Burris Circle Tour
 Event Date: 05/16/2004 
 Venue: Rockford Raceway

The Sr. Sportsman, a traditionally competitive class at the Burris Circle Tour, added to the history Sunday with last lap action that was most exciting finish of the day. When the white flag dropped with one lap

 
Close Racing, Exciting Finishes and Championship Fun Mark the
First Appearance a the Rockford Speedway in 2004

to go, J.J. Adams held a narrow lead. Right behind him were Dave Terrifino and Peter Byrne. On the backstretch, the jockeying for position started as Amy Ghislain made an inside move and Rob Blake in the #4 kart moved outside. As the pack of five karts rounded the last turn, they were wheel-to-wheel. After a hard pull to the finish line, Terrifino edged out Adams for the win followed by Byrne and Blake.

The top five karts in Sr. Lite finished within a third of a second. At the stripe Nick Chiapetta took his second feature of the year by a mere .002 of a second over Tanner Bohlen. Bohlen protected his comfortable lead of a tenth of a second over the hard charging trio of Rich McGill, Tyler Middleton and Jeff Everts. Memorial Day Weekend, these drivers are the headliners for the 5th Annual Burris Twin 50’s at the Rockford Speedway.

Mikey Briener dominated the F200 Pro race with his Kohler powered machine. Mikey had his kart hooked up perfectly as he went for the hat trick winning the F200 Sr Feature, Qualifying and the F200 Pro race. Paul Weter and Chris Lishamer rounded the podium.

Other winners on the day were: Eric Freiberg – 2 Cycle Sportsman Lite and Sr. Medium, Macknzie Piller – Champ F200 Jr. 1, Rachael Pinerman – Champ Jr. 3, Ross Kenseth,- Champ F200 Jr. 3, Morgan Schissel – F200 Jr. 1, Alex Stumpf – Jr. 2 Lite, Damian Jenks – Jr. 3 Lite, and Jacob Van Wazer – Kid Karts.

The Burris Circle Tour Holiday Series kicks off Memorial Day Weekend back at the Rockford Speedway with a show featuring over 120 of the Midwest’s best kart racers.


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