BBR KartingMini Max Sunday Report
Trey Brown has been winning at the local and regional level
all year, but not yet at the Challenge. The Tony Kart driver began
Sunday’s final roundof actionoff right, posting the fast lap inqual-
ifying. His 55.918-second lapwas quickest of the17drivers,with
local driver Tomas Mejia (Top Kart) off by 59 thousandths. Mexi-
can driver Sebastian Alvarez (CRG) was not far off in third, with
Saturday top qualifier ConnerWick (Kosmic) and Payton Durrant
(Birel) completed the fast five.
A restart was needed for the Prefinal, with six drivers making
up the lead group. Brown showed the way but was hounded by
Alvarez formuchof the13 lap race.Wick hadother ides,making
a move from third to first with just a few circuits remaining. The
attempt did not stick, as Brown assumed the point with Alvarez
dropping to third. The top two pulled away as Brown scored the
win overWick. Alvarez went off on the last lap, exiting turn sev-
en. He finished ninth in the order as Jacob Blue Hudson (Energy)
crossed the line third, ahead of FilipNiemkiewicz (AM Kart) and
Mejia. Following tech, Hudson was removed from the results for
an engine issue, moving everyone behind him up one position.
The Final came down to three drivers, Brown, Niemkiewicz,
andMejia. Wick was within the leaders until he went off on lap
three, with other contenders like Hudson and Tavella involved in
a wreck. No one could match the pace set by Mejia during the
second half of the race. Taking over the lead from Brown on lap
11, the local driver drove away to his first ever Challenge victory.
Niemkiewicz edged out Brown for the runner-up step of the po-
dium, with Marco Kacic (CRG) fourth and Hannah Greenemeier
(Arrow) her first top-five of the series. The #GoRotax Hard Char-
ger Award went to Durrant once again, after cutting the track at
the start of the Prefinal put him to the tail of the field in the main
event, working his way up to a sixth place performance.
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