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10-22-07 Chris Scribner Heads to Spain for IAME Endurance Race
| Two Months ago Chris Scribner
received a phone call from David Jurca, National ICC driver
of Italian Motors. Scribner was invited to join both Jurca
and Italian Motors ICA National Driver Michael Hogg to the
IAME International Challenge. An International event held by
IAME in Zaragoza Spain bringing together the best TAG
Drivers in the world by invite only to represent their own
countries in a six hour endurance race with the new IAME
Parilla X30 on an FA Kart. At the time Scribner had planned
to run a best in Norcal Shootout at the Stockton Motorplex. When initially invited to represent team Canada with Italian Motors drivers Scribner had turned down the offer to promote an event of his own. Shortly thereafter another phone call came in from Jim Russell Jr. of Russell Karting Specialties to put together a three driver team to represent team USA. Scribner jumped immediately at the opportunity as he would be allowed to not only represent his own country, but would also be allowed to assemble some drivers he new would help him win the International Event. Drivers prepared to join Scribner is ICC National Champion Wesley Boswell of Alameda. Boswell recently joining the team after the drop out of another driver, has a very extensive resume of major National Wins in the USA and perhaps the most experienced driver within the team. Also joining the team is Devon Sandeen. Sandeen has competed in both ICA and Spec racer in the Stars of Karting series and most recently winning the National Spec racer title for 2008 in Stars. Joey Wimsett is also a part of the team. Wimsett an up and coming Star in Karting and recently receiving his first Spec Racer Win this past weekend in Las Vegas. Brandon Atkins will be driving for team USA as well as Atkins was last years Spec racer National Champion in the Stars of Karting. Rounding out the six drivers among two teams for the USA is long time Karting Pilot Mark Dismore Jr. Dismore no stranger of Karting as his father Mark Dismore Sr. raced in the IRL and the Indianapolis 500 and owner of the most prestigious karting facility and country club in Indiana of the New Castle Karting Complex. Stay tuned to Norcalkarters.com throughout the next week as Scribner will be providing Daily coverage of the Event and trip to Spain. For more information and rules of the event visit www.iameinternationalchallenge.com. |
10-18-07 California Kartworld 2007 IKF Region 11 Season
| In 2007 California Kartworld
of Sacramento had top drivers in the IKF Regional series
competing for wins and championship honors. Success they had
as Kartworld logged a total of 5 wins and a Championship in
the very competitive 125 National Cup Sr. Class with Birel
Chassis'. Donavon Wheeler logged a win of his own at Stockton in Jr. Superbox. Wheeler also got third place in Championship points in Jr. Superbox. In HPV-2 jr. he snagged three podium finishes on his way to a second place finish in Championship points. Jr. 1 driver Kiel Spaulding started the year off with a bang as he doubled up at the season Opener in Davis at Blue Max Kart Club. Kiel won Jr. Comer the first day by a large margin, then did the same in HPV-1 the second day. Kartworld's most impressive accomplishment of the year came in 125 National Cup fielding Jason Toft. Toft captured 5 podium finishes and two wins squeaking out the closest Championship in the 2007 season winning only by 5 points. Next year Kartworld has plans to follow the whole IKF series in Region 11 with full track support for all their Birel customers. |
0-18-07 Bordogna IKF Region 11 2007 Season
| This past weekend Bordogna
Racing Engines clinched two Region 11 Championships. Driver
Jon Norris competed in both the Jr. Comer Class and Jr.
HPV-1. The bar was set high coming into the season as
Bordogna drivers have won the Comer championships the last
two seasons and won the first HPV-1 Jr. Championship last
season. Norris stepped up to the challenge winning a total of six races in the 2007 regional series. Jon won three in each the Comer and HPV classes clinching both championships at Race #7 in Dixon at Kinsmen Kart Club allowing Jon Norris to sit out the last race at Atwater using it as his drop. The Championships add's to Bordogna's dominance in the Jr 1 classes winning three straight titles in the Comer class and two straight HPV-1 since the addition of the motor. |
10-17-07 IKF region 11 Wraps up at Atwater Day 2
| Day 2 the pits weren't as
packed as Day 1 but nonetheless for a Sunday it was still a
bit crowded. As the season has gone on Sunday's have proven
to be popular as the addition of HPV-2 Jr. this year as well
as Jr. TAG has boosted the entries.
