WKA Karting Scene - February Issue by World Karting Association

THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE WORLD KARTING ASSOCIATION

FEBRUARY 2012 VOL. 41, NO. 2

The Official Magazine of the World Karting Association

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race recap

wRITTEN BY: KEITH SHAMPINE - PHOTOS BY: krapp4u

Jerry Mullis Scores Six at Daytona Dirt!

Daytona Dirt World Championships

olusia County was the place to be for dirt karters the week between Christmas and New Years with two big events within miles of each other during the final week of 2011.

other dirt racers to win multiple main events were Garret Himmighoefer, who triumphed in Sportsman 1 Lite and Sportsman 1 Heavy, and William Prince, who won Sportsman 2 Lite and Sportsman 2 Champ.

Dirt racers from around the country headed to Daytona Beach this past holiday season for the World Karting Association Daytona Dirt World Championships Dec. 27-30, which for the third time was held at the quarter-mile Daytona Flat Track outside turns one and two of the DIS superspeedway.

Mullis kicked KartWeek off with a win in the week’s first main, Stock Lite. The 32-year-old shoe bested WKA Speedway Dirt veteran Bradley Hauser by 0.308 seconds to capture the 20-lap feature. Aaron Burnett finished in third, a few kart-lengths back of Mullis and Hauser. Wyatt Corkell was fourth and Bruce Edwards rounded out the top five.

Following practice and two days of racing at Daytona, many teams packed up shop Thursday night and traveled to nearby INOX Supreme Lubricants Kartway at Volusia Speedway Park for the Winter Nationals on Friday, Dec. 30 to wrap up nearly a week’s worth of racing. Mullis time When the dust settled at Daytona, Fort Mill, South Carolina’s Jerry Mullis clearly was the dominating force, not only at the Flat Track, but throughout the three WKA Daytona KartWeek events, including the Manufacturers Cup Margay Sprint Championships and National Road Racing Series’ Daytona Championships. Mullis captured an unmatched six wins at the Dirt World Championships, including the prestigious $1,000-To-Win Animal Heavy Money Race Thursday afternoon. The only

Mullis returned to the limestone-based quarter-mile later Wednesday and wheeled his Phantom to the Stock Heavy win, which was the largest field of the day at 22 starters. Mullis fended off challenges from local runner Flyin’ Brian Hunter to win the 20-lapper by a 0.377-second margin. Justin Holt was right behind Hunter in third. Georgia’ Shay Chavous ran fourth and Matt Collier fifth. Sixth through tenth was Wyatt Corkell, Hauser, Jerrod Holle, Chuck Paige and Fast Eddie Alkire. The last race Wednesday, Raptor Heavy, saw Mullis best nine other starters to triumph for the third time on the day. Tara Henderson was the only driver within ear shot of Mullis by the end of the 20-lapper, crossing the stripe 1.4 seconds back of the Fort Mill wheelman. Woody Peatt, Nick Brobst and Josh Parker crossed the stripe nose to tail in third through fifth.

Thursday was a new day at Daytona and it actually started out to be a disappointing day for Mullis. Stock Medium, traditionally one of the most competitive classes in WKA Speedway Dirt competition, kicked the day off and saw Mullis suffer a mechanical failure while running toward the front of the field on lap seven. Mullis’ early retirement may not have mattered in the grand scheme of things. Hunter qualified on the pole with a fast lap of 16.070 and controlled the 20-lap main with challenges only from Florida’s Josh Robinson and Chavous. In the end, Hunter finished over a half-second in front of Robinson for his only win of WKA KartWeek. Chavous took third, Corkell fourth and Aaron Burnett fifth.

“Relax, take a breath and drive smart,” the 18-year-old Hunter said after his win. Mullis’ fourth victory of the week came in Raptor Lite, the final warmup, if you will, before the big Money Race. Mullis led most of the 20-lap main until Hauser, who’d hounded him from the green flag, made a solid inside pass to take the lead and drive to what would have been his second win of KartWeek. However, Hauser had troubles in postrace tech and was disqualified for an illegal carburetor. Hauser’s disappointment was Mullis’ benefit as it gave the Phantom racer another feature win. Henderson was credited with second for another runner-up finish to Mullis in a flathead class. C.J. Waldron was third, Clint Riley fourth and Keith York fifth.

race recap

wRITTEN BY: KEITH SHAMPINE - PHOTOS BY: krapp4u

Jerry Mullis Scores Six at Daytona Dirt!

