Nick Chiapetta puts an Explanation Point on his Burris Circle Tour Championship

The 2004 Burris Circle Tour came to a dramatic end at the Rockford Speedway when Nick Chiapetta sealed the Overall Championship Title while coming in second, just inches behind Jeff Everts. Everts, Chiapetta, Adam Carlson and Mike Terrafino had been drafting until the last corner when they sprinted, 4-wide for the line. Chiapetta also won the Sr. Lite Class Championship with Everts, Zach Axlen, Tyler Middleton and Jordon Thiel finishing in the top 5.

The rest of the day was just as exciting with many points battles yet undecided. The hair-raising Jr. 2 Class finished with a flurry as Cory Talaska, Alex Stumpf and Andy Jones bumped, spun and slid across the finish line. Stumpf won the day and Talaska earned the season Championship. Other members of the Top 5 in the class were Stumpf, Jones, Matthew Holzgrafe and Mike Flores.

Cory Domenick had the field covered in the Champ F200 Jr. 3’s as he took a commanding lead early in the race and held off the rest of the field in the 25-lap feature. Ryan Marshall ran second to capture the Season Championship in this brutally competitive class. Other top finishers in the season points were Max McNamara, George Clos, Jimmy Sivia and Ross Kenseth.

In other Champ Kart Action, Mackenzie Piller, Dylan Barbosa, Tom Colson and Brad Becker each won their feature events today. The leader board for the season included Piller, Jacob Zellmenr and Brett Woeckener in Champ F200 Jr. 1; Barbosa, Jamie Clos, Sean Clavey and Zach Saran in Jr. Sportsman Champ; Stephen Kammerer in Champ 4 cycle Jr. 3 and George Bobolos, Aaron Phillips and Nicole Phillips in Sr. Champ.

The competitive Sr. Sportsman class ended in a flurry with several members of the lead draft getting tangled up going into the white flag lap. Fortunately for Dave Terrafino, he had enough of a points cushion to make his unscheduled visit to the infield not quite so painful. The final results for the season showed Terrafino on top with J.J. Adams, Amy Ghislain, Tyler Traber and Rob Blake (and his all girl pit crew) in second through fifth.

Trevor Raisbeck continued his dominance of the 2-Cycle Sportsman class, today beating Brad Plunket and Eric Frisby. For the season Raisbeck and Plunket finished one-two with Destini Clark in third.

Damian Jenks had his hands (and bumper) full in a tough Jr. 3 class. Early in the year Jenks dominated the class, but as other young drivers improved, Jenks found it increasingly challenging to stay out front. Early in the race, the other leaders drafted by Jenks on the inside to leave him struggling at the rear of the field. Jenks gathered it up and methodically worked his way to the front one kart at a time. At the stripe, Jenks beat Tommy Jones by less than 1/3 of a second. For the season, the Jr. 3 podium was Jenks, Tyler Peterson, Tommy Jones, Aaron Katzenberg and Ben Stumpf.

Joel Adams won his first F200 Class Championship. Chris Lishamer, this week’s feature winner was second for the year and Amanda Lishamer was third. Tiffany Wester and Mikie Briener also finished in the Top 5. Morgan Schissel won the F200 Jr. 1 championship.

As the World Turns has nothing on the plot twists we saw this year in the Kid Kart class. The young drivers started the year very green and were lucky to all turn left at the end of the straight-a-way. By the end of the year, new faces were at the front, drafting was well understood and 3-wide battles at the stripe were common-place. This week, Brennan Frisby was the top dog. For the season, Elliott Pritchett, Cody Lipsturer and Joshua James were the best in class.

Race Promoter, John Nuttall finished the day saying, “It was a great 9th season for the Burris Circle Tour. Plans are already underway for our 10th anniversary, which will be memorable for all of the families, that race with the Burris Circle Tour. All of the news will be posted on the website at www.karts.net/burriscircle.”