Christmas in Dixie 2008 Sees Double Triples

“I have no clue why I’m so fast on these Box Stock karts.  It’s the first time I’ve driven one and we’re just having fun with it,” Bowers described.  “I guess I’m lucky on tires.  The kart drove itself like the last two.”

A 15.709-seconds pass put Bowers on Box Stock Heavy’s pole.  Dale Thaxton joined him on row one with a fast time of 16.123-seconds.  Following in his legendary father’s tire tracks Jacksonville-based David Hicken Jr. was third fastest at 16.305-seconds. Brittany Yates 16.356-seconds lap had her staring next to him on row two.

Bowers blasted into the early lead. Caution waved before he could book the first lap.  He led them back to the green flag.  Hicken grabbed the lead on the next restart.  Hicken would then lead them another two laps when caution returned.  They got another two laps in before caution returned as it would every other for the next six laps.

Hicken held onto a comfortable lead over Harrell and Whitehouse who were almost three seconds behind him at the stripe.  Further back Bowers and Brittany Yates crossed fourth and fifth.

“At the start I was kind of worried about the cautions with the clutch coming in and all, but we ended up alright and everything came in,” Hicken Jr. described.  “The Trick/Olimpic kart handled good and the Hicken Power motor was awesome, couldn’t be better.”

In addition to the two hat trick winners, there were four double-dirt winners that weekend.  Rampage Racing Engines powered Prowler kart pilot Garrett Green grabbed day one’s Junior 2 Blue Plate win and Day Two’s Junior 1 Purple Plate win.  Spencer Davis earned both poles with lap times of 14.737 and 15.526-seconds.

Davis hustled into Junior 2 Blue’s early lead with Greene, Ryan Boyd, and Joseph Galloway nose-to-tail behind him. Five laps later he was leading them through the race’s only caution.  Davis quickly shot into a small lead. Behind him Greene was leading a freight train gaining steam.  Several laps later Greene led the train by Davis. “My Prowler kart just came in and I came on.  The kart’s just fast,” Greene reported.

Then Davis’s kart started coming in and he began climbing back through the field.  Davis reached Galloway, but couldn’t get around him.  Boyd and Jimmy Pope were behind Davis scrapping over fourth.  Greene reached the stripe 1.929-seconds ahead of Galloway.  Davis, Boyd and Pope passed the stripe after him for the top five.

“I want to thank my pit crew, my mom and dad, Heat Racing, Rampage Racing and I want to add a special thanks to Blaze Martin,” said the 10-year-old Valrico, Fl based double winner. 

Sunday Zachary Wells joined Davis on Junior 1 Purple Plate’s pole. Greene started third again. After a failed first start Davis led them single file back to the green flag.  Davis drove low into turns one and two for a firm grip on the lead.  He held it down the straightaway and back to the stripe for the first time.  He booked another lap before Greene grabbed it.  One lap later the caution flag waved.

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