HPV-1 Jr. was first up for the day and MMS Racing Engines Austin DeMent continued his late season Dominance picked where he left of Saturday by grabbing the pole with a 35.683. DeMent again proved to be the man to beat as he won the heat and walked away in the main winning by a margin of 11 seconds. Mike Grave was second, Nicky Prichard, JR Razko, and Logan Wyman were the top five. Emmick's Lance Grimm got the pole in the National Cup Masters. Lance turned a lap of 32.641 for pole. Lance had it easy in the heat, but the main proved to be different. Grimm led early with Wayne Lorenz, MMS racing Engines Glenn McKinnon and Frank Yazembiak. Yazembiak got into McKinnon ending both their days/ Lorenz would eventually fall off in times and Grimm would get the win. Lorenz second, MMI's Carol Brown third, Paul Hohlbein and McKinnon. HPV-2 Jr was next up and Vasquez didn't run as he was locked as Champion. Bobby Runyan got fast time with a 32.900. Runyan would win the heat for the Pole starting spot. On the first start of the main Runyan and MMI's Kelsey Nilsson ended up in the bales sending the next class out ahead. The second start saw Runyan in the pits while Nilsson managed to get her kart repaired and back out. Ryan Garcia would lead early with Brett Felkins and Kartworld's Donavon Wheeler in tow. Garcia would fall back and Felkins would get his second win of the weekend. Wheeler second Garcia third, Nilsson made a run to forth and David Brant was fifth. Sr. Superbox took the track and Bryan Stephenson had this one locked up as well. Timothy Weddle got fast time with a 34.507. Weddle made a good run in the heat while Chris Kemmer went for a ride entering the sweeper. Chris Gomez led the main early but as the race went on Weddle got faster and would eventually get the lead. Weddle would go onto win with Gomez second. Jeff Mason, Jesse Rigg, and Josh Veloz the top five. Jay Neely got fast time in the Formula 80 Masters with a 33.296. In the heat Emmick's Tony Rodriguez showed his strength and captured the main pole position. The main proved to be closer as Neely could stay with Rodriguez, but Tony got the win with Neely second. MMS Racing Engines Steve Dow, Jeff Wamre, and pat McCauley fifth. In TAG Jr Daves Performance Karting's Cody Kay got pole with a lap of 31.425. Kay was tough all day with the heat race win and the main. Cambrians David Vasquez was second, David Brant, Chelsi Wagner, and MMI's Tyler Bradstock fifth. In 100cc National Cup NorcalKarters.com Chris Scribner got pole with a 32.596. Panavise's Cody Hodgson would get the lead early in the heat and run a protective line but Scribner found a way around with two to go for the main event pole. The Main looked the same as Hodgson again got the lead on the start, and would dog Scribner most the race. With three to go Scribner got the lead. Scribner would hold the same protective line as Cody on the last lap. Contact in the Hairpin put Scribner off the track and Hodgson to the checkered. Penalty for rough driving put Hodgson behind Scribner giving Scribner the win and the Championship. Hodgson was second, MMI's Craig Nilsson was third, MMS Racing Engines Mike Botelho fourth, and MMI's Kevin Knight fifth. |
10-16-07 IKF Region 11 wraps up at Atwater Day 1
| This last weekend The IKF
Region 11 ace to Hawaii Championship series wrapped the
final event of the 2007 season and Atwater Kart club. This
means Champions were decided. Rain put a scare through the
pits Friday as there were off and on showers throughout the
day. Everytime the sky cleared and it looked like the track
would stay dry another shower came through playing games
with the racers as they attempt to setup for racing the next
day.
First to take to the track was the Jr. Comers. With jonny Norris all but locking up the Championship, the field was a bit small. MMS Racing Engines Austin DeMent grabbed pole with a time of 35.922. DeMent was the man to beat as he walked away with both the Heat and Main Victories with a solid second in the points. Logan Wyman was second, Mike Graves, Nicky Prichard and JR Razko the top five. National Cup 125 was up next as the top four were unsettled leading into this one. Cody Hodgson put his Panavise Tony kart on pole with a flying lap of 31.390. Hodgson gapped the field early in the heat race to again start pole. On the Main event start Emmick's Jesse Gwin off pole got a good push by NorcalKarters.com Chris Scribner as the two would lead going into the sweeper, Hodgson and Scribner would both get by Gwin as the two would work together to gap the field. Scribner pressured Hodgson as Cody would protect his position til the end. Cody was your winner with Scribner second. Emmick's Cory Gwin, Kartworlds Jason Toft was fourth, and MMI's Craig Nilsson was fifth. Jesse Gwin ran third til two laps to go when his brakes failed. This gave Jason Toft a five point advantage in the points over Scribner for the Championship. Next up was Formula 80 Sr. as Robert Towne got pole with a 31.958. Towne had the points lead over MMI's Trevor Schmid by 15 points coming in but Schmid was struggling qualifying. In the heat Towne cruised to a 2.3 second victory. Towne pulled away from the start of the main clinching his second consecutive championship in Sr. 80. Travis Duhn second, Emmick's Adam Booker was third, Sean Forbes and Kartel's Dave Mead fifth. HPV-4 Jr was another class battling for points with the top three all having a chance at the championship. Dave's Performance Cody Kay got pole with a 32.349. Local Ryan Garcia got the heat race win, but the top 5 were all close. In the main, karts swapped positions on a regular basis. In the end Ryan garcia got the win, however Garcia was DQ'd for being underweight at the scales, second place Bobby Runyan was set back two positions for aggressive driving, and Brett Felkins was the winner. MMI's Kelsey Nilsson was second, Runyan, Kay, and Wyatt Nilssson were the top five. Sr. Superbox heavy would take to the track next. Bryan Stephenson has the championship wrapped up coming in and did not have to even show up. Jesse Rigg got fast time with a 35.168. Rigg would show his strength in the heat over Josh Veloz and Chris Gomez. In the main Josh Veloz would get some early leading laps, but his day would end when him and Brett George made contact. But the man of the day was Jesse Rigg. Rigg went wire to wire and claimed the Sr. Superbox win. Chris Gomez was second, Anthony Snow and Robert Rozell fourth. Ryan Garcia had a big win over Trevor Agan in Jr 2 Animal. Guy Gentry took advantage of Paul Carter and Mike Devara to get the World Formula heavy win. Tyler Agan got a last corner pass to win the Sr. Animal. Bradley Genseal got fast time in Jr. Superbox as David Vasquez had the championship wrapped up. MMS Racing Engines David Brant got the heat race win but the main event was anybody's as Ryan Garcia proved just that as he came from last on the starting grid to edge out Bobby Runyan by 0.462 seconds. Runyan, Brant, Kartworlds Donavon Wheeler, and Bradley Genseal was the top five. Kid Karts got to have a Demo in the Fianl Race of the season and Justin Yanez got pole with a 45.992. Hunter Corbitt went to the point in the heat for the win, but Ray Tevis IV was Sandbaggin. Tevis laid down some fast laps in the main and got the victory by 0.316 over Corbitt. In tech both Tevis and Yanez declined tech giving the win to Hunter Corbitt. |
