Modified Karts
Connor  Hart and Bradley Morris were side by side on the front row for the start of the  first race of the day: the Modified Karts. Hart took the early lead in his #550  Addicted 2 Riding/Synergy Electric machine, and was followed closely by the #524  Speed Technologies/Bully Dog kart of Mitchell DeJong. “Sheldon Creed ran third,  with Robby Melton in fourth and Morris in fifth. Creed and DeJong briefly  swapped positions, before DeJong got back to second place and started hunting  down Hart. As DeJong set his sights on the top step of the podium, Creed’s #522  Team Associated/The Fab School kart, Melton’s #572 BME Motorsports/K&N  kart, and Jerett Brooks’ #527 Synergy Electric machine were locked in an  intense battle for the third step on the podium. With just one lap to go,  DeJong was right on Hart’s back bumper, and a questionable “love tap” by DeJong  caused Hart to momentarily lose control, allowing DeJong to get by. DeJong came  across the line first, but it was Hart who was eventually awarded the victory,  as DeJong was demoted to second. Creed crossed the finish third, followed by  Brooks and yesterday’s winner #504 Morris in the other BME Motorsports/K&N  machine.
 

Junior 2 Karts
With  the Modified Karts having torn up the track to open the show, it was now time  for the first of the two stock kart classes: Junior 2 karts. #410 Chad Graham  in the Bulletproof Suspensions/Cornwell Tools Racing kart and Trent Williams in  the #425 Victory Race/King Shocks kart started from the front row, and  yesterday’s runner-up finisher Graham held the early lead at the end of the  first lap. Dustin Grabowski ran in second, with Williams third, Maxwell Ries  fourth, and Jerett Brooks fifth. Chad Winkler moved his #460 Monster Energy  Assault kart into the top five as Williams went off the track for a short  while, but then lost that fifth spot to the #411 of Connor Pankratz. Up front,  yesterday’s winner Grabowski was challenging Graham for the lead, and  eventually got around Graham and into first position. Grabowski ran trouble-free  through the end of the race, taking back-to-back wins this weekend in his #472  ProAm/Team Associated machine. Graham had to settle for second place for the  second day in succession, and Ries rounded out the podium in his #474  ProAm/Kartek kart. Fourth and fifth went to Brooks’ #477 Synergy Electric  Racing kart and Pankratz’s Dickerson Motorsportskart.
 

Junior 1 Karts
The  final race of the day to be run on the shorter “kids” track was the Junior 1  kart race. Yesterday’s second and first place finishers, Myles Cheek and Jack  Grabowski, sat on the front row for the start of today’s race. As the field  rumbled and swarmed into the first lap, Cheek and Grabowski briefly hooked  together as Grabowski tried to shut the door on Cheek coming out of turn one.  These two fell back a bit, and Grabowski then fell further back with a spin in  the next turn. Up front, #212 Brock Heger had steered his CMI kart clear of the  carnage and into first place. Riley Herbst ran in second spot, followed by Broc  Dickerson, Sheldon Creed, and Cheek. After his early misfortune, Cheek came  storming back through the field to retake fourth place and then third, before  setting his sights on the closely-battling duo of Heger and Herbst in first and  second. Grabowski also moved into the top five, finding a happy home in fourth  place. Heger handled the lapped traffic best, and managed to put a little gap  between himself and Cheek, who’d moved his #257 CMI/Jammin’ Performance RC Cars  kart past Herbst’s #219Terrible Herbst kart for second place. Heger’s gap was  enough, and he took a great win, ahead of Cheek, Herbst, Grabowski in the #272  ProAm kart, and #214 Sheldon Creed in the Team Associated/A.M. Ortega kart.
 

UTV
The  first race to run on the full-length track today was the UTV race. This  morning’s pole winner Chad George had to settle for an eighth place starting  position thanks to a four row inversion, while Tyler Winbury and Mark Holtz  started on the front row. Holtz took the early lead in his #673 Holz Racing  Products Polaris, ahead of Austin Kimbrell, yesterday’s winner Robert Vanbeekum  in the #664 Xtreme Machine and Fabrication Kawasaki, George, and Roger Stokes.  Kimbrell moved his UTV Underground Kawasaki into first, and Vanbeekum and  George also passed early leader Holtz to take over second and third. By the  time the competition yellow flag waved, RJ Anderson had also moved his #637  Walker Evans Racing/Goodyear Polaris past Holtz, and after the restart, he  briefly stole third spot from George before George got that position back later  in the same lap. Vanbeekum then pulled off the track and out of the race,  allowing Stokes to move his #657 HRT Motorsports machine back into the top  five. On the final lap, Anderson made an unbelievable desperate run through the  moguls to pass both Kimbrell and George to take the lead! However, Anderson  somewhat overshot the turn at the end of this section, and Kimbrell was able to  retake the lead and hold on for the win. Anderson managed to hang on to second  place, ahead of George, who took third in the #624 Beard Seats/King Shocks  Funco. Rounding out the top five were Holtz and Stokes.
 

