5-29-09 SwedeTech Customers Dominate ProKart’s West Coast Shootout
 

5-26-09 SUPERKARTS! USA ANNOUNCES RETURN TO RIO FOR 2009 SUPERNATIONALS

 
13th annual event back on the Vegas strip in mid-November

TEMECULA, CA (May 22, 2009) – At what was largely considered to be the greatest karting event in North American history, the Superkarts! USA SuperNationals XII elevated the event’s prestige when it returned to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas last November. Now, looking ahead six months, the organization is gunning to trump the previous edition of the program’s marquee race. SKUSA’s Tom Kutscher is pleased to announce that the 13th edition of the SuperNationals will return to the Rio on November 18-22, 2009, with a number of improvements scheduled to be unveiled prior and during this year’s event.
 
“The 2008 SuperNationals was a huge success for karting and for SKUSA,” stated Kutscher, looking back at an event that was the product of six months of work. “Without the hard work and dedication of the entire staff, both on and off the track, and those competing, the event would not have been possible. With last year’s event now in the SKUSA history books, we have a better idea of the challenges and opportunities that we face at this tremendous venue. With some fine tuning, we’re looking to make this year’s event even more spectacular – and one not to be missed!”
 
The evolution on the drawing board for this year’s race includes the addition of a fifth day of on-track action, a more focused class structure, a fine-tuned race track, increased seating and paddock excitement, and finally, the best room rate in the history of the SuperNats at the Rio.
 
After working closely with the Rio for the first time last year, Kutscher has put together a great program with them for the ’09 event. The hotel room rate will be announced just prior to the hotel registration opening June 1st. This special room rate and code will be announced at midnight on May 31st at www.superkartsusa.com <http://www.superkartsusa.com>
 
If you’re waiting to hear that your class will be on the docket this year, at this time the organization can only confirm that the core SKUSA classes will be presented. Stock Moto is one of the foundations of the program; therefore, both S3 and S4 will be offered. The TaG categories have become such an exciting part of the group, as well; therefore, TaG Senior, Junior and Masters will all be offered.  If you have an ICC powerplant, the KZ2 (SuperPro) category will be your ticket into the SuperNats, where you will get the opportunity to run with the best of the best. Always a key part of the SKUSA program, the G1 pilots will also take center stage in Las Vegas, running both ICC and built moto engines.  The remainder of the class structure has not yet been confirmed, but this final announcement will be made soon.  The full ’09 update of the SKUSA SuperNationals website will coincide with the opening day of pre-race online registration on July 1st.
 
Last year’s race featured very long days, as the schedule was packed into four days of action at the Rio – prompting Kutscher to take the race back to five days of on-track action.  The opening rounds of practice will take place on Wednesday, November 18, continuing through qualifying, heat races and Last Chance Qualifiers, all the way to the wildest day in karting – SuperSunday.
 
Do not miss out!
 

5-26-09 Prairie City #4 Race Action
Story and Photos by Bev. Ban

We went from Rain washing out the race to a heat wave putting karters and families looking for shade and ice cold drinks to get by. The Day was full of action and 1 Red Flag but no injuries except to karts.
Kid Karts:
Sometimes it is hard to realize that some of these karters are only 5 years old and pulling off speeds over over  30 mph. We had Zach Corbitt was P1, with Jack Von Quilich p2,,The heat win goes to Sammy wood, and on the Main you couldn’t touch the young Corbitt as he checked out and picked up a Win for the day with Jack Von Quilich 2nd,Aj Okazaki 3rd,Sammy Wood 4th, Gabriel Norris 5th Stephen Daniel 6th. Good job
 
Jr 1-2 : Jarred Campbell picked up p1 47.861, against p2 Nitro Nick Sommers at 47.898, The heat race was fun to watch; these drivers are fast and smooth out there. In the heat Nitro picked up the win but the Hit man Jarred Campbell had something to prove to himself and his fans after his Red flag and dug deep to pick up the win in the main against the super fast Nitro Nick it was a battle right to the last corner where Nitro came up a wheel short to Campbell. 1st Jarred Campbell, 2nd Nitro Nick Sommers, 3rd Hunter Corbitt who also was involved in the Hpv red flag and made a comeback also, 4th Blaine Rocha another driver that has to be watched out there because he is always in the mix at the end.
 
Hpv 1-  P1 Jarred Campbell 46.448, p2 was Nitro Nick 46.812, these drivers had a battle going on behind Nitro as he checked out and didn’t look over his shoulder to watch the fierce battle with Rocha/ Campbell/ Corbitt, that sent Campbell into the turn 1 barriers head first under the barriers along with Hunter Corbitt who’s kart looked like it was run over by a truck. It was a wild accident and we were all grateful that the boys were okay and right back out there in the main coming from the back and battling before bad luck took them out of the final.
The winner on this one was Nitro Nick with Taylor Jacobs picking up 2nd Jay Dennis 3rd Jarred Campbell made it back up to 4th after his heat wreck.
 
SS Lite/ Hpv 3 were combined together
P1 Hpv3 Was Curt Sander 46.600, SS lite P1 was Brian Gallagher 47.103 and Jesse Gwin 47.613,
This race was really exciting out there, oh ya in the heat race we had Gallagher and Gwin battle so much when the checkers waved it also held a black flag with it. Wild tough racers these drivers don’t play around they are looking for wins!, in the Main it was a race to watch with karts getting wild out there and Scott Formanek sitting in the right place to take advantage of the quick pass to pick up a podium spot for himself
1st Brian Gallagher, 2nd blast from the past Nate Lavery, 3rd Drew Kemp, 4th Scott Formanek
 
Tag Senior: p1 Ryan Rasberry 43.620, p2 Jon Ban 43.698, Flyin Ryan checked out as Ban broke a chain in turn 3 first lap that left him on the side lines watching in the Heat race. Mains: Flying Ryan still P1 stepped out front and ran pretty well unchallenged for the win. Leaving the rest of the field to battle it out.
Brandon Phillips had a good run going until Espinosa / Ban slipped under him in Turn 1 and the battle finished with Rasberry 1st, Ban 2nd, Espinosa 3rd
Tag Masters:
were combined with tag Senior, crazy Ray DNS after not feeling well and left leaving  John Chandler the points for the day.
80 Ltd:
These drivers rock, I love watching the shifter boyz out there driving hard every race. New comers to shifters Tyler Espinosa p2 and Curt Lopez P3 were up against a tough group of drivers
P1 Tony Mangini is the Track Wizard in Shifter and the man to beat. He took off like greased lighting letting the rest of the field figure out where they would place. Chris yettio another Starting wizard clipped a rear tire taking a donut around the starting line and finding himself having to play catch up. It was a cool shot though and was fun to watch Chris Stay in it and get after the guys.
Finish was no surprise: 1st Tony Mangini, 2nd Jon Wozniak, 3rdChris Yettito

80 masters: It would have been fun to see them put these drivers in with the other 80’s to make a bigger field but the guys still make it fun to watch.
Josh Cole had fast time but picked up a DNF leaving the win to Steve ( hang loose) Nagai
New comer Gus Carcione, had a nice little run going there, good job.
 
