Kellen Araki
2006 Atwater Champion
Classes: Junior 2
Birth Date: March 5, 1996
Hometown: Clovis, CA
Favorite Food: Rice
Favorite Movie:
Favorite Track: Buttonwillow
Hobbies: Baseball, basketball and soccer
Most Memorable Racing Moment: 2005 Junior 1 Championship at Kerman Kartways
Kolby Araki
2007 Junior Shifter IKF National Champion
2007 Junior Super Sportsman IKF Region 7 Champion
Classes: Senior, 600cc Mini Sprint
Birth Date: April 11, 1994
Hometown: Clovis, CA
Sponsors: PKS, Graphix Plus, Grand Products, Position One, King Taco, Primerica, TNA Embroidery, Cycle Tune, Western Metal Company
Hobbies: Soccer, Drawing, Racing
Favorite Food: Pizza
Favorite Driver or Athlete: Lewis Hamilton, Jeff Gordon
Favorite Race Track: Any Temporary Course
Career Goals: Professional Racing
Racing Highlights: 2007 IKF Region 7 Champion - Junior Super Sportsman, 2007 IKF Grand National Champion, 85 Formula Shifter.
Most Memorable Racing Moment: 2007 Michael Clark "three wide with my buds"
Website: www.arakimotorsports.com
Timmy Bachman
2007 Junior Shifter IKF Region 7 Champion
Classes: Senior
Driver Age: February 13, 1994
Hometown: Bakersfield, CA
Sponsors: A-C Electric, GMC motor city, PKS, Graphics Plus, Grand Products, Fleming racing engines, MLP imaging, Topkart, RLV.
Favorite Food: Tacos
Favorite Driver: Kasey Mears
Favorite Track: Oklahoma
Hobbies: Football, Golf, Women
Career Goals: to win a stars of karting championship and to win the rotax nats.
Website: www.bachmanmotosports.com
Most Memorable Racing Moment: winning the micheal clark memorial pro race 2007
Kyle Blum
Birth Date: June 1, 1996
Hometown: Nipomo, ca
Racing Divisions: JR-2
Sponsors: Blum Electric, Home Motors, Par Source, JMPE, Buena Tool
Hobbies: Basketball, Soccer, Video Games
Favorite Food: Mac & Cheese
Favorite Driver or Athlete: Jeff Gordon
Favorite Race Track: Santa Maria
Career Goals: Karting to street stock modified
Racing Highlights: 2007: club champion SMAK both JR-1 and Briggs Animal, 3rd & 4-cycle sprint grand nationals
Most Memorable Racing Moment: Almost winning 2007 4-cycle grand nationals
Logan Dorsey
Birth Date: September 12, 1996
Hometown: Brentwood, CA
Racing Divisions: Jr. 2
Sponsors: Mom and Dad, PKS, Position One
Hobbies: Travel, scuba diving, surfing, working on computers, movie editing, DJing, anything that has to do with electronics
Favorite Food: filet mignon; extra, extra rare!
Favorite Driver or Athlete: Dario Franchitti
Favorite Race Track: Infineon, this is the first track I learned to drive on.
Career Goals: To become the next Bill Gates, and continue to race go-karts.
Racing Highlights: 2007 Kerman Kart Club HPV1 champion, 2nd place in Jr.1, Rookie of the year. 2007 Atwater Kart Club 2nd place in HPV1, 2006 Stockton Motorplex 2nd place overall champion for Jr1.
Most Memorable Racing Moment: My first Region 7 IKF race at Buffalo Bills, racing with 38 karts in the field.
