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Great Turnout
for BeaveRun Double Weekend
Wampum, PA May 21, 2007 -
The BeaveRun Championship Karting Series ran
the first of three scheduled double weekends featuring two full days of
racing action. The racers showed their support of these events as the
paddock was filled with close to a thirty percent increase in kart counts
from the opening round.
Four classes in particular showed very
strong numbers as the Cadet, Yamaha Junior Super-Can, TAG/Rotax and Shifter
classes all saw big turnouts.
An interstate battle resumed once again with
Bryan Dudiwka of Akron, Ohio and Noah Stark of Trafford, PA scoring
victories in the shifter races. Eleven drivers entered the two races, a high
point for the recently rejuvenated class at BeaveRun. Dudiwka and Stark's
overall wins were both in the 125cc class while Virginian Michael Moshenek
scored second and third place overall finishes in the race and the Stock
Moto Shifter class win on both days.
Cy Schumacher returned to BeaveRun for the
first time since early in the 2006 season and did so in style, winning both
legs of the highly competitive TAG class races. John Flucker and Brian
McHattie had successful weekends as well with Flucker scoring a second and a
third while McHattie nailed down third and fourth place finishes. McHattie's
fourth place finish on Saturday was an impressive run after having to come
from the tail of the pack and work through a solid field.
The TAG class featured seventeen entries on
Saturday while the numbers were somewhat split on Sunday when the Rotax
drivers, frequent competitors in the TAG class, had their own feature. The
Rotax race was won by Jesse Fischbach with Aaron Meister and Audrey Staton
rounding out the top three. For Newton Falls, Ohio's Staton the race marked
a high point since making the big jump to the highly competitive class,
moving up from the Junior ranks at the end of last season.
Yamaha Junior Super-Can continues to enjoy
the effects of a rebirth of sorts as the kart counts grew yet again for
these races. Ten competitors took to the track on Saturday followed by a
recent high of thirteen on Sunday pushing the class to having its first
stand alone races in a long time. Sam Beasley was the hot hand, scoring
dominant victories on both days followed by Connor Hayes on Saturday and
Blaise Haynes on Sunday.
One of the new faces in the class was that
of Andy Schlosser, recent graduate of BeaveRun's Cadet program. The
Sewickley, PA racer scored two top fives in his first time behind the wheel
of the more powerful full sized kart, a testament to both the
competitiveness of the BeaveRun Cadet class and the skills learned in the
youth karting programs of the BeaveRun Championship Karting Series.
Of course the Cadet program felt no ill
effects of losing a competitor as no less than sixteen karts signed in on
Saturday and nineteen on Sunday between the Experienced (A) and Novice (B)
groups. The 'A' Features saw astounding displays of racing as the talented
group of eight to twelve year olds once again provided plenty of excitement.
The Saturday feature was the Breyton Santee show as the North Kingsville,
Ohio racer was forced to start at the tail of the field after losing a
transponder in the heat race. Santee passed five karts on the opening lap
and then ran down the trio of fellow National drivers Jacob Donald, Trent
Walko and Connor Gawry, picking off each one on his way to an impressive
win.
The same racers again dominated the Sunday
race with all four leading the race at some point during the race. The final
lap saw three different leaders alone as Santee led at the White Flag only
to be passed by Walko in a picture perfect move at the tricky turn three
'hairpin'. Santee pulled alongside Walko heading in to the downhill right
hand turn eight. The two briefly touched opening the door for Gawry to grab
the lead and hang on over the final few turns for his first feature win at
BeaveRun.
The Cadet B features showed the continued
growth of this class at BeaveRun as Carson Evans and Tyler Frankenberry
scored wins on Saturday and Sunday respectively in their first Series races
in the Cadet class. The two are no strangers to the track though as they
honed their skills previously in the Kid Kart class for five to eight year
olds. Both drivers demonstrated maturity beyond their years in their
BeaveRun Cadet debuts.
Six Kid Karts also took part in the two day
event with BeaveRun stalwarts and Pittsburgh area drivers Eli Ciotti, Shane
Killen and PJ Molnar dicing with Joey Pendergrass, Evan Stewart and Conner
Evans who all made the trip from various parts of Ohio. The BeaveRun Kid
Kart class continues to develop excellent young drivers as both Carson Evans
and Tyler Frankenberry, winners of the Cadet B Features, were previous
participants in the BeaveRun Kid Kart program before this season.
In the combined Yamaha Heavy/HPV/Jr TAG
race, Kyle Klingelheber won the Saturday race in his Jr TAG kart while Sam
Beasley made it three wins in two days with a Sunday win in his HPV. Brian
Callan swept both days in the Yamaha Heavy class. The HPV Jr class saw
Breyton Santee and Trent Walko split the honors.
