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| 2007 Badger Raceway |
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| Derek is on the far left (#98) |
2007 Badger Raceway details
Derek-7th (Yamaha Junior Sportsmen)
On April 29th, Derek was given an opprotunity to race a 100cc kart for the first time when
Brad Kuhn's son Eric was unable to compete and Derek was tabbed as the replacement driver. Derek had not driven a kart in
three years and had never driven a kart with the bigger 100cc displacement. After spinning out a few times in practice, Derek
came to grips with the kart (Fox) and was able to run strong the entire day. There was some excitement in the feature race
as Derek and several drivers behind him came up on lapped traffic. As the group entered the sweeper, a high speed right
handed corner, the last place kart unexpectlantly knifed in front of Derek causing the two karts to touch wheels and throw
Derek up into the air about 4 ft. Derek's kart then came down on top on the backmarker's left shoulder and proceeded to bounce
off him and land on all four wheel like nothing had happened. Derek continued on but the lapped driver was injured and unable
to continue, causing a red flag. Fortunately the young boy only sustained a bruised shoulder, but both karts did not make
out as well. The bodywork on both karts was heavily damaged, but fortunately Mr. Kuhn decided to put on some old bodywork
prior to the race. Derek managed to finish in 7th place out of 17 karts in each race, although the electronic scoring for
the feature race had him 9th because the two karts behind him illegally went around one more lap after the red flag incident.
Derek had a great time and a special thanks goes out to the Kuhns for the enjoyable weekend the entire family had.
2006 Road America details
Scott-13th (Sun. 125cc Shifter II)
After missing the 2005 season due to weddings and starting up a Semi-Pro Football team, Scott
returned to Road America to try and improve on his 9th place shifter finish of two years ago. Because of a last second decision
to race due to other obligations (coaching Derek and Ashley's Little League teams), Derek, Scott and Stan weren't
able to get to the track until noon on Sunday, which did not give them any time to play with the carburetor
jet settings, tire pressures or any other set-up items. The Birel/Honda also still had used tires on it and they missed
all three practice sessions. Scott soon found out on the first lap that any and/or all of these setup items would
have helped greatly. It was also tough going into the race after not having driven for two years but at least Scott was able to
get out and race at his favorite track in the world. Scott started the race in 85th place (overall), but
he quickly managed to carve his way up into the middle of the pack and moved into 7th in his class while enjoying drafting
with about 12 other karts the rest of the way. Sometimes Scott would be in 14th coming out of Carousel Corner and
by the time they got to Canada Corner he had drafted by 11 other karts to move into third. On the last lap, he was in 14th
and about to draft by the karts in front of him when the 13th place driver drove two wheels off the track at 120
MPH and almost took Scott out with him. Because of this, Scott had no chance to catch the karts ahead of him before they reached
the checkered flag so he had to settle for a 13th place finish. Later, Grandpa Stan and Derek told Scott that the
race was the most exciting they had seen. Scott sold all of his karting equipment after this race so he could spend
more time with his family and on other interests.
| 2004 Milwaukee Mile (Wisconsin State Fair Park) |
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| Derek pushes his dad's kart out to the grid |
| 2004 Milwaukee Mile (Wisconsin State Fair Park) |
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| Scott on the main straight |
2004 Milwaukee Mile details
Scott-5th (Sun. 125cc Shifter II)
For the first time since the early
70's, the Wisconsin State Fair Park (called the Milwaukee Mile to racers for the last century) decided to hold an enduro kart
race. Scott was very interested in doing this because his dad and Harvey Ashenbrenner had raced (and always won) there back
in the 60's with the Banchi FKE (see pictures on the photo album page). Due to Scott's football coaching obligation to
West Bend East, he was unable to race or qualify (once again) on Saturday because the team had a game. On Sunday, with limited
practice, Scott started 22nd (last) and looked to make some quick moves to get up the field so he could draft with some of
the faster karts on the long straightaways. Well, when they got to the tight corner of infield portion of the track, another
driver cut Scott off and damaged the nose of his kart. Not only did this hurt the aero-dynamics of the kart, it held Scott
back from reaching the lead pack. By the time they got to the main straight he was unable to draft with the karts that were
faster in a straight line and his race was pretty much doomed. Because of this, Scott was only able to attain a 5th place
finish, which was a shame because he was easily the fastest driver in the infield portion of the track. Scott now had competed
at most of the kart tracks he set out to do with the exception of just a few. It was now time to wait until the
2005 season.
