2011 Route 66 Coverage


Route 66 Series 2011 Awards Banquet News

Coverage from route 66 sprint series 2011 banquet

Over 240 people attended the 2011 Route 66 Series awards banquet on the evening of November 5 where over $65,000 in award and merchandise were given out. The banquet was held at the beautiful Crowne Plaza Hotel ballroom in Springfield, IL. Awards were presented to the point champions from 15 classes with 107 positions being awarded to the drivers in attendance. Junior classes were awarded back to 10th position with the remaining classes awarding at least the top five in season points.

The kids enjoyed free drawings by a caricature artist while the adults socialized during the cocktail hour preceding the dinner. Following the dinner, master of ceremonies Rick Fulks, who served as race director throughout the season, began the awards presentations. As the class point champions were called to the stage, music that each class champion had personally picked out was played when they were recognized. Some class champions gave a brief speech to thank their supporters. Recognition awards included crystal eagle trophies for class champions and silver cup trophies for 2nd through 10th in points. During the awards presentation, each driver’s photo was projected onto a screen showing their kart in action from one of the season’s events.

Merchandise awards given to the drivers included drivers suits for the class champion, Streeter Big Foot kart stands, Bridgestone tire sets, Oktane Visual helmet paint jobs by T.J. Koyen, Comet Kart Sales gift certificates, Laukaitis Racing gift certificates, Snipes chain aligners, Douglas magnesium wheel sets, L & T clutches, MyChron4 gauges, MyChron steering wheels, MyChron timers, Snipes lazar front end gauges, AIM transponders, Douglas standard wheel sets and miscellaneous gift cards. And the top eight in Kid Kart points all received new bicycles.

New series awards were given this year to the most improved Senior class driver (won by Cal Stewart), most improved Junior driver (won by Collin Griffin) and most improved Junior Sportsman/Rookie driver (won by Spike Kohlbecker). Sportsman of the year award went to Lamar “Cowboy” Humphries. Collin Griffin also received an award from Kart Sports North America/ Team Arrow Racing that will provide him with a chassis and support to use at a 2012 WKA Man Cup series event.

All drivers receiving awards were entered in a drawing for an Arrow kart chassis which was won by Brandon Lemke. Many of the drivers were also eligible for engine award drawings. Engine drawings were held for four Yamahas, 2 KPVs and a TAG Leopard. Winners of the Yamahas included Spike Kohlbecker, Becker Reardon, Christian Ledesma and Adam Crepin. KPV engines were won by Chad Kruger and Clair Ruenger. Adam Crepin also won a TAG Leopard engine.

Special recognition awards were given to the series sponsors, class sponsors, race event sponsors, special awards sponsors, engine builder series champion (Adkins), chassis manufacturer series champion (Merlin) and to the series workers and administrators. For the non-drivers, many family prizes were drawn for donated by Marx Fireplaces and Lighting, Stan and Lisa Guess of Express Karts and Parts, Matt Dial Racing and Brittin Photo.

For all series drivers in attendance, many prizes were drawn for using a prize board system. Prizes included sets of Bridgestone tires, sprocket sets, a Yamaha engine blue-printed by Triple E, Go-Pro cameras, Red Line Oil gallons, Burris Oil cases, RLV SSX cans, Mychron4 gauges, Douglas Wheel sets, L & T clutches, Tillett seat certificates, tire gauges, drivers gloves and many other gift certificates from various class sponsors.

At the end of the awards presentation, several great raffle prizes were drawn for. Brad Peterson won a 2011 Margay Brava Senior kart and Brandon Klein won an Arrow Junior kart. Colton Peterson won a KPV engine package. Grant Branscum won a Kartlift high-performance stand and Denise McQuinn won an $849 Weber Genesis gas grill.

At the conclusion of the nearly two hour awards ceremony, more socializing and dancing to a DJ took place along with viewing of racer’s favorite GoPro videos from the season which were projected onto a large screen for all to enjoy.

A special thank you goes out to the following supporters who helped make this years banquet possible: Bridgestone, Margay Racing, Laukaitis Racing, L&T Manufacturing, Russell Karting Specialties, Franklin Motorsports, Comet Kart Sales, Kartlift, AIM Sports, Ballistics Designs, KartSport North America, Driveline, Tillett, CKT, Burris, Streeter Superstands, Oktane Visual, WKA, Haddock Ltd., Express Karts & Parts, Triple E Sales, Tomar and Marx Fireplaces & Lighting.