10-11-07 IKF Finale visits Atwater Kart Club
| This weekend will be race #8
of the Region 11 IKF race to Hawaii season. For some this
marks the end of the Kart racing season for 2007 but others
will still have racing on their schedules as many clubs will
be wrapping up in the near future. Championships will be
decided this weekend at Atwater many will be bringing in
their A game as this race is what every kart racer and team
members alike have been working their tail for all season. Jr hpv-1 will be decided between Bordogna's Jonny Norris and MMS Austin DeMent as Austin only 44 points back of Norris. HPV-4 Jr has a three way battle going between Cody Kay, and MMI's Kelsey Nilsson and Wyatt Nilsson with only 19 points seperating them. Sr 80 consists of two drivers battling for the Championship. MMI's Trevor Schmid only 15 points behind Robert Towne as these two had a great race here last year. In 80 Masters MMS Steve Dow leading MMS Jay Neely by 38 points and 100 cc National Cup NorcalKarters.com's Chris Scribner leads Corsa Karts Cody Hodgson by 17 points for the Championship. In National Cup Jr Cody Kay leads both MMS David Brant and MMI's Tyler Bradstock with 16 points seperating the three of them. 125 National Cup probably the closest battle as four karts of MMS Mike Botelho Jr, Kartworld's Jason Toft, NorcalKarters.com's Chris Scribner and Emmick's Jesse Gwin are only 20 points seperated. Lastly Bordogna's Jonny Norris leads MMS Austin DeMent by 42 points in Jr Comer. Things heated and close in the race to Hawaii series, NorcalKarters.com will have full results posted Sunday Night. |
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Jim Russell TaG Saturday Race #7 Summary –
Oct 6, 2007 With a three championships still undecided, Race #7 of the Jim Russell TaG series looked poised to provide some exciting racing in this the Finale of the 2007 season. Despite the great sunny weather, only 47 drivers entered this last race of the year. But all the drivers who had end of year points battles still at strake showed up and put on some very spirited racing, especially in TaG Expert, the last race of the day. Cambrian Go-Karts TaG Grand Masters The first race of the day had 5 drivers still battling for point positions. Michael Sherrard, who has the championship locked up in this class, put his kart on the poll followed by Rick Munson. In the Prefinal, Woody Poynter took the lead into turn one at the green flag and drove the wheels off his kart to lead the field after lap one. But as he entered turn one on lap two, oops! Woody spun and his glory for the day was ended, but it was fun to watch. Sherrard took over the lead and cruised to an easy win. In the Main, Sherrard got a bad start and dropped back to fourth with Rick Munson taking the lead. In his attempt to pass Poynter for third, Sherrard spun off and reentered the race in last. After a long chase, Sherrard was able to get back to third, but Munson controlled the race to take his first feature of the year, followed by Jim Zootis who put in his best drive of the year. Sherrard was the class champion, Woody Poynter was 2nd in the final series points, followed by Scott Mortenson, Munson and Zootis. KLS Racing Junior Puma 8 karts took the green flag with points leader Austin Root needing a good finish to clinch the championship. In Qualify, Andrew Novich took the poll. Novich then went on to winning the Prefinal ahead of Root, Jarrett Lile and Andrew Wolocatiuk. In the Main, Wolocatiuk was the surprise, first getting into third off the start, then passing Austin, then getting to the rear bumper of Novich. For 3 or 4 laps, the two Andrews battled, Wolocatiuk looking first left right then left to get by. After trying 3 outside passes on the main straight, Wolocatiuk dashed to the inside line when entering the straight away and took the inside track position before Novich could move over, the pass was made. Wolocatuik went on to take his first feature win of the year. Novich was 2nd, Root 3rd, Lile 4th and Mitch Young 5th. Austin Root ended the day the class Champion, followed by Lile, Wolocatuik and Ryan Sonntag. Fastech Racing TaG Heavy Seven drivers took the green with a championship still to be determined. Cambrian Go-Karts shop owner Donald Durbin controlled the points battle over one of his customers Dean Sanders. Sanders had taken 4 second place finishes in a row and needed a win, and a bad day for his buddy Donald to over take Durbin. Durbin took the poll and looked like he was going to have it easy. But in the Prefinal, Jim Ferguson took the early lead in the race and Durbin had to work hard to over take the tough to pass Ferguson. All this time, Sanders is right behind in third. Durbin finally got by and took the Prefinal win. In the Main, Durbin controlled the race and crusied to the win and the championship. Randy Wetmore had a strong start and got by Ferguson and took 2nd overall with Ferguson 3rd and Sanders having to settle for 4th in the race and 2nd overall in the championship. The most spirited drive though came from a fast improving Steve Elo who finished in 5th. Junior 1 – Gazelle With 1st and 2nd places locked up in the championship, Joseph Keaton and Daniel Langon did not run Race #7. This meant that the winner of the popular Gazelle class would be won by a first time winner. In Qualify, Nick Camusi took the pole and took the win in the Prefinal. But on the start of the Main, Colin Daley took the lead into turn one and put the pressure on Nick. Camusi did not take long to take over the front spot with Daley holding 2nd with constant pressure from Maxx Marion. But mid race, others started moving forward. Noah Hermansen started the day slowly with his new chassis, but he figured it out and soon was cutting through the field. By the end, be overtook Daley to take the 2nd place spot. Austin Keller likewise produced a late race push and got by Maxx to take over 4th place. At race end, it was Camusi 1st followed by Hermansen 2nd and his best drive of the year, Daley 3rd, Keller 4th and Marion 5th. For the championship, Joseph Keaton takes the class title, Daniel Langon 2nd, Camusi 3rd, Hermansen 4th, Marion 5th and Daley 6th. California Kartworld TaG Expert and Fastech Racing TaG Light What better way to end the race day and the season than to see 17 of Norcals best TaG drivers put on a real show in a combined TaG Expert and TaG Light race. After the win last month with his Rotax powered kart, Wes Phillips was the one everyone was gunning for. In Qualify, Wes proved that he is for real, taking pole over Brett Buckwalter, Nic LeDuc, Craig DiGrazia and Fritz Leesmann. Buckwalter, LeDuc and points leader Larry Fraser also had a battle going on in