May 23, 2024
The US Trophy West series concluded this past weekend with a doubleheader event at the beautiful Grand Junction Motorspeedway facility in Grand Junction, Colorado. The COMPKART team fielded three drivers in Senior MAX; Theo Kekati, Cooper O’Clair and Gio Santora and alongside the three drivers was Micro MAX driver Conner Lypka.
After the two days of practice, it was Santora who set the benchmark by qualifying pole with is two teammates hot on his tale. As the day progressed on Saturday (two heats and a final) the final came down to last lap excitement as O’Clair was able to best Kekati for the win and a cool $2,500 prize while Santora battled hard to finish eight after a PBB penalty took him just off the podium. In Micro MAX Lypka was able to battle consistently in the lead pack throughout the day, but the action yielded the young driver some unfavorable positioning and he ended the day in a solid fourth place finish.
Sunday’s final day of action proved to be nothing short of action packed as the Senior MAX trio was able to take the top three spots again this time with O’Clair taking first, Santora second and Kekati third. The heats were exciting as they lead into a last lap battle in the final again between Kekati and O’Clair with Kekati getting the win this time as O’Clair crossed the line in second and Santora took home a well-deserved fifth place. In Micro MAX Lypka improved on Sunday with taking second overall after heat race classifications, thus setting up an exciting final run where he was able to finish on the box in third place.
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