EKN Trackside - 2012 RoboPong 200

David Cole · Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 12:03 pm Post subject:

Lap115 pits stops for dry tires, Seward/Simpson still leading, Beasley/Donald second and #000 on lead lap. Owen/Dignan and Dunne/Harrington round out top-five both one lap down
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David Cole · Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 12:52 pm Post subject:

Pit stops made, Beasley/Donald now leading by Simpson/Seward by 21 seconds. #000 is third with Owen/Dignan, Dunne/Harrington still in top five with 32 laps to go.
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David Cole · Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:07 pm Post subject:

no.000 snap brake system while running third, out of race on L168

Beasley/Donald still leading by 24 seconds with 20 laps to go over Simpson/Seward. Owen/Dignan third, Dunne/Harrington fourth both 2 laps down with Trackside Motorsports in fifth, 3 laps down
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David Cole · Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:53 pm Post subject:

RoboPong 200 Main Event:

1. Arrow AMR 2 - Beasley/Donald +21.976
2. Seward/Simpson
3. AB Racing - Dunne/Harrington - 2 laps
4. Arrow AMR 1 - Owen/Dignan - 2 laps
5. Russell Karting - Russell/Jens - 3 laps
6. Trackside Motorsports - 3 laps
7. Ed Carpenter Racing - Carpenter/O'Rouke - 3 laps
8. FKS MCR Racing - Sieracki/Ramsey - 3 laps
9. Team Goodyear - Goodyear/Cate - 3 laps
10. Chastain Motorsports - Chastain/Craig/Zeen - 4 laps
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Dan Haynes · Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 2:32 pm Post subject:

Congrats to Sam and Jacob, as well as the dads, Ben and Keith.
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Don Guilbeault · Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 3:36 pm Post subject: robopong

Great Job to Jimmy Simpson and Robbie Seward in the DRT Racing DR Kart.
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Tony Wyse · Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:19 pm Post subject:

Congratulations to Emerson Reed on his P2 finish in Junior Yamaha, Brandon Lemke on his win in Sportsman, and great job Jamie Sieracki and Colton Ramsey (FMS/MCR) on their eighth place ROBO PONG finish!
Go Merlin Nation!!
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Bill Boxell · Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 5:20 pm Post subject:

Seward/Simpsom lost 25 seconds due to tire change problem (stuck hub) on LR on final stop at lap 165. Lost the race by 21.9. Keep the sharp objects away from me ! Great job Robby / Jimmy and the Dads !

patrick slattery · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 7:53 am Post subject:

I would like to thank Mark Dismore for putting on an excellent event, especially for the Jr Sportman Yamaha and Jr Yamaha classes. It was exciting to be involved, especially with the awards at stake.

Joel Jens · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:36 am Post subject:

I want to thank Kevin Nelson and Switch Racing Engines.... Not too bad of a day by winning BOTH Yamaha classes at the event. Wisconsin drivers win both classes with Wisconsin horsepower.

Also thanks to Jim Russell Jr for the opportunity to partner up. A junior driver and a Masters driver combination made it up to the podium. What a fun race.

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Mike Martz · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 7:30 am Post subject: Thanks to the New Castle gang!

I wanted to thank Mark Sr., Mike Adams and everyone at New Castle for another GREAT Robo Pong! An enormous amount of work goes into that event and we appreciate it.

The Rapid Racing #199 Bell, Safety-Kleen Top Kart lost the track on Saturday and didn't qualify as well as we expected but had a great start of the race. Kevin and Tim managed to go from 27th to 10th and on the lead lap by the time the rain hit about lap 84. A series of small, mechanical issues put us behind and we finally decided to park it instead of putting more laps on our good engine.

Thanks to Tim and his dad; great teammates! Thanks to Rapid Racing, Kyle at Bell Helmets, Drew at Safety-Kleen and Mike and John at Grand Products!

Great event and we sure hope to be back next year.
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