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Story by: Sue Nuttall 
The 2 Cycles took center stage at the Burris Circle Tour August 3rd at Lake Geneva (Wisconsin) Raceway with drivers in 3 classes sweeping the heats and features.  The “High Revs” event spotlighted the driving talent of the Kid Karts, Jr. Yamaha and Yamaha Sportsman Drivers.  Austin Hintt, a 2nd grader from Poplar Grove, Illinois won the feature, both heat races and the prizes for fastest lap in the Kid Kart Class.  Jessica Brannam, from McHenry, Illinois, handily won the Jr. Yamaha leg of the event and Eric Freiberg, a Lockport, Illinois resident took home the victory for the Yamaha Sportsman
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 The Kid Kart Feature started with Driver Introductions and a parade lap around the big 1/3 mile high banked oval.  The 13 drivers kept in a tight formation until the green flag dropped.  Then it was 5 across, 3 deep.  Once the drivers got sorted out, Hintt had a sizable lead.  A few seconds back, a 4-way battle was raging.  Morgan Schissel  narrowly beat  Travis Sabotka at the stripe for the second spot.  Elliott Prichett and Zaida Clevenger rounded out the top 5.

 Jessica Brannam, a 7th grader at Johnsburg Jr. High, used her Enduro experience to take the top honors in Jr. Yamaha.  Today’s special event included a long feature race, and Jessica demonstrated why she has 64 feature wins to her credit in speedway, oval and enduro racing.  Carly Mandarino, Ryan Wykes and Joe Mandarino finished in the second through fourth spots.

 The Yamaha Sportsman Feature was very close as Eric Freiberg fought off numerous challenges from Seth Lootans. Jake Mogan and Eric Frisby rounded out the podium.
 Other standout performances in today’s action included a 10-lap showdown in Jr. Sportsman Champ.  At the final flag, Tyler Blume earned his third feature win of the year by a mere 1/100th of a second over Colton Clevenger.  Dylan Barbosa stayed in the mix until the very end for a third place finish. Matt Scott swept the heat races and the feature in the Jr. Champ class after a strong challenge from Matt Vice.

 Series Points Leader, Jordon Thiel posted his first victory of the year.  Jordon has finished in the top 4 in every race this season.  Zack Axlen had his best day of the year in Jr. 3 with one heat race victory and a second place in the feature, only 2/10ths of a second behind Thiel.  Bill Hulbert, with the fastest lap of the day in Jr. 3, earned the third place trophy.

  Drivers winning in other classes included Alex Stumpf – Jr. 1 Lite, Ben Stumpf – Jr. 2 Lite, Chris Lynch – Sr. Champ, Brandon Eash – Sr. Heavy & Sr. Medium, Shane Morrissey – Sr. Lite & F200, and Joe Chiapetta – Sr. Sportsman.  The Burris Tour will return to the Illiana Motor Speedway for the next race on the schedule, August 17th.  Nortown Racing is sponsoring the Jr. Champ Kart Classic.