsports Yamaha Sportsman race in the top two spots each day followed by Ryan Finney on Saturday and Elijah Ciotti on Sunday.  This growing class typically offers the same close racing as the Cadet class however Harter dominated the events this time around, beating the field by eight and ten second gaps respectively.

Another of the new classes for the 2010 season, the Bergfelt Racing Clone Class, again saw new racers and karts as the field continues to grow.  Jim Stoicovy won in both the rain and the dry followed by Mike Milanovich in second on Saturday, his third second place finish in a row.  John Ciraula rounded out the podium on Saturday in his very first race while two BeaveRun veterans running their first Clone races scored second and third spots on Sunday – TAG and Yamaha regular Randy D’Amato and class sponsor Mark Bergfelt. 

For Bergfelt the experience was as he hoped, “This package is fun to drive and the competition is close, this class is shaping up to be exactly what I was hoping.  The kart packages and the rules in place make this a great class for new racers but also a fun place for existing racers or even parents of racers to run at a reasonable cost.”

J3 Competition Cadet and Turn1 ProSports Cadet Novice racers ran as a single class for both events on a trial basis due in part to the rapid rate of improvement of the entire Cadet Novice field.  Teammates Nick Luedeke and Kaden Harter waged a duel in the rain on Saturday as they drove away from the field. Harter pulled alongside the leader at the finish line but came up just .053 seconds short as Luedeke won his first final of the season. Spencer Daniels nipped Leo Stoia at the line by .050 seconds in another close battle for third.  Stoia bounced back on Sunday to win his third race of the season followed by Harter and Luedeke, who set fast time in the race by more than .25 seconds.

Derek White was the lone competitor in the Metric Screw & Fastener Yamaha Senior Pipe & Can classes on Saturday in the rain but came back on Sunday to top Harry McElhaney in the Pipe class while Bob Seidel finished ahead of John Burton in the Can class.

Sunday June 6^th marks round five of the BeaveRun Championship Karting Series.  This event is a Heat Race format event, rather than the traditional qualifying format. Random draw will determine the grid for the first Heat Race followed by a second Heat Race with the field inverted.  The Final order is set by the combined results from the two Heat Races.

For more information about the BeaveRun Championship Karting Series please visit www.beaverun.com/karting or call 724.740.1200.

BRCKS Results (Full results can be viewed at www.BeaveRun.com/Karting)

Race 3:

CRP Racing Kid Kart

Trent Tucker

Christopher Moul

Braedon Scott

J3 Competition Cadet / Turn1 ProSports Cadet Novice

Nick Luedeke

Kaden Harter

Spencer Daniels

Checkered Motorsports Yamaha Sportsman

Kaden Harter

Leo Stoia

Ryan Finney

Cook Racing Engines Yamaha Junior Can

Nick Rivellini

Trent Walko

Ayrton Climo

JW’s Eurotech TAG / DB Motorsports TAG Masters

Robert Bujdoso

John Flucker IV

John Flucker III

Metric Screw & Fastener Yamaha Senior Pipe & Can

Derek White

Bergfelt Racing Clone

Jim Stoicovy

Mike Milanovich

John Ciraula

Race 4:

CRP Racing Kid Kart

Trent Tucker

Ayden Sprague

Christopher Moul

J3 Competition Cadet / Turn1 ProSports Cadet Novice

Leo Stoia

Kaden Harter

Nick Luedeke

Checkered Motorsports Yamaha Sportsman

Kaden Harter

Leo Stoia

Elijah Ciotti

Cook Racing Engines Yamaha Junior Can

Trent Walko

Tyler Brzeczkowski

Ayrton Climo

JW’s Eurotech TAG / DB Motorsports TAG Masters

Robert Bujdoso

John Flucker IV

Daniel Hewes

Metric Screw & Fastener Yamaha Senior Pipe & Can

Derek White

Harry McElhaney

Bob Seidel

Bergfelt Racing Clone

Jim Stoicovy

Randy D’Amato

Mark Bergfelt

BeaveRun Adds Experience to Tech and Race Direction Positions