In November in a packed auditorium, Jeff Myers Jr. collected 2 significant awards to add to the trophy mantle. Jeff finished 3rd in the WKA Great Lakes Sprint Series points championship in BOTH of the 2 cycle Jr. Sportsman classes: Yamaha Jr. Sportsman and HPV Jr. Sportsman. Jeff won a pole and a race in Yamaha, won the last race of the year in HPV, and was up front in both of the regional classes much of the season.

The GLSS series is known for producing some of the most competitive racing in the country has been the training grounds for professional racers including Sam Hornish Jr., Danica Patrick, and Ricky Rudd.

We're working on our 2007 program - details are still being finalized but the goal is to run a full, 5 race national schedule which will start in Jacksonville, Florida in March. We're getting advice from some of the best folks in racing who've given Jeff high marks and have encouraged him to compete on a national level. Jeff is excited about the challenge and is looking forward to a FUN 2007!

In 2007, East Lansing Kart Track Champion Jeff Myers Jr. will compete in a full national schedule racing on a new Birel chassis. J2 Racing took delivery of the Jr. Sportsman chassis over the Christmas Holiday and preparations are well underway to get ready for the first national race of the season in Jacksonville, Florida, March 9-11. After winning the last WKA divisional race of the 2006 season at South Bend (MRP), Jeff was asked to return and privately test the Birel chassis. South Bend/MRP is the American importer for the Italian kart manufacturer. The Birel chassis was also used by past national champions in the same class where Jeff Jr. now competes. Jeff, a 4th grader at Monroe Rd. Elementary school, had a blast coming back to MRP where he scored his last win and really felt the Birel was quicker - the stop watch confirmed it! Although VERY satisfied with the 2006 chassis and results, J2 Racing felt this was the way to go for 2007 and is extremely excited to compete on a professionally prepared Birel chassis.

Every year, Jeff Jr. takes just a little bigger step to compete against tougher competition, BUT it's still more about enjoying new experiences while facing the new challenges. The first race in Florida is really going to be a lot of fun and J2 Racing is already looking forward to the family trip.

Kart Racer named Driver of the Year - Jeff Myers Jr.

Two weeks ago, Bedford Twp.'s Jeff Myers Jr. was enjoying his 10th birthday. Last Saturday night, Jeff Jr. was celebrating with family again as he was named 2006 "Driver of the Year" at the East Lansing Kart Track (ELKT) banquet. In 2006, Jeff Jr. won two track championships with numerous wins at East Lansing and completed a very successful season at the regional level. All combined to give Jeff the edge for Driver of the Year over ALL of the junior AND senior racers that compete at East Lansing.

East Lansing is well know in the racing community as one of the most competitive kart tracks in the country attracting the best kart racers in the Ohio-Michigan-Indiana area. Many current racing stars such as Sam Hornish Jr. and Danica Patrick got their start racing karts and competing at ELKT.

Florida Trip - Great fun and experience!
Kart racing season started early for Bedford Twp.'s J2 Racing as Jeff Myers Jr. hit the road for the first National Race of the year in Jacksonville, Florida. It's the furthest the team has ever traveled for a race - all that can be said after is: what a great experience!

Filled with optimism and new equipment, Jeff, age 10, hit the track for Friday practice for what was probably one of the teams worst days ever in karting. If it wasn't the carburetor or engine, it was little nagging issues that normally get sorted out before a big race. But with 4 inches of fresh snow on the ground in Michigan, there was no such luck to shake-down fresh motors on a new Birel chassis. Jeff got little practice on a track he'd never seen before. The times Jeff did get on the track, he got tangled up with other karts. It was not a productive day and a tough way to open the '07 season.

Saturday, in Yamaha Jr. Sportsman, the team hoped for better and got it! Jeff qualified a solid 13th. In the pre-final, he impressively worked his way through the field into 7th place. But on his way into 6th place, the 2 karts made slight contact and Jeff spun losing all the ground he'd gained. However, he still managed to work his way back to 18th. In the 20 lap final race, Jeff put on a show! Jeff passed 10 karts in the main event and placed a solid top-ten finish, 8th, in just his 2nd WKA National Manufacturer's Cup race! Some of the passes Jeff made were a thrill to watch. An interesting note - the kart that Jeff contacted while passing in the pre-final, won the feature event. Jeff can definitely compete with the front-runners! Official Results: http://www.worldkarting.com/pg/series/amb/mylaps_results.html?runid=482307

