Some serious bragging - but not about how much By Sue Nuttall LAKE GENEVA, WI - Braggin' Rights were on the line in the 2003 Gold Runner Challenge for the Burris Circle Tour - and the line was a very a thin one. Nick Chiapetta, from Downers Grove, Illinois held off a surge from four other drivers to win the 25-lap feature event in high profile race. Chiapetta was hot all day. He started strong with a qualifying effort second only to Adam Carlson. He then went on to beat the field in a short 4-lap dash. And finally, led the feature from start to finish. The dashes, always a crowd favorite, boasted passing in every lap. Chiapetta won, while Jordan Thiel, Zach Axlen, Billy Hulbert, Mason Hadley and Adam Carlson finished in 2nd through 6th. The second Dash Group saw Nick Beinlich, last year's Purple Shootout winner in victory lane. Top finishers in this dash were Nick Miller, Tyler Middleton, Scotty Thiel and Carly Mandarino. Chiapetta had to work at it to earn the right to brag about his feature win. Jordan Thiel was drafting right behind Chiapetta and pulled to the inside on the last straight a way. The drivers were running side by side and Thiel had the momentum. Then in the last few yards, Chiapetta got wings and sailed across the finish line - a victory of inches. The action right behind the leaders was intense. Bill Hulbert, Mason Hadley, Zach Axlen, Nick Beinlich, Tyler Middleton and Adam Carlson were all in a block 2 wide, 3 deep. When Hulbert, Hadley, Axlen and Beinlich blocked to protect their lines against each other, a lane opened low and Tyler Middleton dove right for it, picking up 3 spots in the last 100-yard. Adam Carlson followed him through, improving his finishing position by 2 spots. The top 5 were Chiapetta, Jordan Thiel, Billy Hulbert, Tyler Middleton and Mason Hadley. Jordan Thiel retains his overall BCT Series Points lead and Billy Hulbert is close behind in second place. The Jr. Sportsman Champ Kart class was quite a show today with the top 4 finishing within _ second of each other. Dylan Barbosa was the early leader. Then last week's, Jr. Champ Kart Classic winner, Jacob Zellmer took the top spot until lap 14. The battle in the last 1/8th of a mile had Colton Clevenger using the new asphalt to hold the line to the outside and swing around the others to steal the victory. Barbosa went low to finish second, Zellmer held on for third and Rachel Pinkerman had an outstanding race for the final podium position. Mackenzie Piller, George Clos and Ben Hewitt also turned in excellent performances. Highlight performances in the other classes were turned in by: Brad Becker with his first feature award in Sr. Champ Karts. Alex Stumpf - winning in Jr. 1 and taking the lead in the Jr. 1 points battle. Rich McGill a double winner in Sr. Lite and Sr. Medium. Matt Vice winning his 3rd feature of the year in Jr. Champs. Austin Hintt's 4th feature of the year in the Kid Karts. Amy Ghislain win in Sr. Heavy. Joe Chiapetta victory to strengthen his lead in Sr. Sportsman. 2003 Burris Circle Tour Results - 8/31/2003 Jr. 3 Lite Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 19 Nick Chiapetta Downers Grove, IL 2 X2 Jordan Thiel Appleton, WI 3 88 Billy Hulbert Channahon, IL 4 71 Tyler Middleton East Hazel Crest, IL 5 8 Mason Hadley Channahon, Il 6 08 Adam Carlson Lisle, IL 7 17a Zach Axlen Sheboygan, WI 8 88b Nick Beinlich Lincolnshire, IL 9 2 Nick Miller Freeport, IL 10 90 Andrew Hintt Poplar Grove, IL 11 1 Scotty Theil Sheboygan, WI 12 9 Carly Mandarino Glen Ellyn, IL Jr. Sportsman Champ Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 8 Colton Clevenger Cherry Valley, IL 2 24 Dylan Barbosa Yorkville, IL 3 17 Jacob Zellmer Eagle, WI 4 21 Rachael Pinkerman Palatine, IL 5 24 Mackenzie Piller Dixon, IL 6 11 George Clos Palatine, IL 7 5 Ben Hewitt DeForest, WI 8 94 Tyler Blume Oregon, IL 9 20 Jacob Bandaly Villa Park, IL 10 1 Brett Woeckener Eagle, WI 11 6 Sean Clavey Northbrook, IL Jr. 1 Lite Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 6 Alex Stumpf Menasha, WI 2 16 Cory Talaska Campbellsport, WI 3 47 Cody Daul Shicoton, WI 4 8 Matt Holzgrafe Downers Grove, IL 5 24 Cody Potter Pell Lake, WI 6 8D Caylie Duncanson De Pere, IL 7 11 Andy Jones Gurnee, IL Jr. Champ Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 22 Matt Vice Woodale, IL 2 33 Brian Freiberg Lockport, Il 3 2 Matt Scott St. Charles, IL 4 38 Ryan Marshall Kansasville, WI 5 2x Michael Bilderback S. Beloit, IL 6 2D David Brady 7 2b Jimmy Sivia Waukegan, IL 8 11 George Clos Kid Karts Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 96 Austin Hintt Poplar Grove, IL 2 71 Morgan Schissel Marshall, Wi 3 76s Travis Sabotka Richmond, IL 4 8 Zaida Clevenger Cherry Valley, IL 5 76s Teddie Stumpf Menasha, WI 6 8 Jacob VanWazer Lombard, IL 7 70 Brennan Frisby Genoa City, WI 8 23 Thaddeus Malosh Newark, IL 9 36 Trevor Kelley Janesville, WI 10 9 Elliott Pritchett Sycamore, IL 11 5 Jordan Jagielski Burlington, WI 12 14 Jared Bolton Jr. 2 Lite Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 10 Ben Stumpf Menasha, WI 2 6 Alex Stumpf 3 16 Tyler Peterson Lake Geneva, WI 4 87 Aaron Katzenberg Pell Lake, WI 5 18 Mike Bartlett Waukegan, IL 6 0 Tommy Jones Gurnee, IL Sr. Champ Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 27 Brad Becker Burlington, WI 2 14 Nicole Phillips Sycamore, IL 3 18 Aaron Phillips Sycamore, IL 4 12 George Bobolos Chicago, IL 5 11 Jim Maher Wauconda, IL Sr. Medium Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 19 Rich McGill 2 52 Ryan Rockhold Pekin, IL 3 21 Shane Morrissey 4 36 Brandon Eash Rockford, IL 5 94 Mike Terrafino 6 5 Eric Freiberg Lockport, IL Sr. Heavy Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 55 Amy Ghislain Twin Lakes, WI 2 29 Jay Badgley Carpentersville, IL 4 56 Tyler Traber Powers Lake, WI 5 36 Brandon Eash Rockford, IL Sr. Lite Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 19 Richard McGill Chicago, IL 2 21 Shane Morrissey Cuba City, WI 3 24 Jimmy Johnson Lincolnshire, IL 4 03 Jeff Everts Channahon, IL 5 44 Joe Johnson Slinger, WI Sr. Sportsman Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 28 Joe Chiapetta Downers Grove 2 4 Rob Blake Glen Ellyn, IL 3 81 J.J. Adams Wonder Lake, IL Yamaha Sportsman Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 37 Seth Lootans Bristol, WI 2 84 Eric Frisby Lindenhurst, IL 3 55 Eric Freiberg Lockport, IL F200-OHV Position Kart # Name Hometown 1 08 Shane Morrissey 2 8 Tiffany Wester Hampshire, IL 3 98 Chris Lishamer Elgin, IL