Jess Peterson is 19 years old and lives in Sparks, NV with his parents, sister and 2 brothers. He is the 1999 Jr. I Grand National Champion. He is also a 2 time No. Nev. Jr. I 2 cyle champion, the 1999 IKF Region 11 Jr. I 2 cycle champion and the 2000 IKF Region 11 HPV champion. He was 2nd in the 2000 IKF Region 11 Jr. Super Sportsman class and also 2nd in the 2000 Jr. Super Sportsmen Tri-cty series. At the the Ikf nationals at Santa Maria, Ca in 2001, Jess won 2 Screaming Eagles for winning the pole in Jr Super and Jr Hpv. In 2002 Jess was IKF Region 11 Champion in Jr Super Sportsman and Jr II 4 Cycle. He also won 3 Screaming Eagles at the 4 Cycle Nationals in Spokane,Wa and 2 Duffy's. At the 2 Cycle Nationals in Marshalltown, Iowa he won the Duffy in Jr Super Sportsman. The photo shows him leading the Jr Super Sportsman race at Marshalltown. In 2003, Jess moved up to the senior class level and gained his IKF expert status by winning 3 Duffy's at the IKF Sprint Grand Nationals at the Tri-City Kart Club in Richland, Wa. in Senior Sportsman and Senior Supersportsman light and heavy. He also won 2 Screaming Eagles. At the 2004 IKF Nationals at Buttonwillow, Ca., he was the Grand National Champion in Yamaha Light. At Moran Raceway in 2005, he was the IKF National Champion in IKF Tag and HPV 4. In all, he has won 10 Duffy's and 7 Screaming Eagles. He is the 2005 Tag Expert Champion at Infineon Raceway in Ca. Jess was 2nd in the Tag Expert Skusa Supernationals at Las Vegas in 2005. In 2006, Jess won the Stars of Karting Western Divison ICA Championship.

 


Jess Peterson in the Stars race at Infineon in Sept 2005.

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Matt Peterson is 22 years old. He is the 1998 Jr Sportsman N. Nevada Kart Club champion and also the 1999 Jr. Super Sportsman N. Nevada Kart Club champion. Matt finished 3rd in the 2000 Tri-cty series Sr. Super Sporstman class by winning the last 2 races at Reno and Atwater. In 2001, running for Invader, Matt finished 5th in the Sr Sportsman division in Ikf Region 11. In 2002 Matt started to come alive. He won several Rotax Max races in IKF Region 11 and finally won a race in Sr Super Sportsman. At the 4 Cycle Nationals in Spokane, he won 3 Screaming Eagles but we just couldn't get him through the starts as his engine kept bogging. But he made up for it at the 2 Cycle Nationals in Marshalltown, Iowa. Matt won Screaming Eagles and Duffy's in Sr Sportsman, Sr Super Sportsman light and Sr Super Sportsman heavy and earned his IKF Expert status. The photo shows him leading the Sr Super Sportsman light race at Marshalltown. He is currently attending the University of Nevada Reno and majoring in mathamatics and engineering.

Andrew Peterson, a regional champion, is currently inactive in go-kart racing. He has decided to concentrate on hockey and is one of the better defense men in his age group in USA Hockey. Check out his page.