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of Murry’s closest competitors in the points, Matthew Miller, finished 10th, costing him dearly in the championship race.
Coyote XP chassis on the line, both racers were well aware of the high stakes, and both stepped up their games.
But Miller bounced back Sunday to score an impressive victory over Wells and Nick Fauci in Baker Racing Engines Sportsman Pro Gas Animal 2. Murry, who suffered an engine problem on the last lap of the pre-final, started toward the rear of the 14-kart field and finished fifth in the main. Murry’s fifth-place finish was enough to unofficially win the class championship and new Margay Racing Products chassis by about a 30-point margin over Miller.
Both Beatty and Zobkiw ran strong finished second and third in Saturday’s Gas Animal main to Lawson. The race became very interesting in Sunday’s pre-final when Zobkiw made a pass on Jacob Heavlow for a top-five position. Zobkiw and Heavlow made contact and Heavlow shot back onto the track and a hard wreck ensued, which involved Beatty.
Kalb also entered Sunday’s race with a shot at the championship, but he finished seventh in the main and would unofficially settle for third in the final standings. Murry’s win on Saturday earned him one free class entry to each of the four 2014 WKA Gold Cup nationals, while Miller’s Sunday win gave him a free set of Bridgestones to each of next year’s nationals. Wells’ second-place effort Sunday earned him a set of Bridgestones posted by distributor Grand Products.
The Michigan Kart Supply racer was able to continue, but nursed his Coyote home to a 10thplace finish, while Zobkiw finished third. With Zobkiw starting seven positions better than Beatty in the main, Beatty needed to advance positions as quick as possible. Zobkiw had a bad started and quickly dropped to fifth, but Beatty couldn’t capitalize as he was stuck in traffic around the 10th position. Zobkiw made his way back to fourth and eventually
The Senior Pro Gas Animal points race couldn’t have been much closer. While several drivers had a shot at the title entering the Carolina Clash, Michigan’s Jeff Beatty and Zobkiw were on the inside of the points battle with Beatty entering the event with a slim lead over Zobkiw. With a new
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