this race, the championship in the TaG Expert class. Fraser qualified 11th. In the Prefinal, it was Phillips and Buckwalter going head to head, exchanging positions during the initial laps. Leesmann’s race entered in turn one when someone drove up his pipe and knocked it off. Phillips held on for a 3 tenths of a second win over Buckwalter, followed by the top TaG Lights driver, Terre Rothweiler, then Tom Dyer and Greg Liefooghe, driving the only other Rotax in the field. Dyer qualified 14th, thus he made the largest charge in the Prefinal. In the Main, it was Phillips and Buckwalter pulling away, with LeDuc getting turned around in turn one and ending his race, and his shot at the TaG Expert championship. Taylor Robutz also went out with LeDuc, ending his year on a low note, but Taylor still walks away with the TaG Lights championship. There was no end of exciting driving all the way through 10th place during the race. DiGracia started the Main from the 15 position and charged through the field to eventually take 3rd overall just inches behind Buckwalter. Craig’s charge also earned him the fastest lap of the day honors. Finishing 4th was Mark Drennan, the 2006 TaG Lights champion, returning both for the competition and preparation for the Super Nationals. 5th went to Rothweiler, the top TaG Lights driver. 6th through 10 were Tom Dyer, Gregory Liefooghe, Fritz Leesmann, Larry Fraser and Viktor Sinzig. For the win Phillips took home the $300 purse put up by Sierra Race Promotions. Buckwalter locked up the TaG Expert Championship followed by Larry Fraser and Nick LeDuc. The TaG Lights championship went to Taylor Robutz, followed by Terre Rothweiler and Amber Freedberg. |
10-9-07 Kartel Motorsports Excels in Region 7 Season
| This last weekend Kartel
Motorsports made the trip to Cal Speed Kart track to compete
in the Region 7 IKF race. Kartel's driver made big
accomplishments as Erik Bartelero led them to quick setups
and consistent lap times. To Start off the weekend with a win, Luis Tyrell put in a dominating run in Jr Comer. Leading in the early going, Tyrell continued his success in the 2007 season with another victory. Tyrell wasn't the only driver to have success. The newest driver a part of the Kartel Motorsports tent is long time Birel Driver Taylor Miinch. Taylor was on the Top Kart chassis for the first weekend and adapted very quickly with two wins. The first day Miinch dominated the HPV-4 jr. Taylor got the lead in the Main early, and brought the race home in Winning fashion. The second day two Kartel drivers were set to do battle in HPV-2. Neil Alberico and Miinch both went head to head. In the Final Alberico got the lead early and began to pull away from his teammate in second. Three laps to go Neil broke a chain ending his race, and teammate Miinch cruised to victory getting two victories in his first race on Kartel Motorsports tuned Top Karts. Kartel Motorsports will be announcing their 2008 lineup and schedule shortly. Drivers wanting to be a part of the 2008 team lineup are welcomed to visit www.kartelmotorsports.com to schedule a test day. |
10-4-07 MMS Racing Engines Report-Dixon IKF
| This last weekend MMS Racing
Engines made the trip over the hill from Reno to compete at
the Dixon IKF race #7 with a wide range of Drivers. Recently
long time Engine Builder Doug Sharp teamed with MMS to build
Race Engines. MMS has thus far shown great results. The
success continued at the Dixon IKF. MMS big win for the weekend was from Steve Dow. Dow qualified third, and put in a strong run in the heat showing he meant business. In the main, Dow put his game face on. Steve Dow stalked the leader early. Around half away Dow pulled the trigger and made his move to the lead. Dow Strolled to victory. Austin DeMent had a good weekend. Started by placing his MMS tuned Birel on pole in Jr 1-2 Cycle. DeMent would get spun around in the heat having to start the main in the back. DeMent made a great run through the field form the last starting position to finish 3rd. Sunday in HPV-1 Dement continued his strong weekend by qualifying second. DeMent finished the day second in the main. David Brant qualified second in the Jr. Superbox division. Brant battled hard with another driver for third in the heat getting an inside starting spot in the main. Brant drove to a second place finish in Jr Superbox. Sunday David ran the growing Jr. TAG. Brant qualified on pole. David got a big lead early and continued to pull the field, but suffered a mechanical DQ for his side pod falling off. Brant started last in the main and drove to a third place finish. Mike Botelho Jr qualified 10 in the competitive 125 National Cup. Mikes heat ended early as another kart put him off the track. Botelho bounced back from the back, and drove to an impressive 5th place finish. Sunday Mike drove the 100 National Cup class. Mike qualified fifth. Mike maintained fifth position for the heat race. In the main Botelho gained a position finishing in the fifth position. |
10-4-07 Infineon TAG Saturday Preview
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The Championships are all locked up in several of the TaG
Series classes, but there are several battles for 2nd
through 5th places still to be determined. The feature class of the day will be the TaG Expert class where 3 drivers are battling for the class championship. Larry Fraser, Nic LeDuc and Brett Buckwalter all need to have great days to win the championship. In addition, Wes Phillips and Memo Gidley said they will be back for this race to continue their battle from September where Wes used his Rotax power to win over a strong Parilla field. Since Taylor Robutz has clinched the TaG Lights championship, he is planning to run the Expert race. Add in the likes of Jason Toft, Craig DiGrazia, and possibly Colin Katzakian and Chris Scribner, this could be the best TaG Expert field of the year. $300 Purse to the winner of TaG Expert. To add some spice to the last TaG Expert race, SRP will put up $300 cash to the winner of the race. Junior 1-Gazelle should also provide a great race. Joseph Keaton has locked up the championship, but the field has been getting stronger with each race this year and expect some very good drives from this class. In TaG Heavy, the championship is also still undecided. After 4 straight 2nd place finishes, Dean Sanders has a chance to win the class championship, but he has to beat Donald Durbin to do this. Will this be Dean's race to win a feature, and the championship. In TaG Grand Masters, Michael Sherrard has the championship locked up, but there is a tight battle behind for the next 4 positions in the standings. And in both the Gazelle and Puma classes, it will be graduation day for many drivers who will be moving up to the next level class in 2008. All the graduating drivers will be pointed out during the day on Saturday as they drive in their last Junior 1 or Junior Puma race at Infineon. |
10-3-07 MMI Streaking at Dixon IKF
| MMI drivers made the trip to
Kinsmen Kart Club for the 7th IKF race of the 8 race season.