Noah Garza
2008 Kid Kart Heavy IKF Region 7 Champion
Classes: Cadet
Birth Date: August 5, 2000
Hometown: Coalinga, CA
Racing Divisions: Kid kart
Sponsors: PKS
Hobbies: Go kart racing, skateboarding, and riding his scooter
Favorite Food: Waffles
Favorite Driver or Athlete: Jimmie Johnson
Favorite Race Track: Buttonwillow
Career Goals: Professional Skate Boarder
Racing Highlights: Winning Club Championship at Kerman Kart Club
Most Memorable Racing Moment: Finishing 2nd at the 2007 Grand Nationals
Jason Hannegan
Classes: Junior 2
Birth Date: May 11, 1996
Hometown: Porterville, CA
Sponsors: Tracksmack.com, YZX Gears, Fleming, PKS, BKS
Hobbies: Motorcycles, Shooting, Sports
Favorite Food: Spaghetti
Favorite Driver or Athlete: Kevin Alverson
Favorite Race Track: Santa Maria
Career Goals: To win an IKF Championship
Racing Highlights: My first win at LAKC
Eric Johnson
Classes: Senior
Birth Date: November 29, 1991
Hometown: Clovis, CA
Favorite Food: Bacon Wrapped Filet Mignon
Favorite Movie: "Undecided"
Favorite Track: Moran & Good O'l Kerman (R.I.P.)
Hobbies: Go Karting, Biking, Snowboarding
Most Memorable Racing Moment: When I flipped my kart in Santa Maria and had to ride to the hospital in the ambulance.
Kyle Kamimoto
Birth Date: February 12, 2001
Hometown: Clovis, CA
Racing Divisions: Cadet
Sponsors: PKS
Hobbies: Nintendo DS, Play Station, Pokemon, Drawing, Coloring, and Board Games
Favorite Food: Pizza, Tacos, Rice, Noodles
Favorite Movie: Transformers
Favorite Driver or Athlete: Jeff Gordon
Favorite Race Track: Kerman Kartways
Career Goals: Studying and working hard in school!
Racing Highlights: 2006 KKC Kid Kart - 4th Place overall, 2007 KKC Kid Kart - 3rd Place overall
Most Memorable Racing Moment: 2006 Central Valley Championship racing with Ryan Perry in the Atwater sweeper!
Brennen "Skizzard" Mankin
2009 Rookie Sportsman IKF National Champion
Classes: Cadet
Birth Date: February 12, 1998
Hometown: Fresno, CA
Favorite Food: Apples
Favorite Movie: Sandlot 1
Favorite Track: Buttonwillow
Hobbies: Skateboarding, playing drums and playing video games.
Most Memorable Racing Moment: Talking to Kurt Busch on the phone for about five minutes.
Justin "Pete" Mankin
Classes: Kid Kart
Driver Age:
Hometown: Fresno, CA
Favorite Food:
Favorite Movie:
Favorite Track:
Hobbies:
Raquel "Rocky" Martinez
2007 Cadet Shifter IKF National Champion
2007 Junior 1 IKF Region 7 Champion
2007 HPV1 IKF Region 7 Champion
2007 Cadet Shifter IKF Region 7 Champion
2006 IKF National Champion
2006 IKF Region 7 Champion
Classes: IKF Junior Sprint Karting, and Rotax Gatorz Cup
Birth Date: March 19, 1996
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Sponsors: King Taco, Pepsi, PKS Kart Supplies, Graphix Plus, MLP, Imaging, Troy Lee Designs, Position One Motorsports, Grand Products,
Favorite Food: Lobster
Favorite Movie: Scooby Part 2
Favorite Track: Santa Maria
Favorite Driver or Athlete: Michael Schumacher
Career Goals: Race Formula 1
Hobbies: Reading, Traveling, riding Healeys
Website: www.martinezracing.com
Racing Highlights: 2006 & 2007 IKF Shifter CR80 Cadet Grand National - Champion, 2006 SSW Champion in HPV1, Rookie Sportsman (yamaha) and CR80 Cadet Shifter, 2007 SSW Champion in HPV1, Junior 1 (comer), and CR80 Cadet Shifter, 2006 WKA Manufacter's Cup West 3X Grand National Champion, 2006 WKA Manufacturers's Cup West 3X National Champion (Junior 1, Yamaha, HPV), 2006 WKA Triple Crown Achiever
Most Memorable Racing Moment: Winner 1st Grand National Title in CR85 Cadet Shifter
Wyatt May