| 2003 Blackhawk Farms Raceway |
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| Scott is in the last row on the inside. He ended up finishing 2nd |
2003 Blackhawk Farms (IL) details
Scott-2nd (Sat. 125cc Shifter I)
Scott-2nd (Sun. 125cc ShifterII)
Scott and his dad Stan (pit crew) had a great weekend in Illinois coming away with two 2nd
place finishes. Because of a severed throttle cable, Scott missed qualifying and subsequently had to start at the
back of the grid, although the silver lining was that in practice his times were up with the best racers in his class. The
race on Saturday should have been even better after Scott had evidently (according to the spectators on the pitwall)
won by a couple of feet at the line, but the electronic scoring system showed the same times for each driver. After a long
discussion with track officials, Scott decided to concede victory to the other driver to get in an effort to shut him
up. After Hall handed over the win several witnesses came up to him and said he definately should have been the
victor. Either way it didn't diminish what may have been Scott's best race since moving
up to the shifter class in the middle of last season. After starting 38th (2nd last), he moved up 12 positions on the first
lap and over the next 15 laps, Scott proceeded to pass numerous drivers, one-by-one until he got into 3rd position
entering the penulimate lap on the 1.8 mile road course. Hall made a move on the much more experienced Greg Wright of Rapid
Racing (Clermont, IN) coming out of turn 5 and Hall then set his sights on the leader Harold Diehl Jr. Hall got up to Diehl's
rear bumper as they headed onto the long Blackhawk main straightaway and now it would be a drag race to the finish. Using
the draft, Hall was apparently able to edge past Diehl by two feet as they hit the start-finish line but at the post-race
tech stand the electronic scoring did not come up with a definitive winner. After some discussion Hall elected to give the
win to Diehl and the rest is history.
Sundays raceday started much the same way as Scott missed qualifying again (this time due
to tardiness after he drove home on Sat. nite and brought the family back with him early Sun. AM). This time he
started 28th (dead last) but managed to have a great start (shifters have a formula 1 style standing start) again and passed
several karts before the first turn. Hall continued to pick off karts throughout the race, eventually moving up to a
respectable 2nd place but he never really challenged for the lead as Dean Opperman won walking away by over 13 seconds. All
in all, it was a great weekend and the team looks forward to the next time they get on the track.
| 2003 Road America Super Nationals |
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| Scott is racing along the pitwall toward the back in the red driving suit |
| 2003 Road America Super Nationals |
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| Scott is in the back (81st) wearing the red driving suit. He ended finishing 32nd (10th in class) |
| 2003 Road America Super Nationals |
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| Scott with a broken nose piece after some bumping in Turn 8 |
2003 Road America details
Scott- 10th (Sat. 125cc Shifter I)
Scott- 9th (Sun. 125cc ShifterII)
It was a dream race weekend Scott had waited for all his life. It doesn't get any better
than racing a shifter at Road America, especially when you are up against nearly 100 of the best road racers in the country.
On Saturday, Scott started 81st out of 87 karts and had a great time flying all the way up to a 32nd (10th in Class) place
finish. He noticed the difference in speed compared to his laydown kart and was drafting with several others throughout the
entire race. One of the competitors (Jeff Estes of Illinois) had an on-board camera mounted on his helmet during the race
and he had plenty of footage of Scott battling back and forth with Estes and the others. Estes kindly gave a copy of the tape
to Scott after the race. On Sunday it was much the same as Scott battled again with Estes and several others and this time
Scott placed 25th (9th in class) out of 68 karters (many competitors headed back home after Saturdays races because of the
long distances they traveled from places like California, Texas, Florida, Oregon, Alabama and New York.)
Because of the huge entry list at Road America, trophies are given out to the top ten
finishers in each class so Scott walked away with trophies on both days. He had a blast hitting speeds well over 100mph
and drafting with so many other drivers.
| 2002 Road Atlanta Road Racing Grand Nationals |
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| Scott, Derek and Stan pose before the big race |
2002 Road
Atlanta details
Scott-21st (Sat. 125cc Shifter I)
Scott-4th (Sun. 125cc ShifterII)
Scott, Stan, Connie, Darlene, Derek, Ashley and Elway took an RV down to Georgia for the
Big South Road Racing Series Grand Nationals and also to spend time with Mark and his family over the Thanksgiving holiday.
Doug and his family also made the trip but drove separately. After some fine dining and tuning at Marks house, the clan
left for the famous Road Atlanta Road Racing course at 5:30AM on Friday morning. The weather was quite chilly (in the low
50's) for Atlanta which provided some slippery track conditions. On the 2nd lap of practice, Scott spun out in Turn
3 after mis-judging his braking point due to the steep uphill grade that leads into the corner. After making some adjustments
he hit the track again and found the track to his liking running consistent laps in the 1:48 range.