Daytona Dirt World Championships The Animal Heavy Money Race had the fences and grandstands full with a cool $1,000 on the line for the 26 starters. Hunter timed on the pole at a 16.123 with Norman Hynes and Mullis second and third. For the second year in a row the main went green to checkered and the caution-free race was all Mullis needed to take the lead from Hunter early in the race and pull out to a convincing 3.6-second lead for his most dominating victory of Daytona KartWeek.

Hunter bagged $500 for second while Michael Seeright took care of some of his expenses with $250 for third. Robinson and Scott Beckey finished fourth and fifth, while Chavous finished just outside the money in sixth. Darren Brown was seventh, Holle eighth, Collier ninth and Justin Holt tenth. Mullis’ added a sixth triumph to his 2011 Daytona resume with a score in Champ Heavy. Norman Hynes put his Epic Evolution chassis on the pole for the 20-lap, 18-kart Champ Heavy main, besting USAC and Must See Sprint Car racer Troy DeCaire and Mullis by a slim margin.

While most fans were hoping for a closer showdown among Mullis and his top challengers, Mullis surely was happy enough to race to the victory without a challenge or threat and pocket the $1,000 payday before heading to Volusia.

The feature saw Mullis pull ahead of DeCaire and ride to a cool 0.770-second victory over the Florida native. Hauser had his best champ-kart run in a while with a third-place effort. Todd Crenshaw was fourth and Jason Lineweaver fifth. Hynes slipped through the field in the feature and ended up finishing

over seven seconds back of the leader in seventh. Himmighoefer, Prince each take a pair Ridgely, Maryland, racer Garret Himmighoefer entered two races at Daytona and won them both – the only KartWeek driver able to make that claim. The 9-year-old racer first won Wednesday’s Sportsman 1 Lite feature by nearly a half-second gap over Florida’s Dillen Brown. Himmighoefer passed Brown for the lead with only four laps remaining and pulled away for the big win. Luke Barnes was third, Daniel Larrimore fourth and Lane Penley fifth in the 11-kart main. “I would like to thank my dad and mom,” Himmghoefer commented. “Without my dad I wouldn’t have been at Daytona. He put in a lot of time to get me here and I just want to say thank you.” Himmghoefer and his Southern Expresspowered Firehawk returned Thursday to best James Seeright in the Sportsman 1 Heavy 20-lapper. Himmighoefer led wire-to-wire and gapped second place by over a half straightaway in a dominating drive. Seeright was 3.661 seconds back in the

runner-up position with Brown in third. North Carolina’s Luke Barnes ran fourth with Pennsylvania’s Spencer Yodock rounding out the top five. “I again want to thank my mom and dad – especially my dad who worked so hard on my kart and tires to get me here. I could never have done this without him. Thank you and I love you!” Himmighoefer said after his second win at Daytona. One of the closest races at the Flat Track saw William Prince win his first main of KartWeek in a highly contested Sportsman 2 Lite affair. The top-six finishers were all within one second of one another at the finish. Prince wheeled his Phantom Seraph to the win by a mere 0.065-second margin over Alabama’s Connor Okrzesik. The tight finishing order didn’t stop with the top-two finishers. New York’s Michael Wagner was a close third, Sean Glennon fourth, Cam Ayres fifth and Holden German was only 0.828 seconds back in the sixth position. Prince’s second win came late in the day Thursday with his score in Sportsman 2 Champ. Prince again bested Okrzesik for the win, this time by a 0.124-second margin. Glennon was third, Wyatt Alexander fourth

race recap

wRITTEN BY: KEITH SHAMPINE - PHOTOS BY: krapp4u

Jerry Mullis Scores Six at Daytona Dirt!

Daytona Dirt World Championships and Luke Haring fifth in the eight-kart field. Barnes, Harris are Sportsman 1 winners Luke Barnes traveled to Daytona for the first time and had a couple nice things occur. On the track, Barnes picked up the Pole Award and feature win in the Sportsman 1 Champ main, finishing ahead of Spencer Yodock and Owen Kitzmiller.

