Brookings, South Dakota Recap Feb 5-7, 2009 :  FANTASTIC facilty and racing were on tap at Brookings, SD Swiftel Thunder races.  GREAT facility, Promoter - Mike Foster, staff, racers, action and fun were on tap and this event will be a return for ZRCE in 2009/10 Indoor Season...  We rank it in the top 2 for the year.  No feature wins, but plenty of heat wins. THANK YOU to Tyler Kelley for making the trip with the team and wrenching.  Cody took a HARD hit first night and went to his back up kart for the duration and actually got his first "flip" in the books.  He was fine and ended his feature with a 5th, flip and all.  Zack was fast but no feature wins in his column either but they knew he was there.  THANK YOU to Bryan Cataldi and TRICK SPEED TIRES for the insight, ADVANCED ENGINES and Andy VanCleef for the horsepower.

This ENDS Zack's indoor season - it's LATEMODEL TIME but Cody is ready for outdoor '09.  Zack also hopes to pick up a few outdoors on his off days. Zack and Tyler will be taking on the best in the Midwest at Madison and the Big 8 Late Model Season.   THANK YOU to all the folks we met this indoor season - we have several BIG changes planned for next year -  See you all then!

Video HiLites:  Here's a couple of links for the King of Concrete & Ft Wayne Rumble December race videos. Look close and you shoud be able to pickout Zack and Cody. Cody steering the 93 & Zack in the flatblack 94.  May take a minute or so to load but well worth the wait.  Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N1tI_Gn7vI King of Concrete 

January 20, 2009 - Indoor Karting Update.. after a break from the karting for LateModel stuff, the team has the Brookings, South Dakota race February 5-7th next on the schedule.  The team is getting down to crunch time with less than 90 days prior to the first Big 8 LateModel show at Rockford so the time line is getting extremely tight.

Next up for ZRCE:  Taking A Weekend Off ;) Des Moines sounds GREAT but due to the Rockford Racer's Auction and Zacks Lefthander going thru Zack, Cody & crew are going to be PLENTY busy!  We DO have the Brookings South Dakota race on the schedule the first week in February so that's the next "big one". Stay Tuned!

Fort Wayne, Indiana Rumble Series Recap December 26 & 27, 2008

12/28 Update:  Fort Wayne made for GREAT racing with a two day show.  Cody hit the track for Saturday's Junior Gold race with 1 practice prior to his heat race.  Had some problems with jetting on the motor in the first one and had a heck of a crash with the inside tire wall in the second heat (the WesBar held up great!) and he suffered minimal damage.  He was forced to start the Consi dead last and made his way up to third, one short of making the feature. 

Zack and team got the kart rolling somewhat better on Saturday.  He along with Mike May, Brandon Young and Nate Gressman were the ONLY 4 drivers to make all 4 features out of all the Senior racers there - Zack was the only Wisconsin driver in the group.  Zack ended up with no feature wins, but a couple heat wins and great racing!  Michael May was the man to beat and congrats to him on his last ride for Ivers Motorsports.  We wish him well in his 2009 races and hope to meet up with him over the summer at his races or Zack's.

THANK YOU to Tyler Kelley who made the trip with the team to wrench on Zack and Cody's kart.  Tyler's help has been HUGE this indoor winter season and we appreciate it!

12/27 Update: First off, thank you to whoever decided to help themselves to tires and such from our pits last night. We'll be keeping an eye out for them.  Racing Update.. Cody and Zack are both racing - Cody in Junior Gold and Zack Sr. Medium & Heavy and Zack should be on track right now.  Here's an like that will keep you uptodate on what's going on. http://karting.4cycle.com/showthread.php?t=228638

12/26 Update: Zack makes both Sr Races - Medium & Heavy: Resulting in 8th & 9th.  LOTS of nasty hits & wrecks.  Zack took a hard hit in Sr Medium which knocked the toe out bad but came back for an 8th place. The kart & driver are in one piece but kart is not responding to adjustments as well as wished for... now driver & crew need to put their thinking caps on and make improvements over night for Saturday's race.  Either way being the only Wisconsin Sr Driver making both shows and kart & driver in one piece are SUPER.  Cody's racing is on hold until a decison is made on whether to put him on track at this EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, FAST track. Stay tuned for Saturday's results.