The MMI drivers surged coming home with solid finishes all
weekend. Trevor Schmid and Merrick Miller put their Tony Karts up front in Formula 80. Merrick got pole and ran to a dominating heat race when. In the Final, the two ran together all race up front setting the pace. Merrick led most of the race laps before Trevor made the move to take over the lead with five laps to go. The drivers would finish 1-2 in the 80 shifter division. Brett Felkins also ran well in his Trackmagic. Felkins put in a dominating performance in the HPV-4 Jr class Saturday. Brett got fast time and went on to win both the heat and the main. Sunday Felkins ran HPV-2 and put in a good second place performance. Chris Scribner had an equal performance in the National Cup classes. The first day Scribner qualified third in 125 National Cup, and backed it up with a third place finish in the heat and the main. Sunday Scribner qualified third again in 100 cc National Cup. A second place finish put Chris on the front row for the final. On the start Scribner got the lead and never looked back. Scribner brought MMI a third win for the weekend. The Nilsson drivers showed up with focus. Kelsey Nilsson made a good run in HPV-4 Saturday with a solid fourth place finish while running laps equal to the leader, while Wyatt ran to a solid fifth place finish in HPV-2 jr Sunday. Tyler Bradstock also carried the MMI Flag getting a strong second place finish in TAG Jr. Watch for the MMI Tony Karts at Stockton where the MMI showroom is located hosting Weenie Wednesday every Wednesday night.
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10-1-07 IKF Region 11 Flyin Around Dixon Day 1
| The Region 11 IKF Series
competed for Round 7 of the Race to Hawaii Championship at
Kinsmen Kart Club in Dixon. Winds came through Thursday
blowin tents around and continued through Friday. The Pits
of the Series have grown even more intense now as only two
races remained, one of them getting subtracted this weekend
on the hard to pass, tough to setup, G-Force intense, too
tough to tame Dixon track. Many know what champions have
come from the Kinsmen Kart Club, as it holds the most
popular Kart track for testing and conditioning in all of
Norcal.
Racing action got going Saturday as the Jr Comer kids took their racing to the track. MMS Racing Engines Austin DeMent got pole with a lap time of 32.874 two tenths over second position Kartel's Ashley Couch. In the heat DeMent led early but would get spun around on the Front Stretch and suffered a DNF starting the main from the back. Kartel's Luis Tyrell would start the final from pole. Tyrell pulled to the front from the start and never looked back for a win by 3.9 seconds. Kartwolrds Austin Elliott came home with a good second. Austin DeMent came from the back to get third, JR Razko and Couch were the top five. Next up was the 125 cc National Cup and Brett Buckwalter made his IKF Debut to get his name eligible for the 2007 Norcal Driver Rankings and would put the Smack Down on the IKF drivers. Buckwalter got pole with a 29.386. Brett would also roll to an easy victory in the heat and the main. In the Final Corsa Karts Nic Leduc and NorcalKarters.com's Chris Scribner would gap the field as well. Championship contenders Emmick's Jesse Gwin and Corsa Karts Cody Hodgson would end up in the Barriers ending their day's. Leduc would get second and Scribner third. Emmicks Cory Gwin, and Kartworlds Jason Toft would get fifth. Buckwalter would get DQ'd for an illegal Radiator moving MMS Racing Engines Mike Botelho would get a hard earned fifth from the Back. Nic leduc would be the overall winner. Third up was the Formula 80 Masters. Championship point leader Robert Towne would get pole. Towne would lose a transmission and would get a DNF in the heat. MMI's Merrick Miller would start pole in the Final. Miller would get the early lead as MMI Teamate Trevor Schmid would tail him all race. With around five to Trevor came from three kart lengths back and stuffed it to the inside of the hairpin pulling off a phenominal pass for the win. Travis Duhn would get third, Towne came from last to fourth and Sean Forbes would round out the top five. Trackmagic's Brett Felkins has showed big improvement in his first year of racing. HPV-4 Jr was next up and Felkins grabbed pole with a 30.398. Felkins pulled to an early lead in the heat for the Final pole position. Felkins again checked out and drove to his first IKF win. Kartel's Neil Alberico finished second, Cambrians David Vasquez held off MMI's Kelsey Nilsson for third, and Cody Kay got fifth. Sr Superbox took to the track and Snow Racing Engines Clayton Snow would get pole. Snow would get the Heat race win as well but in the Main after Clayton pulled to a quick early lead and his chain broke. Bryan Stephenson would take advantage for the win. Ryan Garcia won Jr 2 Animal, Thomas Merrill, and Paul Carter would win World Formula. Last up for the day was Jr Superbox. Cambrians David Vasquez got pole with a 31.110. David won the heat with a 5.9 seconds. Vasquez would pull out an early lead and would hold it. MMS Racing Engines David brant got second, Kartworld's Donavon Wheeler got third, Jordan Jadallah and Ryan Garcia made the top five. Points battles tightning up in all classes. View points on front page. |
10-2-07 IKF Region 11 Flyin around Dixon Day 2
| After the tight races the day
before some Racers had left as they only race Saturday, but
many stayed for another Day of Competition. To start things
off Was HPV-1 Jr and Kartel's Luis Tyrell picked where he
left off from the day before. Tyrell grabbed the pole in
Qualifying with a 32.004 which absolutely flyin for a Jr 1.