2 featurs, Cy Spencer and Connor Okrzesik made certain the South Carolina racer didn’t find a third victory. Spencer chauffeured his Phantom to the win in Sportsman 2 Heavy. After qualifying third, the Bloomsburg, Pa., racer took the lead on lap six and never looked back. Spencer crossed the

In an astounding statistic, Okrzesik ran four competitive races at Daytona and never finished worse than second. Connor’s only win came in Sportsman 2 Box Stock, which saw him drive his No. 14 kart to a 1.3-second victory over Prince. Christain Lee was third, Logan Lane fourth and Matthew Epp fifth. Four different winners in four junior divisions A year after Pennsylvania’s Douglas Stearly dominated the junior classes at Daytona, three other racers joined Stearly as junior-feature winners in the 2011 version of the prestigious event.

In the media, Barnes was featured in the front-page story in Wednesday’s Daytona News-Journal newspaper, which covered Luke and his father’s first experience at Daytona KartWeek.

Spencer, Okrzesik win Sportsman 2 mains While William Prince won two Sportsman

Daffron had Thursday’s Jr Heavy main in hand until a late caution bunched up the field. The restart saw a wild battle for the lead. Nichols muscled his way into the top spot with under five laps remaining and held on for the win over Daffron, who looked like he needed another lap or two to mount a challenge on the Maryland racer. Jesse Riggins picked up another top five with a third-place result. New Jersey’s Scott Neary was fourth and Anderson again finished fifth. Stearly was able to find one victory this year at Daytona in a dominating performance in Box Stock Junior. Stearly pulled out to a 3.3-second lead before the checkers waved. Dustin Peterson was second, Matt Craig third, Bryce Jenkins fourth and Riggins fifth.

“I’d like to thank Spencer Yodock for being such a sportsman driver in the race,” the 8-year-old CKI driver commented after the win. “Special thanks to Lewis Dow at CKI for his support with helping us get into champ buggy racing. Also special thanks to Team Swagger Capt. David Gay for his support with LBK. Keep Jesus Christ in karting!” Florida’s Clay Harris gave Phantom another triumph with his win in Sportsman 1 Box Stock. Harris, 10, took the lead early in the 20-lapper and held on for a 0.839-second victory over James Seeright, who again was denied of a Daytona win with another secondplace result. Daniel Larrimore was third, Lane Penley fourth and Ira Mattice fifth in the ninekart field.

Daffron by the time the checkers waved. Jesse Riggins was fourth and home-state racer R.L. Anderson fifth.

Thirteen-year-old Branson Dils led wire-towire in Jr Champ, crossing the finish line 2.4 seconds ahead of Brandon Yates for the victory. Kenny Myers was third in the short three-kart field.

stripe a second in front of Okrzesik for his only KartWeek triumph. Sean Glennon took third, Michael Wagner fourth and Sean Hamilton fifth. “I won a national title at Daytona!” Spencer proclaimed after the win. “Thanks WKA for helping me make a memory that will last a lifetime.”

Blaze Burns, Austin Nichols, Branson Dils and Stearly each won a junior main at KartWeek 2011. Georgia’s Burns, a WKA Dirt veteran, passed Stearly late in the Jr Lite 20-lapper and held on for a tight 0.222-second win over the Pennsylvanian. Burns and Stearly were both over two second ahead of third-place Cole

Hynes, Kitzmiller, Holt are all senior class winners Norman Hynes clearly was one of the top champ-kart competitors at Daytona and the 35-year-old’s speed was good enough for the Champ Lite victory Wednesday evening. Hynes qualified fifth in the 15-kart field and worked for the entire race to make his way to the front of the pack with a last-lap pass on Jerry Mullis. Hynes raced his Epic Evolution chassis to the win by a mere 0.061-second margin

race recap

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Jerry Mullis Scores Six at Daytona Dirt!

Daytona Dirt World Championships

Trinity, N.C., dominated the Builder Prepared Box Stock 20-lapper Wednesday afternoon. Hauser finished well ahead of Clint Riley for his first Daytona triumph. Steven Rogers took third, Robert Clements fourth and Jana Gunter fifth. “Half tracking the field at Daytona felt great,” Hauser commented after his win. “I had the best time at Daytona this year. Our karts ran great and our JREngines had plenty of power to keep us up front. Big thanks to Charlie and Dan Sox for all their help.” Alex Cline bested a competitive 16-kart Senior Box Stock main with a 0.288-second victory over Matt Collier. Josh Parker took third, Robby Yow fourth and Don Tingley fifth.

victory in Super Heavy. Holt took the lead around halfway and won by a comfortable 2.4-second gap over Alex Cline. Gunter took third, Darren Pifer fourth and Josh Parker fifth.

over Mullis, who was denied of win No. 7 at Daytona. Raymond Folwell took third, Jason Lineweaver fourth and Chase Fitzgerald fifth.

