September 27^th, 2010

Elliott brings home strong finish with help from Wesley Boswell! 

This past weekend Austin Elliott found himself at the Blue Max Kart Club “BMKC” in Davis, CA for the forth round of the Gold Rush series. Coming off of a win from Round three, Austin was looking strong coming into the race. In qualifying Austin would put up a time good enough for the third starting position. Austin would get a great start in the heat race, falling into the second position, but could not advance any further. Making some tweaks on the chassis and some discussion on the driving, Austin was ready for the final. Taking the green flag from the front row, Austin would get stuck on the outside of turn one and got shuffled back to the third position. Making a charge on lap eleven Austin made a late breaking move into turn one for the second position. Pulling away from third and now catching the leader, Austin ran out of laps and had to settle for second.

“BMKC is one of my favorite tracks, and I really thought I would have something for the leader in the final” stated Austin. “This will make for a very exciting final race, as I have now fallen back to second in the points by only five points”. Austin’s next race will be the fifth and final round of the Gold Rush series at Kinsmen Kart Club on October 17^th.

September 20th, 2010

Boswell tunes Sharkey to bring home three podium finishes!

This past weekend was the final round of the WKA Manufactures Cup held at the New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, NJ for SCS Racing driver Shawn Sharkey. Shawn calls this "NJMP" his home track, and was looking to bring home to good results to finish off the season. On Saturday in KPP heavy Shawn would post a time in qualifying good enough for the 4th position. In the heat race Shawn got a great start falling into the 4th position but on lap two got punted off in turn nine falling back to the 15th position. In the final event Shawn made a stellar run making it all the way up to the third position for a podium finish. Struggling a little in the Yamaha lite class, Shawn posted a time in qualifying that would put him in the 6th starting position. The bad luck continued in the heat race with Shawn as he would have to retire early due to a upper rod bearing seize in the engine. Starting the race from the 28th position, Shawn was ready to do the same as he did in the KPP final. Coming from the back, Shawn passed eighteen karts and took the checkered flag finishing 10th.

Starting out Sunday in KPP lite Shawn would yet again post a qualifying time to put him in the 4th starting position. Shawn would hold his own in the heat race in 4th and advance one position in the main for the 3rd position and another podium finish.

The struggle continued in Yamaha Jr. Heavy on Sunday, posting a time in qualifying that would put him starting the heat race in the 7th position. Figuring things out in the heat race Shawn would advance three positions and finish in 4th. Getting even faster in the main, Shawn moved up one more position for 3rd and brought home his third podium for the weekend.

"This weekend was a bit of a struggle for me" stated Shawn "a lot of ups and downs, but we came home with three podiums which was good. I want to thank my sponsors that make this possible SCS Racing, Franklin Motorsports, P1 Engines, and Grand Products."