The Final round for the 2008 Pro-Kart Challenge South took place at the Santa Maria Track.

SwedeTech performance dominated the top 5 in the G1/S1 class. Peter Abba found the top step powered by his SwedeTech TM to win the main event. Finishing in the 3rd spot was Steve Ferrario. Jimmy McNeil drove a hard fought race and finished 4th. Rounding out the top 5 would be Troy Butts. In the G2 class, Darrell Tunnel drove a consistent race finishing 3rd.

In the S3 class, Patrick Cushenberry powered by his SwedeTech Honda won his 2nd race of the season. Finishing second was Clinton Schoombee. Rounding out the top 5 was Bobby Legate. Billy Cleavelin put on a dominating performance again in the Tag Master class. He won the main even 17 seconds over 2nd place. Corey Neveau was our lone driver in the S4 class. He drove a hard race finishing 5th.

The 2008 IKF Region 11 at Dixon was another successful event for SwedeTech. SwedeTech drivers brought home more trophies this past weekend.

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In the Gazelle class lone driver for SwedeTech was Curt Paul. He finished 2nd in the main.

Formula 80 limited class saw two fast SwedeTech drivers Merrick Miller and Tony Mangini, who were quick all day. Tony was fast all weekend, but an on track incident shuffled him to 7th. Merrick Miller was consistent and quick, drove to 2nd. IKF Tag Senior saw another dominating performance in the top 3. Chris Scribner drove a hard fought race winning the main. In 2nd was Cody Hodgson, and in 3rd was Neil Alberico. In Jr1 2-cycle, Luis Tyrell won the main event powered by his SwedeTech Comer.

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In the Iame Cup class, SwedeTech dominated the top 4. Neil Alberico won the main powered by his SwedeTech Parilla. Cody Hodgson drove a hard fought race finishing 2nd. In the third spot was Chris Scribner. Rounding out the top 4 was Tyler Espinosa. In the Formula 80 Masters class, Chuck Hastings was our lone driver powered by his SwedeTech Honda. He drove a good race finishing 3rd.

The 5th round of the ProKart Challenge North event went into the books this past weekend. SwedeTech Racing Engines captured 4 wins out of 8 classes.

In the S3 class, Steve Reasoner qualified off pole. In the main event he put on a great drive, starting last to finish 3rd. At the scales, he would come up 1 pound too light. Finishing in 4th was SwedeTech Racing Engines very own Jason Berry; he drove a consistent race finishing in the top 5 in the heats. S3 was combined with S4. Alex Keith raced in the mid pack with the S3’s. He finished 2nd in the main event.

In S1, SwedeTech power made up the podium and more. Winning the entire race, qualifying on pole, winning the heats and capturing the main event win was Alex Speed powered by his SwedeTech Maxter. Taking home the 2nd spot also powered by a SwedeTech Maxter was Jess Peterson. Finishing out the podium was Derek Tillett in 3rd. Cody Hodgson put in a good drive finishing 4th. G1 was combined with the S1. In G1, Ethan Wilson won his first main event of the year in the G1 class powered by his SwedeTech TM.

In the Tag Master class, Jim Zootis put on a great effort this weekend by qualifying on pole, staying within the top 3 in the heats and finishing 2nd in the main. In HPV-2, Kiel Spaulding stayed consistent finishing within the top 3 all race long, but in the main event he drove to the win. Donavon Wheeler finished 2nd. Another driver staying consistent was Kelsey Nilsson, she stayed within the top 3 in qualifying, and the heats, and finishing 3rd in the main event. Dylan Lupton would put in a great effort having struggled a little bit in the heats finishing 6th and 8th, he finished 4th in the main.

In Tag Senior, It seemed to play out that Will Martindale was the man to beat. He qualified 3rd, and won both the heats, also capturing the main event win all powered by his SwedeTech Parilla. Alex Speed stayed right there within the top 3 all race, he finished 2nd in the main.

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Hi Jason,  

  Justin finished 2^nd overall on the F80 LTD class in Portland last week.  We lead the first half of the race only to lose by .333 seconds at the end of the 30 minute race. We set fast lap and were a little faster than the Hegar Team driver, but, they did not show Justin the white flag for last lap and we were drafting in 2^nd place waiting for the last lap……so, bad timing and luck cost us the race. Live and learn I guess. We had the fastest 80 on the track and Justin drove it very well…  

Thanks!  

Jim  

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Hey Jason,

We want to thank you again for getting our motor out so quick and rushed. You guys did a great job and it showed for our last state race. Check it out- http://coloradokartracing.com/news.php

Thanks Again.

The Schermerhorns.