Vega Speedway Pavement Series Houpt in the pair of flat-kart mains while Eddie Fatscher was second in Sportsman 2 Champ Final 2. Fatscher was the only driver to beat Houpt at BeaveRun, passing the Pennsylvanian late in the Sportsman 2 Champ Final 1 main and holding on for his first national win. An excited 9-year-old Fastcher shared his thoughts after his popular win. “It was great passing (Houpt) at the checkered flag. there with each crossing the stripe less than This was the best day ever! My first national two tenths of a second back of the winner. win! Thank you to all who made it possible,” “I got punted into the grass and went Fatscher exclaimed. from second to last at the beginning of the Trevor Trost and Connor Cleveland split race,” said Switzer, a Rage chassis pilot. “Then I made it back to the front for my first Sr Champ the Jr Stock mains. Trost led wire to wire in Jr Stock Final 1 to earn his first win of the season win. The Ensor motor was super strong. in Saturday’s Jr Stock Final 1, crossing the Thanks to everyone for the help.” stripe ahead of Josh Miller. Breithoff, out of Quakertown, Pa., “It was a great feeling to come around to rounded out the top five in Sr Champ Final 1 and returned Sunday to capture his only win of take the checkered flag after leading the entire the weekend in another highly contested main event. Breithoff had Nolan and James Hayden hot on his heels in the 20-lapper, and the Turner Racing Engines-powered, Rage driver made a last-lap pass for the big win. Nolan came across the line second only 0.123 seconds late, while Hayden was just a kart-length back of the lead duo in third. Switzer couldn’t match his win on Saturday; he finished fourth, just ahead of Kevin Baird. Brayden Houpt added three wins to his growing 2011 total, notching victories in race,” Trost said following the race. “It’s great Sportsman 1 Final 1 and 2 and Sportsman 1 Champ Final 2. Matthew Miller ran second to to be back in Victory Lane. It’s been two years since our last win, and I’d like to thank my dad
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for getting the kart set up. I also want to thank Kevin Smith for all his support and a special thanks to Papa and Opa for everything they do.” Cleveland ran third in Final 1 but got redemption on Sunday with the win in Jr Stock Final 2. Trost and Miller were second and third. The win marked Cleveland’s fourth of the season in Jr Stock and all but clinched the championship in the division. Jr Champ racing again provided some of the best action at the Beaver with three different winners in the four classes. Derek Fry and Elijah Rios split the Animal version of Jr Champ – 3D Motorsports-sponsored Jr Champ Final 1 and 2. Fry picked up the win in Saturday’s first final, taking the flag in a close race over Dylan Duhaime and Nick Wiery. Duhaime crossed the line only 0.016 seconds back of the winner while Wiery was right there, less than two tenths out of the top spot. Rios was fourth in Saturday’s final and improved greatly in Sunday’s main, winning by a half-second gap over Wiery. The top pair was well ahead of third place Jon Paul Kraisinger. Indiana’s John Hawley only managed fourth- and sixth-place results in Jr Champ
but didn’t leave western Pennsylvania without making his presence known. Hawley swept the Jr Champ Raptor mains, giving three wins on the season in the series’ only flathead-powered division and five wins overall. Duhaime was the bridesmaid once again in Jr Champ Raptor Final 1. Duhaime took second over Wiery. Trey Thompson improved on his fourth-place result in Final 1 to nab the runner-up spot in Final 2. Rios, who entered the weekend as the point leader in Jr Champ Raptor, was third. Defending Masters Champ national champion David Hardman picked up another win at the Beaver. Hardman triumphed in Masters Champ Final 1 over Gary Jackinski and Mark Ray. Sunday’s version of the Masters class saw Ray earn the victory over Hardman and Jackinski, and the Pennsylvania racer offered his thoughts after his first win of the season. “When Mrs Breithoff took the handle of my pit kart and said come on, I know this is your first win so I’ll show you what to do. I thought she was joking. She informed me Dave Hardman and Gary Jackinski had collided on the last lap and slid off the track. While the win was exciting for me, I hope to someday
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