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| May 10, 2012 |
| Team News: Team Top Kart - Manufacturers Cup Series Pittsburgh Report |
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 | Mason Chelootz dominated WKA competition at the Pittsburgh Race Complex
(Photo: Sean Buur - Go Racing Magazine) |
What can be considered a home race for the team based just outside Philadelphia, Team Top Kart has seen a lot of success at the Pittsburgh Race Complex and the 2012 edition would be no different.
Mason Chelootz has gone without a win in 2012 in any of the TAG categories until this past weekend where he won both TAG finals and also finished third in Parilla Leopard. Chris Wehrheim, who swept the weekend back in 2007 returned to the top step of the podium claiming pole and the final victory in Parilla Leopard. Chris also finished second in TAG Final 2 and had an impressive drive from twenty-ninth to eighth in the thirteen lap TAG Final 1. Mark Boos and Raquel Martinez both had multiple top ten results in the TAG categories. Scott Ferris made the move to TAG Masters for the remainder of the season and he got right to work claiming both final wins with brother John Ferris finishing seventh in Final 1.
In the Komet Senior categories Chelootz swept the week winning both finals while teammate Martinez secured two third place finishes to round out of the podium. Chelootz now has a commanding lead in the standing in both categories.
The Johnston brothers once again had an up and down weekend both scoring one top five each with Jake finishing fifth in Komet Jr. Heavy and Garrett finishing fifth in Komet Jr. Lite. Ryan Raffa had his best weekend yet in the junior ranks placing in fourth in the Komet Jr. Lite final on Sunday. Ryan was consistently at the front of the pack all weekend. Killian Keaveny showed speed all weekend, but unfortunately ran into bad luck in the races.
In the sportsman categories Kaden Harter had a rough weekend with his best finishes being tenth in Cadet final 1 and a fifteenth in Yamaha Sportsman 2. Kaden will surely return to the front of the pack at MRP. Lance Fenderson continued to improve in his freshman season in the WKA Man. Cup with his best finish being thirteenth in Cadet final. Tyler Ferris had another good weekend finishing second and fifth in the two Yamaha Rookie Sportsman finals while cousin Connor finished twelfth and ninth.
To learn more about Top Kart please visit http://www.comer-topkart.it . The team will have a bit of a break for the next few weeks until the fourth round of the WKA Manufacturer’s Cup heads to Indiana to the MRP circuit.Top Kart also unofficially leads the Manufacturer’s standings by four wins with fourteen wins so far this season. |
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