“Thanks to my family and friends who help make this happen and thanks to my sponsors, “Thank you to all my great sponsors,” Holt Barke Enterprises, Coby Cressinger Racing and said. “This win is for Garland Rowland, Kris Liquid Speed Tire Treatment,” Hynes said. Brooks and like always Orlando Lamb. This stuff is expensive!” West Virginia’s Jason Kitzmiller led all 20 Hauser, Cline victorious in junior Box Stock laps in the Masters main. Kitzmiller wheeled his Ballastic chassis to the win over Georgia’s competition Marlin Gunter. Don Tingley was third, Steven Bradley Hauser and Alex Cline captured Rogers fourth and Rodney German fifth. wins in the pair of senior Box Stock mains at Daytona. Thirty-year-old Justin Holt raced his Radical Hauser, a longtime WKA competitor from Racing Engines-powered Prowler to the

Chavous was third, Wayne Alderman fourth and Michael Nicosia fifth. Thursday saw 21 fast 2-cycle powered karts hit the track for the 20-lap UAS main. Chavous and Peters were the class of the field on this day with Chavous fending off Peters throughout the second half of the race to score his only victory of KartWeek. Peters finished just 0.319 seconds back of Chavous and was close enough to make a move at times, but had to settle for second as Chavous, similar to Peters on Wednesday, made no mistakes throughout the final laps. 2011 UAS national champion John Decker was third on his black and yellow No. 51. Bobby Leslie was fourth and Charles Stoffa fifth.

Peters, Chavous win 2-cycle mains Two big names in karting took a pair of big 2-cycle wins at Daytona. TS Racing’s Victor Peters scored the victory in Wednesday’s WKA Unlimited 2-Cycle before Shay Chavous won Thursday’s Unlimited All Stars 2012 season opener. Peters bested pole-sitter Robby Yow by a 0.603-second margin to score a popular win in Unlimited 2-Cycle. Peters, a veteran of WKA dirt karting since the early days of the World Championships at Daytona Municipal Stadium, found a way past Yow and Chavous and then made no mistakes down the stretch to hold off Yow for the big win.

FKCL makes first visit to Daytona The Florida Karting Championship League made its first trip to Daytona and were included in KartWeek’s program.

2012 NatioNal ScheduleS Updated 02.15.2012 Dates are tentative and are subject to change. GN indicates Grand National event. W

Jessica Bohatka bested Brittany Yates, Jerrod Holle and Matt Collier for the win in Sr Champ Mix. Brenden Smith won over Austen Aldrich in Sportsman Champ Silver. Ty DeCaire won over Brandon Yates, Branson Dils and Kenny Myers in Jr Champ Mix. The largest FCKL class was Sportsman Champ Blue at 12 starters. Tyler Jacob Diel led wire-to-wire in the 20-lapper to score the win over Sean Glennon. Sam Neary was third, Zach Brady fourth and Blaise Leithead fifth.

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Four FCKL divisions ran as a part of KartWeek.

W o r l d K a r t i n g a s s o c i at i o n

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Firestone Road to daytona dirt Program

Vega Speedway Pavement Series

December 27-30, 2011

Chapel Hill Raceway, Humphrey, New York - GN

Daytona International Speedway; Daytona Beach, Fla.

RlV tuned exhuast Product Gold cup Series TUNED EXHAUST PRODUCTS

George Kugler/Bridgestone Manufacturer’s cup Series driven by Mazda

(count the best 4 of 5)

(count the best 5 of 6)

Barnes Paving

Margay Racing Products

103rd Street Sports Complex; Jacksonville, FL

Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla.

