The weather was raining off and on for Race 1 of the Manitoba Karting Championship at Gimli Motorsport Park. This made for some challenging race conditions as karters had to deal with a track that was changing from wet to dry and back to wet again. Fortunately the track dried out and stayed dry after the first final.

Highlights of Race # 1

The 2015 Canadian Region Briggs and Stratton Weekly Series Champion John Buzza had pole and lead flag to flag but behind him everyone was challenging for 2^nd place. First it was Jeff Fulham, then Jeff Bachalo, but by the final lap Stephen Bachalo got by his father and took the runner-up spot. John won with Stephen 2^nd and Jeff Bachalo 3^rd.

In Micro Max Silas Gershman had pole and kept the lead to the finish with Josh Gill 2^nd and Nicolas Carriere 3^rd.

Mini Max had Brad Bachalo on pole and he won easily with Mandy Veselinovich 2^nd and Tiana Bovino 3^rd.

Junior Rotax had Rylan Despins on pole but there was a three-way battle for the lead at the start. Curtis Veselinovich got the lead on lap 4 followed by Rylan and Logan McDonald. Curtis stretched his lead up to the last lap when Rylan reeled him in and drafted Curtis to a photo-finish. Curtis won by 0.01 seconds with Rylan 2^nd and Logan 3^rd.

Senior Rotax had Jeff Fulham on pole and he won with Morgan McDonald 2^nd and Dallas Korell 3^rd.

Next race is Sunday May 29 at Gimli Motorsport Park for more information on the MKA, visit http://www.manitobakarting.ca

Race # 1 Results:

Junior 1 Briggs: #4 Josh Gill

Junior 2 Briggs: #20 Bianca Bovino

Senior Briggs: #1 John Buzza

Micro Max: #03 Silas Gershman

Mini Max: #87 Brad Bachalo

Junior Rotax: #99 Curtis Veselinovich

Senior Rotax: #631 Jeff Fulham

DD2 Rotax: #439 Alexis Budel

DD2 Masters Rotax: #66 Mark Sawatsky

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