Lucas Oil Off-Road - Glen Helen Wrap Up
07.08.11
Junior 2 Kart With the sun already dropping nicely behind the mountains
to the west, it was the young drivers of Junior 2 Kart who came out on
track first. Brock Heger and Myles Cheek started up front, with Heger
leading Cheek, Chad Graham, Maxwell Ries, and Hailie Deegan after the first
lap. A battle for the lead between Heger and Cheek quickly emerged, with
Cheek taking over the top spot following a nice dive past Heger into turn
four on the second lap. These two were soon pulling clear of the field,
while just behind, a five-kart train was locked in a close race for third
through seventh places. After several laps of nose-to-tail running, Preston
Roben was finally able to make a move, jumping up to fifth in his #414 DCI
Duggins Construction/Ultra Custom Boats truck. At the competition yellow,
the running order up front was still Cheek in the #457 CMI/Streight Edje
machine, Heger in the #411 Hoosier/Team Associated entry, Graham in the
#410 MavTV/Hart and Huntington truck, Ries in the #474 McQueen Prototype
Design/ProAm kart, and Roben in the top five. These drivers held their
positions following the return to green, but a lap later, Ries suddenly
slowed and pulled off, moving Roben to fourth and Deegan back to fifth in
her #438 Metal Mulisha/4 Wheel Parts truck. A couple of laps later, Graham
dropped down to eighth after spinning out in the whoops, moving Deegan to
fourth and Paige Porter to fifth in the #462 Redline Performance/Advantage
Boats entry. From there on in, the running order in the top five went
unchanged, and it was Cheek who got the win, his fourth of the season.
Heger finished second, with Roben rounding out the podium in third, Deegan
fourth, and Porter fifth.
Source: Autochannel (press release)