Michigan Kart Supply

Zoom Zoom Nationals

Lamar County Speedway; Georgia

Carolina Motorsports Park; Kershaw, SC

Baker Racing Engines

CRG America

Michiana Raceway Park; Indiana

Pittsburgh Int’l Race Complex; Wampum, PA BeaveRun Motorsports Complex

December 27-30, 2011

March 2 - 4, 2012

April 27- 29, 2012

July 13 - 15, 2012

Performance No. / Jammer Clutches August 17 -19, 2012

Pittsburgh Int’l Race Complex; Wampum, PA BeaveRun Motorsports Complex

GT Machine

September 21 - 23, 2012 -- GN

New Jersey Motorsports Park; Millville, New Jersey

“Getting a checkered flag at Daytona International Speedway is quite an experience and will be a great memory,” Dils said after the win. “I can’t wait to come back next year!”

August 10-12, 2012

Vega tire/tSRacing Road Racing Series driven by Mazda (count the best 5 of 7)

December 27 - 30, 2011

Daytona Int’l Speedway; Daytona Beach, Fla.

March 23 - 25, 2012

May 4 - 6, 2012

MKP

July 6 - 8, 2012

Michiana Raceway Park; South Bend, Indiana

August 3 - 5, 2012

Concept Haulers Motor Speedway; Sheridan, Illinios

McLaughlin Motorsports

September 14 - 16, 2012 -- GN

New Castle Motorsports Park, New Castle, Indiana

WKa West divisional Super Series March 18th

June 10th

April 15th

August 5th

May 20th

September 9th

Kinsmen Kart Club - Dixon, CA

Northern Nevada Kart Club - Reno, NV

Over 350 entries made up the Daytona Dirt World Championships. WKA is working to continue to build its Road to Daytona Dirt Program with hopes of dramatically increasing the entry count in 2012 and beyond.

Zoom Zoom Nationals

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course; Lexington, Ohio

Formula Kart dates:

As of now, no WKA dirt events are scheduled until next December’s Daytona KartWeek Stay tuned for further information on the 2012 Daytona Dirt World Championships, other news and the potential for additional 2012 events for the WKA Road to Daytona Dirt Program.

July 27 - 29, 2012

MRP Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida

March 23 - 25, 2012

Blue Max Kart Club - Davis, CA

May 18 - 20, 2012

Allstar Karting - Prairie City, CA

Carolina Motorsports Park; Kershaw, SC Grattan Raceway; Grattan, Michigan

June 15 - 17, 2012 - GN

Virginia Int’l Raceway; Alton, Virginia

September 7 - 9, 2012

Summit Point Raceway; Summit Point, West Virginia

September 28-30, 2012

Roebling Road Raceway; Savannah, Georgia

RMc 2012 Season August 7-11, 2012 South Bend, IN

Atwater Kart Club - Atwater, CA

Florida Winter tour January 6-8, 2012

February 10-12, 2012

Homestead Karting, Homestead, Florida

March 9-11, 2012

Ocala Gran Prix, Ocala, Florida

Rotax Max challenge dates: January 12-15, 2012

MRP Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida

February 16-19, 2012

Pan am

Homestead Karting, Homestead, Florida

The Track Centinial, Englewood, CA

Ocala Gran Prix, Ocala, Florida

September 22nd - 23, 2012

Monterey Bay Karters - Monterey, CA

March 15-18, 2012

challenge of the americas:

Special events

Tucson, Arizona

Red Bull Kart Fight at PRI, Orlando Florida

January 28 - 29, 2012

November 29, 2012

February 25 - 26, 2012

WKa annual Membership Meeting

March 31 - April 1, 2012

Location TBA

PKRA, Phoenix, Arizona Cal Speed Kart Center, Fontana, California

October 12-12, 2012

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Racing Dreams Director Marshall Curry nominated for an Oscar® Marshall Curry, the director of Racing Dreams, the award-winning documentary based on the trials of three WKA Speedway Pavement Series competitors, has been nominated for the Oscar® in the Documentary Feature category for his most recent film, If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front. Curry and his crew met the karting community several years ago when he traveled the Speedway Pavement Series and documented Josh Hobson, Annabeth Barnes and Brandon Warren’s experiences at the national karting level. Racing Dreams debuted in 2009 and was met with very good reviews. The Academy Awards are Sunday, Feb. 26. Here’s an update on Josh Hobson and Annabeth Barnes and were they’re at in their lives and racing careers. * Josh Hobson is now a senior in high school, maintains a 4.0 grade average, and is hoping to go to college next year. He is president of the student body, captain of the wrestling team, and is still involved with racing. For the past couple of years he has raced in a full sized car in the ASA Late Model racing series. * Annabeth Barnes is now in 11th grade and is racing full sized late-model stock cars against adult drivers. Last year at the Hickory Motor Speedway (“Birthplace of the NASCAR Stars”) she had nine topfive finishes and one win, finishing fourth in track points for the year. Annabeth is the subject of the Great American Country television series Born to Drive, which follows her as she competes at Hickory. In 2009, she became the youngest person ever selected for NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity, a driver development program started in 2000 with the goal of preparing women and minorities to compete in both regional and national motorsports events.

