Every Year NorcalKarters.com compiles all the stats from Club Races and Regional programs from the Norcal and western Reno Kart tracks and uses a mathematical process to find the Areas top ranked Drivers. This year the equation was changed a little in the fact it now offers a drop for drivers. Every six races counted now includes one drop.  The points are determined on the number of Karts in the class, for example: in a 10 kart field the winner would receive ten points; the driver finishing last would receive 1 point. For Gold Rush, IKF Region 11, and Pro Kart races the drivers will receive double points for the higher level of competition, for example: if there are 10 karts in the class, the winner would receive 20 points, while the driver finishing last would receive 2 points. In order to qualify for the top ten, drivers must have competed in 8 or more races before the drop. The points from each race would be compiled together minus the dropped races for low finishes, then the total would get divided by the number of races run,  finding the average points score for the driver. This particular method rewards the driver scoring good finishes against tough fields with high kart counts.

Ranking first in Jr 2 is the first time repeat #1 ranking in Leading Edges Luis Tyrrell. Luis is another driver that started the season on one brand of chassis, and ended on another. In 2008 Luis was ranked in the top spot in the Jr 1 Division. Luis only had one win to speak of for the counted races of the rankings, however 7 top 5’s, high kart counts, and a very good average finish of 20.7, Luis was put to the top of the driver rankings by consistency. One of the few drivers that were hampered by the newly adopted drop rule, it didn’t affect his end result as the #1. Luis Tyrrell is the 2009 Jr 2 #1 ranked Driver!

2009 NorcalKarters.com #1 Ranked Jr. 2 Driver Luis Tyrrell

Previous #1 Jr 2 Driver:
2008 NorcalKarteres.com #1 Ranked Jr 2 Driver Brenden Phinny
2007 NorcalKarters.com #1 Ranked Jr 2 Driver David Vasquez