McAndrews fifth, placing three MRP Birels in the top five. Sam Cate and Dakota Pesek split the Yamaha Senior mains. Cate dominated on his Tony Kart on Saturday, taking the win by a wide margin over Olivia Horn, who had the best Man Cup run of her career in the second-place effort in what was her first weekend as a senior racer. Chase Jones followed Cate and Horn across the stripe for third. Olsen was fourth and Dakota Pesek fifth. Horn and Cate finished a disappointing sixth and seventh in Sunday’s Yamaha Senior final, while Pesek made a late-race pass on Chase Jones to score the Grand National win. Jones looked to have the race in hand until Pesek closed late and overtook the fellow Top Kart driver with one lap remaining. Jones held on for second with Patrick Olsen third, making it an all-Top Kart top three. Brett Schneider was fourth and Brock fifth. Kyle Kalish dominated Saturday’s Parilla Senior main event on his Merlin. Kalish finished well ahead of Jacob Knueven and Derek Dignan for the score, his first as a senior driver in WKA Man Cup competition. Jake Duvall was third on his X30-powered DR Kart. Garrett Johnston was fifth on his Top Kart. J U LY 2 0 1 3 - ka rt i n g s c e n e
Kalish had to return to his Illinois home Sunday morning, leaving the Parilla Senior 2 class wide open. Knueven stepped up to the plate, passing Garrett Johnston in the 18-lap final and racing his Arrow to the chassis make’s only win of the weekend. Johnston was second and California’s Austin Elliott third. Colton Ramsey took fourth with Chelootz rounding out the top five. “I qualified 12th in the rain and finished seventh in the pre-final,” the 17-year-old Knueven explained. “I was running sixth in the final in the opening laps. On lap three I started to move forward and I was second by the sixth or seventh lap. Then I ran down and passed Garrett Johnston for the lead at halfway. He stayed on me until the final few laps when I pulled away. “I would of course like to thank my parents and Brian Seward of BBS Engines for all of his help,” Kneuven added. “The racing was good, hard and respectful which made for an enjoyable race.” Scott Ferris continued his dominance of TaG Masters. Ferris won both days over Steve Schiewer. Brothers Scot and Kim Carapellatti were the only other entrants in the short four-kart Masters field. Birel racers Gage Rodgers and Mark J.
35