Kingston, TN - 2016 Results

[David Weaver]

Here are the results (top 3) for Kingston, TN.

JH: Karissa Mitchell, Sam Tennell
850 MH: Mark Wheeler, Eric Keerps, Josh Kimble
850 MR: Brandon Boyd, Frank Dodge and Steve Kohlstein

MOD North American Champions

350 MH - Brandon Boyd, Tom Burwinkle and Mike Hauenstein
500 MH - Eric VanOver, Jasen Dircksen and Steve Roskowski
750 MH - Eric VanOver, Jasen Dircksen and Fred Hauenstein

500MR - Jasen Dircksen, Mark O'Brien and Steve Roskowski
750 MR - Jerry Davids, Frank Dodge and Brian Palmquist

PRO National Champions

125cc H - Kristi Ellison, Will Augustine and Bob Cronin
175cc H - Bob Cronin, Brent Simmons and John Maddrell
250cc H - Chris Hellsten, Kevin Ellison and Marc LaRose
K RPO - Ryan Gowin, Mac Hellsten and Nate Mitchell
OSY 400 - Daniel Korpe, Matt D'Agostino and Chris Johnson

1100CC R - Jerry Davids / Valerie D'Agostino, Kevin Ellison/Will Augustine and Dwight Malhiot/Daniel Korpe

ACSH - Jim Nilsen, Jack Campbell and Kyle Deptula
ACSR - Jim Nilsen, Dwight Malhiot and Duke Johnson
ACRH - Justin Gibson, Jack Campbell and Jim Nilsen
ACRR - Jack Campbell, Justin Gibson and Duke Johnson

[Jeff5P]

Thanks for the results and all your hard work at Kingston.

Jeff

[deverhart1]

I had a ball. Great place to race. Thanks for all the hard work every one did to make it happen

[David Weaver]

A little color from the race weekend. We enjoyed a good day of testing on Thursday from about 11:00 AM until 5:30 PM. Thank you to the volunteers that took turns working the patrol / tow boats. I believe that everyone stayed dry while testing. Again this year, the fine restaurant Gloria Jeans hosted the race teams and officials for dinner following testing.

The antique guys really got after it this year with very competitive heats of racing. If my memory serves me correctly, C Racing Hydro experienced a flip in every heat! I also recall a flipped C service runabout. Trying to go out for a heat of C Racing Runabout, R-18's flywheel came off with the top of the crank!!! Well, this will give Dwight something to work on when he arrives home. Jim Nilsen was able to secure two wins in the Service classes.

Ryan Gowin ran away with K PRO using a well tried hydro from the state of Washington that has won many championships for many young drivers. Mac Hellsten was in pursuit, but did not have quite enough speed to catch Ryan. Nate Mitchell and Sam Tennell each competed in K PRO for the first time and drove very well.

The Mod guys competed for North American Championships in addition to 850cc hydro. Eric VanOver secured good wins in 500 MH and 750 MH. Jerry Davids also had two wins taking 750 MR and 1100cc R (Val D'Agostino riding along). Jerry managed to hold off two Konigs in the rough conditions f the first heat and scored enough points to get the win. Brandon Boyd completely removed the bottom of his 750 MR with a hard hit during the start of the first heat. He was OK and came back to win 350 MH on Sunday. His runabout is going to need a lot of work. But he looked good walking around in the center of the boat that he was able to carry from the inside following the wreck! Brandon also experienced a busted bottom in the first heat of 1100cc runabout while running third.

The OSY class had a great shoot out. Danial Korpe came all the way from Washington and was rewarded with a hard fought victory. Matt D'Agostino was very well prepared and drove in his typically outstanding manner. Chris Johnson stole the start of the second heat and was never headed as he took that win. Ryan secured enough points to edge out Matt for the win.

Kristi Ellison dominated the 125 class with very fast lap times. Will Augustine gave chase, as did Bob Cronin and Brent Simmons. Bob bounced back to win 175 hydro handily. Brent put together 3 good heats to secure 2nd place. John Maddrell found the right prop in the final 2 heats to overcome no points in heat 1.

Chris Hellsten got his long racing weekend off to a good start in 250cc hydro finishing ahead of nephew Kevin, Marc LaRose and David Weaver. Kevin also drove 1100cc runabout for the first time with Will Augustine serving as deck rider. The boat ran well and it is easy to say that they had a blast!! Dwight had speed on everyone, but chucked a shear pin leaving the pits in heat two.

We all enjoyed being back in Kingston and look forward to returning there in 2017.