Triple Crown Champion Questionnaire

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ongratulations on your recent accomplishment of winning three or more classes in the 2011 WKA Racing Season. With this, WKA would like to honor you with a special tribute in our April 2012 Champions Edition of WKA’s Karting Scene. Please complete the following form and submit it to the WKA office no later than March 29th, 2012. DO NOT mail this with other paper work please.

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ongratulations Champion on your recent accomplishment of winning your respective class(es) within your WKA Divisional Series. With this, WKA would like to honor you by publishing your driver profile in the Champions Edition of WKA’s Karting Scene (April 2012).

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president

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704.455.1606

concord, nc

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Vice President 2-cycle

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203.264.4606

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vice president 4-cycle

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todd kovi

2-cycle rep

toddfkcs@comcast.net

west palm beach, fl

brad farmer

4-cycle rep

bhcool@bellsouth.net

macclenny, fl

• MAIL FORM TO: WKA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, 6051 VICTORY LANE, CONCORD, NC 28027. • CREW: List your crew members in order of priority. Space is limited. WKA’s Karting Scene reserves the right to edit as necessary. • SPONSORS: List your top five sponsors in order of priority. Space is limited. WKA’s Karting Scene reserves the right to edit as necessary.

NOTICE: DO NOT MAIL THIS FORM ALONG WITH OTHER PAPER WORK INTENDED FOR THE WKA OFFICE. * P R I N T C L E A R LY *

district 3 (north carolina) bobby gettys

district 3 trustee

john klutz johnny bartlett

1bobskart@att.net

828.452.7737

ellenboro, nc

2-cycle rep

336.731.6111

welcome, nc

4-cycle rep

704.791.6425

concord, nc

864.304.4589

fountain inn, sc

615.742.3773

nashville, tn

district 4 (south carolina, georgia jayson brown

district 4 trustee

tba

2-cycle rep

tba

4-cycle rep

brownrace8@att.net

Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

district 5 (kentucky, tennessee, virginia, west virginia)

Age: ___________________________

will frank

district 5 trustee

tnkarter@gmail.com

brandon taylor

2-cycle rep

brandontayl@gmail.com

randall lyles

4-cycle rep

Daytime Phone: __________________________________________________________________________

Email: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

239.825.6124

roanoke, va chilhowie, va

Series name: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

district 6 (michigan, ohio)

Class(es) won: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

steve rumsey

district 6 trustee

sjrumsey@gmail.com

937.289.2562

morrow, oh

pat slattery

2-cycle rep

kart79@zoomtown.com

513.353.1804

cleves, oh

a.r. gardner

4-cycle rep

appco46@ameritech.com

513.539.9900

district 7 (illinois, indiana, wisconsin

Crew: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

mike everson

Sponsors: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ City: ________________________________________________________________________________________ State: _________________________ Years Racing: _________________

Photos sent: ❑ With This Form

❑ With Divisional Form

❑ Separately

REMEMBER TO REVIEW YOUR FORM - USE ABOVE INFORMATION AS A CHECK LIST

district 7 trustee

district 8 (deleware, maryland, new jersey, pennslyvania) john ferris

district 8 trustee

jferris@woldkarting.com

908.876.9023

long valley, NJ

dan schlosser

2-cycle rep

d.schlosser @pittrace.com

724.740.1200

sewlickley, pa

danny mccormack

4-cycle rep

performancekarting@msn.com

732.309.5621

brick, nj

district 9 (connecticut, maine, massachusetts, new hampshire, new york, rhode island, vermont) don guilbeault

