After dodging rain during their last race, area go kart racers were blessed with an almost perfect weekend.

STEAD (May 15) – NNKC (Northern Nevada Kart Club assembled this weekend for the third race in its 2016 season. This time Mother Nature cooperated and gave the racers great weather.

In racing the idea is to never give up, that is until the checkered flag flies. And that was proven in the day’s final race.

“The race was pretty good, he (Mike Faker) just had a little mistake and looped it around, so I just got by him, pretty lucky but I’ll take it,” Jeremy Kay said after winning the Stock Moto 125 main, his first victory in this class. “I was driving the wheels off the thing, as hard as I could go. Sometimes it seemed like I would catch him and other times he’d pull away.”

Then he thanked his parents, grand parents, Mark Nason, Brian and Rodney Rivera, the track, his competitors and the Man Above.

When the main began Mike Faker took off and appeared to leave every in his dust. Behind him Kay and Jeff Wamre were giving chase.

Early in the Stock Moto 125 shifter race, Mike Faker (10) leads Jeremy Kay (11).

At the halfway point everyone was spread out and it seemed that Faker was on his way to a sure victory.

But with less than three laps left he spun his kart in the first part of Turn 3. This gave Kay, who was only two seconds behind, the chance he needed to sprint into the lead and roar off to the win.

Jeremy Kay heads for the checkered flag and victory in the Stock Moto 125 Shifter main.

This time the club omitted the hill and made Turn 3 into a right, long left that tightened up then ended with another sweeping right.

Kay, who is 15-years-old, wasn’t the only teenager to find success on this day.

The Sr./Sumo LO206/Clone main had a dozen drivers in it as this race combined two classes. The Sumo are heavier drivers while the Seniors were lighter.

Zach Rivera (8) leads his uncle Brian (53) and Gary Guzelis in the Sr./Sumo LO206 main.

On the green Zachery Rivera, another 15-year-old, took off with his uncle Brian Rivera, in the Sumo class, and Gary Guzelis giving chase. By the second lap it was evident that Zachery Rivera was in command as he increased his lead every lap.

Behind the leaders the “real,” race was for fifth as Kelly Chinander held off Brud Beaudoin and Rick McLeod. Lap after lap she kept the position despite constant pressure from the other two drivers.

Under pressure Kelly Chinander (18) somehow manages to hold off Rick McLeod (59) and Brud Beaudoin (51) during the Sr/Sumo LO206 main.

Eventually there was an almost three-wide charge through the left-right-left Turn 8 complex and this really never works. Beaudoin spun while Chinander was still able to hold her position.

In the final laps McLeod got past her and heading to the checkered Chinander’s motor gave up the ghost so she coasted across the line.

Up front Rivera ended with full straight lead over his uncle. In fact his margin of victory was 9.594 seconds.

In the post race weigh in he said, “It feels great but I’d like to see more competition out there. I had Kelsey (Nelson) before, it was fun battling it out with her but I don’t know where she was this race. It does feel good to win but at the same time is sucks to go out there and just ride around.”

Then he thanked Arturo, who bought Zach the kart he’s using, “that go kart is just beautiful.”

“It’s really fun to come out here and fun to run with my uncle and seeing us both in the same go karts going at it,” he said. “Thank my dad a lot, he does everything for me.”

Nelson didn’t race Sunday as she was getting the club’s new scorekeeper up to speed. And Zach’s father Rodney owns Nevada Kart Sport.

The F-80 race was another run away. Right after the start Jeremy Holm just left everyone in his dust and roared away to the victory.

By the first lap in the F80 main, Jeremy Holm was pulling away from the pack.

Behind him the closest race was for third as Jeff Wamre and Ryan Holm dueled. Unfortunately that one ended with contact that sent Wamre into the Turn 8 barrier.

Fortunately Wamre wasn’t hurt but not feeling too kindly about Holm, who finished third behind Brock Gardner and winner Holm.

After the race Holm said, “It was a more relaxing race, we’ve had some front end problems on my kart today that we’ve been watching. So I just pulled away for a little bit then I put in cruise and made sure the kart made it to the end.”

He also liked the Turn 3 complex as he got his first win on that configuration. Then Holm thanked his father, Kurt who finished fifth, Kay Motorsports that donated tires so his brother could race and his mother.

The Tag Masters main was a family affair with two brothers leading the small pack.

When the green waved Steve Ryckebosch took off. Behind him his brother Mike was third then moved into second and the chase was on.

Steve Ryckebosch on his way to winning the Tag Master’s main.

Lap after lap Mike slowly closed the gap but in the end Steve reached the checkered flag first with Mike second ahead of third place Mike McMullen.