2008 KOC Results:  A Beautiful Facility and Great Track made for racing the KOC memorable.  Zack, Cody & Mark hit the track for practice Friday night and things looked good.  Unfortunately, race results were not.  The tire set up never came to the team and we struggled all day.  Cody brought the Concept home in 3rd for KOC Junior Gold after another kart spinning in front of him on the opening lap.  Lot's of damage but he steered it his best.  Congrats to Ray Seach on his win.

Things were looking good for Zack on Friday's practices until track conditons changed Saturday and the kart just would not "grip". The team threw everything they could at it but our setups did not agree with the track.  Zack won his heat but was taken out of his feature on a yellow flag lap by another Wisconsin driver. Mark Sitton who raced Super Heavy with us did a FANTASTIC job finishing his first KOC feature race in 6th. He was GREAT to have along and we enjoyed him.

THANK YOU to Stevie and her friend Jim for allowing us to stay at Lake Norman and for taking the guys thru Dale Earnhard Inc. for a tour.  Thanks to Tyler Kelley, Wes Arndt & Justin Everson for making the trip with us - they worked nonstop from arrival to loadup. Thank you to Kelsey Olson for flying down thru all the snow delays on Friday to surprise Zack. Andy Harris (KOC Promoter) was a great guy and set this event up to be a truly fantastic show.  We met alot of great folks and had a heck of a good time - plans are already underway for 2009's return trip.  The team is next racing the Rumble Series race in Ft Wayne, IN on Friday & Saturday, Dec. 26 & 27th. Nascar's own Tony Stewart is pre-entered. Merry Christmas & see you in Ft Wayne! 

Carolina Karting Announces 7th Annual King of the Concrete Dec 19-20, 2008 - The Greensboro Coliseum will be promoting the 7th Annual King of the Concrete scheduled for December 19th & 20th at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. This mega event will be highlighted with the King of the Concrete paying $3,000 to win and a guaranteed purse of over $5,000. Fifteen additional classes will be run Saturday all paying money including Stock Lite, Stock Medium, Stock Heavy, and Flathead Champ paying $1,000 to win with a 20 kart minimum. Also, this event will be highlighting the Junior King of the Concrete. The Junior King of the Concrete will offer $500 to win Purple Heavy, Blue Heavy, and Gold Heavy. The leader at halfway will receive a $500 bonus from the Greensboro Coliseum. Currently, other classes offered will be Purple Lite, Blue Lite, Gold Lite, Animal Heavy, Animal Champ, Stock Super Heavy, Amatuer, and Kid Karts. The King of the Concrete will take place at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. This event is unsanctioned but will be using WKA Engine Rules and AMB Timing and Scoring. The current format allows for all classes to use two lap qualifying with the top ten qualifiers earning a starting spot for the feature event. The remaining four spots in each class (if needed) will earn a spot through consi’s. The King of the Concrete will race 25 laps, take a 10 minute pit stop, and complete the remaining 50 lap race. You can not change tires between the two segments. You must finish the race with the tires and wheels that you started the first segment. During the pit stop you can change anything on the kart with the exception of the driver, engine, kart chassis, tires, and wheels.
KOC Update #2 - GREENSBORO, NC - In addition to the cash award, the winner will receive a KOC trophy, crown and cape, and an helmet painted by Indocil Art. Other awards that will be added are the ARC Racing Engine Builder Award and the TrickSpeed Cuts Chassis Performance Award. Engine Builders and Chassis Manufacturers will be awarded points based on performance in the KOC and each Jr. KOC class. Points are awarded as follows: 4 points for each 1st place, 2 points for the next highest finishing Engine Builder / Chassis Manufacturer, and 1 point for the 2nd highest finisher Engine Builder / Chassis Manufacturer. A trophy will be awarded to the highest points total for both the Engine Builder and Chassis Manufacturer.  Indocil Art will provide a painted helmet for the winner of the KOC. Scott Lynn Graphics will provide medallions to each pole winner for every class. Ward Karting Supply is providing an Evolution clutch to the winner of the KOC Hard Luck Award. Elite Graphics will provide each racer that earns a starting spot in the KOC an "I made the main" sticker. Advantage Graphics will provide feature winner stickers for each class.
Other awards are as follows:
AIM Sports KOC Pole Award – Mychron Stopwatch
Larry Jones Motorsports KOC Front Runner Award – Assortment of Larry Jones Motorsports Products
Track Tac KOC Most Laps Led Award – Assortment of Track Tac Products
Eric Rendleman Performance KOC Hard Charger Award – Assortment of Preps from Eric Rendleman Performance
Jex Manufacturing KOC Fastest Lap of the Race Award – Assortment of products from Jex Manufacturing
KOC Consi Winners will receive Thor Oil and assortment of product from Carnahan Motorsports.
Other very important sponsors and vendors include Bonsignore Kart Shop, Zooom Karts and Parts and Phantom Racing Chassis.