Hpv 1 - Rookie class:
Jackson wood picked up the p1 with Christian Peterson p2, Wyatt Couch was hungry and chased down his first Rookie Class one with a Steller run out front
1st Wyatt Couch, 2nd Christian Peterson
 
Hpv2-
Another wild class to watch,
P1 Shelby Sander, P2 Ashlie Couch, took off like greased lighting on the start but thunder and lighting struck behind them as;
Turns 1 -2 took most of the field out of the race, we had Zach Kelly doing some amazing Kart Surfing  on Cornell and amazing enough both were able to get back going and pick up a great finish. Not so lucky were: Cole Trickel, who ended up in the barriers turn 1 while trying to avoid Kelly, then lost in turn 2 were Aj Juergens & Scott Anderson victims of the aftermath,
The start of the day was Ashlie Couch pulling down fast time of 44.589 p1, P2 was Shelby Sander 44.722 These two drivers are Track Warriors and drive every lap hard and are the ones to watch. The win wouldn’t go to either of them though as they tangled up in the finishing laps in turn 1 and left them both on the sidelines with Kathryn Cornell, first time at the track 1st place, followed by 2nd place with a come back Zack Kelly
3rd Devin Stagle 4th Michela La Spina

5-20-09 Leading Edge Motorsports Has Another Strong Weekend at Pro Kart!

5-20-09 Desert Park Raceway, Reno Nevada Race Action

 NNKC held Championship points race #3 this last Sunday at Desert Park Raceway.  30 karts came out for the action and action it was, in almost all the classes. 

 Starting out the day in the first order were the Kid Karts.  John Paul Maxwell and Tyler Dean flew out of the box and got many laps around the National track layout.  These kids were going fast out there.  They showed great poise in the karts and never got off course.  The future of NNKC is here!!

 Next out of the gate was the Formula 80 Masters gang.  Mr. IKF Darrell Dean took no time to show the guys who was the fastest 80 on the track.  He swept qualifying and both heats to position himself on pole for the main. 1993 NNKC Champion Mike McMullen was second fastest all day followed by Dave Shilt and John Thornton.  McMullen would start the main event on the outside of Row 1.  As the green dropped, Dean would get the jump and dart out in front and never looked over his shoulder in capturing his 1st Formula 80 Masters win!  McMullen would finish second with Shilt and Thornton in 3rd and 4th, respectively.   

 Formula 125 gridded up next.  NNKC Lifetime member Mitch Kennedy brought out a couple former 125 champions in Mark Nason and Mike Botelho Jr.  Kennedy would start off strong and grab pole and win the first heat.  Kennedy's motor would eventually blow and Botelho Jr would be the nice guy and give his kart to Kennedy to finish up.  In the 2nd heat, Nason would have transmission problems and that allowed Chris McCabe to jump up in position.  In the main, it was Kennedy running away with McCabe in 2nd followed by the limping Nason in 3rd.  We should have a couple more of these machines out here next race, May 31st. 

 TaG Junior was up next and they took no time getting down to business.  Cody Kay would grab pole from Austin DeMent and Chelsi Wagner.  In the 1st heat, Kay and DeMent would touch in turn 1 sending DeMent flying into the barriers.  Kay would go on to win the heat with Wagner in close second.  The 2nd heat would see Kay pulling off for mechanical reasons and DeMent and Wagner fighting it out for 1st.  DeMent would make his move on Wagner and take the win.  The main was set.  Kay was on Pole and DeMent off pole with Wagner in 3rd.  The 3 would barrel around the track with DeMent making a pass on Kay down the straight to take P1.  The group would catch up to traffic and DeMent was able to get through.  Kay would get caught up and the race was over and won by DeMent followed by Kay and Wagner.   

 TaG Novice only fielded 2 drivers this race.  Bob Hoekman continued his pace of winning over Marty McNew.  Hoekman and McNew would battle during the day for supremacy.  The main event had the 2 fighting through every corner nose to tail.  The two would cross the checkers a second apart in which Hoekman won his second race in a row!

 Jr 1-2 Cycles took to the field.  6 drivers came out for this race.  Most of them were getting some extra tuning for the Grand Nationals that are in less than 60 days.  Tyler Burk started where he left off the last race, in 1st.  Burk grabbed pole from Justin Hoekman and JR Raczko.  The first heat Burke would win followed by Hoekman.  The heat would see the kids dicing back and forth.  Jeremy Kay would grab an early lead as all the kids were trading spots.  Hometown kid and 2008 IKF Reno TaG Cadet Winner Hoekman would duke it out with the class all day long.  But it was Burke in the main showing impressive skills as he powered his energy kart to victory lane in the main event.  Raczko would finish in second followed by Rubino in 3rd and Hoekman in 4th.  Jeremy Kay and Christian Maxwell would round out the field in 5th and 6th, respectively. 

 TaG Seniors came out to play on this beautiful Sunday Sunny afternoon.  Mike Botelho Jr grabbed pole from David Brant.  Botelho Jr. would go on to win the first heat with Brant a second or two behind.  The second heat would see Brant and Botelho Jr. fight it out in grand style with the two dicing the entire time. Curt Baker would have a solid run all day as well while he still is getting his new Ital Kart tuned in.  The main event had Botelho Jr. on pole with Brant to his side.  The two would battle throughout the race bumper to bumper with Baker in tow.  Brant would be able to hold off Botelho Jr. for the W and Baker would come in 3rd followed by Lionel Fayet in 4th.  Chris Bender would be DQ'd for 5th.

 The last class on the day belonged to HPV-2.  Cody Kay put his Top Kart on pole followed by Deven Sanchez.  The 1st heat would see Kay walk away from the group.  It was Sanchez and Logan Wyman battling it out.  The second heat would also see Kay take the honors.  In the main event, Kay again would pull away an leave Sanchez and Wyman to think about 2nd.  Kay would go on to win followed by Sanchez in 2nd and Wyman in 3rd.

 What a great day of racing.  Next race is May 31^st which is the make up race (rain).  That is TaG Junior work day.  We’d also like to thank Shari Dow for the great BBQ lunch that everyone got to enjoy.  See you then!

