Two Double at Maxxis Turkey Trot

Chase Williams and Nicolas Ogles split the Restricted Junior classes.  Williams won Lite, Ogles won Heavy. Ogles, of King Williams, VA, earned both poles with lap times of 13.093 and 12.856-seconds. Lite’s third fastest qualifier Bradley Scara scampered into the early lead with outside pole winner Gilson Fearnow following close behind.  Near half way the race’s only caution flag waved.  Scara led the restart, but surrendered it to Williams who took it from there.

Scara was third across the stripe followed by Brandon Brown and Fearnow for the top five.

Williams and Scara scrapped over Heavy’s early lead.  Ogles saw an opening between them for the lead.  From there the 13-year-old racer ruled the 14-racer field.  Following across the stripe in the top five were Sacra, Fearnow, Tim O’Connor and Richard Parks, Jr.

“ It was great.  The track’s a bit dusty, but I intended to hang onto it surprisingly.  The kart was the best it could be.  Dad’s motors are unbelievable, they don’t compare to anyone else’s I would say.”

From Stock Medium’s front row Steven Adams and Dougie Young put on quite a show.  Fast time laps of 13.003 and 13.010-seconds earned them those starting positions.  Spinners on the opening lap forced a single file restart led by Adams.  Adams tried to use it to his advantage, but Young got the jump on him entering turn one.  Adams pressured Young who finally surrendered the lead near mid-race. 

In the second half Adams stuffed a lapper between them, but the race’s second caution flag, that turned red, took that advantage from him.  Adams led the restart and once again Young got the initial jump on him.  Two laps later Young was leading another restart with Adams breathing down his neck.  Young shot out in front of the field.  Next time around he took the five to go signal.  Then, with just two laps remaining, Adams completed a final charge for the lead. Young crossed less than a second later followed in the top five by Brandon McGee, JD Eversole and Kevin Elliott.

 “It was a close race.  That red flag really killed me,” described Adams of Fore Oaks, N.C. “The racetrack got a little slick and my tires went away a little bit, but after the restart it came on back in and I was able to move around Doug (Young). He drove me clean it was a good race.  I really want to thank Bryan Bradford for letting me drive his kart and P&P Speed Shop, Harrill Wiggins and Phantom Racing Chassis and all of my help for a great weekend and I hope to be back here in Victory Lane again tonight.”

Three early race caution flags kept Animal Medium’s 23-racer field bunched up during the feature’s first half.  Thomas Underwood and Brandon McGee were the top qualifiers turning laps of 12.544 and 12.572-seconds.  After a failed first attempt to get the field started Underwood led them single file back to the green flag.   McGee pulled alongside of Underwood as they exited turn two and beat him out of the lead entering turn three.  Two circuits later caution waved for a second time.  McGee led them back to the green flag again for another two laps before caution returned for a third time.

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