Limited Buggy
Kenny  Freeman and Tim Pangborn started on the front row of today’s Limited Buggy race  after a six position inversion, but neither driver was able to hold off the  onslaught of drivers starting just behind them. Sean Kennedy lead the race in  his #331Lucas Oil/Goodyear buggy in the early going, ahead of John Fitzgerald,  Bruce Fraley, Kyle Quinn, and Pangborn in the #332 WaterFX/Maxxis buggy.  Yesterday’s winner Fitzgerald then took the lead in his #314 Hart and  Huntington/Rockstar buggy, and Fraley also moved his #312 Freeman’s Carpet Service/BFGoodrich  buggy past Kennedy to slot in second. Kennedy regained second place behind  Fitzgerald by the drop of the competition yellow flag, and these two led  Fraley, Quinn in the #311 Wilson Motorsports/Bugpack buggy, and Bryan Freeman  in the #318 Lone Kid Racing machine at this point. Once green flag racing had  resumed, both Kennedy and Quinn suffered spins, allowing Pangborn back into the  top five, along with Sean Geiser. Pangborn then pulled off track, and Geiser  suffered a rollover, which brought Kennedy back into fourth, followed by Curt  Geer in the #392 BDI Bowden Lothringer in fifth. With the chaos finally  subsiding, the top five drivers all held their positions, with Fitzgerald  taking back-to-back wins this weekend, ahead of Fraley, Freeman, Kennedy, and  Geer.
 

Super Lite
Once  again, Chad George was the top qualifier for today’s Bully Dog Super Lite race,  going a perfect four-for-four in UTV and Super Lite qualifying this weekend.  However, he was once again hindered by the inversion, which put Brandon Ward  and John Harrah on the front row for the start of today’s race. Points leader  Harrah jumped out to the early lead in his #13 Speed Technologies truck,  followed by Brandon Bailey in the #72 Lamb Energy machine, George in his #42  Independent/Blanco Basura truck, Joey Granatelli in the #20 WD-40/Verve! entry,  and so-far unbeaten driver Ricky James in the #24 So Cal Supertrucks machine.  Bailey rolled over in turn two, and with Granatelli dropping back, Chad Leising  and Dawson Kirchner were now running fourth and fifth. Up front, James was  putting in another great drive, moving past Harrah and George through the long  turn six to take over first place. George dropped out soon afterwards, leaving  James, Leising, Harrah, Kirchner, and Granatelli in the top five as the  competition yellow dropped. Once green flag racing resumed, several drivers had  hiccups of varying degrees. Harrah was slowed by a hood that was coming off,  Granatelli was black flagged for a reason unknown to this reporter, and Bailey  had his second roll of the race, this time in spectacular fashion as he went  backwards off the outside burm in turn five. Ahead of all the wreckage, the  skills which Leising had put to such good use earlier this season were finally  re-emerging as he took the lead in his #17 Geico Powersports/Lucas Oil truck.  Leising ran strong through the end to take the win, handing James his first  loss in LOORRS competition. James had to settle for runner-up, ahead of  Kirchner in the other Speed Technologies truck, Chuck Dempsey in the #50  XDP/Skin truck, and Ward’s #92 NOS Energy Drink machine.
 

