IKF Sprint/Shifter Grand Nationals
June 19-23, 2007
Buttonwillow Raceway Park
Buttonwillow, CA
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 | Neil McCoy left with five Eagles and four Duffy’s
(Photo: Go Racing Magazine) |
SATURDAY, JUNE 23
The final day of racing at the 2007 IKF Sprint/Shifter Grand Nationals presented by King Taco and Pacific F2000 can be summed up by two words, Neil McCoy. This kid was hot all week, but really loaded up on the goods today. In fact, PKS drivers swept all the classes today with five wins and McCoy leading the way.
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Day 4 Final Results
 | With a stellar week, including two Duffy's, Nick Johnston was awarded the Lake Speed Excellence Award
(Photo: Go Racing Magazine) |
FRIDAY, JUNE 22
Well, day three of the IKF Grand Nationals presented by King Taco and Pacific F2000 went pretty well. We were able to add three more drivers to the list of IKF experts and Rhonda Mimms Brown presented the Lake Speed Excellence award as part of the awards today.
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Day 3 Final Results
 | Jacob Neal had to go with a back-up kart and still earned the Formula Y victory
(Photo: Go Racing Magazine) |
THURSDAY, JUNE 21
Day two of the IKF Grand Nationals presented by King Taco and PanaVise took place again under very sunny skies at the always fabulous Buttonwillow Raceway Park karting circuit. Today might have been the most exciting day of racing I have ever seen at this track. We had passes, we had crashes, and we even had a DQ for a Duffy, but what we didn’t have was a dull moment. Results will be official Friday morning sometime but as of now everything is unofficial and pure speculation on my part!
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Day 2 Final Results
 | Joey Licata Jr. earned his first Duffy of the week in Senior Sportsman
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20
Well, the IKF Grand Nationals are finally here for 2007. Even though they came early this year it still seams like it took a long time to get to this point. Some of that comes from living in So-Cal where we have the luxury of racing year round and the season never really ends, just blurs together. Either way we are here at Buttonwillow Raceway Park, it’s hot, and we actually had a pretty good first day of racing. You never know how things will play out on race day, but the first day of an event is probably the hardest. At the time of leaving the track tonight at 7:45 PM PDST tech was not cleared so all race recaps are very unofficial.
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Day 1 Final Results
TUESDAY, JUNE 19
This week, the best karters along the West Coast and across the Western half of the United States will battle for one of the toughest trophies to earn in karting, the International Kart Federation Duffy, as the 2007 IKF Sprint/Shifter Grand Nationals will take place at the Buttonwillow Raceway Park kart track. The organization, celebrating its 50th anniversary, will be hosting five Grand National events during the year, with this week’s event the first on the docket. Over 400 entries are expected to contest the on the seven-tenths mile circuit located just 30 miles west of Bakersfield, CA, all vying for the Duffy, a 13 pound bronze statue on a wooden base.
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