district 9 trustee

don@drtracing.com

603.598.0891

pelham, nh

angelo sodano

2-cycle rep

a_sodano@yahoo.com

617.471.2282

boston, ma

tim stiefel

4-cycle rep

tstiefel@rochester.rr.com

585.329.5448

rochester, ny

district 10 (alaska, arizona, california, colorado, hawaii, idaho, montana, nevada, new mexico, oklahome, oregon, texas, utah, washington, wyoming) andy seesemann

district 10 trustee

714.289.0432

orange, ca

2 01 2 RE S E R V ED NU M B E R FO R M Select one of the options at right: • Cost to reserve a number is $20 per class. • Man Cup competitors: Renewal period from 2011 has passed. • Gold Cup competitors: Your Reserved No. season will begin with the Jacksonville opener. You have until Sunday, January 29 to reserve the same number(s) you had in 2011. Beginning Monday, January 30,, any number not taken will become available numbers for anyone to reserve on first come, first serve basis. • Write in your first choice (1st), second choice (2nd), &third choice (3rd). • You may choose single (1) or double (01) digit numbers only. No three (001) digit numbers allowed. No letters allowed. • You cannot transfer the number from one class to a different class. Example: You had No. 1 in Sportsman 1 in 2011, but you are moving up to Sportsman 2 for 2012. You forfeit the rights to No. 1 and will need to request the No. 1 in the Sportsman 2 classes. • You must submit the entire form to WKA.

Make checks payable to and mail to:

WKA 6051 Victory Lane Concord, NC 28027

Fax copies also accepted. Fax to: 704.455.1609

NEW

RENEWAL

(Check this box ONLY if you had a reserved number in 2011 in the same class that you are renewing in 2012)

A B B R E V I AT IO N S

SPTS = SPORTSMAN JR = JU NIOR SR = SE N IOR

2 01 1

R EST = R ESTR ICTED MOD = MODI FI E D YAM = YAMAHA Asterisk (*) denotes new classes for 2010

1ST

2ND

3RD

SPORTSMAN 1 LITE

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YAM ROOKIE SPTS F1 & 2

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SPORTSMAN 1 HEAVY

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CADET SPTS FINAL 1 & 2

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SPORTSMAN 1 BOX STOCK ________

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KOMET SPORTSMAN

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G O L D CU P

M A NU F . CU P

1ST

2ND

3RD

SPORTSMAN 2 LITE

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YAMAHA SPORTSMAN LITE ________

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SPORTSMAN 2 HEAVY

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YAMAHA SPORTSMAN HVY ________

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SPORTSMAN 2 BOX STOCK ________

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KOMET JR LITE

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RESTRICTED JUNIOR

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KOMET JR HEAVY

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W KA AW A RD S

JUNIOR LITE

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YAMAHA JR LITE

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JUNIOR MEDIUM

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YAMAHA JR HEAVY

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JUNIOR HEAVY

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KOMET LITE

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JUNIOR BOX STOCK

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KOMET HEAVY

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ANIMAL AMATEUR

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TAG FINAL 1 & 2

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MASTERS

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TAG MASTERS FINAL 1 & 2

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Driver Name: ___________________________________________________________________________________

Total : $ _________________

Birthdate: _____________________ Age: _______ WKA No.: ___________________ Exp Date: ________

Money Order

Address: ________________________________________________________________________________________

Check

City: ____________________________________________________ State: ___________ Zip: _______________

Daytime Phone: _______________________________________ Ext: _____________

VISA

Email: ___________________________________________________________________________________________

Payment type:

Card No: _______________________________________________________________ Exp: __________________

Name on card: _______________________________________ 3-digit security code: __________________

Signature: ______________________________________________________________________________________

STOCK LITE

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PARILLA LEOPARD

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STOCK MEDIUM

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YAMAHA SUPERCAN LITE

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YAMAHA SUPERCAN HVY

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STOCK HEAVY

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SUPER HEAVY

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SENIOR BOX STOCK

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ANIMAL MOD MEDIUM

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CE R E M O N Y & SE M I N A R SC H E D U L ES Updated: 01.12.2012

SE A SO N Y EA R - EN D AW A RD S

Manufacturer’s Cup Series

Gold Cup / Pavement

Palmetto Club at Carolina Motorsports Park

Friday, March 23, 2012 Doors Open: 6:30pm, Presentation: 8pm $5 ticket per person; 5 and under free Contact: Marie Borsuk, 704.455.1606 x11 marie@worldkarting.com