5-20-09 RON SUTTON’S WINNER’S CIRCLE SET TO HOST FIFTH ANNUAL BUSINESS MIXER & MOTORSPORTS PARTY

Over 400 business people, racers and fans are expected to be part of the
premier free party in Sacramento

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (May 20, 2009) – The Ron Sutton's Winner's Circle has
announced it will be hosting it's fifth annual free Business Mixer &
Motorsports Party on Friday, May 29th at its race shop in Sacramento.

Ron Sutton and the RSWC staff are well know for throwing monster mixer
parties at The Small Business Resource Center in Sacramento, Calif.
Building on this reputation, the fifth annual Business Mixer &
Motorsports Party promises to be Sacramento’s biggest mixer of 2009.
Best of all it's FREE.

A fun business networking mixer, with a racing & motorsports theme, the
event is ideal for business people, racers and fans. Over 300 wonderful
people attended the event last year and a crowd of over 400 is expected
this year.

In addition to the great business networking opportunities, a large list
of activities is available for everyone to enjoy.

A full BBQ picnic dinner will take place, with burgers, brats, grilled
chicken, Italian sausages, hot links, hot dogs, baked beans, potato
salad, pasta salad, ice cream and fudge sundaes on tap. For when you get
thirsty, a bar with all your favorite beers & wines is also available.

The great classic rock band "Rhythm Union Trio" will be playing music
all night, keeping the crowd entertained.

Guests can play Monte Carlo casino games (Blackjack, Roulette & Texas
Hold'em) to win raffle prize tickets, with lots of fantastic prizes to
be given away. The Hooter’s Girl Dealers will also be present, with
proceeds going to the Kelly Jo Dowd Fund for Breast Cancer.

The NASCAR bound RSWC race car drivers from all over the United States,
Canada and Sweden will be on hand giving out driver information cards,
talking with guests, signing autographs, posing for pictures, and doing
interviews.

Cars from the various race series the RSWC drivers take part in (USAC
Junior Ford Focus Midgets, USAC Ford Focus Midgets, USAC Midgets, USAC
Sprint cars, Skip Barber Race Series, SCCA Club Racing Formula Ford and
F2000, NASCAR Grand American Modifieds, NASCAR Late Model Stock Cars and
NASCAR Grand National cars) will be on display, so fans can get up close
and learn all about what the drivers race. Hot rods and classic cars
will also be on display.

Veteran Crew from Ron Sutton's Winner's Circle race team will be
conducting guided tours of the RSWC race shop, including the fabrication
shop, team rigs and motor coaches.

The grand opening of Star Racing Supply, a full line racing speed shop,
will also take place.

The fifth annual Ron Sutton's Winner's Circle Business Mixer &
Motorsports Party gets underway at 5:30 p.m. on May29, at the Winner's
Circle Race Shop (8581 Younger Creek Drive, Sacramento, Calif., 95828).
Going until approximately 9:30 p.m., it is sure to be the party of the
year, so be sure you don't miss this great free event.

Additional information on the Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle can be
obtained from the program website @ www.winners-circle-racing.com. For
direct contact, please contact Ron Sutton @ ron@winners-circle-racing.com
 

5-20-09 NEAL AND ZEEN SCORE IN PROKART CHALLENGE WEST COAST SHOOTOUT

South tops North in inaugural battle that draws 110+ competitors to Buttonwillow

BUTTONWILLOW, CA (May 19, 2009) – The concept behind the inaugural ProKart Challenge West Coast Shootout was to bring together the competitors of both the North and South PKC regional programs, and the approach certainly delivered – as a thrilling day of racing was the outright result. More than 110 drivers hit the track on May 16 at the Buttonwillow Raceway Park kart track, and they were forced to battle extreme heat as well as each other.  The mercury rose to over 100 at the California facility, but the SKUSA staff, their drivers and their teams all handled it extremely well.  The racing itself was ludicrously good, with some stellar head-to-head battles highlighting the action –as the South edged the North for the overall regional crown.  PCH Motorsports’ Jacob Neal (CRG) turned in one of the finest performances in his young career, coming out on top of an exciting scrap in S3, while G-Phactory’s Andrick Zeen (Sodi Kart) was the man to beat in TaG Senior.
 

Neal faced some serious challengers in the S3 category, qualifying third behind polesitter Jimmy McNeil (CRG) and Tommy Thompson (Trackmagic).  McNeil was two tenths clear of the field to throw his name in the hat for the win, until he lost his airbox and had to pull off. Neal took over from there, winning both heat races to start on the pole for the main event.  The 20-lap race took place on a very greasy track, made even more challenging by the high heat, as Select Shifter pilot Clinton Schoombee (CRG) grabbed the holeshot to lead the first half of the event.  Neal would battle back from a tough start, getting past a pair of Team Aluminos drivers in Daniel Bray (GP) and Tom Dyer (GP) as they battled each other, eventually arriving on the rear bumper of Schoombee.  The leader fought valiantly, but Neal would not be denied as he eventually slipped through to take the point.  The win did not appear locked, however, as Utah’s Patrick Cushenberry (Arrow) was coming on strong.  ‘Cush’ laid down the fastest lap of the race as he reeled in the lead duo, leading many to believe that he was on his way to victory. Cushenberry came up just short, as he was not able to find a safe way by Schoombee, allowing Neal to inch away for the win, his fifth PKC triumph of the year. Schoombee and Cushenberry completed the podium, while Bray and Dyer capped the top-five.
 
PKC North driver Nic LeDuc (Tony Kart) paced the TaG Senior field to begin the day, laying down a 48.451-second lap to put himself on the pole of the opening heat race.  Zeen was second in the timed run, less than a tenth back, while veteran Larry Fraser (GP) was up to speed as well, sitting third after the morning session.  Fraser would work his way to the front in the opening heat races, but Zeen took the second as Fraser scrapped with Mason Marotta (Intrepid). In the main, Zeen led early but was overtaken by Fraser, who led the majority of the laps. Marotta took the point for a single lap, but the freshman senior could not hold back Zeen, who assumed the lead on lap 14 – which he took to a 0.306-second triumph.  Marotta capped a great weekend in second, while Fraser completed the podium following a stellar run that has allowed him to close on PKC North point leader Brett Felkins (Intrepid), who was not able to finish the main at Buttonwillow.  Miles Maroney (CRG) and Brett Buckwalter (Italkart) completed the top-five.
 
