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Ware Doubles at Monster 1/8th Mile

Published By Bruce AKRA     September 28, 2015    
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Ware Doubles at Monster 1/8th Mile

 

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Bruce C. Walls

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KITTS HUMMOCK, DE-Racers in Fairlane Acres Speedway’s 2015 10-race points chase met for the eighth time in a rain make-up last Saturday (Sept. 19th ) Dirt Poor Racing backed drivers, based out of Denton, MD, dominated three of the dozen classes competing at The Monster 1/8th Mile that night. Austin Ware led the hat trick with a pair of feature wins followed by Chris Schultz who captured a single win.

 

Ware earned his first win in Junior 3. Seaford, DE based Maske brothers Jacob, who owns the points lead, and Jared’s Higgy’s House Of Power powered UltraMax Racing Chassis threatened his Taz Racing Engines powered Phantom Triton kart down to the stripe. An early race incident brought out the caution flag. When racing resumed Ware quickly put his machine to the front where he stayed to the stripe. Jacob, 14, tried, with his brother pushing him, to double up on Ware, but their efforts failed. Abby Edwards, Jackson Sylvester, and Jared Millman rounded out the top five.

 

Later that night Ware led Junior Outlaw racers across the finish line with the #99 machine of David ‘Wild Child’ Dill, Jr. following him. Further back Sylvester; Maddy Jefferson and Sean Metz completed the top five.

 

“I just took my time, drove my line and hoped that it stuck,” Ware said of his second win, “The cautions worried me a little bit.” Speaking of his first Junior 3 win Ware said, “It was hectic at first but once I got by him (Jacob Maske) I just took my time and drove my line and kind of didn’t let anything else bother me and took it from there. The kart handled great thanks to my mechanic Chris ‘Sleepy’ Schultz. He did our tires too. Thanks to him we had a great kart. The Taz Power gave us enough power to win tonight.”

 

Schultz, also piloting a Phantom Triton, his powered by a Kevin Colborn Racing Engines/Hustler Performance engine, showed a talented field of Animal Super Heavy racers across the stripe. Heat race winner Roscoe Clough crossed a close second followed in the top five by Jeremy Ellingsworth, Greg Sylvester and Jeff Allaband for the top five.

 

“I want to thank Dirt Poor Racing and Awesome Ware for cleaning them up every week,” Schultz credited. “It was a hard run, but I ended up getting it. The Phantom Triton was wonderful it handled like a dream. Kevin Colborn’s motor had a lot of power, it ran good too.”

 

Ryan McKinney and Jesse Rogers ruled Junior 1 and 2 respectively. McKinney had to fight off early challenges from Ian Lloyd before getting a solid grip on the lead by mid race. “The kart was dialed in good,” credited McKinney, a 9-year-old KSR powered Falcon kart pilot. “I’ve won here a tons of times,” added McKinney the reigning points leader who owns a 20-18 points lead over Lloyd. Luke Dill finished third.

 

Rogers held onto Junior 2’s points lead edging out second place point’s racer Brock Vincent. Vincent and the rest of the top five were nose-to-tail behind Rogers’s Mishue Racing Engines powered Falcon chassis the whole trip.

 

“I never let off,” said 11-year-old Georgetown, DE based winner. “The Falcon Kart handled good and Eddie’s (Mishue) motor was fast.” Taking the checkered flag behind Vincent in the top five were, Spencer Warren, Hannah Warrington, David Dill, Jr. and Carter Sylvester.

 

Shore Speed Motorsports powered Phantom Phenom pilot Scotty Edgens, of Millsboro, DE, won a hard fought Outlaw Lite battle against Clarence Foxwell that spilled over to the scale area with a little shouting. “He drove me clean,” Foxwell said of Edgens who replied, “Is that what he said? He said I drove him clean! Well he kept pushing in my bumper trying to push me around. I just locked the brakes up. It doesn’t help to push me through the corners. I already know how to drive like that. It was a fast run. It was a lot of fun man. I really enjoyed it. It was a good race. The Phenom chassis really handled pretty good. We switched from the Maxxis Tires, during the break, to the Vega Tires and them things stuck, no doubt about it they were fast. They were a lot faster then the Maxxis. I probably gained every bit of a couple of kart lengths from my heat run.”

