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ItalKart 100cc Junior Saturday Report
The Italkart Junior 100cc class welcomed its fifth different winner on the year. At first, it was Cooper O’Clair (CompKart). The main event was fight between O’Clair and top qualifier Stephen Eisert (SSM / Exprit). Eisert started back in fourth and quickly ran down O’Clair to fight for the top po- sition. Despite their fighting, they maintained a solid advantage to make it a duel to the finish. As they approached the white flag, a yellow flag was waiving in turn one for a incident. Eisert was already in a defensive line to turn one, while O’Clair went around on the outside, making the pass for the lead through the yellow flag. O’Clair held the lead through the final lap and was the provisional winner, until a three-second penalty was handed to him for passing under yellow. That promoted Eisert to the top of the podium, moving O’Clair to second. Round One winner Christian Cameron (AKR / Tony Kart) wrecked toward the end of the Prefinal, and fought his way from 17th to the third step of the podium, beating out Pres- ton Lambert (GFC) for the position. Tristan Young (VemmeKart), the 2021 Junior ROK champion, drove to fifth in his Junior 100cc debut.
COOPER O’CLAIR
CHRISTIAN CAMERON