Adam Kasick, a freshman in the School of Liberal Arts from Munster, Ind., lead every lap through lap 72, with Gray and Nick Watt following close behind, until Kasick was run into a fence and had to pull out of the race with a damaged kart several laps later. Watt, a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering technology from Napierville, Ill., took the lead in the second half of the race until his kart was involved in a minor collision. Watt finished second. Thirty-three Purdue students, including last year's winner James Weida, a senior majoring of Building Construction Technology from West Lafayette, Ind., competed in annual event. Gray said it was an afternoon filled with disciplined aggression.
Guys get tired, tires get old.
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