Sunday, in HPV Jr. Sportsman, the team hoped for similar results even though there was little time on the engine. Jeff struggled and could only manage to qualify 19th due to carb problems. After a talk with the engine builder, the team hoped to improve in the pre-final race. But after a ragged start, the kids in front of Jeff checked-up, Jeff made contact, lost his nose and was black flagged. The good news, the carb adjustment worked and Jeff was up to speed. Starting 22nd, Dad made a few changes to the chassis and Jeff was off and running. Jeff passed a kart on the first lap and worked his way to a fine 14th place finish - improving 9 positions. Jeff was later awarded 13th, after the 4th place kart was dq'd when the kart didn't pass tech. Official Results: http://www.worldkarting.com/pg/series/amb/mylaps_results.html?runid=482344

Jeff and Dad both left the Jacksonville feeling very optimistic about the rest of the season - both learned a ton and can't wait to race again in April. The team is REALLY looking forward to the next national race in South Bend. Jeff had some success in divisional races at South Bend in 2006, qualifying on pole in Yamaha and winning the last race of the year in HPV. South Bend is also the home track for our chassis, Birel - the team hopes to make them proud with good results.

Special thanks to all of sponsors, especially Jim and Cathy Moses (J. Moses Construction) who came to watch Jeff race on Friday and Saturday. Thanks also to Birel / MRP - the team is VERY excited about the rest of the season.

Ekarting News - cool mention of Jeff
http://www.ekartingnews.com/news_info.php?n=7681

	J2 Racing is proud to announce that J. Moses Construction Ltd. has come on board as an associate sponsor for the J2 Racing Kart Team. Moses Construction is well known in the Toledo area for constructing quality homes at an affordable price.
	J2 Racing would like to welcome Advanced Accounting, LLC as a sponsor for our team. We are very happy to have made this connection and hope to develop a wonderful and long standing relationship with Advanced Accounting, LLC. Please contact Sarah for any accounting needs you may have.
	J2 Racing is proud to announce the addition of G.B. Warnke & Associates, Inc. as an associate sponsor. Located in Temperance, G.B. Warnke is well known for providing professional land surveying services in Bedford Twp. and throughout the NW Ohio/SE Michigan area for over 30 years.

Just in time, The Mannik and Smith Group, Inc. has come aboard to support J2 Racing with sponsorship when it was needed the most!.This is a REAL boost to help finish the '06 season! Mannik and Smith is well known throughout Ohio and Michigan for providing civil engineering, surveying and environmental consulting expertise for private, commercial and municipal development. For more information, visit www.manniksmithgroup.com Thanks to everyone at Mannik and Smith for all their well wishes, help and support as Jeff Jr. hopes to bring the 2007 racing season to a successful conclusion next month!

J2 Racing sponsors, Cathy and Jim Moses (J. Moses Construction) with Jeff Myers Jr.
after Jeff placed 8th in the Nationals in Jacksonville, Florida.

The 2007 season...

J2 Racing 2007 Schedule
Date	Location	Event
Mar 9-11 Apr 27-29 May 4-6 May 18-20 Jun 1-3 Jun 15-17 Jul 13-15 Jul 20-22 Aug 17-19 Sep 7-9 Sep 21-23 Sep 28-29	Jacksonville, Florida South Bend, Indiana South Bend, Indiana Circleville, Ohio South Bend, Indiana Shawano, Wisconsin Beaverun, Pennsylvania Beaverun, Pennsylvania Norway, Illinois New Castle, Indiana New Castle, Indiana New Castle, Indiana	WKA Nationals, Manufacturer's Cup Points Race #1 WKA Divisionals, MWSS Points #1 WKA Nationals, Manufacturer's Cup Points Race #2 WKA Divisionals, GLSS Points #1 WKA Divisionals, GLSS Points #2 WKA Nationals, Manufacturer's Cup Points Race #3 WKA Divisionals, GLSS Points #3 WKA Nationals, Manufacturer's Cup Points Race #4 WKA Divisionals, GLSS Points #4 WKA Divisionals, MWSS Points #5 WKA Divisionals, GLSS Points #5 WKA Nationals, Manufacturer's Cup Points Race #5
Key
ELKT GLSS WKA	East Lansing Kart Track Great Lakes Sprint Series World Karting Association	Club Series WKA Regional Series National Karting Series

J2 Racing Spring Update
It's been a BUSY few weeks after a great National run in Florida in March... Jeff returned to South Bend, Indiana (MRP) where he's tasted some success and had some good runs in '06. A good result at Birel's home track would further solidify Jeff's national ranking.

