some points, the main turned into an all out battle until the very end. Shaw shot out from the start finish line first as Casner followed suit into turn one, followed closely by Mills, Hill and Ban. After contending through lapped traffic Shaw would remain in the top spot through the checkered. Further back on the white flag lap, R. Nascimento and Ban battled for position, just as R. Nascimento ended up off the track in turn two, which in turn took him out of the lead for the Championship Points. After fighting their way past Casner and Hill, Tyrrell and Mills made it into the 2nd and 3rd spots. Casner and Hill rounded out the top 5 followed by Curtis Cleveland and RJ Kahler. Upon completion of the Final, a tech ruling and later appeal rendered Shaw’s clone illegal, handing the win to Luis Tyrrell, advancing Mills to 2nd, and Casner to third. These senior drivers revealed some serious skill and determination this year for the WKA West Super Series and everyone is looking forward to what 2013 brings for Clone Senior. Jr. 1-2 Cycle
The Jr 1 2 Cycle class set up was similar to the KPV 1 group with an array of the same drivers. Carter Herrera was back to see if he could take the lead in this class as he shown in KPV1. He was off to a great start in Qualifying putting down a quick time of 35.438, however it wasn’t quite fast enough to take down Chase Farley who set the Pole time of 35.399. Tomas Mejia wasn’t far off of these two
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either, just three tenths off of Farley. Herrera took a jump to pole position on the first lap of the Heat session, but it was short lived after Farley made his way in and showed Herrera his bumper for the remainder of the race! Mejia and Oliver Calvo battled for the second and third spots, with Mejia hlding Calvo off until the very last lap when Calvo, who had been looking for an in, found one and made his move to the third spot. Farley held off Herrera throughout the Pre Final where Herrera seemed to make his way farther back through the field and finished in the 7th position just behind Wyatt Couch. Eric Nascimento made his way up through the pack from a 6th place start all the way to 3rd in just two laps where he remained through most of the race and was grid to start for the Main Event. Making a precarious move, Calvo shot out to pole position for their final green flag of the day, which left Farley in second, Mejia in third, Wyatt Couch in fourth and Gino Gigliotti in fifth. Farley was not about to give up his top spot without a fight and reclaimed his stake on the second lap which gave Herrera a fighting chance as he tore through the field from 7th starting position to 2nd all within the first two laps. Farley and Herrera held off the rest of the Junior 1 drivers, who made sure that the leaders felt the pressure of Calvo, Matthew Proud and Nascimento who were hot on their trail. But it was not enough time for them to break into the top two as Herrera got by Farley to hold him off for the finish. These 12 kids are on the move, be sure to keep an eye out for
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