This years' event will be as exciting as ever with the addition of the Pit Crew Challenge and Phil Combs as the Announcer. We will offer the "Pit Crew Challenge" race on Saturday. To be eligible for this class, drivers must be "drivers, crew members, or shop employees" of a team that competes in any touring series, such as NASCAR, ARCA, or WoO. This includes all NASCAR touring series teams, including Craftsman (Camping World) Trucks, Nationwide, and Sprint Cup. Drivers who have qualified for the King of the Concrete class in the past is deemed ineligible. For more information on this class, call Andy Harris at 252-813-9988.  This class will race on Saturday after the CKI KOC main event. Engine for this class is Flathead with a minimum kart and driver weight of 400 lbs. The winner of this race will receive a trophy, crown, cape, feature winner sticker, and $300. This class has no entry fee. This is a must see event. I have had interest from both drivers and crew members about this class.  With the addition of the Pit Crew Challenge on Saturday, we have decided to move Animal Champ to Friday night. This will help get the excitement going on Friday night. Other classes added to Friday will be Sumo and a Clone class. These races will be run subsequent to the practice on Friday night (approximately 9 pm). We should finish those three classes by 10 pm. These classes will be $300 to win w/ 15 kart minimum. Entry Fees for these classes are $40 pre-race / $50 late-race. Sumo drivers must weigh 425 lbs. total / 215 lbs. driver. This will give an opportunity for larger racers to run two classes during this event. FYI....To be able to offer these classes on Friday and let you know in advance, payouts for Friday's classes will be available Saturday during the feature events. With the exception of the above changes, the format is pretty much the same as last years. Friday Dec 19th: 6 pm – Controlled practice (all classes); 9 pm – Qualifying Heats & Features for the following classes: 1. Clone; 2. Sumo; 3. Animal Heavy. Saturday Dec 20th - 15 Classes, all paying money including Stock Lite, Stock Medium, Stock Heavy, and Flathead Champ paying $1,000 to win with a 20 kart minimum. Also, this event will be highlighting the Junior King of the Concrete. The Junior King of the Concrete will offer $500 to win Purple Heavy, Blue Heavy, and Gold Heavy. Gates will open at 8 am with practice beginning at 9 am.  Currently, other classes offered will be Purple Lite, Blue Lite, Gold Lite, Animal Heavy, Animal Champ, Stock Super Heavy, Amatuer, and Kid Karts.

Tentative Lineup (subject to change) for Saturday is as follows:
1. Sr. King of Concrete - (Zack Racing)
2. Pit Crew Challenge
3. Purple KOC
4. Stock Lite
5. Blue KOC
6. Amatuer
7. Jr. Gold King of Concrete - (Cody Racing)
8. Super Heavy (Mark Racing)
9.  Sr. Stock Medium - (Zack Racing)
10. Purple Lite
11. Flathead Champ
12. Blue Lite
13. Animal Heavy
14. Jr. Gold Lite - (Cody Racing)
15. Sr. Stock Heavy - (Zack Racing)
This event is unsanctioned but will be using WKA Engine Rules and AMB Timing and Scoring.