Two-time eKartingNews.com Driver of the Year and former SuperNationals winner Gary Carlton (CRG) was back behind the wheel in Buttonwillow, turning up the heat in the S1 class.  In qualifying, Carlton battled an issue that restricted him to just one timed lap, which was good enough for fourth in the order. Kartel Motorsports’ Brendan Phinny continues to improve during his rookie campaign and turned up the wick in qualifying, putting his Top Kart on the pole with a lap of 47.251.  Neal was doing double-duty and was second in the S1 order, just ahead of Peter Abba (GP).  Carlton would not be denied in the heat races as he got out front and stayed there, securing the pole position for the 20-lap Shootout main event.  After getting the holeshot, Carlton simply walked away from the field to score a 6.357-second victory over Neal and Abba.
 
In the S4 class, American steel found its way to the front as Emmick Cobra Racing pilot Cory Gwin was the lead driver, putting his new kart on the pole.  Jamie Wilson (Birel) and Jeff Smith (GP) capped the top-three in qualifying.  Gwin struggled a little in the first heat race, but battled back to win the second moto to start from the front row in the main.  In the final, Gwin was chased aggressively by Jared Woolf (Intrepid) as the battles for both first and third were extremely entertaining. The scrap for the final podium position was waged between Smith and Ken Schilling (GP), as the duo fought back and forth for the spot. Schilling would eventually win out, making a great move to take the position for good late in the race. Up front, Woolf challenged Gwin at every turn, taking the lead for a time, but Gwin would not be denied as he took the victory by 0.379 seconds.  Smith took fourth and was followed in the top-five by Rob Whitley (Tony Kart). In the S4 Magnum class, Luke Bianco led the way all day, finishing up 1st in the S4-M class and seventh overall for the S4 category. Tony Morrison and Michael Morgan completed the podium.
 
The HPV2 Jr. pilots raced well all day, led in morning qualifying by Joey Teves (Tony Kart), as the top six drivers timed in within less than two tenths of a second. After exciting heat races, the main event came down to a battle between David Vasquez (Tony Kart), Kiel Spaulding (Trackmagic) and Jason Hannegan (Intrepid), who was making his first PKC start. All three led at one time and it looked like Hannegan would eventually score the win after catching and passing the lead duo, but Vasquez rebounded to be first to the flag, edging Spaulding and Hannegan for the victory. In the TaG Junior class, Adrian Starrantino (CRG) was the driver to beat, qualifying on the pole and then walking away to a 4.024-second win in the main after pacing the second heat as well.  Rookie driver Dylan Lupton (Birel) turned it on in the final, chasing down and passing Louie Pagano (Birel) to record an impressive runner-up finish. This freshman driver has shown tremendous natural talent since arriving on the scene late last year.
 
The PKC West Coast Shootout attracted a quality field of 11 KF2 drivers, which was led in qualifying by Alex Speed (Tony Kart). Brett Felkins (Intrepid) and Gustavo Menezes (Tony Kart) completed the top-three in the timed session, as Menezes would improve in the heats by taking both wins over Speed and Andrick Zeen (Sodi Kart). The main event was a spirited battle, as young Menezes grabbed the early lead after ‘moving’ Speed out of the way. Speed got back by to lead laps three and four, but Zeen was the charger through the middle part of the race.  Speed would eventually gather things back up, taking the lead and powering away to the win over Menezes.  Zeen held on to third, taking the final podium position ahead of Will Martindale (Tony Kart) and Ryon Beachner (Tony Kart).
 
Capping off the day’s action, Team Aluminos’ Fernando Diaz (GP) scored the win in the G1 class, defending an early lead from a charging PP Mastro. The arrival of Mastro on Diaz’ rear bumper awakened the leader, who stepped up his game to score his first win of the year. Mastro just couldn’t find a way by in the waning laps and needed to settle for second, as Roy Montgomery (GP) completed the podium. In TaG Masters, the Emmick name was up front again as Paul Hohlbein swept the proceedings en route to a 1.218-second win over Steve Wiener (Trackmagic).  Jeff Bobbitt (Tony Kart) emerged as the fastest driver in the class by the end of the day, but mechanical difficulties prevented him from getting all the way to the flag in both the second heat and the main event. Jim Zootis capped the podium in the TaG Masters group.
 
When it was all said and done, the South topped the North in the overall Regional Shootout, which took each region’s best three finishes in the six cross-over classes.  Race wins by Fernando Diaz and Andrick Zeen gave the South top points, but it was the sweep of the top-three in the S3 category that made the difference.  In the end calculations, the South had amassed 134 points to the North’s 114 markers.  This will certainly become an annual battle for bragging rights in California.
 
With the annual SuperNationals set as the Superkarts! USA season finale – it’s date and location to be announced later this week – the ProKart Challenge racers will be looking forward to the next events on their respective schedules.  The North competitors will be back in action on June 13 at the Jim Russell International Karting Center, while the South pilots head to Santa Maria on June 27.  For more information on the Superkarts! USA’s ProKart Challenge, head to www.prokartchallenge.com.
 
 

5-15-09 Stockton Club Race May, 9th. 2009
story by Bev Ban

I have to say this was one of the funniest days at the track in a long long time.
No the pits weren’t as full as hoped with the Mother’s day weekend and other events going but……wow! The day started and ended with all smiles and laughter throughout the pits. Oh don’t get me wrong there was plenty of action on the track to watch but it never spilled over into the pits except with high fives, smiles and laughter about some of the on track excitement. Where in the world can I start ?

The Kid Karts were some of the most entertaining and fun to watch in a very long time. What I love most about the Kid karts events is seeing the little racers playing together before and after the events and having so much fun and all those big smiles and grins are their little faces as the excitement of the day looks more and more like Christmas to them. What was different about this kids race than other races I had the pleasure to watch and report on??  The excitement from all the parents lining the fence along with the kids grandparents, friends and neighbors cheering them on as they passed by  on the track. The parents were climbing the fences with excitement as one little X-driver pulled off a super finish in the main event. I had to fight hard to stay focused on the task at hand and getting those shots of the kids loving the excitement from the parents just over my shoulder. To watch those parents interact with each other on the side lines was so heart warming and fun!! Thanks for the great show…

   Next up we had the Class of Hpv2- kids out there, they were focused and determined to have a good fast day and lap by lap they all kept the pedal down and battle for the finish: Austin Keler had a stellar day and swept the day with Pole-W-W-W Great Job! 2nd Brenton Urban and 3rd Blake Murdock battled all day looking to chase down Keler look 4 more next race.

