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COLBY DUBATO WESLEY BOSWELL Ruthless Karting Senior Rok Sunday Report Wesley Boswell (TonyKart) was in the fight for the Ruthless Karting Se- nior Rok win all weekend, but he had to battle it out with several young guns. Boswell topped the morning qualifying session over Cooper Becklin (BirelART) and Bijoy Garg (Exprit), and then maintained the lead and the pole position with a decisive win in the 15-lap Prefinal over Becklin. A victory in the main event was not in the cards for Boswell, however, as Becklin rose to the occasion to secure the overall series championship out- right with a scant 0.706-second triumph in the last race of the weekend. Boswell finished second. The race for the final step on the Senior Rok podium was a little chaotic as the fight came down to the final corner, with aggressive overtaking efforts shaking up the order. As the pack of karts led by Jim McKinney (Exprit) approached the final corner, Jordan Redlin (Vemme) took his shot at the podium with a move to the inside in the quick right hander that leads onto the frontstraight, and the resultant contact dropped McKinney down the order. Jake Drew (Kosmic) also left the racing surface, falling to eighth. Colby DuBato (Ricciardo) was the benefactor, slipping past the carnage to advance from sixth to third. Garg took fourth while McKinney ended up fifth in the final tally, following the avoidable contact penalties that were awarded to Redlin. Becklin’s win, coupled with Drew’s misfortune, gave the championship title to Becklin by 63 points. Becklin will head to the Rok Cup Internation- al Final in Italy, while Drew was awarded with an entry to the ROK the Rio in November.