Tyrell brought home Kartel their second win for the weekend.
MMS Racing Engines Austin DeMent got second, Kartel's Ashley
Couch, And Bordogna's Jon Norris and Bobby Tift were the top
five. Second up National Cup Masters and Emmick's Lance Grimm got pole with a 30.071. Grimm got an early lead in the heat but MMS Racing Engines Glenn McKinnon was able to run him down late setting the looks of a great Main Event Final. On the Start MMI's Carol Brown got the line on the inside putting McKinnon back to third. McKinnon fell back anothe position while attempting to make a pass on Brown. Emmicks Wayne Lorenz climbed Browns wheel the next lap turning her sideways, this collected both McKinnon and Paul Hohlbein. This left only Grimm running to a victory. Brown got second and Wayne Lorenz was third. Next up was HPV-2 Jr and Kartel's Neil Alberico put his Top Kart on pole with a 30.229. Alberico showed his strength in the heat with a 2.6 second win. In the Final however, Trackmagic's Brett Felkins was able to stay close til the last laps as Alberico went on to give Kartel's third win of the weekend. Felkin's got second, Cambrian's David Vasquez, Kartworlds Donavon Wheeler fourth, and MMI's Wyatt Nilsson fifth. Sr Superbox had a great turnout with 10 karts. Clayton Snow got another pole. Snow led the heat early but lost a chain giving the win to Bryan Stephenson. Ryan Wakabayashi trailed Bryan in the early laps of the final as Snow made his way form the back. Halfway Snow lost his neck collar ending his day and the battle insued for the victory. Wakabayashi and Stephenson swapped the lead a few times until Wakabayashi took it over for good for the win. Stephenson was second, Timothy Weddle in his first race as senior got third, Chris Gomez and Brett Goerge were the top five. Formula 80 Masters followed and Boyd ferry made his return to IKF with pole. Ferry looked dominate in the heat with a 3 second victory. In the Final both Steve Dow and Cody McKinney would trail Ferry in the early going. McKinney dropped off and Dow made his move to the lead. He would hold and grab victory by 2 seconds. Ferry was second, John Espinor, Jay Neely, and Mckinney would drive to a fifth. TAG Jr was next up and David Brant got the pole with 29.534. Just two tenths off the seniors the day before. Brant would lose a side pod in the heat while leading and would start from the back n the final. Kay got the early lead with Bradstock in tow. Bradstock would make several runs at Kay, but wasn't successful. Kay got the win and Bradstock second, Brant third and Chelsi Wagner fourth. Last up was 100 cc national Cup senior. Corsa Karts Cody Hodgson got pole with a 30.100. Hodgson led every lap of the heat for pole position in the main. On the start of the Final NorcalKarters.com Chris Scribner got the jump on the outside for the lead. Hodgson would follow early, but couldn't make a run and Scribner would get the victory. Hodgson was second, Travis Duhn and MMS Racing Engines Mike Botelho fourth, and Tyler Wamre fifth. Next and Final race is in two weeks at the Tom Dash Memorial Speedway in Atwater as The club gets set for all new parking arrangements. |
9-28-07 Back To Business for the Remainder of 2007
| Now that the NorcalKarters.com
team is back from a rare and much enjoyed vacation in
Mexico, the team is prepared to get back to business for the
remainder of the 2007 season. Starting with this weekend at the Dixon IKF race #7, points continue to heat up for the Championships and the top five spots in points. This weekend marks the return of "Bad Boy" Clayton Snow and the arrival of the new look Energy Kart. This weekend will also see many drivers come out of the Woodwork to get involved in The Driver Rankings. Also through the rest of the season Infineon will also be wrapping up the Championship series in Shifter, TAG, and Rotax divisions while being rumored that this will be the last season of a Racing Series that the Infineon karting Facility will see. Club Championships will be wrapping up as well. Visit the forum for the Official Discussion an Championships within the Region in the Wide Open Forum. Tell us where your at in points and the Championship or place you will be dueling for as the 2007 season winds down. |
9-27-07 Infineon Shifter Sunday race #6
Race Report: Jim Russell Shifter Sunday Series Race #6 – September 16, 2007Another wonderful weather day at the Infineon track, mid 75’s. Turn out for this event was light with only 43 entries, but this did not take away from the great racing in all the classes on the tough Reverse Track layout. ICC/Moto Grand Masters Michael Sherrard took advantage of the no-show of 3 time race winner Brad Shaffer to pull off the hat trick and take pole, the Prefinal win along with a 6 second margin of victory in the Main. But the racing behind Sherrard was strong with Tom Fallon recovery from a problem in the Prefinal and taking the second place spot just one second in front of John Coyle, who is starting to get back into good racing shape after a one year layoff from the GM class. Andrew Fulgham was 4th in the Main, but he was very competitive early on in the Main until a spin put him behind. Geoff Provo took the 5th place spot and with it continues to lead the points for the class. Infinity Karting Services 125 Stock Honda Heavy Only 6 drivers entered the Heavies race this month, a surprise since this is normally largest shifter class of the day. But this did not take away from the great action. After taking his first win of the year last month, Mark Drennan took the pole in Qualify from 4 time winner Matt Alcorn. But in the Prefinal, Matt went into the lead early on and Mark spun in his trying to keep up. Mark thus finished 6th and would have to charge hard in the Main. The other 4 drivers battled back and for the whole 10 laps of the Prefinal, providing some great action with rookie Kyle Gimple taking the 2nd place spot in the end. This was Kyle’s strongest showing this year. There was less than one second separating the 2nd through 5th spots in the Prefinal. In the Main, Gimple out dragged Alcorn to turn one and took the initial lead. But in the left hander after Tic-Tac-Toe, Alcorn made his move to the inside to take the lead. But he was a bit late on the move, had to