Kessinger dominates Mid-State Raceway's Supercan Class By Joe Brittin SPRINGFIELD, IL - Dustin Kessinger dominated the Yamaha Supercan class as he swept all three heats for the first time in his kart racing career, leading every lap of every heat. He won the feature event by over three seconds to runner-up Sara Hyslop. He used this race to prepare his Laukaitis powered Corsa kart for the upcoming Mid-West Sprint Series which will hold its opening round at Mid-State raceway on May 15 - 18. Kessinger plans on competing in the Mid-West Sprint Series along with running for a point championship at Mid-State Raceway. He also plans on competing in the Championship Enduro Series Sprint CIK Yamaha SSX Can class at select events. He is sponsored by Schnucks Supermarkets of Champaign, IL, Laukaitis Racing and Interstate Batteries. Dustin is studying computer engineering at Parkland College and plans to move into the 125cc shifter class in the next year or two. He credits the great support of his parents, Diane and Dennis Kessinger, for much of his success. For more information on the Kessinger Karting race team, visit his web site at www.kessingerkarting.com. His web site will have Mychron track maps available for downloading from all of the tracks he is competing at this season. He will also be posting several other useful karting set-up programs that will be available for downloading. RESULTS (April 27, 2003): Kadet Participants: Trevor Bobblitt, Trevor Gianetti, Kirsten Mosley, Nate Metcalf, Cody Morris, Jordan Laukaitis, Ryan Matthews, Brayton Gibbs 4-Cycle Rookie: 1.) Jack Miller, 2.) Nick Scaduto, 3.) Michael Martin 4-Cycle Junior: 1.) Jeff Green 4-Cycle Lite: 1.) Jennifer Best, 2.) Jess McKee, 3.) Chris Hale, 4.) Richard Hale 4-Cycle Heavy: 1.) Todd Hayes, 2.) Chad Kruger, 3.) Cameron Lane, 4.) Stephan Kammerer, 5.) Jerry Miller 2-Cycle Rookie: 1.) Matthew Laukaitis, 2.) Colton Ramsey, 3.) Gino Giannetti 2-Cycle Junior: 1.) Clay Yates, 2.) Jessica Moomey, 3.) Katie Lord, 4.) Tim Sykes, 5.) Sam Miles Yamaha Supercan: 1.) Dustin Kessinger, 2.) Sara Hyslop, 3.) Ross Johnson, 4.) Chad Robbins, 5.) Chris Barnhart 2-Cycle Senior: 1.) Jack Gerber