Two Double at Maxxis Turkey Trot

By Bruce C. Walls
Photos by
Bruce C. Walls
Susan Taylor-Walls

    ASHLAND, VA-Zach Bullis and Connor Ezzell were double winners Saturday November 22 at Capital City Speedway during the Ashland, VA track’s first annual Maxxis Tires Turkey Trot.  Bullis bested both Junior Sportsman 1 classes while Ezzell earned 2-cycle wins in Yamaha and Tag Sprint. 

Bullis bagged his wins in perfect style.  The 9-year-old Millsboro, DE based P&P Speed Shop powered Phantom Icon kart pilot posted pole lap times of 13.972-seconds in Heavy and 13.942-seconds in Lite on the ¼-mile clay oval.  From there he led the eight-racer fields wire-to-wire.  Blaine Sharpe trailed him across Heavy’s stripe.  Dylan Jackson was third across the stripe followed by Reese White and Kayla Hart in fourth and fifth.  “It was my dad who did the tires and P&P Speed Shop,” Bullis credited for his first win.

In Lite Troy Doggett finished a distant second.  Doggett failed to show at post race tech and was disqualified advancing Jackson to second, Sharpe to third, White to fourth and Hart to fifth.

“Winning two feels good!” Bullis beamed after his second win adding,  “I got two poles and won two races.  The kart handled good this time and the motor was fast.”

Ezzell, of Bumpass, VA, shared Yamaha’s front row with Dan Longfellow who earned the pole in 12.588-seconds trip that was 0.142-seconds faster than Ezzell’s 12.730-seconds best effort.  When the green flag waved Ezzell roared into the early lead with John Decker trailing him from a distant second.  Nick Hall, Longfellow and Jonathan Wharton completed the top five.

“I had a blast. The track is smooth and we had the tires perfect,” Ezzell said. “The Phantom kart handled awesome.  It entered the corners like a charm it didn’t take much at all.”

Ezzell turned a 12.819-seconds lap for TAG Sprint’s pole.  George Clark cranked out a 13.052-seconds run for the outside pole.  Ezzell shot into the early lead and never looked back.  When he crossed the stripe for the final time Clark was still trailing him.  Nick Hall was third across the stripe trailed in the top five by Wharton and Michael Flagg.

David Puckett dominated the other 2-cycle offering Open.  Puckett produced the pole lap in 12.930-seconds.  Puckett’s Rim Tech Motors powered Trick/Olimpic Apex Kart rocketed into the early lead.  While Puckett was enjoying a brief comfortable lead Bubba Carter was working his way from an eighth place start to the front.  Carter closed the gap after several laps and began challenging Puckett for the lead.  Puckett held on as Carter worked high and low behind him waiting for the right moment.  That moment may have come, but Carter’s kart developed problems and he dropped back into the pack.  David Dill took over second and began offering his own challenges, but Puckett prevailed at the stripe.

“I could feel him (Bubba Carter) back there,” described Puckett, of King George, VA. “I didn’t know who it was. It was pretty slick out there and I was trying to not over drive it.  I was waiting for somebody challenge me, but it never happened.  The kart

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