Two Double at Maxxis Turkey Trot

was good.  It was a little loose, but it was good everything ran fine.”

Mechanicsville, VA based Dougie Young was the day’s first winner. Starting Stock Heavy from sixth place Young battled his way to the front before mid-race.  Ahead of him pole winner Steven Adams (12.868-seconds) and third fastest qualifier Brandon McGee were fighting side-by-side for the lead.  McGee led a freight train by Adams as Young continued climbing through the field.  When he reached second Dagan Bowdion was behind him pushing him into the lead.  Once he was in the lead Young fought off challenges from Bowdoin and Kevin Elliott.  In the final laps Young distanced himself from his pursuers taking the final flag with a comfortable cushion over Bowdoin.  Behind Bowdoin in the top five of 23-entries were Elliott, McGee and Kyle Ezzell.

An exciting Junior Champ race followed.  Gilson Fearnow and Dylan Brockwell clocked the top two fast time laps.  Fearnow was fastest at 13.508-seconds.  Brockwell’s best effort of 13.884-seconds was 0.376-seconds off that pace. 

When the initial green flag waved Fearnow and Brockwell battled side-by-side into turn one and out of turn two.  Down the back straight they traded the lead.  The lead swapping fight continued through turns three and four and down the front straight.  Brockwell finally got a solid grip on the lead before they entered turn three the second time.  Fourth fastest qualifier Bailey Moore made his way to third and then stole second from Fearnow.  After securing second Moore closed in on Brockwell.  Caution waved before Moore got to offer Brockwell a serious challenge.

Brockwell, of Smithfield, VA, led the restart with Moore nipping at his heels.  They stayed locked nose-to-tail with Fearnow, Tyler Davis and Sydney Johnson following while fighting their own battles.  As the lead pack exited turn three for the final time you could have tossed a blanket over them.   Less then a second later the rest of the field followed. 

“I had pretty tough competition.  It wasn’t easy,” Brockwell said adding,  “The Rage kart handled pretty good and the Comet motor had plenty of power.”

Sean Keith Stanley showed the Junior Sportsman 2 field from start to finish. The Amelia, VA based Tod Miller Racing Engines powered Prowler kart pilot produced the pole time lap in 14.168-seconds.  He quickly broke into the early lead and was on his way to a comfortable cushion when, after two laps, caution waved. “Actually yea, that caution worried me,” Stanley admitted adding,  “I didn’t know because immediately after the caution if my tires would come in or if I’d be doing good and they would wear away. They were good in the first part of the race.  So it worried me a little bit, but the tires by Andy Murray worked great.” 

Kevin Hart tried to get a jump on Stanley, but Stanley was quicker on the throttle.  Hart was forced to settle for second while Stanley stole the show building a huge lead.  In the final laps Van Davis drove by Hart for second.  Angelamarie Steele and Chris Wiseman crossed fourth and fifth.

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