6/28/2009
Kevin Donahue
SKUSA: PKC-CS: West Quincy round four summary
WEST QUINCY, MO (June 28, 2009) -- The fourth round of the Superkarts! USA regional program - the AMB i.t. Central States Challenge (SCSC) took competitors to the historic TNT Kartways in West Quincy, MO on June 27-28. Nearly 80 entries gathered along the Mississippi River at the 4/10-mile course that has seen many prestigious names in the sport of karting take on the challenging circuit. The weather was simple hot - with temperatures above 100 degrees, matching the racing action on the track.
The Junior divisions continue to be the showcase categories each weekend with S5 Junior and TaG Junior. Lukas Johnson and Drake Ostrom continued their reign as the driver to beat in their respective classes. Johnson was untouchable in S5 qualifying as he put down the only lap in the 28s. Jumping the start in the Prefinal would be the only mistake he would make all weekend long, costing him one position and a clean sweep of the class. In the 12-lap feature, Johnson was nearly a second a lap faster as he recorded a 10-second margin of victory over Kevin Donahue. Junior rookie Colton Brooks was third with Joe Reed recovering from a spin in the Prefinal to finish fourth. Donahue's sister Angela was fifth in the order, placing as the top female driver of three in the category. Ostrom wasn't quite as dominating in TaG Junior as Johnson was however he did record a sweep on the weekend.
Ostrom out-qualified the field by more than two-tenths and continued the pace through both races. In the feature, Ostrom took the win by five seconds over Richy Yates and Kevin Donahue. Colton Brooks was fourth with Greg Gerst fifth. In IAME Challenge at the end of Sunday, Ostrom took the honors for his second victory in one of the most exciting races of the weekend as he narrowly beat out Brooks and Gerst. Ostrom nearly made it three wins however Tucker Cory was able to best him in Yamaha Junior with Gerst recording another third place finish.
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