Unlimited 4
The  big, bad, fire-breathing beasts of Unlimited 4 were up next, and with only two  rows being inverted from this morning’s qualifying, Alan Pflueger and Adrian  Cenni started side by side on the front row this afternoon. Cenni led the field  past the start/finish line at the end of lap one, with Pflueger, Renezeder,  Coyne, and Tim Herbst  in the #18 Terrible  Herbst/Miller Lite Chevrolet in tow. Renezeder moved his #1 General Tires/Lucas  Oil Ford past his teammate Pflueger to grab second spot, while further back,  Coyne dropped out, which allowed Troy Herbst’s #19 Terrible Herbst/Coors Light  Chevrolet into the top five. Action was fast but smooth, and Cenni was using an  unusual line in turn four to great effect as his #11 Atrium Chevrolet was still  running strong up front as the competition yellow flag waved. Behind Cenni  still sat Renezeder, waiting to pounce should Cenni falter. Pflueger ran third,  with the Herbsts, Tim and Troy, in fourth and fifth. After the track once again  went green, the Herbsts both ducked into the hot pits with flat tires. Josh  Merrell and Bryce Menzies briefly inherited spots in the top five, only to drop  out of the race with separate issues. Up front, Renezeder was really turning  the screws on Cenni, and with one lap to go, the crowd was on its feet to cheer  on the underdog who they call “The Wild Man,” Adrian Cenni. Cenni drove  brilliantly to hold off Renezeder and take the win, causing most all those in  attendance to pump their fists and cheer in approval. Renezeder had to be  satisfied with second place this time, while Pflueger took third in the #71  K&N/KMC Wheels Chevrolet. Troy Herbst eventually finished fourth, ahead of  his brother Tim in fifth.
 

Unlimited Buggy
In  today’s Unlimited Buggy race, points title chasers Chuck Cheek and Mike  Halliday picked up where they left off yesterday. Mike Dondel and Bobby PeCoy  started on the front row, and PeCoy edged out Dondel to hold the lead at the  end of the first lap. Halliday ran third in his #904 Green Army/Gatorwraps  Alumicraft, with Cameron Steele lying fourth and Rich Ronco in fifth. The big  mover was Cheek, and he did so in the wrong direction, falling all the way to  15th on the opening lap after a spin in turn two. However, Cheek  showed that he wouldn’t be giving up easily, and he fought his way back through  field to sit in eighth by the time the competition yellow came out. Up front,  the order in the first five was the same as it’d been since the end of lap one,  but as the track went green again, Steele and Cheek made fantastic restarts to  take over second and third places. Steele soon fell back after a brief  off-track excursion, allowing Dondel to re-take second as Cheek was partially  slowed by Steele’s off. A slight bobble by Dondel let Cheek through and into  second, and after Cheek’s demonstration of a never-say-die attitude, it was time  for Halliday to show what he was made of. Halliday answered his rival’s  challenge by passing Dondel outright and moving into third place. With one lap  to go, Cheek’s misfortune caught back up with him again, this time in the form  of a flat left front tire. Halliday seized the chance to move past his rival,  and in a near-photo finish, he pipped Cheek at the finish line to take second.  Nobody was fast enough to catch PeCoy, who lead start-to-finish in his #973  Earth Basics/Goodyear Alumicraft, taking the win in fine form. Halliday took  second, with Cheek rounding out the podium in his Lucas Oil/Kronik Energy  Alumicraft. Steele recovered from his earlier off to take fourth in the #916  Menzies Motorsports/Metal Mulisha Alumicraft, and Dondel had to settle for  fifth this time out in his #998 Fortin/Fox Racing Shox Racer Engineering buggy.
 

Unlimited Lite
The  final two races of the day were certainly the most event-filled of the whole  weekend, and it was the Unlimited Lite race that kicked off the mayhem. The  beneficiaries of a three row inversion, Chris Brandt and Heath Carpenter took  the green flag from the first row. After a stack-up in turn one forced a full  restart of the race, usual frontrunner Robert Naughton rolled in turn two when  the field started the race for the second time. Naughton’s truck was injured  but could go slowly as Naughton tried to salvage some points, while up front,  yesterday’s winner Brian Deegan was once again running in the top spot in his  #38 Metal Mulisha/Etnies Ford. Jimmy Stephenson ran in second, followed by  Heath Carpenter, Chris Brandt, and Todd Cuffaro. Stephenson dropped out in the  early going, moving Matt Loiodice into fifth spot in his #20  Mastercraft/Competitive Metals Ford. Up front, Carpenter was having his best  race of the season, and he was really showing his mettle in the #25 Jeff  Carpenter Racing/Raceline Wheels Ford. With Carpenter was putting strong  pressure on Deegan for the lead, Brandt pulled his #82 Hart and  Huntington/Geico Powersports Toyota back into contention for the win with a  great charge through the moguls. As the field caught lapped traffic, Deegan  pushed Jacob Person off the track between turns four and five, allowing  Carpenter and Brandt to slip into the top two spots. Brandt then got around  Carpenter to take the lead, with Deegan soon passing Carpenter as well to take  over second position. Everyone caught their breath as the competition yellow  came out, with Brandt, Deegan, Carpenter, Todd Cuffaro, and Parker Grabowski in  the top five.
 