The 2012 Route 66 Series race schedule will soon been announced and the series is expected to have a seven weekend schedule. Events will be held at Mid-State Raceway, Concepts Haulers Motor Speedway, Badger Raceway, New Castle Motorsports Park and Michiana Raceway Park. For more information about the series visit www.route66kartracing.com .

The following drivers received year-end awards:

KID KART CHAMPIONSHIP

Kart Star Motorsports

  1. #18 Talan Drake – Riverside, Iowa
  2. #25 Kyle West – Quincy, Illinois
  3. #28 Tyler Allison – Mexico, Missouri
  4. #76 James Lynch – Chicago, Illinois
  5. #55 Mason Santiago – Joliet, Illinois
  6. #22 Hayden West – Quincy, Illinois
  7. #75 Sinead Lynch – Chicago, Illinois
  8. #9 Jena Rentmeister – Mt.Pulaski, Illinois

YAMAHA JUNIOR HEAVY

Vogel Heating & Cooling

  1. #55 Collin Griffin – Winfield, Illinois
  2. #09 Robby McQuinn – Springfield, Illinois
  3. #3 Michael Geringer – Elburn, Illinois
  4. #14 Kenlen Morse – Plainfield, Illinois
  5. #69 Anthony Granata – Itasca, Illinois
  6. #77 Jeremy Klein – Naperville, Illinois
  7. #52 Elliot Finlayson – Yorkville, Illinois
  8. #45 Chris Gray – Naperville, Illinois
  9. #39 Jimmy Tapocik – Springfield, Illinois
  10. #69X Dillon Morley – Moline, Illinois

TAG I SENIOR

Franklin Motorsports

  1. #9 Cal Stewart – South Beloit, Illinois
  2. #18 Drake Ostrom – Moline, Illinois
  3. #26 Justin Vancil – Quincy, Illinois
  4. #97 Mark Vielgut – Hubertus, Wisconsin
  5. #37 Adam Crepin – St.Louis, Missouri

YAMAHA ROOKIE LITE

CKT Racing Engines

  1. #5 Spike Kohlbecker – St. Louis, Missouri
  2. #18 Michael Paterno – Willowbrook, Illinois
  3. #22 Matthew Northrop – Sugar Grove, Illinois
  4. #36 Brendan Trent – Clayton, Indiana
  5. #84 Grayson Shankleton – Champaign, Illinois
  6. #75 Sam Mayer – Franklin, Wisconsin
  7. #10M Evan Moore – Quincy, Illinois
  8. #7 Stephen Dial – Elwood, Illinois
  9. #10 Tyler Studant – Winfield, Illinois
  10. #17 Cohle Santiago – Joliet, Illinois

YAMAHA SUPERCAN LITE

Adkins Speed Center

  1. #18X Jimmy Clark – LaGrange, Illinois
  2. #18 Drake Ostrom – Moline, Illinois
  3. #81 Matthew Laukaitis – Decatur, Illinois
  4. #406 Darin Marcus – Northbrook, Illinois
  5. #7 Brad Brittin – Springfield, Illinois
  6. #1 Kevin Bowler – Woodstock, Illinois
  7. #37 Adam Crepin – St. Louis, Missouri
  8. #01 Mike Nesbitt – Decatur, Illinois

YAMAHA SPORTSMAN LITE

Triple E Sales

  1. #7 Becker Reardon – Sheridan, Illinois
  2. #79 David Malukis – Franklin Park, Illinois
  3. #37 Thayne Chapin – Maquoketa, Iowa
  4. #47 Kaleb Allison – Mexico, Missouri
  5. #01 Brandon Lemke – Eagle, Wisconsin
  6. #27 Dillon Schwanbeck – Poynette, Wisconsin
  7. #88 Alec Evers – Rochester, Illinois
  8. #83 Egan Shankleton – Champaign, Illinois
  9. #24 Brant Carter – Davenport, Iowa
  10. #14 Brandon Klein – Naperville, Illinois

