Karters race to first wins
Two first-time winners shared the spotlight with multiplerace winners when karting returned to Merrittville Speedway for the first time in two weeks.
Chris Crowe of St. Catharines and Randy Hollingshead set the pace in the Junior 2 Division and Senior Fun divisions, respectively, for the first time this season.
Jaedon Lawson’s victory in Junior Restricted feature was his seventh of 2018. Travis Majuery of Niagara Falls also raced to win No. 7 in Senior Animal as karting returned to the Thorold track following a rainout.
Junior 1 took the week off. Following are the top five finishers and heat winners from Tuesday night’s features:
Junior 2, 15 laps: 1. Chris Crowe; 2. Nigel Pendykoski; 3. Hana Rothwell; 4. Cohen Corbett; 5. Trevor Evans. Heat winners: Pendykoski, Rothwell. Junior Restricted, 15 laps:
1. Jaedon Lewis; 2. Logan Iliffe; 3. Jacob Mamo; 4. Colton Lane; 5. Amber White. Heat winner: Lawson, both heats. Senior Fun, 20 laps: 1. Randy Hollingshead; 2. Lenny Wiley; 3. Noah Mamo; 4. Jacob Broughton; 5. Ron McGarry. Heat winners: Wiley, Hollingshead. Senior Animal, 20 laps: 1.
Travis Majuery; 2. Devon Rayment. Heat winner: Majuery, both heats.
Weather permitting, kart races are back on track Wednesday. Pits open at 5:30 p.m. with the first green flag set for 7 p.m.