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Race 4 in the BeaveRun Championship Karting
Series schedule is next on the schedule with a June 10th date. A
Kart School will be conducted this coming Sunday, May 27th. For
more information about BeaveRun Karting and the Kart School, please visit
www.beaverun.com or call 724.535.1000.
Race 2 Results:
Cadet A
1 Breyton Santee
2 Trent Walko
3 Connor Gawry
4 Jacob Donald
5 Jerett Zaleski
6 Tyler Moneypenny
7 Ryan Killen
8 DJ Opsatnik
9 Andrew Bujdoso
10 Kyle Smith
Cadet B
1 Carson Evans
2 Ayrton Mutagaana
3 Tyler Frankenberry
4 Justin DiMassa
5 Jeremy Armstrong
6 Ty Flickinger
Shifters
1 Bryan Dudiwka (125cc)
2 Scott Tepper (125cc)
3 Michael Moshenek (Stock Moto)
4 Festo Mutagaana (125cc)
5 Jeff DeMello (Stock Moto)
6 Connor Sideri (80cc)
7 Chuck Kelly (Stock Moto)
8 Noah Stark (125cc)
9 Rick Volz (125cc)
TAG
1 Cy Schumacher
2 John Flucker
3 Brian McHattie
4 Aaron Meister
5 John Bokovitz
6 Stuart Maclean
7 Jay Robinson
8 Jeremiah Johnson
9 Garret Huff
10 Morgan Baker
11 Scott Tepper
12 Krista Schumacher
13 Tyler Dolanch
14 Glenn Boros
15 Ray Santomo
16 JJ Seiler
17 Audrey Staton
Yamaha Jr Super-Can
1 Sam Beasley
2 Connor Hayes
3 Drew Schaler
4 Andy Schlosser
5 Charlie Eyster
6 Michael Roloson
7 Matthew Propst
8 Grant Cain
9 Frank DeMaria
10 Robert Bujdoso
Yamaha Heavy/HPV/Jr TAG
1 Kyle Klingelheber (Jr TAG)
2 Brian Callan (Yamaha Heavy)
3 Mike Schaler (Yamaha Heavy)
4 Breyton Santee (HPV Jr)
5 Jacob Donald (HPV Jr)
6 Jim Miller (Yamaha Heavy)
7 Trent Walko (HPV Jr)
Kid Karts (participation class)
Evan Stewart
Elijah Ciotti
Conner Evans
Shane Killen
PJ Molnar
Joey Pendergrass
Race 3 Results:
Cadet A
1 Connor Gawry
2 Breyton Santee
3 Trent Walko
4 Jacob Donald
5 Jerett Zaleski
6 Tyler Moneypenny
7 DJ Opsatnik
8 Ryan Killen
9 Jaysen Zaleski
10 Tommy Frazier
11Andrew Bujdoso
Cadet B
1 Tyler Frankenberry
2 Justin DiMassa
3 Ty Flickinger
4 Joshua Bergfelt
5 Ayrton Mutagaana
6 Brandon Belloni
7 Carson Evans
8 Jeremy Armstrong
Shifters
1 Noah Stark (125cc)
2 Michael Moshenek (Stock Moto)
3 Brian Goebel (Srock Moto)
4 Jeff DeMello (Stock Moto)
5 Festo Mutagaana (125cc)
6 Connor Sideri (80cc)
7 Denny Sideri (80cc)
8 Rick Volz (125cc)
9 Bryan Dudiwka (125cc)
TAG
1 Cy Schumacher
2 John Bokovitz
3 John Flucker
4 Brian McHattie
5 Jesse Fischbach
6 Krista Schumacher
7 Jeremiah Johnson
8 Tyler Dolanch
9 Ray Santomo
10 JJ Seiler
11 Morgan Baker
12 Audrey Staton
13 Scott Tepper
14 Matt Machiko
Rotax
1 Jesse Fischbach
2 Aaron Meister
3 Audrey Staton
4 Chuck Kelly
5 Creighton Gibbons
6 Joe Sylvester
7 Rob Veauthier
Yamaha Jr Super-Can
1 Sam Beasley
2 Blaise Haynes
3 Chris Horan
4 Grant Cain
5 Andy Schlosser
6 Michael Roloson
7 Drew Schaler
8 Robbie Veauthier
9 Charlie Eyster
10 Matthew Propst
11 Connor Hayes
12 Frank DeMaria
13 Robert Bujdoso
Yamaha Heavy/HPV/Jr TAG
1 Sam Beasley (HPV)
2 Brian Callan (Yamaha Heavy)
3 Harry McElhaney (Yamaha Heavy)
4 Mike Schaler (Yamaha Heavy)
5 Trent Walko (HPV Jr)
6 Breyton Santee (HPV Jr)
7 Kyle Klingelheber(Jr TAG)
8 Jacob Donald (HPV Jr)
Kid Karts (participation class)
Shane Killen
PJ Molnar
Joey Pendergrass
Evan Stewart
Elijah Ciotti
Conner Evans |
