Burris Circle Tour Duels with Mother Nature and Fights to a Draw By Sue Nuttall LAKE GENEVA, WI - The Midwest's rainy weather dominated the racing scene as the Burris Circle Tour returned to Lake Geneva Raceway on June 8th. Highlights of the rain-shortened event included a three-way battle in Sr. Medium, the first points race for the popular Kid Kart Class and a tight last lap dash in Sr. Champs. The Sr. Medium Class got off to an exciting start when Kris McCarty lost a tire coming out of turn 3. The tire went bouncing into the corn and Kris hung on in a nifty spin. On the restart Ryan Rockhold took the lead, then swapped with Brandon Eash. Coming down the final stretch, Rockhold, Eash and Eric Freiberg were racing side-by-side. The total difference at the stripe was less than 4/100th's of a second with Freiberg winning, Rockhold-second and Eash in third. In the second heat, two lead changes in the last two laps had the crowd on their feet. Eash had been leading with Rockhold drafting. On the outside lane, Freiberg and McCarty were paired up. Then Eash and Freiberg focused on each other, leaving a lane to the inside. McCarty dove down to take the lead and Rockhold followed her through. Eash settled for third and Freiberg finished fourth (still less than one second behind). Three new Kid Kart drivers made their rookie debuts at the Burris Circle Tour this week. Cory Talaska, Jacob Van Wazer and Thaddeus Malosh all had an exciting day as the Kid Karts joined the points race. Austin Hintt got off to a fast start, while Morgan Schissel had to chase him down. Schissel took over the lead in lap 3 and never looked back. Hintt held on for second place, Elliott Prichett and Talaska rounded out the podium. Other Kid Kart competitors included Trevor Kelly, Jordon Jageleski, Brennan Frisby, Joshua James and Jimmy Ryan. Aaron Phillips and Jacob Finney split the Sr. Champ races with a victory each. In the first round Jacob Finney won a tight one as he held off last lap challenges from Nicole and Aaron Phillips. In the second race, Aaron took a narrow lead, but had to fend off multiple challenges from sister Nicole. Brad Becker made his way from back in the pack to pass Finney on the last corner. Also in Victory Lane this week was Tiffany Wester - F200, Cody Daul - Jr. 1 Lite, Dylan Hobbs - Jr. 2 Lite, Adam Carlson - Jr. 3 Lite, Michael Bilderback - Jr. Champ, Tyler Blume - Jr. Sportsman Champ, Jessica Brannam - Jr. Yamaha, Brandon Eash - Sr. Heavy, Richard McGill - Sr. Lite, Dean Daul - Sr. Sportsman and Eric Freiberg - Yamaha Sportsman. The next race for the Burris Circle Tour is schedule for June 22nd at Illinana Motor Speedway. The feature event is the Nortown Automotive Sr. Champ Kart Classic. Gates open at 8:30 am. 2003 Burris Circle Tour Results Jr. 1 Lite: Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 47 Cody Daul Shicoton, WI 2 36 Derrick Gough Roscoe, IL 3 16 Cory Talaska Campbellsport, WI 4 8D Caylie Duncanson De Pere, IL 5 8 Matt Holzgrafe Downers Grove, IL 6 11 Andy Jones Gurnee, IL Jr. 2 Lite: Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 62 Dylan Hobbs Sterling, IL 2 16 Tyler Peterson Lake Geneva, WI 3 87 Aaron Katzenberg Pell Lake, WI 4 0 Tommy Jones Gurnee, IL 5 15 Patrick McCarty Kankakee, IL 6 2 David Brady Lake Forest, IL 7 8 Johnny Whitman De Pere, WI 8 18 Mike Bartlett Waukegan, IL Jr. 3 Lite: Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 08 Adam Carlson Lisle, IL 2 18 Tanner Bohlen Hortenville, WI 3 X2 Jordan Thiel Appleton, WI 4 88 Billy Hulbert Channahon, IL 5 8 Mason Hadley Channahon, Il 6 71 Tyler Middleton East Hazel Crest, IL 7 2 Nick Miller Freeport, IL 8 17a Zach Axlen Sheboygan, WI 9 90 Andrew Hintt Poplar Grove, IL 10 9 Carly Mandarino Glen Ellyn, IL 11 5 Nathan Counihan 12 19 Nick Chiapetta Downers Grove, IL Jr. Champ: Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 2x Michael Bilderback S. Beloit, IL 2 22 Matt Vice Woodale, IL 3 38 Ryan Marshall Kansasville, WI 4 2 Matt Scott St. Charles, IL 5 33 Brian Freiberg Lockport, Il 6 17 Tyler Kelley Oregon, WI 7 29 Frank James Slabenak Palos Park, IL 8 2b Jimmy Sivia Waukegan, IL Jr. Sportsman Champ: Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 94 Tyler Blume Oregon, IL 2 8 Colton Clevenger Cherry Valley, IL 3 24 Dylan Barbosa Yorkville, IL 4 17 Jacob Zellmer Eagle, WI 5 24 Mackenzie Piller Dixon, IL 6 5 Ben Hewitt DeForest, WI 7 11 George Clos Palatine, IL 8 1 Brett Woeckener Eagle, WI 9 20 Jacob Bandaly Villa Park, IL 10 29 Kyle Holden Pleasant Prarie, WI 11 6 Sean Clavey Northbrook, IL 12 21 Rachael Pinkerman Palatine, IL Jr. Yamaha: Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 94 Jessica Brannam McHenry, IL 2 9 Carly Mandarino Glen Ellyn, IL Kid Karts: Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 71 Morgan Schissel Marshall, Wi 2 16 Cory Talaska Campbellsport, WI 3 96 Austin Hintt Poplar Grove, IL 4 9 Elliot Pritchett Sycamore, IL 5 36 Trevor Kelley Janesville, WI 6 5 Jordan Jagielski Burlington, WI 7 8 Joshua James Saukville, WI 8 8 Jacob VanWazer Lombard, IL 9 70 Brennan Frisby Genoa City, WI 10 23 Thaddeus Malosh Newark, IL 11 72J Jimmy Ryan Pleasant Prairie, WI Sr. Champ: Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 18 Aaron Phillips 2 7 Jacob Finney Sycamore, IL 3 14 Nicole Phillips Sycamore, IL 4 27 Brad Becker Burlington, WI 5 49 Dennis Zellmer North Praire, WI 6 11 Jim Maher Wauconda, IL 7 12 George Bobolos Chicago, IL Sr. Heavy: Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 36 Brandon Eash Rockford, IL 2 55 Amy Ghislain Twin Lakes, WI 3 56 Tyler Traber Powers Lake, WI 4 29 Jay Badgley Carpentersville, IL Sr. Lite: Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 19 Richard McGill Chicago, IL 2 21 Shane Morrissey Cuba City, WI 3 86 Joe Moser Elkhorn, WI 4 24 Jimmy Johnson Lincolnshire, IL 5 36 Brandon Eash Rockford, IL 6 44 Joe Johnson Slinger, WI 7 7 Jeff Everts Channahon, IL 8 94 Mike Terrafino Berkley, IL 9 23 Ricky Johnson Lincolnshire, IL Sr. Medium: Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 52 Ryan Rockhold Pekin, IL 2 5 Eric Freiberg Lockport, IL 3 8 Kris McCarty Kankakee, IL 4 36 Brandon Eash Rockford, IL Sr. Sportsman: Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 46 Dean Daul Shiocton, WI 2 8D Sean Duncanson DePere, WI