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(St. Louis, MO) It was Walters Motorsports second event ever for running a shifter. The last time was with an 80cc shifter at a small track in St. Louis. Now the team took on the heavy challenge of driving an ICC with absolutely no testing at one of the biggest national races of the year. It was the WKA Manufactures Cup race in New Castle, IN against some of the toughest competitors in the country.
Evan was forced to travel to the track on Friday with no help, the rest of the crew had other things they needed to take care of in St. Louis. Vogel Racing hauled the kart to the track for us and let Evan pit under their tent. This meant 15 year old Evan was forced to learn an entirely new machine all on his own, as Vogel Racing had a lot of business to take care of running 4 karts that weekend within 2 drivers. By the end of the day Evan had worked a lot of the bugs out of his driving and would be just about ready to do some racing.
(Norman, OK) Champion Racing in Norman, Oklahoma at the Oklahoma Motorsports Complex is back again for the 2007 karting season as the sole North America importer for Intrepid Kart Technology. This year, however, they are doing things a little differently than in the past years. There are now Intrepid distribution areas through separate dealers across North America. The reason behind this change is so that Champion Racing can better serve their customers. Champion Racing attends all the major races, but with these new distribution areas it will help Intrepid grow even more rapidly and meet their customer’s needs more efficiently. There are only two distribution areas left to fill for the 2007 season.
Another change to the 2007 karting season is that Leading Edge Motorsports is teaming up with Intrepid in order to oversee operations. Greg Bell from Leading Edge Motorsports and Rodney Berryhill will be supervising the mechanics and mechanic work within team Intrepid. Brett Berryhill will be in charge of managing engines. Together they will supervise the entire Intrepid team in all their different operations.
(St. Louis, MO) This Thursday January 4th (Tomorrow) Walters Mototsports will be jumping into your living room from New Castle, IN. The race will be televised on the Speed Channer (www.SpeedTv.com). This is the STARS of Karting race hosted May 19th – 21st of the 2006 racing season. The will be showing the ICA class and the JICA class. Evan will be driving the black and orange Caribbean Creme #399.
The Stars of Karting Series is the top karting series in North America. It has already had many races hoested on TV from both the Speed Channel and the VS network. The series brings drivers from all over the country and as you watch the broadcast you will constantly hear names that are familiar to you. Many IRL drivers, Indy drivers, F1 drivers, and many other forms of out racing has had drivers come out of this series in just the past few years. A few of the drivers you should know if you are in any kind of racing are Danica Patrick who currently races in the Indy Car Series and another is Scott Speed who as of right now is the only US driver on the F1 circuit driving for team Red Bull.
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