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Ruthless Karting Junior Rok Sunday Report Ugo Ugochukwu came into Sunday with a near perfect score, sweeping the first three rounds in the Junior Rok division. The streak for Ugo (Tony Kart) nearly came to an end in qualifying, needing a 12th lap in the session to secure the fast time ahead of Ethan Ho (Redspeed). Knowing to strike early, Ho kept the pressure on Ugochukwu early in the prefinal. The two were swapping for the lead when con- tact was made going up the hill toward pit lane. Ho went into the barriers while Ugochukwu continued on. Cooper Becklin (Birel ART) came away with the lead until Austin Torgerson (Tony Kart) secured the spot and the race win. Ugochukwu ended up in fourth, but was penalized for the contact, dropping him outside the top-10 on the grid for the main. Edward Portz (FA Kart) jumped out to the lead at the beginning of the Final until Torgerson regained the lead on lap five. From there, Torgerson went on to lead the remainder of the race for his first series victory in the Junior division. The fight for second went down to the wire with Ugochukwu and Becklin. In the final corners, Becklin secured the position with Ugo in third. Ho followed Ugo through the field and was right there in fourth, until a 10-position penalty for contact dropped him out of the top-five. That promoted Bijoy Garg (Exprit) to fourth with Nolan Siegel (Exprit) into fifth. UGO UGOCHUKWU COOPER BECKLIN