But luck just wasn't on our side this April. We raced at MRP at the Midwest Sprint Series Divisonal race 2 weeks ago to prepare for last week's nationals - basically had fair results. Jeff finished mid-pack, 12th out of a huge divisional field of 24 karts in Yamaha class. Sunday in HPV, Jeff was got caught back in the pack and Jeff had to fight his way up through the field. During the race, he made contact with a couple of inexperienced drivers and was penalized for rough driving. Both of us didn't agree with the officials call, but took our lumps and hoped for a better weekend at the Nationals the following weekend (May 4-6).

At the WKA Nationals we really wanted to perform well for Birel/MRP. Felt we had the right package to do so, but again, bad luck put us back in the field. After getting caught in traffic during qualifying, Jeff had to start at the rear of the field for the pre-final in Yamaha. On the 2nd corner of the first lap, Jeff was rear-ended and pushed off the track.He continued on to finish the pre-final, but he'd have to start in the back for the feature race. In the Final we were optimistic that we had a good set-up on the kart and would move up through the field - Yamaha is our strongest class. But after a great start passing several karts, Jeff was again taken out on the first lap. Jeff checked up for an accident ahead of him and the kart behind Jeff ran him over and ended up on top of Jeff's engine ending his day. Both boys were ok but the 2 karts were locked together. In a show of good sportsmanship, lifted the other drivers kart off of his kart and the other driver was able to continue. Unfortunately, Jeff was done for the day as there was damage to Jeff's engine. That's racing!

Sunday in HPV brought a new day and we both hoped for better results. But in the morning warm-up, we had a problem with the engine and had to borrow an ignition coil from another team in order to race (Thanks Prime family!). Once again we were behind and Jeff qualified again in the rear - it was looking like another repeat from Saturday's racing! However, Jeff moved up a few positions in the pre-final and then made some good passes in the Final for a top 20 finish. The kart was fast and we improved slightly from last years results in HPV. After our bad luck on Saturday, we were both just happy to get through a race cleanly w/o any contact. We're both still fired up for the rest of the season and anxious to race again in 2 weeks at the Great Lakes Sprint Series opener in Circleville, Ohio. Like last year, Jeff will compete the full GLSS series.

Last, those folks local to Toledo, look for Jeff on the Channel 11 news on Wednesday night. Jeff is doing a promotional event at Palmyra - we hope to get some good exposure for all of our sponsors, Birel and MRP. Be sure to tune in and see what's happening - who knows, may even be an interview in there!

May Update:
Hey Everyone...

Just back from Circleville, Ohio for the opening race of the Great Lakes Sprint Series, (WKA Divisional Series). Jeff had a great season last year with the GLSS, 2 wins, a pole and several other top 3's. Our 2007 program includes a full GLSS schedule.

Saturday in a 16 kart field, Jeff qualified 5th and finished 6th in the Final. We're satisfied that we qualified towards the front of the field - had hoped to compete for top 4 but were just a little off on a very sticky track. Congratulations to Kyle Noonan on his first divisional win! Absolutely a great weekend for Noonan Racing with great performances in Cadet, Yamaha and HPV classes. (Dad Noonan had 5 entries over the weekend for his 2 sons - that in itself was awesome.)

Sunday, Jeff again was a 5th place kart in HPV. In the pre-final, Jeff got up to 3rd place but slipped back to 5th. In the Final we'd hoped for better, but it appears we were destined to be a 5th place kart. Overall, we wanted better results, BUT are encouraged that we got through the weekend incident free as compared to the past several races.

Off the track, all kinds of things are happening. On Sunday at Circleville, Jeff's oldest sister Kristy sang the National Anthem in a duet with Calli Snell (Christian Pahud's sister). The 2 girls were awesome - I was really proud of Kristy! On Wednesday, May 23 look for Jeff on the Toledo Channel 11 news - this is re-scheduled from 2 weeks ago when the event was rained out. We have Memorial Weekend off - Dad is taking Julie to see her first Indy 500. Julie has been asking to go for some time and can't wait to experience the event. In 2 weeks, we all return to South Bend for the 2nd GLSS Divisional event of the year - looking forward to returning back to MRP and bringing our Jr. Crew Chief, Adam Lawrence, along for the trip. Adam has been busy all season behind the scenes helping out in the garage, but because of school and work, hasn't been able to make a race trip so we're all looking forward to having him see one of the best karting facilities in the country for the first time.

Look for the the latest results and pics at www.Bedfordsports.com (community teams link) One of our karting friends snapped a ton of pictures of Jeff's charge through the field in Jacksonville - I hope to get those over to the website in the next week.

As always - thanks to everyone for all of the well wishes and support. Hope to be doing a few local events in the area for our current (and future???) sponsors over the next few months.

June 1-3, 2007
South Bend, Indiana
We just returned from MRP in South Bend, Indiana for the WKA Great Lakes Sprint Series (GLSS) Divisionals.... We had a great weekend!