Jr. Puma: Tusha Neal- picked up pole  with a 34.114 but that wasn’t a deterrent to Andrew Colombini he brought his A game and came from p3, to grab a W, W, Win. 2nd place Tusha Neal, 3rd Chris Clark; great run drivers it is good to see the Puma class getting a bigger class and great drivers back. I miss seeing the days of 18-19 Puma’s in the field battles were pretty fierce in this class in the past…looking good drivers

Jr 1-2 Cycle: What else can be said about Joseph La Rosa except Wow. This kid is smoking fast, he swept the day with  P1-35.254, W.W.Win- the problem for the rest of the field is this driver just kept getting faster all day long ending the main turning a 34.843; giving chase all day and having a stellar drive himself was Perales who was looking for a mistake to get around. 2nd Alexander Perales 3rd Justin Yanez, 4th Brad Repar 5th Little brother who just moved up Kendall La Rosa and 6th Paul Piere. Great race drivers!
80 Ltd.: Held the Track Warrior of the Race award winner: Wayne Bundy”
P1- Jon Ban in a ride Via Wayne Bundy Racing 32.114 by 1.026 over the field, Ban who is still new on the shifter starts ended up having to chase Bundy down and had to settle for a 2nd to Bundy 0.175 finish Main: p1 Bundy, P2 Jake Van Drimmelen, who also had borrowed parts from Bundy Racing to get into the race, so technically Bundy had 3 karts in the race. Bundy led for a bit until New Comer Jake passed Bundy in 4 when Bundy left the door open. Ban made the pass of the day getting by Cindell going into turn 1 taking the inside up on 2 wheels going by Cindell and setting his kart back down on four wheels and grabbing gears trying to get away. 1st Jake Van Drimmelen picked up his first shifter win, 2nd Jon Ban 3rd Wayne Bundy. The Track Warrior Award will be given to Bundy because he isn’t like most racers He would give the shirt off his back to make sure there was a class to race in--Thanks Buddy your the Best !

Tag--a full field because the day was light on karts, they combined classes to have a great big field for the tag class. P1 masters- Kevin Knight, P1, Grand Masters- Perry Cole, P1- Sumo Brad Clark Turn one mayhem in the heats claimed a few drivers, the best part was it left them shaken but not hurt even after a nasty little wreck left drivers hitting head on after a spin out in the corner, lucky for the drivers it was a low speed hit…I am sure they felt it the next day though. There were quite a few drivers applying “deep heat” to their sore muscles after the races but it was fun to watch them out there……boy you would think these “over-grown kids” would know better but they are a tough crowd out there on the track and this Tag a rama class were all smiles when it was over which was really cool to see Finish: Masters:1st. Kevin Knight, 2nd Darren Leipelt, 3rd. Mike Lewis, 4th Jeff Bradshaw

Grand Masters:1st. Perry Cole, 2nd John Modderman ( after a nasty turn 1 wreck) great job! 3rd Terry Klemm
Tag Sumo- 1st. Eddie Lucas, 2nd Robert Neal, 3rd Arielle Kuntz, 4th Brad Clark, 5th Greg DeBarrows
 

5-13-09 Scribner Motorsports Returns to Racing Action for Race #5 at All-American Speedway

 Scribner Motorsports and the #51 Late Model driver, Chris Scribner, will return to racing action this weekend, May 16^th, at All-American Speedway in Roseville, Ca. for Round 5 of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series. The previous race on May 2nd was rained out allowing a much needed break for the team.

Scribner, new on the circuit this year in his rookie season stated, "We have been behind from day one after getting a late start late in the offseason, acquiring our car and equipment just one month before the season began. Many parts were borrowed from fellow competitors to get our season started. The rain-out provided an extra week which gave us time to catch our program up to a competitive level". Chris finished in sixth position his previous race for his best finish thus far. This weekend Chris is looking for his first top five finish.

Scribner brings an impressive resume from the Karting ranks in which he was ranked third in the Nation in 2008 and also represented Kart Team USA in an International Event held in the Alcaniez region of southern Spain last November. Chris is making the jump to the NASCAR Late Model ranks with the help of father, Rick Scribner, (Team Manager) who also raced in the NASCAR ranks on the West Coast. The Scribner Motorsports team is on a quick learning curve as they set the bar high in route to their first top five.

Additional information on Scribner Motorsports 2009 season can be obtained from scribnermotorsports.com. The Team will contest the 2009 All American Speedway NASCAR Late Model 27 race series in conjunction with the WESTCAR series with Team Partners Zamp Helmets, Scribner Plastics, Powertrain Technology, Impact Racing, MSD Ignition, Flowmaster, AD3 Graphics, and KRC Power Steering.

5-8-09 FIRST ANNUAL PROKART CHALLENGE WEST COAST SHOOTOUT TAKING SHAPE
 

Competitors from all over will determine who’s ‘Best in the West’

TEMECULA, CA (May 8, 2009) – The much anticipated ProKart Challenge West Coast Shootout is just one week away, set for May 16 at the Buttonwillow Raceway Park kart track. The event will put together the PKC South and PKC North programs into one setting, with drivers battling for handsome trophies and exciting podium prizes from the series sponsors – along with being crowned the ‘Best in the West’. Drivers competing will receive points for their respective championships; however, any and all racers are invited to compete.
 
The event will see a total of 10 classes on track when combining the PKC South and PKC North divisions. S1, G1, S3, S4, TaG Senior, TaG Master and TaG Junior are part of both programs, with the KF2 and S4 Magnum racers coming from PKC South and the HPV 2 Juniors being a PKC North category. A look at the early entry list shows the event at the 7/10-mile circuit should be a good training ground for the upcoming SKUSA SuperNationals XIII later in the year, as most of the heavy hitters will be in attendance.
 
The S3 division has been a one-man show at both ends of the spectrum for the ProKart Challenge program. Jacob Neal has four wins total, three in the South and one in the North to lead both championships heading into the Shootout weekend. Neal is being chased by Patrick Cushenberry, Bobby Legate and Jimmy McNeil in the South while Steve Reasoner and Tommy Thompson trail Neal in the North. 2007 SuperNats S3 winner Tom Dyer will be making his 2009 debut at the Shootout and should be a factor.
 
The TaG Senior and KF2 fields are expected to field a number of national caliber competitors. Howie Idelson and Brett Felkins hold the top spot in the TaG Senior standings, but will have to fend off drivers like Will Martindale, Larry Fraser, Andrick Zeen, Nic LeDuc, and Brett Buckwalter. Both Martindale and Felkins, as well as Zeen, will be among the many looking to knock off Alex Speed from the top of the KF2 championship lead. Cody Hodgson, Devin Lindsey, young gun Gustavo Menezes and Indy 500 champion Buddy Rice are also expected to be at Buttonwillow.
 
In S4, Jeff Smith and Jamie Wilson will do battle as the South and North championship leaders. Smith has yet to earn a feature win this season, while Wilson took home one after two rounds in the North. Peter Workum sits third and second in the standings and will be a factor – along with South winner Rob Whitley and defending champion Ken Schilling. Jared Woolf is another driver traveling from the North, already a victory on his 2009 CV.
 