lock up the brakes and made contact with Gimple which resulted in Alcorn’s kart on top of Gimple’s steering wheel and a Red Flag had to stop the action. Gimple was out, Alcorn got a penalty and would finish behind Gimple in the results, and the race restarted. On the start, Alex Keith and Ken Cornwall battled for the lead with Donald Durbin and Mark Drennan close behind. Cornwall then spun but restarted to finish 4th. In the end Drennan used his qualify speed to finally get to the front followed by Durbin, one second back and Keith 4 seconds back. Inspite his 6th place finish, Matt Alcorn locked up the championship in this class, but expect him back next month to finish the season on a winning note. Cameron Karting ICC/Moto Masters Like normal, the ICC/Moto Masters race provided the best drama of the day. Class points leader JP Cadoux again put his ICC kart on the pole ahead of #2 points man Jim Kidd. Craig Corwin moved over to the Masters class in his preparation for the SuperNationals and took third on the grid ahead of Ron Tamba and Ethan Wilson. In the Prefianl, Cadoux controlled the race and took a 4 second win over Corwin who took the second spot at the green flag. The best battle was for third with Jim Kidd leading a very strong Ron Tamba for most of the race, but with 2 laps to go, Tamba found a way by to take the third place spot. In the Main, the real drama started. At the green flag, Cadoux took the lead followed by Corwin, Kidd, Tamba and Wilson. But on lap 10, Corwin slowed went into the pits with problems. Tamba then got by Kidd to take over third. Then Cadoux had problems, his shift arm broke and he had to shift reaching down and pushing and pulling on the shift linkage arm, ouch!. Tamba, Kidd and Wilson all got by Cadoux. Kidd pressed Tamba all the way but could not find the way by and Ron Tamba came home the winner, taking his first ever ICC Masters feature win. Jim Kidd took second and tighted up the class points battle with Cadoux, followed by Wilson, Cadoux and Brian Ferrario in the lone Honda in the field. Fastech Racing Senior 80 and 80 Heavy The one-two battle between Eddie Veyl and class points leader Robert Porter resumed again this race. In Qualify, Porter took the pole just ahead of Eddie followed by Nathan Brietling and the first 80 Heavy driver John Espinor. In the Prefinal, Porter took the early lead but fast Eddie came up to pressure Porter at the end but came up .4 of a second short. Brietling and Espinor were 3rd and 4th. In the Main, Porter took the lead ahead of Brietling and Veyl. It took a couple of laps for Eddie to get by Brietling and by the time he did, Porter had established a comfortable lead. Brietling spun and fell back thus allowing Espinor to take over third as well as the lead in the Heavy class. Porter then cruised home with a 5 second victory ahead of Eddie, Espinor 3rd and first in the Heavy class, Ryan Madson 4th and 3rd in the Senior 80 class, with Grant Heatherington 5th and second in the Heavy class. KLS Racing 125 Stock Honda Light and ICC With only 3 ICC drivers and 4 Honda Light drivers, these two classes were combined for Race #6 and this proved to be very interesting to watch. Tommie Thompson put his ICC on pole with a 48.171 time followed by Derek Tillett (ICC) with a 48.180, Cody Hodgson (ICC) with a 48.238 and Matt Hauff (Honda Light) with a 48.267. A very tight field indeed. At the Green flag, Tillett took the lead early and controlled the race with Hodgson second. Thompson spun and had to settle for 7th overall. In the Honda Lights class, Hauff took the early lead and held off points leader and 2006 champion Brad Llyod to take the win. In the Main, the ICC’s started 3 rows in front of the Hondas allowing Thompson to start right behind Tillett. Again at the green flag, Tillett took the lead ahead of Hodgson and Thompson with Hauff just behind followed by Lloyd. The three ICC engined karts but down some real fast laps with all three getting best l;ap times in the 48.4s. In the end, Tillett did not make any mistakes to take a 1.6 second win over Hodgson who was .3 seconds up on Tommy Thompson. In the Honda Light class, Hauff and Lloyd battled all race long with both putting in fast laps in the 48.6s, but in the end, Hauff again did not make any mistakes and out dueled Lloyd to take his first shifter feature win. Joe Hammill put in a very strong race in his Honda Light entry, finishing just 2 tenths of a second behind Lloyd with Steve Libby taking 4th in Honda Lights. After nearly 2 years of dominating the Honda Lights class, someone finally out dueled Brad Llyod. But at the end of the day, a second is not too bad for Brad since he locked up the class championship. Fastech Racing 80 Grand Masters Two races ago, the dominant force in the 80 GM class was Bob Lesnett. Then a guy named Bill James started to go fast. Last month, James took the pole and Prefinal, but faded to 3rd in the Main. For Race #6, James took pole again, showing that last month was no fluk. Bob Lesnett had to settle for second on the grid followed by Tom Nelson and Bill Wages. In the Prefinal, James took the lead right from the green flag and went on to a 1.5 second win over Lesnett with Nelson and Wages another second back. In the Main, again James took the lead over Lesnett followed by Wages and Nelson after turn one. But on lap three, Lesnett’s race came to an end when his shifter arm broke and to the pits he went. Wages took over second ahead of Nelson and these two battled furiously the entire race. Unlike last month, Bill James was not going to let his fast speed go to waste and he continued on with no mistakes to take a 2 second win. But with a couple laps remaining, Nelson set up a great pass on the infield portion of the Reverse Sprint layout and got by Wages to take the second spot. In the end it was James, Nelson, Wages, Roger Cornwall and Steve Peterson. With Lesnett exiting early and finishing 8th, the points battle has tightened up considerably thus setting up Race #7 as an exciting finale in the 80 GM class. So, one more race to run in 2007, and very tight battles in the ICC Masters, ICC/Moto GM and 80 Grand Masters classes. It should be fun to see these battles next month when the track layout will be the modified National track.