When  the green flag came back out, Brandt and Deegan ran clean and fast up front,  while almost all those behind hit trouble in one way or another. Leroy Loerwald  moved to fifth after the restart, but lost control in the moguls and fell back,  allowing Loiodice to re-take fifth. Loiodice then moved to fourth when Cuffaro  briefly stopped, and John Harrah was now running in fifth in the Bully  Dog/Speed Technologies Chevrolet. Harrah’s teammate Chuck Dempsey then spun  Harrah in turn four to move into fifth, only to be black flagged for that  incident. Carpenter was next to have trouble; he pulled off track and out of  the race with a small fire after having run so well thus far. Carpenter’s  incident brought out a full-course yellow flag, and as a green-white-checkers  finished was called for, it was now Brandt, Deegan, Loiodice, Dempsey, and  Harrah in the top five spots. Deegan bobbled in turn two on the penultimate  lap, causing those behind to check up and swap spots, with Dempsey and Cuffaro  moving to third and fourth as Loiodice dropped to fifth. Loiodice then spun in  turn four, allowing Loerwald to move his Lucas Oil/JS Pest Control Ford up to  fifth again. After a more than wild ride, it was Brandt who took his first  LOORRS Unlimited Lite win, followed by Deegan in second. Cuffaro wound up third  in the #46 Rockstar/Lucas Oil Nissan, with Dempsey fourth in his #50 Speed  Technologies/Goodyear Ford, and #8 Loerwald in fifth.
 

Unlimited 2
After  some substantial track grooming, the boys of Unlimited 2 were brought out for  the final race of day. Having posted an identical time to the pole-winning  Unlimited 4 of Travis Coyne in this morning’s qualifying, Unlimited 2 pole  winner Rodrigo Ampudia had to start eighth in his #36 Papas and Beer/Lucas Oil  Ford following a four row inversion. Jeff Ward and Carl Renezeder started on  the front row, with Renezeder holding the lead over Ward, Kevin Probst, Bryce  Menzies, and Ampudia at the end of the first lap. A full course yellow was  brought out when Jerry Whelchel wound up stuck on top of the rolled over truck  of Greg Adler between turns one and two. Ampudia used this opportunity to change  a flat tire, and after several laps under yellow to clear the aforementioned  accident, Ward jumped his #3X Bully Dog/Goodyear Chevrolet past Renezeder to  take the lead on the restart. Menzies also moved up, and his #7 Super Clean/Fox  Racing Shox Ford was now in third place, putting big time pressure on  second-placed Renezeder. Eventually, Menzies and Renezeder got together, and  while only Probst’s #9 E3 Spark Plugs/General Tires Chevrolet was able to get  by Menzies, Renezeder dropped back to an unfamiliar eighth place. Jesse Jones  briefly sat in fourth before dropping out of the race, and as the competition  yellow came out, it was Ward who still lead, ahead of Probst, Menzies, Ampudia,  and Jeff Seifert.
 

Ward  lost it a bit coming out of turn three after the restart, and he dropped back  to fourth as Probst inherited the lead. Ampudia, now in second, got a bit  squirrelly off a jump on the front straightaway, which allowed Menzies to  squeeze by into second place. Carey Hart was enjoying the best race of his LOORRS  career, and now ran in fifth place in his Rockstar/Hart and Huntington truck.  Probst was running well up front, but a determined Menzies finally got by him  in the closing stages of the race to take the lead. Just behind, Ampudia pulled  off the track and out of the race, while Renezeder got by the less-experienced  Hart, who was driving an ex-Renezeder machine, to take over fourth place. As  the checkers fell on the final race of the day, it was Menzies who made it two  wins in two days of Unlimited 2 action. After several strong showings this  year, Probst put a good race together to take second, ahead of third place Ward  who finished on a flat right front tire. Renezeder nearly snagged that third  place from Ward, but came home fourth in the #17 Lucas Oil/Team Associated  Ford, and Hart scored a career-best finish by taking fifth place.