place finish. Garrett Johnston rounded out the top five. Mike McAndrews, Jake Johnston, Brandon Jarsocrak, Clay Vaneerd and Austin McCusker finished in the latter half of the top 10. Kalish swept the class with the prefinal win and Streeter Pole Award. Orlando Kart Center Komet Jr Heavy Ashley Rogero continues to show she’s one of, if not the racer to beat in the ultra-competitive Man Cup junior classes. Rogero chauffeured her Tony Kart to an uncontested victory in Komet Jr Heavy for her first win of the weekend. Rogero pulled out to nearly a fivesecond lead over Kershaw double winner Brandon Jarsocrak. Gresham Wagner was third, Kyle Kirkwood fourth and Jake Johnston fifth. Sixth through 10th were Joel Jens, Clay Vaneerd, Jared Thomas, Andrew Bujdoso and Skylar Robinson. May 2012
Rogero won the Pole Award with a time of 58.047. Kyle Kalish bested Rogero in the heat race but ran into problems on the grid for the final and was relegated to the last starting position before being disqualified. TSRacing.com Komet Heavy Mason Chelootz made it look easy in the weekend’s first final, Komet Heavy. The Texas Top Kart racer won by the largest margin of victory of the weekend – a 6.9-second-advantage thrashing over Patrick Olsen (Birel) and Raquel Martinez (Top Kart). Jonathan Kotyk took fourth and Jacob Donald fifth in the short eightkart field. Chelootz swept the class; his Pole Award time was a fast 58.726 around the 0.8-mile 13-turn Pittsburgh course. J3 Competition Komet Lite
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