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Point Pelee Karting Club hosts KartStars weekend
Point Pelee Karting Club (PPKC) hosted the KartStars series of races on Canada Day weekend at the track. Several local competitors took to the home track as part of the series. The stop at PPKC was the second in the fivepart series.
PPKC driver Michael Patrick took sixth place in the Briggs Cadet division, with Dominic Artale – another local driver – finishing 11th. Other Briggs Cadet participants included Nate Rowles, Zach Hansarch and Abree DesRosiers. Artale, Patrick and Rowles also placed well in the KartStars Cadet final.
In the Briggs Jr. division, Point Pelee Karting Club’s Max Franceshelli finished third, just ahead of another local driver Nathan Dupuis. Nora Schmidt and Max Vollans finished 10th and 11th with the other local participant being Cole Morgan.
In the Briggs Jr. Light division, a local driver, Jacob Parker, was declared the winner. The win was still in question at press time, due to penalty time not being available and the race was under protest.
Leamington’s Christian Papp, finished sixth, while Ryan Morgan was 10th and Sebastian Mazza 11th. Parker and Dupuis also competed in the KartStars Junior final.
In the Briggs Masters division, no fewer than six of the race participants were from PPKC, including Kevin May, Logan Quaterone, Abigail Collins and Andrew Sutak, who finished third through sixth. Mike Marion was ninth and Michael Dowhan was 11th. Sutak also competd in the KartStars Sr. final.
The Briggs Senior division had a good local representation as five drivers took part. Ryan Brutzki finished second in the final, only .071 seconds off the lead. Other local drivers included Tyler DesRosiers, fifth, and Brodie Myers, 11th. Maddison McLeod and Aiden Marion also raced in this division.
In the VLR Jr. division, local drivers Christian Papp and Nathan Dupuis finished second and third, while Max Franceshelli finished sixth.
In the VLR Masters class, local drivers were Corey Collins and Jeremy Chatterson.
Christian Papp of Leamington won three Canadian Championships in 2021. Papp, who is 12, began racing when he was four and he has represented Canada in the world championships in Italy in recent years.