Classes: Junior 1, Rookie Sportsman and HPV1
Birth Date: 9
Hometown: Corona, Ca
Sponsors: Win-Dor Windows, PKS Kart Supplies, Graphix Plus, Bell Helmets, 3M
Favorite Food: Bean & Cheese Burritos
Favorite Movie: Talladega Nights, The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Favorite Driver: Jeremy Mayfield
Favorite Track: Cal Speed
Hobbies: Racing, Golf, Swimming & Video Games
Most Memorable Racing Moment: Winning at the 2006 IKF Region 7 at Cal Speed
Website:
www.wyattmayracing.com
Neil McCoy
2008 HPV3 Senior IKF Region 7 Champion
2008 HPV4 Senior Region 7 Champion
2007 ICC IKF National Champion
2007 Senior 80 Shifter IKF National Champion
2007 Senior 80 Limited IKF National Champion
2007 Senior Super Sportsman IKF National Champion
Classes: Senior
Birth Date: February 19, 1989
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Sponsors: Topkart, PKS, McBeath Brothers Racing, Positions One, Graphix Plus, TNA Designs
Hobbies: Football, Soccer, Racing!
Favorite Food: Steak
Favorite Driver or Athlete:
Favorite Race Track: Grange
Matt Meisberger
Classes: Junior 2
Birth Date: May 10, 1995
Hometown: Laguna Beach, CA
Sponsors: The UPS Store, LagunaOfficeSuply.com, Secure RV Storage, P1Racing Engines, Topkart, PKS
Hobbies: Racing, Video Games, Paintballing, Snowboarding, Surfing
Favorite Food: Italian
Favorite Driver or Athlete: Ryan Newman
Favorite Race Track: CalSpeed
Career Goals: Have Fun!
Taylor Miinch
Four-Time IKF National Champion
Classes: Junior 2
Birth Date: September 3, 1994
Hometown: El Cajon, CA
Sponsors: Grand Products
Hobbies: Racing, golf, soccer, watersports & snow boarding. Plus any trip or vacation spent with my family
Favorite Food: Pasta & apples with carmel
Favorite Driver or Athlete: Sprint Cup driver Jimmy Johnson No.48
Favorite Race Track: Marshalltown (IA), Oklahoma Motorsports Complex ( Norman , OK ), USA Int'l Raceway ( Shawano , WI ), and Infineon Raceway ( Somona , CA )Career Goals:
Racing Highlights:
Most Memorable Racing Moment: Winning Lake Speed Award / August 2008
Cody Moss
Birth Date: January 12, 1993
Hometown: Bakersfield, CA
Racing Divisions: Senior
Sponsors: Dan Moss Construction Inc., BKS, Skyline Cabinets, Niles Street True Value, Pella, Family Foodland, PKS, my parents and grandparents
Hobbies: go-kart racing and magic
Favorite Food: burritos
Favorite Driver or Athlete:
Favorite Race Track: Buttonwillow and Atwater
Career Goals: to earn a gold plate
Racing Highlights: Winning a 2nd place championship in Junior Super Sportsman and a 3rd place championship in Junior Sportsman at the Bakersfield Kart Club my first year racing
Most Memorable Racing Moment: the first time I led a race and qualifying 2nd at my first Grand Nationals
Ryan Perry
2006 IKF Region 7 Champion
Classes: Cadet, Junior Sprints
Birth Date: September 9, 1998
Hometown: Fresno, CA
Favorite Food: Pizza
Favorite Movie: Zathura (only because it's the last one he's seen)
Favorite Track: Calspeed
Hobbies: All sports and video games
Most Memorable Racing Moment: Winning against Riley Reyes in Fontana
Brayden Perry
Classes: Junior Sprint
Birth Date: February 20, 1999
Hometown: Fresno, CA
Sponsors: Elite Racing, Primaerica
Favorite Food: Mac
and Cheese
Favorite Movie: Power Rangers
Favorite Driver: Jason Meyers
Favorite Track:
Visalia Plaza Park
Favorite Race Track: Atwater
Hobbies: PS2, Football
Career Goals: To race with the outlaws
Website:
www.braydenperryracing.com
Most memorable racing moment: Winning first kart race in Atwater & winning first sprint car race in Visalia.