The G1 division has a number of drivers representing the South program, including championship leader Troy Butts. He, along with fellow front runners Roy Montgomery and Brad Dhesi, will do battle against the best in the North, including Jim Kidd, Ethan Wilson, and defending champion Craig Corwin.
 
It will be Steve vs. Steve in the TaG Master category, as Wiener and Elo will face one another, with the likes of Mike Kelley, Jeff Bobbitt, Jim Zootis, Paul Hohlbein, and Jeff Deehan – who has run both South and North campaigns thus far – in the mix of the leaders. Aside from S3, Neal has been dominant in S1 – and could be leading both regional championships after Buttonwillow. Peter Abba and Cody Hodgson, however, stand in his way, along with Gary Carlton, who’s coming out to race S1, as well. Tony Morrison leads the South-based S4 Magnum division after their first three official weekends on the roster. His two feature wins puts him on top of the standings over Luke Bianco and Jim Miller.
 
A good field of TaG Juniors will be present at Buttonwillow, giving South championship leader Max Zacky some much wanted competition. North standings leader Kiel Spaulding and a host of others from the North will be on hand, along with new PKC competitors Kolton Griffin and Cole Loftsgard. The North-based HPV 2 Junior category will see the top competitors from that region on hand – with Spaulding, Dylan Lupton, and Donavon Wheeler leading the way. A number of new competitors from other areas of the West coast are expected to be in attendance.
 
An extra flavor added to the outstanding show PKC produces at each event will be eKartingNews.com’s Rob Howden, the premier announcer in North America, providing live commentary of the on-track action. Howden was the voice of the SKUSA ProMoto Tour in the late 90s and early 2000s, along with numerous karting events over the past decade – including 11 of the 12 SKUSA SuperNationals.
 
Open practice will be run on Friday, May 15 from 9am to 5pm. The day will conclude with a complimentary BBQ sponsored by Courtney Concepts and Zacky Farms (drinks not included). Anyone who paid to practice or purchased a pit pass for the day will be allowed to sample some of the free food provided – with nearly 350 people expected to be served. Pre-registration deadline for the event is Wednesday, May 13 at midnight, with competitors able to save money by entering early; however, entries will be taken at the track at the regular at-event prices. Pit spots and hotel rooms are filling up fast; thus PKC is recommending competitors reserve theirs as soon as possible. For more information on the Superkarts! USA’s ProKart Challenge, head to www.prokartchallenge.com.

5-7-09 Track Warrior Race Report- Tala-Davis X- Over
Story & Photos By Bev Ban

The week started off looking grim with reports of showers coming in to wash the rubber the practices put down on the track surface. The surface was pretty green come Sat. and Sunday race was pretty much a war zone.  The first casualty was the scoring system computers not up and running the way they would have liked which put the whole show behind and Davis members fighting to get the track closed by curfew of 8pm.  Before the karts started the day we had the first Red flag and ambulance called to the grid where the Grid man (Peeler ) was struck and not only run over by a kart but flipped and landed on his back. Lucky for him and everyone involved he was able to walk away shaken and bruised without even getting to drive a kart.

Even with the new name of Talla-Davis that was the last time the Red flag came out and the ambulance drivers had a premium spot to watch the wreck fest event where there were some races that broke out during the wrecks for good entertainment unless you had to buy all those parts to fix your karts.I am not sure what caused all the mayhem other than Tallagada Nascar race was on in the pits while everyone was waiting to race, or the fact the drivers had too much time on their hands to rest up or ad reline up with red bull, Monster, Rock star and the likes of those energy drinks or the many drivers not in the points for the crossover events popping in to run. Unfortunately for many drivers in the top 5 in their classes were left sitting out of the cross-over so kart counts might suffer due to this race.

 The call was made by race director Tom Halbash to run a rumored 20 lap main event with no heat races, a vote was taken between a 18 lap or a 25 lap main. And that was pretty much it, no tuning and a whole lot of guess work and wrecks followed the repeated starts. With that said we will just call this the Tala-Davis 25 plus lap races; In the Tag class there were a total of 6 tries at a green flag start; when the green was finally waved the race was down 7 drivers sitting on the side lines with serious damage to their karts. I think it was the first time I have ever seen a race where that kind of damage was done before getting a green flag and a call to go racing. CRAZY…….was it Friday the 13th or a full moon by chance??

The Racing Highlights were Curt Sander was awarded the “ Track Warrior Driver of the race” The Hpv 3 class was a light kart count but the excitement was when about half way through the race and with a strong lead; Sander’s neck collar came unbuckled leaving it dangling around his neck and looking like it might fly off and cost him the race and his points. Curt while leading and being run down by a fast driver Kerhoff had to find the end of his collar and pull it around trying to refasten the collar lap after lap while driving those speeds were a challenge that caught the eyes of the crowd who cheered him on as he struggled to stay in the game. Not giving in to fate Curt turned the collar on his neck wearing it backwards tucked under his chin keeping it from blowing off and held off the great challenge from Kyle to win the thing. Great run Curt!
 
Kid kart class had a nice turn out and lots of cool little drivers out there like real troopers driving the track some for the first time and having a fun time hanging out in the pits when their track time was over.
KK1- Cristiana Bickford, Kaden Christensen, Stephon Daniel, Kevin Dozier, Santino Gigliotdi, Jacob Wooten, 
KK2- Donovan Bixler, Aj Okazaki, John Paul Maxwell, Max Bachman, Tyler Carello Jack Vonqulich

Jr 1 /2 cycles: Another good little battle with Blaine Rocha picking up the win over Nitro Nick Sommers, Justin Yanez 3rd, Hunter Kelly 4th
Jr sportsman: Matt Chase with the win and Christain Brioso 2nd
Hpv 2: Deven Sanchez 1st, Shelby Sander 2nd, Tj Fisher 3rd,Jared Wolff 4th, Brenton Urban 5th

Super Sportsman Light:
Chris Gomez 1st, Jesse Gwin 2nd, David Bixler 3rd, Brian Gallagher 4th, Andrew Kemp 5th

World Fomula: Brad Wonder

Supersportsman heavy: Jim Waltz

F200- Paul Viaucis 1st, David Gwin 2nd

Hpv1- Jarred “The hitman” Campbell picked up another win with
Mike Michoff in 2nd, Brain Rocha 3rd, Justin yanze 4th, Taylor Jacobs 5th

