Pacific Raceways Presents 1st Annual US National Extreme Karts

Head to Pacific Raceways March 20-21, 2010 to watch US National Extreme Karts battle it out at speeds up to 150 miles per hour!
Pacific Raceways’ 2.25 mile road course will feature nose to nose extreme kart racing, which makes an for an intense and exciting event for the whole family! The races start at 9am and go until 5pm on both days. Daily admission is $10 for adults, $5 for youth 7-14, and children 6 and under are free! There will also be drawings for spectators to race a kart at a future event; two adults and two juniors will win race entries.

One of the featured Kart racers is Chris Hegar, who races in three classes; Formula 125, Limited heavy, and Super stock CR 125, and he drives a Shark Shifter kart. Hegar has been racing for 20 years, and he is from Portland, OR. Hegar typically races in 4-5 events year. His brother, Ryan a fellow kart racer, is his strongest competitor.
Hegar commented on racing at Pacific Raceways, “regardless of the weather [I’m] excited to race at Pacific Raceways, …..[Pacific Raceways has] one of the best tracks, in terms of layouts, just not that many people realize the potential that this track has.” Hegar and his brother travel all over the country, thanks to sponsors; Hagar 4 Manufacturing, Shark Shifter, and NGK Spark Plugs.

Another featured Kart racer is Scott Beaudoin, who races in the CR 125 shifter class, and he drives an Aero kart. Beaudoin has been racing on and off since the 70’s, and he is from Vancouver, WA. Beaudoin’s father started racing in 1963, and his family had a Go Kart shop, Beaudoin grew up racing. The Hegar brothers are some of his strongest competitors. Beaudoin’s goal at the US Nationals are to have a dry event (hopefully), and having a good position on the last lap, Beaudoin said, “if you’re positioned correctly in the last lap, then you’ll do awesome, if you’re not positioned correctly or strategically, then you wont place as well.”
Beaudoin said the toughest hurdle is, “keeping note, getting a base set up to work off of, racing in general is always changing.” Beaudoin is able to continue racing thanks to his sponsors; BRW Racing, Kart-O-Rama in Sumner, WA.
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