FORMULA YAMAHA MASTERS

Margay Racing

  1. #08 Chad Kruger – Springfield, Illinois
  2. #41 Dave Timmerman – Dubuque, Iowa
  3. #12 Kenny Price – Dewey, Illinois
  4. #7 Clair Ruenger – Verona, Wisconsin
  5. #19 Bob Kaminski – Lombard, Illinois

YAMAHA SPORTSMAN HEAVY

Two Cycle Technology, Inc

  1. #47 Kaleb Allison – Mexico, Missouri
  2. #37 Thayne Chapin – Maquoketa, Iowa
  3. #01 Brandon Lemke – Eagle, Wisconsin
  4. #27 Dillon Schwanbeck – Poynette, Wisconsin
  5. #7 Becker Reardon – Sheridan, Illinois
  6. #24 Brant Carter – Davenport, Iowa
  7. #9 Riley Yates – Rockton, Illinois
  8. #83 Egan Shankleton – Champaign, Illinois
  9. #12 Ryan Weyer – Hubertus, Wisconsin
  10. #88 Alec Evers – Rochester, Illinois

FORMULA YAMAHA SENIOR

Streeter Super Stands

  1. #18 Drake Ostrom – Moline, Illinois
  2. #37 Adam Crepin – St. Louis, Missouri
  3. #21 Brian Zirves – Antioch, Illinois

KOMET SPORTSMAN

Ballistic Designs

  1. #01 Brandon Lemke – Eagle, Wisconsin
  2. #83 Egan Shankleton – Champaign, Illinois
  3. #4 Alex Bertagnoli – Algonquin, Illinois
  4. #24 Colton Peterson – Stoddard, Wisconsin
  5. #23 Owen Leatherberry – Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

KOMET SENIOR

Jet Karting

  1. #18 Drake Ostrom – Moline, Illinois
  2. #406 Darin Marcus – Northbrook, Illinois
  3. #7 Brad Brittin – Springfield, Illinois
  4. #17 Michael Haggar – Greenfield, Minnesota

YAMAHA ROOKIE HEAVY

Switch Racing Engines

  1. #18 Michael Paterno – Willowbrook, Illinois
  2. #5 Spike Kohlbecker – St. Louis, Missouri
  3. #36 Brendan Trent – Clayton, Indiana
  4. #10M Evan Moore – Quincy, Illinois
  5. #84 Grayson Shankleton – Champaign, Illinois
  6. #7 Stephen Dial – Elwood, Illinois
  7. #10 Tyler Studant – Winfield, Illinois
  8. #17 Cohle Santiago – Joliet, Illinois
  9. #29 Blake Bauman – Nashotah, Wisconsin
  10. #75 Sam Mayer – Franklin, Wisconsin

TAG II SENIOR

KartLift High Performance Kart Stands

  1. #9 Cal Stewart – South Beloit, Illinois
  2. #18 Drake Ostrom – Moline, Illinois
  3. #26 Justin Vancil – Quincy, Illinois
  4. #94 Nick Nile – Lisle, Illinois
  5. #711 Dillon Kranz – Columbus, Wisconsin

YAMAHA JUNIOR LITE

Express Karts & Parts

  1. #55 Collin Griffin – Winfield, Illinois
  2. #14 Kenlen Morse – Plainfield, Illinois
  3. #69 Anthony Granata – Itasca, Illinois
  4. #09 Robby McQuinn – Springfield, Illinois
  5. #52 Elliot Finlayson – Yorkville, Illinois
  6. #77 Jeremy Klein – Naperville, Illinois
  7. #00 Christian Ledesma – Joliet, Illinois
  8. #3 Michael Geringer – Elburn, Illinois
  9. #69X Dillon Morley – Moline, Illinois
  10. #41 Killean Keaveny – Annadale, Minnesota

YAMAHA SUPERCAN HEAVY

Comet Kart Sales

  1. #18X Jimmy Clark – LaGrange, Illinois
  2. #18 Drake Ostrom – Moline, Illinois
  3. #37 Adam Crepin – St. Louis, Missouri
  4. #81 Matthew Laukaitis – Decatur, Illinois
  5. #01 Mike Nesbitt – Decatur, Illinois
  6. #08 Chad Kruger – Springfield, Illinois
  7. #6 Kyle Prokup – Granville, Illinois
  8. #99 Tim Brinkman – Chatham, Illinois