On Saturday, the Kawartha Durham Kart Club held their year end Banquet of Champions to celebrate the accomplishments of all the competitors and to award the class champions their much deserved hardware. With a sell out crowd which included drivers (of course), parents, friends and many other family members, the banquet was a great finish to an exciting season for the club. There were plenty of prizes to be given away including sets of MG slicks and rain tires courtesy of Mike Adams of MG Tires, a tool cabinet from Williams Brothers and engine refresh coupons from long time club supporters MSM Motorsports, Cactus Motors and Karts & Parts. The club’s newest sponsor, TC Enterprises generously donated thousands of dollars worth of office supplies including printers, leather briefcases and tools. There were raffles and door prizes for everyone.

Class champions and their competitors were presented with their hardware and along with their trophy and jacket, Class champions were presented with a personal banner courtesy of On-Track Promotions to proudly hang on their canopy at the track.

KDKC was pleased to have Kawartha Speedway’s Race Director, Derek Lynch join them for the night and the club presented Derek with a new custom track layout display to be used at the Kawartha Speedway “Driver Experience” days.

Champions for 2009
Masters – Carl Thompson
Senior Heavy – AJ Emms
Senior Lite – Kyle Hope
Junior Heavy – Danny Benedict
Junior Light – Bailey Jacobs
Novice – Andre Fiorini
Junior Most Improved – Bailey Brown
Junior Rookie of the Year – Mason Brown
Junior Sportsman of the Year – Danny Benedict
Senior Most Improved – Dennis Woods
Senior Sportsman of the Year – John Beck
Volunteer of the Year – Jeff Church

Preparations and planning for 2010 have already begun with announcements of additional track work and paving and the club is once again looking forward to introducing new racers to the wonderful world of kart racing on the fast banks of Kawartha Speedway.

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