80 ldt: Colton “ The edge” Filkill checked out and lead the race in style. Colton who always is willing to drive on the edges of the track to drive full throttle brought home another Trophy for the Cobra Emmick racing team
Jared Woolf 2nd, Glen Huffman 3rd,( Huffman has been away from racing for a few years and made a stonng appearance even with an old motor good job Glenn) Chris Yettito 4th, Kristin Mc Knight 5th
 Hands free donuts by colton

80 masters: Birthday Boy Tony Rodriquez picked up his present in style as he lead the field and didn’t look back in his Cobra Emmick picking up a Happy Birthday song from the crowd at the end of the day.
John Espinor 2nd, Rick Gotzke 3td, Kevin Clemens 4th

Tag Masters:Crazy Ray Zarick another Cobra man checked out and pulled the collar up on his leather jacket to look cool as he lead the way to another checker flag top podium spot. John Chandler California kart world’s boy tried his best to get to Ray but had to settle for 2nd place, Steve Stein 3rd, Dan Brown 4th, Bob Hurst 5th.
Tag A Davis National Cup class: back of class wrecking before the green again Had 8 drivers out before the green flew for the “Official start” after 6 attempts; Flyin Ryan Rasberry P1 had a great run going and had checked out until the last few laps when he broke and had to sit the last few laps in the side lines Tag; Travis dunn 1st, mike yazembiak 2nd, tyler Espinoza 3rd,Brandon Phillips4th, Tyler Bradstock5th

the day finally ended and folks went home with their trophies and karts ready to repair so they could race another day at the next track.
A special Thanks to Blue Max Kart club;  Jessica & Cindy Dunn who got the show up and running for us, the Davis board members for doing what they could with the big kart counts to get the show on the road…….without My laps to confirm names and drivers I will report them next time.
 

5-7-09 Race #2 May 2nd, 2009 Jim Russell Northern California Rotax Challenge
 

It was a rainy start for the second race of the Jim Russell Northern California Rotax Challenge on Saturday.  The rain forecast may have put a damper for some, but it did not take away from a great turnout and some great racing. 

Practice started with the forecasted light rain falling, yet 56 eager Rotax racers showed up to get in one of the few opportunities to race in the wet stuff.  The rain cut the entries from April down by 10, yet the 56 racers was the second highest entry list for the Rotax Series ever at the Jim Russell International Karting Center track.  By qualifying, the rain had lightened up and eventually stopped by the time the pre-mains started and the track eventually went dry by the time the racing was into the 3rd main of the day.  The varying track wetness throughout the day gave the racers lots of challenges, as they had to make lots of set up changes to match the changing track conditions.
 
Rotax Masters and Masters Light - 14 entries took to the track with Reno's David Harwin taking the pole ahead of San Jose's Donald Durbin with the first Masters Light driver Andrea Delfanti in 3rd.  In the wet conditions, the heavier Masters class drivers were actually faster than the Light karts since they had more weight to give them better traction in the corners on Infineon's Sprint track. 
 
In the pre-main, Harwin continued his dominance of the day with an 8 second win over Durbin with Jack Arluck (Masters) in third and Lights leader Delfanti in 4th.  But as the karts were preparing for the Main, the track was looking more like a dry track than a wet track, but who would be the first to gamble on changing over to the dry slicks?  Durbin rolled the dice and went with slicks as did Defanti and one other racer.  At the green flag for the main, Harwin took the lead while Durbin was trying to control his slippery kart.  But as Durbin's tires heated up he starting reeling in Harwin and eventually overtook last month's class winner.  Delfanti also started going faster than Harwin and took over 2nd place with Harwin leading the rest of the rain tire field.  In the end, it was Durbin 1st in the race and in the Masters class, Delfanti 2nd and the winner of the Lights class, Harwin (Masters) 3rd, Andre Eriksen (Masters) a much improved 4th  and Jack Arluck (Masters) in 5th.  In their first Rotax race, David Oroshnik took 2nd in the Lights class with Dolores Mosqueda taking 3rd in Lights.
 
Mini-Max - 4 drivers braved the rain and had quite a day of hard racing.  In the qualifying, JR Raczko won the pole over Harrison Mills, Drew Setzer and last month's winner Cole Davis.  In the pre-main, each driver took the race lead only to spin in the rain and fall back.  Eventually, Harrison Mills took control and won the pre-main over JR and Drew.  In the main, the track was a mixture of mostly dry with some wet spots and JR and Drew took the chance and went with dry tires while Mills and Davis stayed on the rain tires.  For the first couple of laps the rain tires won out with Mills taking the lead, but within a couple of laps JR got by and started to stretch out a lead.  Setzer then got comfortable with the slicks on the dry/wet track and also got by Mills to take over second.  Mills would eventually finish 3rd followed by Davis.  This race was the turning point race for the next main with the whole field switching to slicks.
 

Senior Rotax - The 18 driver field qualified in the rain with last month's winner Nic LeDuc on pole followed by David Harwin and a surprise with Michael Garcia from Bakersfield in 3rd followed by Andrew Novich and Nikola Radosavljevich.  The start of the Pre-Main was excellent as all the drivers got through turn one on the wet track and put on a great race of clean but hard racing throughout the field.  LeDuc lost the handing on the semi-wet track and went backwards and finished 8th,  Harwin took the lead and controlled the race to win his second pre-main of the day.  Gregory Liefooghe came from 8th to take 2nd followed by Jake Mottaz, Nikola and Wes Phillips.
 
The Senior main followed the Mini-Max race and due to the developments of the Mini-Max race, the switch to dry tires was on in the pits and when it came to push off the 18 kart Senior Rotax field, all had their dry tires on.  At the start, the first half of the field got through turn one OK, but then a spin in the middle of the field caused about 6 drivers to spin.  Three drivers eventually had to pull off due to damage.  In the race, Mottaz got shuffled back just after turn one and had to drive back through the field.  Phillips worked his way past Harwin to take the early lead and never looked back.  Liefooghe raced on to a comfortable second place with Harwin taking third but pushed hard by LeDuc who worked his way up into the top 5.  Nikola was 5th for the second race in a row followed by a strong drive by Andrew Novich who had to start the Main in 18th place due to a  DNF in the pre main.  The best action in the race was for the 6th through 10 positions in the field with dicing between 5 or 6 drivers all race long. 
 
Micro Max - Seven drivers took to the wet track in qualifying for this second race of the season.  Wilson Skjerven took the pole over So Cal driver Nicky Hayes and Michael Michoff.  In the pre-main, Skjerven took the lead over Hayes.  Then Nicky spun and fell back.  Michoff took over second followed by Sarah Setzer and Chloe St.George and that is how they took the checkered flag. 
 