On Saturday, after starting 66th out of 69 karts, Scott was able to
pass about 40+ other drivers before having fuel pickup problems late in the race. Because of this he wasnt able to reach
top speed in 5th & 6th gear and this ultimately cost him 2 seconds a lap and several positions. In the end he ended up
finishing with a respectable 21st place.
Things went much better on Sunday. In the morning Scott and Stan,
along with the help of engine builder Johnny West, looked into the fuel pickup problem and found out that the fuel filter
was clogged. Scott had to miss the qualifying session while the team replaced the fuel filter (a three
dollar item) and made other adjustments to the kart. Because of this he had to start dead last in a 63 kart field. In
the race he had a great start and passed several drivers on the first lap and as he battled his way through the traffic
he had to be thinking how nice it was to get help from West Racing. Scott ended up registering a fast lap of 1:43 (five sec.
faster than Friday) to finish in a trophy winning 4th place and this made for a wonderful trip back home
to the Badger State. The team now looks forward to the next race which is at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in late March.
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| Road Atlanta's shifter field was huge (Karting News photo) |
Karting News Road Atlanta 125cc Shifter Coverage
Preston Peltier of North Carolina capped off a spectacular weekend winning two of three events, and the pole
for Sunday’s SKUSA feature at Road Atlanta. There were 95 karts on the grid for the start of Saturday’s Big South/SKUSA
race group one, with 15 Unlimiteds, followed by five B-Limiteds and 69 CIK/SKUSA 125cc shifter karts from 15 different states.
Peltier,
25, started 20th in the 69 kart field scurrying down the pit lane at the drop of the green, where the asphalt narrows down
to barely the width of two shifter karts and merges into turn two entry of the 2.5 mile famous racing course. Peltier charged
to the front with his CKT Honda powered Allkart with nearly an two-second lead on the fist lap. Unchallenged, he continued
to pull away to a 16 second lead. Peltier entered a fuel conservation mode the last five laps of the race because they used
the biggest jet they had ever used and had no data to assure them enough fuel to complete the race. Peltier lead flag to flag,
with official timing and scoring placing Eric Penz of Georgia at 23.107 seconds back in second position, Ray Spiers of Alabama,
Jack Beasley, Maryland and Joe Komyati of Florida rounded out the top five 29.18 seconds back.
Later on, the CKT race team continued their winning form in the Big South race two with an enormous 63 kart
field. Once again Peltier launched his kart from mid pack right to the lead beating even the Unlimiteds into turn one. He
continued to storm the field running the fastest laps that any 125cc kart turned all weekend. Like a carbon copy of Saturday’s
race, Peltier led flag to flag finishing third overall, and first in class over Firouz Haghighi of Texas, Nathan Weber of
Texas, Scott Hall of Wisconsin, with Mike Masters of Alabama rounding out the top five.
125cc Big South National Sprint Shifter (Race
2) - Sunday, Dec. 1, 2002
Pos. Driver
1 Preston Peltier
2 Firouz Haghighi
3 Nathan
Weber
4 Scott Hall
5 Mike Masters
6 Ray Spiers
7 Jack
Beasley
8 Robert Cline
9 Mike McClendon
10 Jerry Taylor
11 Lewis Cooper
12 Shannon Hill
13 Kyle Piepenbrak
14 Gary Marshall
15 Eric Penz
16 Greg Broussard
17 Timo Stark
18 Tim Tunney
19 Jeff Estes
20 Danny Roberts
21 Clayton Prater Jr
22 Mike Masters
23 Greg Loney
24 Stan Lowder
25 Scott Siegel
26
Greg Maxwell
27 Kyle Ward
28 Marco Greco
29
Scott Wilhelm
30 James Crawford
31 Howard Rice
32 Joseph Komyati
33 Matt Singleton
34 Joe Nye
35 John Gleiter
36 Lee Vicente
37 David Olsen
38 Brandon Fry
39 Jack Couto
40 Allan Davis
41 Michael Katterhenry
42 Oscar Navarro
43 Shaun Cain
44 Marco Greco
45 Kevin Webb
46 Ross Cathy
47 Paulo Rodrigues
48 Vince Crawford
49 Fred Lay
50 David Olsen
51 Brandon Fry
52 Jack Couto
53 Allan Davis
54 Terry Gour
55 Steve Thomas
56 Robert
Pretts
57 Adam Romito
58 John Bunn
59 Josef Nedbal
60 Lewis Cooper
61 Rick
Cothern
62 Fernando Rodriegues
63 Tristan Gour
125cc Big South National Sprint Shifter (Race
1) -Saturday, Nov. 30, 2002
Pos. Driver
1 Preston Peltier
2 Eric Penz
3 Ray