Friday, we finally had a good, clean day of practice - no on-track incidents or engine woes and good feedback on the kart from driver to crew chief. We also had our Jr. Crew Chief, Adam Lawrence, with us for the weekend so it was all good!. It translated into positive results for the rest of the weekend.

2nd place, HPV Jr. Sportsman, GLSS at South Bend.
(from left to right)
Jeff Myers Sr., Adam Lawrence, Jeff Myers Jr., Brent Ebert

Saturday, Jeff Jr. got his first pole of the year in Yamaha in the Birel chassis! We don't always qualify well so I'll always remember Jeff's smile I told him he was P1. In the both the pre-final and final races, Jeff didn't get the best of starts and was shuffled back. (Dad thinks it may have been nerves.) Regardless, after slipping back, Jeff fought back to finish 4th place JUST behind the top 3 karts. There just wasn't enough laps in the Final for Jeff to get by the top 3 even though he turned fast lap of the race. Just goes to show you, the fastest kart doesn't always win! Regardless, we were very happy with the results - congratulations to Kyle Crump for his divisional win - was great pitting with the Crump family.

Sunday, we woke up to a wet race track, and we ALWAYS look forward to racing in the rain. Jeff's Birel was fast in practice, but he could only manage 5th in qualifying in HPV - blame it on Dad for set-up! Intermittent showers were in the forecast - before the final race, we changed from rain to dry set-ups more in one day then we have all season. As luck would have it, the conditions dried and the track officials eliminated the pre-final and extended the laps for the Final - we were racing with a dry set-up. This time at the start, Jeff got a great jump from 5th place and moved into 3rd position. Jeff ran a steady race, caught and passed the 2nd place kart and finished a solid 2nd place behind National Champion, Cody Humphreys - not bad company!

All in all, it was a great weekend for us. 1 Pole, a 2nd, a 4th and fast race lap is an awesome divisional result!

Going to miss all of our MRP friends as this was the last big race of the year at MRP. Will look forward to seeing the MRP folks at the Nationals. Although Jeff's running a full National and GLSS schedule, we'd like to run a couple local/state/club races if we can get some additional sponsorship. If any of our friends know of any opportunities, please pass them on!

Next race will be our first trip to USA International Speedway in Shawano, Wisconsin for the 3rd of 5 National races this year. Jeff slipped out of the top 10 National standings with a DNF at MRP last month, so we're looking to get back in the top 10 with a good finish next week. Kristy and Julie are also looking forward to this trip since Shawano features a great off-track park with pool and things for all of the family to do.

Thanks again to MRP, all of our friends, family and sponsors. Special thanks to Adam for making the trip with us!

Mid Season Report...
We're at the mid-point of the season that started out really fast in Jacksonville, Fla. Jeff Jr. placed an 8th in the first WKA national race of the year in untested equipment and starting from the back. That really got our hopes up for the next few months. Unfortunately, we both struggled a bit. Jeff on the driving part and Dad learning to tune a different chassis. Not only that, Jeff seemed to get caught up a spins or had contact. We figured once we were back to the GLSS divisionals, we'd do better. BUT results at the first GLSS race in Circleville weren't what we hoped for either. We were both getting a bit frustrated!

In mid-May, we came back to MRP for the 2nd GLSS race and finally had a good solid day of practice Friday and the weekend results showed we'd made progress. Jeff was also driving much better - earned a pole in Yamaha and placed 2nd in the HPV Final. In June, Jeff had solid results at the WKA Grand Nationals in Shawano, 12th in both classes and was fast all weekend at a 1-mile track we'd never seen before.

After Shawano, we had a few weeks off before the next big race divisional/national races so we decided to do some club races at both East Lansing and MRP - South Bend. Against full 10-kart fields, Jeff absolutely rocked scoring clean sweeps at both club events! 5 Wins, a pole and a new track record - not bad for a couple weekends off!

Club races: at East Lansing, Jeff won both heats and the feature in convincing fashion leading all but a handful of laps. At MRP against some WKA racers, Jeff won the pole breaking a track record (on old tires)! Jeff led every lap in the pre-final to start first for the final which turned out to be quite the race. After a little controversy where the outside pole kept jumping Jeff on the start, the entire front row was penalized and put back one row meaning Jeff would have to start 3rd. No matter - by turn 1, Jeff was in 2nd. The next lap he was leading with the 2nd place kart right on his tail. Jeff maintained 1st for the rest of the race with 2nd place right behind the entire race - a lot of pressure for a 10-yr-old earning him compliments from veterans in the karting industry who were watching.