 

Following Foxwell in the top five were Eric Polite, Gavin Vaughn, Ashley Metz and Zach West.

 

Piloting an Underground Motorsports powered Phantom Triton; 21-year-old Taylor Pleasanton, of Hartley, DE took Flathead 370’s early lead, but lost it in the shuffle after a late race restart. Chase Robinson took it from her as they battled around turns 1 and 2. Pleasanton, who won the Heat race, pursued Robinson down to the wire almost retaking it in the final turns, but 17-year-old Georgetown, DE based Robinson kept a tight grip on the lead from there to the finish line.

 

“Taylor’s been tough in this class,” said Robinson. “We’ve been trying week after week to get past her and we finally did. The kart was perfect, the motor had enough power and we were finally good enough. We tweaked the setup a little bit. We finally got it and she’s going around there right now.”

 

Finishing off the top five behind Pleasanton were David Eckert, Ashley Metz and Phillip Tunis. Pleasanton’s second place finish was good enough to insure her lead in the points chase.

 

After Wyatt Corkell and Dillon Adams took brief turns leading Animal Heavy, Milton, DE based David Johnson III bolted into the lead and ran away with it. Johnson III’s Ace-N-Racing powered Ultramax Element racing chassis rocketed away from the field and was never seriously challenged showing the lead through lapped traffic before taking the final flag.

 

In the battles for positions behind Adams Ronnie Hays took third followed Keith Baker, Sr. and Michael Scott, Jr. in fourth and fifth. Adams second place finish kept him in the points lead. Seventeen-year-old Adams, of Milton, DE is not only a talented kart racer he’s also a junior at Cape Henlopen High School where he’s quarterback of their winning football team.

 

“It was a little rough in the beginning, but I got through it,” 26-year-old Johnson III described. “The Ultramax chassis handled great like it was new. I want to thank Ace-N-Racing for the motor and my dad for all of his help.”

 

Dustin Pleasanton dominated both the Adult Clone heat and feature races; special wins on his 18th birthday. His feature win keeps him at the head of the points chase. After Pleasanton’s heat win he said to win the feature his Taz Power Racing Engines powered Triton chassis had to stay together and stay the same. It did as he roared across the stripe with Wade Kenny and Matt Ellinngsworth trailing in the top three.

 

“The tires weren’t right they were squealing, but we got it done,” described Pleasanton of Hartley, DE. “I was hoping we’d go three-for- three tonight, but at least we got one and a couple of seconds.”

 

In Outlaw Heavy 17-year-old Courtney Sylvester, of Felton, DE who owns the point’s lead, showed the big boys how it’s done. Piloting an Ultramax chassis she lead Eric Polite (second place in points), Wayne Moore, Cotty Edgens and Mike Ellerbusch across the stripe for the top five.

 

“I just held on every turn,” said Sylvester, of Felton, DE. “I just kept wheeling it. The Ultramax Racing Chassis was awesome fast and so was the motor.”

 

Piloting a Millenium Racing Chassis powered by a self built motor David Johnson, Jr. , of Lincoln, DE lead the Over 40 racers across the stripe. Trailing him in the top five were Dwight Brantley, Chet Kaser, Jeff Tunis and Lonnie Peterson.

 

Earlier that night 8-year-old Clayton Peters captured the Rookie feature win. Finishing behind him for the top three were Michael Southard and Nathan Merillo.

 

Point racers at Fairlane Acres Speedway have two more dates on their 2015 schedule, October 3rd and 17th. Fairlane Acres Speedway offers great family fun for only a dollar for spectators. Gates open at 4pm, the driver’s meeting is held at 5pm, heats and features follow. For more information visit www.fairlanesacresspeedway.com.  

 

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Please credit photos:

 

Bruce C. Walls/Action Sports Photos

 

DSC_1608-Animal Heavy- #25-Dillan Adams and #43-Michael Scott, Jr.

 

DSC_1627-Over 40 #24-David Johnson, Jr. and #$-Dwight Brantley

 

DSC_1599-Junior Outlaw-#05 Sean Metz

 

DSC_1548-#18-Mike (Monster Mike) Southard leads #11-Clayton Peters (the eventual winner) in Rookie

 

DSC_1645-# Junior 3 114-Austin Ware #98-Jacob Mast

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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