Spiers
4 Jack Beasley
5 Joseph Komyati
6 Matt Thornton
7 Mike
McClendon
8 Jerry Taylor
9 John
Gleiter
10 Donald Seckinger
11 Michael Hickey
12 Michael Katterhenry
13 Oscar Navarro
14 Shaun
Cain
15 David Aman
16 Nathan Weber
17
Joe Galyon
18 Shannon Hill
19 Werner Stark
20
Jay Gallagher
21 Scott Hall
22 Jonathan Jennings
23 Mark Givens
24 David Jackson
25 John Miles
26 Greg Broussard
27 Deep Pandian
28 Ed McClone
29 Larry Rogers
30 Gary Marshall
31 Robert Cline
32 Fred Lay
33 Timo Stark
34 Tim
Tunney
35 Jeff Estes
36 Danny Roberts
37
Clayton Prater Jr
38 Mike Masters
39 Greg Loney
40 Stan Lowder
41 Scott Siegel
42 Greg Maxwell
43 Kyle Piepenbrak
44 Marco Greco
45 Scott Wilhelm
46 James Crawford
47 Howard Rice
48
Matt Bettencourt
49 Firouz Haghighi
50 Kevin Webb
51 Ross Cathy
52 Paulo Rodrigues
53 Vince Crawford
54 Lee Vicente
55 David Olsen
56
Brandon Fry
57 Jack Couto
58 Allan Davis
59
Terry Gour
60 Steve Thomas
61 Robert Pretts
62
Adam Romito
63 John Bunn
64 Josef Nedbal
65
Lewis Cooper
66 Rick Cothern
67 Fernando Rodriegues
68 Tristan Gour
69 Micahel Rega
2002 Road America details
Scott-9th (Yamaha over 35)
Scott ran in the Sunday Yamaha Heavy Class with limited results. With the engine needing a rebuild and the driver having
a slight neck injury Scott only finished with a ninth place result although he had a helluva time racing
with 5 other karts. Due to the neck problem Scott decided it was time to sell the Margay Enduro Kart and purchase new
125cc shifter kart. We'll have to see what happens next year.
2001 Road America details
Scott-5th place (Yamaha over 35)
Scott was the only Hall to race at RA this season and he had quite an interesting race. After starting 17th, he move
to 5th place by turn 1 only to spin after going offline on the damp track(it rained heavily on Saturday morning). Scott
managed to keep the kart running and battled from the back of the pack for the next 44+ minutes as he came
home with a hard earned fifth place finish. Next year it will be time to put a new set of Dunlops on the kart.
2000 Road America details
Scott-7th Place (Yamaha 410)
Mike-12th Place (Yamaha SBX)
Mike and Scott were the only ones to race at Road America this year as Stan was exhausted from a
hard weeks work. Scott started 14th on Saturday in the Yamaha 410 class. After being passed in the last few feet before the
checkered he ended up with a disappointing 7th place finish. The sixth place driver beat him by 44/100th of
a second. On Sunday, Mike raced in the Yamaha SBX can class and fared worse with a 12th place finish. He was unable to get
any practice time because of a busy schedule and a lack of set-up ultimately hurt his chances of scoring a
podium finish.
Fun weekend at RA!
Although Hall Racing didn't fare too well, the weekend at Road America was still a wonderful
experience. The track may have been a little rough at the exits of Turn 6 and Turn 8, but otherwise it was as smooth
as glass. Badger Kart Club did a wonderful job over the weekend and it was especially enjoyable to take in the brat fry on
Saturday night. We are all looking forward to next year. Thanks BKC!
1999 Road America details
Stan-11th (Yamaha SSX)
Scott-5th (Yamaha Heavy)
Stan ran in the Saturday Yamaha SSX class and finished 11th. He had some trouble with the handling of the kart as
it was set-up for a much taller driver. Scott raced in the Yamaha 410 class on Sunday and fared much better. Scott set
his personal best lap time in the race with a 3min 4sec circuit. He battled for a podium throughout the
race but finished in fifth place.
1998 Road America details
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to locate)
1997 Road America details
Scott-1st (Yamaha Heavy) Sunday
Mike-3rd (Yamaha SSX) Saturday
Scott-19th (Yamaha Sprint Heavy) Saturday
Mike fought through the pack and came through with a strong third place finish on Saturday in the Yamaha SSX class. Scott
managed to place 19th after starting dead last in the large (42 karts) sprint class. On Sunday, Mike was gracious enough
to let Scott run his Margay enduro kart in the Yamaha Heavy class and Scott became an instant fan of the laydown chassis
as he blew past the field to get his first win since he raced at Badger Raceway back in the late 70's. Immediately after the
race, Scott began looking for an enduro kart of his own.
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