December 5, 2008 -Noon  Columbus OH Update - The Ohio State Fair Grounds Pits are PACKED! So far, 43 drivers entered in Senior Lite & 48 entered in Senior Heavy.. Only 12 make the race so lots of hard racing is on tap! Need to mention a big Thank You to Tyler Kelley for wrenching for Zack and Cody.. he's the only crew help who made the trip and we truly appreciate him! We'll update when practice is done.

Senior Heavy Karts

First heat, round one (8 laps) -- Nate Gressman, Adam Unverferth, Cody Egan, Nick Bowers, Ed Vallette, Dustin Trost, Matt Dove. Second heat, round one (8 laps) -- Michael May, Nick Herriven, Paul White, Daniel Hoffman, Jeremy Haudricourt, Justin Howard, Dustin Heath, Brian Cataldi. Third heat, round one (8 laps) -- Pat Emerling, Brad Bowers, Josh Pyers, Zack Riddle, Brandon Young, Robbie Sarchet. Fourth heat, round one (8 laps) -- Brandon Dunn, Hayden Newcomb, Zach Axlen, Josh McKnight, Ali Kern, Damen Bock, Gary Werner. First heat, round two (8 laps) -- Vallette, Egan, Unverferth, N. Bowers, Ryan Hole, Dove, Trost, Gressman. Second heat, round two (8 laps) -- May, Heath, Herriven, Hoffman, Haudricourt, Cataldi, White, Howard. Third heat, round two (8 laps) -- Young, B. Bowers, Emerling, Riddle, Sarchet, Pyers. Fourth heat, round two (8 laps) -- Bock, McKnight, Newcomb, Kern, Werner, Dunn, Axlen First semi-feature winner (8 laps) -- Riddle. Second semi-feature winner (8 laps) -- Dunn.

Feature (15 laps) -- 1. Zack Riddle; 2. Brandon Dunn; 3. Michael May; 4. Dustin Heath; 5. Pat Emerling; 6. Brandon Young; 7. Hayden Newcomb; 8. Cody Egan; 9. Daniel Huffman; 10. Nick Herrivan; 11. Brad Bowers; 12. Adam Unverferth.

Senior Medium Karts

First heat, round one (8 laps) -- Michael May, Brandon Dunn, Devon Dobie, Nate Gressman, Cody Egan, Megan Short, Justin Howard, Ryan Moran. Second heat, round one (8 laps) -- Brandon Young, Dustin Trost, Josh McKnight, Damen Bock, Jeremy Haudricourt, Josh Hansel, Nick Bowers, Paul White. Third heat, round one (8 laps) -- Zack Riddle, Brian Cataldi, Hayden Newcomb, Robbie Sarchet, Adam Unverferth, Daniel Hoffman, Nick Herriven. Fourth heat, round one (8 laps) -- Zach Axlen, Dustin Heath, Pat Emerling, Ryan Hole, Ali Kern, Brad Bowers, Gary Werner. First heat, round two (8 laps) -- Dunn, Egan, May, Gressman, Dobie, Moran, Short, Howard. Second heat, round two (8 laps) -- Young, McKnight, Trost, Bock, Haudricourt, Hansel, N. Bowers, White. Third heat, round two (8 laps) -- Riddle, Newcomb, Hoffman, Herriven, Sarchet, Unverferth, Cataldi. Fourth heat, round two (8 laps) -- Heath, Emerling, Hole, Kern, B. Bowers, Werner, Axlen. First semi-feature (8 laps) -- Gressman, Unverferth, Newcomb, B. Bowers, Hoffman. Second semi-feature (8 laps) -- Dobie, Kern, Axlen, N. Bowers, Newcomb, Bock, Hansel, Werner, Haudricourt.

Feature (15 laps) -- 1. Zack Riddle; 2. Michael May; 3. Brandon Young; 4. Dustin Heath; 5. Pat Emerling; 6. Adam Unverferth; 7. Josh McKnight; 8. Devin Dobie; 9. Nate Gressman; 10. Ali Kern; 11. Dustin Trost; 12. Brandon Dunn.