CE R E M O N I E S

Cabarrus Arena & Events Center Saturday, January 21, 2012 Doors Open: 6pm, Presentation: 7pm $5 ticket per person; 5 and under free Contact: Marie Borsuk, 704.455.1606 x11 marie@worldkarting.com

W KA / SF I 2 - CY C L E , 4 - CY C L E T EC H

Road Racing Series Palmetto Club at Carolina Motorsports Park

Saturday, March 24, 2012 Doors Open: 6:30pm, Presentation: 8pm $5 ticket per person; 5 and under free Contact: Marie Borsuk, 704.455.1606 x11 marie@worldkarting.com

SE M I N A RS

**Two (2) year WKA Membership required to attend.

Cabarrus County Arena; Concord, N.C. 4-Cycle Tech Seminar Saturday, January 21, 2012 Registration: 12:30 p.m. Start: 1 p.m. Pre-register Contact: Marie Borsuk, 704-455-1606 x11 marie@worldkarting.com Or Fax form to WKA @ 704-455-1609

OVKA Swap Meet; Springfield, Ohio 2-Cycle and 4-Cycle Tech Seminar Saturday, February 4, 2012 Registration: Morning of show at WKA booth Start: Noon Pre-register Contact: Marie Borsuk, 704-455-1606 x11 marie@worldkarting.com Or Fax form to WKA @ 704-455-1609

Raceway Park; Englishtown, N.J. 2-Cycle and 4-Cycle Seminar Sunday, February 19, 2012 Registration: 8:30 a.m. Start: 9 a.m. Pre-register Contact: Marie Borsuk, 704-455-1606 x11 marie@worldkarting.com Or Fax form to WKA @ 704-455-1609

A C C O M M O D A T IO N S Cabarrus Arena & Events Center (Concord, N.C. area) Carolina Motorsports Park Executive Inn - Kershaw, S.C. 803-475-7575 Comfort Suites - Concord, N.C. (Bruton Smith Blvd) 704-979-3800 Quality Inn - Hwy 1; Lugoff, S.C. 803-438-9441 Hampton Inn - Concord, N.C. (Bruton Smith Blvd) 704-979-5600 Travel Inn - Hwy 1; Lugoff, S.C. 803-438-4961 Howard Johnson Inn - Concord, N.C. (Exit 58; I-85) 704-786-5181 Econo Lodge - Hwy 601; Lugoff, S.C. 803-438-6990 Fairfield Inn - Kannapolis, N.C. (Cloverleaf Pkwy, near Exit 58; I-85) Ramada Ltd - Hwy 601; Lugoff, S.C. 803-438-1807 704-795-4888 Comfort Inn & Suites - Hwy 601; Camden, S.C. 803-425-1010

ANIMAL MOD HEAVY

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KOMET SPORTSMAN

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A W A RD S

X-30 JUNIOR

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Make checks payable to and mail to:

X-30 SENIOR

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LO206 KID KART

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A W A RD S

CE R E M O N Y & S E M I N A R RE G I S T RA T IO N FO R M WKA 6051 Victory Lane Concord, NC 28027

CE R E M O N Y TA BL E RE S V ER V A T IO N

Gold Cup/Pavement: ________________ x $5 per person = _____________________ Manufacturer’s Cup: ________________ x $5 per person = _____________________

D E A DL IN E (For ticket purchase) Gold Cup/Pavement Ceremonies - Friday, January 13, 2012 Kershaw Awards Ceremonies - Friday, March 9, 2012 S E M I N A R RE S E R V A T IO N (WKA Membership required to attend)

4-Cycle Tech Seminar: _________________ x $125 each = ____________________________ 2-Cycle Tech Seminar: _________________ x $125 each = ____________________________ North Carolina _____ Ohio _____ New Jersey _____

Road Racing: ________________ x $5 per person = _____________________

(check one) Total Amount Enclosed $ _______________________________________________________

( C a s h , C h e c k , M o n e y O r d e r, V I S A o r M a s t e r C a r d a c c e p t e d )

VISA/MC #: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Exp: _________________________________________ Name on card: ........................Signature: Name: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________WKA#: _____________________________________Exp: ____________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Daytime phone: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ceremony tables seat eight people. Please indicate any special group seating requests:

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