7-20-11Red Line Oil Karting Championship Drivers off to Rotax Grand National

With the Rotax Grand National taking place in the West this year, several drivers from Red Line Oil Karting Championship's Northern California Rotax Challenge will be making the trip to compete against some of the best karters in the nation. Miller Motorsports Park near Salt Lake City, Utah, is the site for the 2011 Rotax Grand National which will be held July 19th to July 23rd. Unlike past years where the Grand Nationals were held in the Mid-West where rain becomes part of the event, this year's event should hot and dry.

Drivers that will be making the journey are:

Rotax Mini Max: Current points leader Michael Michoff, 2010 Red Line Oil Karting Championship class champ Michael Avansino, Scott, Huffaker, Annie Breidinger, Toni Breidinger and Corrie Hiatt.

Junior Rotax: This will be the third Junior Rotax Grand National for Brody Zink and he wants to make the past two years of experience pay off in a good showing this year.

Senior Rotax: Former national champ Wes Phillips will be making the trip. Kiel Spaulding has been dominating the senior class the last couple of races and he wants to do the same in Utah. Also running in Senior Rotax will be Andrew Colombini, Bronson Eggert and TJ Fischer.

Rotax Masters: This is Bob Hurst's first year in Rotax, but his years of TaG experience should help him be ready for the tough competition.

Rotax DD2: The two-speed class will have Bronson Eggert and TJ Fischer running DD2 in addition to Senior Rotax.

Rotax DD2 Masters/Heavy Driver: Michael Ostrowski, Andre Eriksen and Bob Olson are entered. The eighteen year old Ostrowski will be running as a heavy driver. Eriksen was last year's RLOKC Rotax Masters champ. He was running as high as tenth at the 2010 Rotax Grand National when he got involved in a race ending incident.

The top two drivers from the Junior, Senior, DD2 and DD2 Masters classes will then move on to the Rotax World Finals.

You can follow all the results of the Rotax Grand National by checking www.mylaps.com each night of the event to see how our Norcal drivers did during each day.

Also, a live streaming video broadcast of this year's event will be available online. Go to www.gorotax.com for more details. The broadcast will start July 21st and continue through the main events on July 23rd.

For more information about the Red Line Oil Karting Championship, please visit: www.redlineoilkarting.com .