Challenge of the Americas CalSpeed 2019

ALEX SIRAGUSA COLBY DUBATO Ruthless Karting Senior Rok Saturday Report Cooper Becklin was able to come away with his first victory at The Challenge winning the Senior Rok division. The Senior rookie scored the win in the Prefinal after last year’s double winner Jake Drew (PGR / Ric- ciardo) was taken off track for a rear bumper detached. It was the same in the Final as Becklin (GKH / Birel ART) ran out front until challenged by a charging Drew, who came up from 15th on the grid to fight for the victory. As they fought for the lead, Drew had his rear bumper detach once again, thus receiving the meatball flag before the white flag. That allowed Beck- lin to cruise to his first series victory by three seconds over Colby DuBato (PGR / Ricciardo). Alex Siragusa (FW / CompKart) completed the podi- um over top qualifier Ethan Barrett (Kosmic) with last year’s champion Jim McKinney (Ruthless / Exprit) rounding out the top-five.