The 2 club races validated our 2006 divisional / national schedule as Jeff Jr. looks to continue racing against the best in the country to see where he stacks up. In July, we have 2 WKA races in-a-row on the schedule - both at Beaverun, PA. Instead of driving back and forth, we'll all spend the week in PA / West Virgina with a few vacation days off in-between races to do some sight-seeing.

Last, if any of our friends and family out there know of any sponsorship opportunities, please feel free to contact them directly to see if there is any interest in helping out an up and coming racer. The hard part about racing is the cost. Jeff has reached the level where, in order to find more challenges, we have to travel further and race bigger events - not sure how we're going to manage it in the future months. Kristy and Julie travel with us too and as you can imagine money is tight - we are truly one of the low-budget teams but Jeff is doing very well with what we have. Jeff is also getting good local press in the Toledo area and being watched closely by those in the karting community as he has become a respected racer both on and off the track. WKA has already announced that Daytona is back on the schedule for 2008 so we hope to do a fund raiser this Fall in order to make the trip, BUT we could really use a boost to keep us going this year. Let me know if you can help!

Thanks to all for asking how things are going and all the well wishes - keep an eye at www.Bedfordsports.com as updates/new pics are posted there.

Thanks to our all of our current sponsors - get well fast Jim!

Late July 2007...

Bedford Twp.'s Jeff Myers Jr. finished 3rd last Saturday and 4th on Sunday in National competition last weekend giving him his first national podiums! Saturday, Jeff qualified 2nd and led for the first time in a National race. The weekend results places him with the top 5 in the country and will put him back in the top 10 in points!

Anthony Furfari #77, Sage Karam #3, Jeff Myers Jr. #41

Mid August Report...

We're about to finish an "unusual" mid-summer break that lasted for a few weeks. But we'll be back on the road to Norway, Illinois next week for a WKA divisional race (GLSS). The break gave us a chance to rest up, enjoy some summer days and save some money! This trip, Kristy gets the chance to visit with a friend who moved to Illinois and our Jr. Crew Chief, Adam Lawrence, will get the chance to join us again. Last time Adam came along, Jeff had a great divisional weekend - Qualified on Pole, placed a 2nd and 4th, and posted fastest race lap in one of the 2 Finals. Although we've never raced at Norway, we hope to compete for the win after a 3rd and 4th at the Nationals in Pennsylvania.

We only have 3 more scheduled races this year. It looks like we're going to pass on the Michigan State Sprint Championships at East Lansing at the end of August to focus our efforts on the last national race at New Castle, Indiana in September. Hate seeing Jeff Jr. miss the State Championships since we don't get many chances to be back with friends at East Lansing, BUT Jeff really wants that top 10 finish in the National Points! FYI - the top 30 in the country can be viewed at the WKA website. http://www.worldkarting.com/pg/series/mc/mc-standings.html

Keep an ear out for sponsorship opportunities - we REALLY need the help! We'll also try to do a fund-raiser in November to prepare for the 2008 Daytona trip. How many 10 yr olds get a chance to race at Daytona International Speedway? Taking it a step further, how many 10 yr olds have the chance to compete UP FRONT at Daytona?? We hope to be there!!

Early September...
Jeff Myers Jr. is in the homestretch run of the 2007 karting season - just a handful of races left to go. Last weekend was our first visit to Norway, Illinois where Jeff competed in WKA Divisionals - the Great lake Sprint Series at Concept Haulers Motor Speedway. And it was a wet one! We practiced in the dry on Friday and both Saturday/Sunday mornings, but couldn't escape the rains when it was time to race in the afternoon. Regardless of weather, Jeff was up front and fast all weekend!

On Saturday, Jeff qualified 3rd in the dry and raced to a 2nd place finish with his Yamaha in the wet. Jeff was fast in Yamaha in the dry and wet, but couldn't get the win in the rain after leading early in an action filled race.

Sunday in HPV, Jeff qualified 4th in the dry and raced again to 2nd in the Final. Sunday, Jeff was a bit more careful when the rains came, but still got to the lead on the first lap. In fact, Jeff led the entire race with Dalton Prime right on his rear bumper. Dalton, who was fast all weekend, waited until the last lap and made a nice pass in very slippery conditions to beat Jeff for the win. The hardest part about racing in the rain is being able to run side by side to pass without spinning. Great job by both kids to keep it on the track.

Two 2nd place finishes in a divisional series is another strong showing. Only a couple more chances left this season to get that divisional or even a National win. At the end of September, we'll travel to New Castle, Indiana - just east of Indianapolis - for the last 2 races of the year. We're considering another race earlier in the month but will have to see how our racing funds look.