In the Main, all the karts took the green on dry tires and Skjerven drove off and hid from the rest of the field.  Hayes came from 5th to take the second place spot.  Michoff had some troubles and fell back to 6th by the end of the race.  The best battle was for the third place spot with Sarah Setzer and Chloe St.George doing battle the entire race.  In the end it was Sarah by less than a second over Chloe with 5th going to Annie Breidinger who was another 5 seconds back with her best performance of the year.
 
Junior Rotax - Six drivers showed up on this rainy morning to tackle Infineon's Sprint track layout.  In qualifying, Dylan Lupton took the pole over Brody Zink and Kiel Spaulding.  The 10 lap pre-main was run in drying conditions with Brody Zink becoming the first driver to put on the slicks and see if that was the way to go fast.  Unfortunately for Brody, he was one race ahead of his time, for he went from 2nd to 6th by the end of the pre-main.  Lupton took the lead at the flag but was passed early on by Spaulding who went on to a 3-second win.  Conner Ford eventually made his way by the pole setter and took second followed by Lupton and Bryce Hylbert.  
 
In the main, Spaulding lead from green to checkered to take his second main win in a row.  Lupton got by Ford to settle into second place.  Ford then spun and lost a lap and came home 5th.  Bryce Hybert held onto 3rd at the end but was being pressured by a Brody Zink at the checkered flag.
 
Rotax DD2 - The 2 speed Rotax class had seven drivers for Race #2.  In qualifying, last Race #1 winner Troy Castaneda took the pole over Kyle Gimple and David Arnstein.  In the pre-main, one driver took to the track on slicks and this was the first race where the slicks worked.  Troy took the initial lead in the DD2 pre-main with Tim Salveson starting in 5th on his dry tires.  As the race wore on, Tim was able to get comfortable with the wet-dry track.  Tim then picked off one kart at a time and near the end of the race drove by Troy to take the win.  Gimple and Arnstein followed in the 3rd and 4th positions.
 
In the main, Castaneda won the drag race to the first turn to take the lead.  Arnstein was able to get by Tim quickly and was able to pull out some space to allow him to cruise home in 2nd.  The best racing was for 3rd/4th and for 5th/6th.  Gimple worked on Salvelson for much of the race until he was able to get by the quick DD2 newcomer and finished in 3rd, one second in front of Salveson.  Dave Moody was under pressure for the entire race from January Grove and held off the pressure to take 5th place by just one second.


Race #3 for the Jim Russell Northern California Rotax Series is Saturday June 6.  Normal dry sunny weather should return to the Infineon track so the good racing can continue.  The track layout in June will be the very popular Reverse National track.
 
Full race results including MyLaps data posted on series website at http://results.norcalrotax.com.
 
Some snaps of the days events have been posted at http://www.norcalrotax.com/multimedia/.

For more information about the Jim Russell Northern California Rotax Challenge Series, contact race director Ric Shaw at racedirector-ric@hotmail.com or go to the Nor Cal Rotax website at www.norcalrotax.com.
 

5-1-09 Title sponsor Jim Russell Racing Drivers School offers generous prizes for Class Champions in the 2009 Northern California Rotax Challenge

 
The 2009 Jim Russell Northern California Rotax Challenge is pleased to announce that 2009 title sponsor Jim Russell Racing Drivers School will award Rotax class champions with exciting and valuable prizes worth over $7900.
                
2009 Jim Russell Northern California Rotax Challenge Class Champion Prizes:
 
Senior - The Senior Rotax Champion, we will award Grand Prix Masters Program. 
 
The Grand Prix Master program gets a student behind the wheel of the very cool FJR-50. The program starts with a Driver's Meeting, then you are fitted into your race car: seat fitting, belts, and pedal  adjustment. As your race crew familiarizes your with the controls, you will be getting comfortable in the FJR-50, a state-of-the-art formula car based on the championship winning Lola Formula 3 racecar. No school in the world has a car that comes close to this. Following the vehicle fitting we familiarize with both the track and the car. You will be introduced to the track by a professional driver that will show you the racing line and reference points around the track. You will familiarize yourself with the car in a shifting exercise (each car has a Hewland sequential gearbox) and slalom. Following a catered trackside luncheon in the Jim Russell Hospitality Suite, you will begin your lapping sessions on the track, lapping the 2.52 Infineon Raceway at progressively higher speeds.  Program Value $2495.00  For a full description go to www.jimrussellusa.com.
 
Masters and Masters Lite - Each Champion will be awarded a Audi Driving Experience S-Model One Day Program. 
 
The Audi S-Model Program covers the fundamentals of driving followed by lapping on the 2.52 mile road-racing course at Infineon Raceway.  The lapping sessions will encompass time in the Audi performance line-up including the S4, S5, S8, TTS along with a taste of the ultra hi-performance RS4 and R8.  2 Programs valued at $1395.00 each.  www.truthinengineering.com/audi-driving-experience/.
 
Junior - Champion will be awarded a Season Practice Pass at the Jim Russell International Karting Center.  The season practice pass will allow the driver access to any open practice sessions throughout the 2010 season.  Season Pass Value $850.

DD2 - Champion will be awarded a Season Practice Pass at the Jim Russell International Karting Center.  The season practice pass will allow the driver access to any open practice sessions throughout the 2010 season.  Season Pass Value $850.
 
Mini Max - Champion will be awarded an Access Pass for the Jim Russell International Karting Center. 
The access pass will allow the driver up to 20 half days or 10 full days of practice on any open practice sessions throughout the 2010 season.  Access Pass Value $500.
 
Micro Max - Champion will be awarded an Access Pass for the Jim Russell International Karting Center.  The access pass will allow the driver up to 20 half days or 10 full days of practice on any open practice sessions throughout the 2010 season.  Access Pass Value $500.
"This is a great prize package that will motivate drivers to race even harder for the championship." said Adrian Szwarcburg, series organizer. "For the Senior, Masters and  Masters Light, a driving opportunity in the FJR-50 and the sporty Audis will be a fantastic experience.  Other class get a very valuable track pass so they have no excuse but to practice next year.  I would like to thank Jim Russell Racing Drivers School for their continued support of the series."
 
About:  The 16-turn, 0.76 mile Jim Russell International Karting Center is one of the premier karting venues in the country and offers a full range of karting courses for beginners to experienced drivers. Whether you're 8 years old, or 50, there is a class for everyone. All classes feature substantial track time in race-prepared karts that can accelerate from zero to 60 mph in less than five seconds. There is also weekly open testing for experienced karters.  For details about the Jim Russell Racing Drivers School, please visit www.jimrussellusa.com.
 
For more information, schedule, results, news, rules and sponsors information for the Jim Russell Northern Californian Rotax Challenge go to www.norcalrotax.com.