Afterwards Steve Ryckebosch said, “I was just trying to be conservative, I don’t want to blow up myself. I don’t think he could catch and pass me but he could catch me. Our times are so dead even that the start is the key.”

Unlike last season there are more kid kart drivers competing, this season there are two boys and two girls. These youngsters are earning their racing spurs and are the youngest drivers out there.

Tarron Graves was the Kid Kart winner.

They drive low power karts and use a standing start when they begin their races. Tarron Graves was the winner with Mia Wright and Alyssa Winters taking second and third.

There were 10 drivers in the Jr-1 LO206 main although two of them didn’t finish the 14-lap event.

The start was held for a lap due to a stalled kart that had to be restarted and time given so that driver could catch up to the field. On the green Brooks Anderline and Boden Barnwell took off and left the pack in their dust.

This was about a close as anyone got to Jr-1 winner Brooks Anderline. Here Boden Barnwell is chasing him.

Two laps later Anderline had established his command of the race and would keep extending his lead on his way to the victory. Behind him Barnwell was second ahead of Heavyn Hill and Wyatt Sander, who finished third and fourth.

After the race Anderline was asked which part of the track he liked the best and he said, “That place over there, in short three and out long three. I need to thank my mom, dad and Cole Nelson Racing.”

The last group was the Jr-2 LO206 class. The LO206 motor is the one now favored over the Clone motors that weren’t too reliable and the new ones are proving their worth.

When the race began Aiden Hawkins took off with Issac Bourque chase. Later it became a three-way duel for second between Bourque, Chase Dulude and Jake Gizelis.

Right after the Jr.-2 main began, eventual winner Aiden Hawkins (42y_ was being chased by Chase Dulude (37), Issac Bourque and Jake Gizelis.

With five to go Hawkins was lapping the slowest karts while, behind him, there was a scramble in the Turn 3 complex. At the end Guzelis finished second ahead of Bourque and Dulude.

All in all it was a good day for racing. Now the club gets ready to make up its rained out season opener this Sunday.

OTHER RACING NEWS

• This Tuesday Teresa’s Garage will have as its guest Pandora Garcia, one of the female NNKC drivers. This reporter will be on around 2:15 p.m. while Garcia will be on after that.

You can either listen to the show on 1180 AM, KCKQ or stream it on www.amm.streamon.fm.

• NASCAR’s three top divisions spent the weekend at the Monster Mile, Dover, Delaware. Three native Nevadan’s competed in two of the races.

On Saturday Brendan Gaughan finished 15th in the Xfinity race. In Sunday’s Sprint Cup event Kurt Busch finished fifth while younger brother Kyle was involved in a wreck and ended up 30th after starting 3rd.

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RESULTS

Northern Nevada Kart Club – Round 3

Desert Park Raceway – May 15, 2016

+Kid Kart (6-Laps): 1. Tarron Graves, 2. Mia Wright, 3. Alyssa Winters.

DQ: Cooper Perez.

+Jr.-1 LO206/Clone (14-Laps): 1. Brooks Anderline, 2.      Boden Barnwell, 3. Heavyn Hill, 4. Wyatt Sander, 5. Austin Perez, 6. Kendra Winters, 7. Austin      Hawkins, 8. Adrian Brown.

Not Classified: Landon Kwapich, Korey Sander

+ Jr.-2 LO206/Clone (14-Laps): 1. Aiden Hawkins, 2. Jake Guzelis, 3. Issac Bourque, 4. Cahse Dulude, 5. Bryce Berry, 6. Caleb Mayer, 7. Kaili Hill.

+ Sr. Heavy LO206/Clone (14-Laps): 1. Brian Rivera, 2. Brandon Walsh, 3. Jason Anderline, 4. Maz Glenn, 5. Chris Wright.

+ Sr. LO206/Clone (14-Laps): 1. Zachery Rivera, 2. Gary Guzelis, 3. Rick McLeod, 4. Kelly Chinander, 5. Brud Beaudoin, 6. Jon Mayer.

Not Classified: Jacob Ciari.

+ Tag Masters (14-Laps): 1. Steve Ryckebosch, 2. Mike Ryckebosch, 3. Mike McMullen.

Not Classified: Lexus Kay.

+ F-80 (14-Laps): 1. Jeremy Holm, 2. Brock Gardner, 3. Ryan Holm, 4. Ken Brown, 5. Kurt Holm, 6. Russell Dudley.

Not Classified: Jeff Warmre

+ Stock Moto 125 (14-Laps): 1. Jeremy Kay, 2. Dean Andrews, 3. Jeff Wamre, 4. Doug Hunter, 5. Tom Gardner, 6. Mike Faker.