Heat Pushes Lucas Oil Off Road Drivers to the Limit in Round 12
29.09.11
As they are so often, the drivers of Modified Kart were called upon to get things kicked off with a shout. Sheldon Creed started on the pole, and jumped into the early lead in his #522 Camburg/The Fab School kart. Running behind Creed in the top five, it was Kyle Hart in the #523 GearUp2Go.com/Duncan Racing truck, Jerett Brooks in the #527 Synergy Electric Racing/Maxima Racing Oils machine, Scotty Steele in the #548 Steele Racing/Foddrill Motorsports entry, and Mitch Guthrie Jr. in the #555 Pro Armor/Walker Evans Racing kart. Steele and Guthrie Jr. swapped positions twice in the first three laps, while up front, smoke was coming from the back of the leader Creed’s machine. Creed kept his foot in it, though, and still led at the competition yellow, ahead of Hart, Brooks, Steele, and Guthrie Jr. After the restart, Creed continued in the lead, but as he crossed the line at the end of lap eight, his kart suddenly slowed dramatically, and he pulled to the infield, race over. Hart inherited the lead, with Guthrie Jr. second, Brooks third, DeJong fourth, and Heger fifth. DeJong then suffered an uncharacteristic roll coming out of turn three on lap ten, dropping him well back, and moving Heger to fourth and Cole Mamer to fifth in the #535 Mamer Motorsports/Full Tilt Trophy Karts machine. On the final lap, Mamer got by Heger for fourth, while up front, it was Hart who drove a fantastic race to get his second win of the season, ahead of Guthrie Jr., Brooks, Mamer, and Heger.
Source: Side x Side News