Zane Smith
2008 Rookie Sportsman IKF National Champion
2008 Junior 1 IKF Region 7 Champion
2008 Rookie Sportsman IKF Region 7 Champion
Classes: Cadet, Trophy Karts
Birth Date: June 9, 1999
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Favorite Food: Hot Dogs
Favorite Movie: Sponge Bob
Favorite Track: Adams
Hobbies: Fishing, BMX
Website: www.INSANE-ZANE.COM
Most Memorable Racing Moment: Worlds BMX 2005 6 Open, 2008 Region 7 Championship, 2008 National Championship
Carter Williams
2007 California State Champion - Junior 1
Birth Date: August 2, 1998
Hometown: Clovis, Ca
Racing Divisions: Junior 1, HPV 1, Rookie Sportsman, Formula CR80 Cadet Shifter, IKF Region 7, Stars of Karting, Bakersfield Kart Club
Sponsors: PKS Kart Supplies, Postion One Motorsports, Graphix Plus, Bell Helmets, King Taco Restaurants, Williams Fence Co. , Packaging Solution, Underwood Racing
Hobbies: Riding BMX bike and making dirt race tracks, Drawing, Building Lego karts and tracks, Reading Guiness Book of World Records, Monopoly & Playing Poker.
Favorite Food: Salmon.
Favorite Driver or Athlete: Michael Schumacher and Dad
Favorite Racetrack: Moran Raceway
Career Goals: Formula 1 Driver
Racing Highlights: 2007 Junior 1 California State Champion
2007 HPV 1 Bakersfield Kart Club Champion
2007 Rookie Sportsman IKF Grand Nationals -Qualified Outside Pole
2005 Kid Kart California State Champion
2005 Kid Kart Michael Clark Memorial Pro Race Winner
2005 Kid Kart Kerman Kart Club Track Record Holder
2005 Kid Kart WKA Grand National Pole Winner
Most Memorable Racing Moment: Winning the 2007 Junior 1 California State Championship
Erik Woods
Birth Date: March 26, 1993
Hometown: Merced CA.
Racing Division: SR SUPER BOX
Sponsors: PKS, Inside Lines, Graphix Plus, and Family
Favorite Food: Spaghetti
Favorite Driver: Tony Stewart
Favorite Race Track: Reno
Goals: To Graduate College and Become an Accountant
Most Memorable Race Moment: On the last lap Erik took a driver on the outside of the hairpin at Atwater for he win.
Jeremy Kay
Birth Date: April 17, 2001
Hometown: Reno, NV
Racing Divisions: Cadet
Sponsors: RC Electric, PKS
Hobbies: Racing, Football, Quads
Favorite Food: Chicken Wings, Bread
Favorite Movie: Batman
Favorite Driver or Athlete: Tony Stewart
Favorite Race Track: Reno
Most Memorable Racing Moment: 2009 Reno IKF Grand Nationals - 2nd Place TAG Cadet. 2009 Reno IKF Regional Race winner in Junior 1.
Cody Kay
2009 Junior Super Sportsman Heavy IKF National Champion
2009 Junior Super Sportsman IKF National Champion
2009 Junior Sportsman IKF National Champion
2005 Super Junior 1 IKF National Champion
Birth Date: June 22, 1995
Hometown: Reno, NV
Racing Divisions: Junior
Sponsors: RC Electric, PKS
Hobbies: Racing, Video Games, Quads
Favorite Food: Pizza
Favorite Movie: Fast and Furious
Favorite Driver: Kyle Busch
Favorite Race Track: Reno
Most Memorable Racing Moment: 2009 Reno IKF Grand Nationals