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9-18-07 Kartel Motorsports Shows well at Stars of Karting West Finale
| This past weekend the Stars of
Karting held their West Finale at Moran Raceway in Beaumont
Ca. Kartel Motorsports went down to compete in the Finale
with their Stars JICA driver Brendan Phinny for valuable
Championship points. Phinny showed well through the weekend
with fast laps and good setups from Erik Bartolero. Phinny qualified well Saturday placing himself 7th on the starting grid for the PreFinal, but a mechanical failure put him at the tail of the field for the Final. When the Final started Phinny wasted little time working his way past the slower karts, and Brendan Phinny worked his back up to sixth. In the closing laps Phinny attempted to run the rest of the karts but draft played a big factor, as Phinny would settle for the sixth position. Brendan would bounce back the second day by qualifying in Sixth position. In the PreFinal Phinny would lead some laps but would come fourth for a second row starting position in the Final. Phinny would again lead some laps in the Final. As the race went on, Phinny running second engaged into a battle for the second position with Taylor Miinch. This allowed the leader pull to a big lead. Phinny won the battle for the second position. While Kartel was competing at Moran for the Stars of Karting West Finale, Kartels president Joey Hand was also busy in his own racing. Hand was competing at Miller Motorsports Park for The American Cup. Joey Hand put in a dominant performance bagging a win. Brendan would like to thank Grand Products, Swedetech Racing Engines, Baja Cantina, Kartel Motorsports, and Top Kart for his success. Next Brendan Phinny will set to battle for the National Stars title in Las Vegas on a temporary circuit set by Stars of Karting. |
Ron Sutton Winner's Circle Launches Annual Driver Search
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The annual national talent search for the NASCAR focused driver development program conducted by Ron Sutton's Winner's Circle (RSWC) is going on now. RSWC is an established talent scout for NASCAR teams, providing a comprehensive driver and career development program for up and coming drivers focused on NASCAR careers. The RSWC Race Team Alliance consists of eight organizations with 21 race teams dedicated to develop drivers in the program. The teams are a balance of Open Wheel and Stock Car oval track race teams ... with Road Racing added … to develop complete, versatile drivers for NASCAR Cup Teams. The winners of the talent shoot out will plug into the training program and racing series that makes sense for the Driver’s age, experience and stage of development. The race series, and race teams, that RSWC utilizes include top West Coast NASCAR team, Bill McAnally Racing and Southern California powerhouse High Point Racing, both running NASCAR Late Model Stock Cars for RSWC drivers ages 17-21. Championship team, Beebe Racing Enterprises, led by driving champ Eric Holmes, will run two RSWC drivers 18 to 22 years of age, in NASCAR Grand National and SRL Super Late Models. Kaplan-Gennuso Racing fields two USAC Sprint Cars on pavement for RSWC drivers ages 18 to 22, as well as DeBeaumont Motorsports fielding two Midgets in the USAC Midget Series on asphalt ovals for RSWC drivers from 17 to 20 years old. Ron Sutton’s own team, fields four USAC Ford Focus Midgets in the Western States races for drivers in the 15 to 18 age bracket. National championship team Porter Racing fields a total of four cars in SCCA Formula Fords & F2000 for 16 to 18 year old RSWC drivers. Skip Barber is the chosen series of RSWC to develop young drivers’ road racing skills, with RSWC usually placing two to three drivers in the Skip Barber Formula 2000 cars. Sutton has said, “We’re not looking for a number … We are looking for young talent that has real potential to go all the way to NASCAR Nextel/Sprint Cup.” With no set target number, eight talented drivers were chosen from last year's test. Day one, of the three day talent test, includes a seminar for Parents and Drivers, "The Real World Good, Bad & Ugly of Driver Career Development" and a training course for Drivers on strategies and terminology. Three separate tests for the young drivers include body fat fitness, a written problem solving test and psychological analysis. Days two and three, Ron Sutton coaches each driver on driving, with the Drivers getting five 20-lap sessions on track, for 100 laps total to show the judges what they have. Team Owners and Crew Chiefs from the race team alliance are judges at the shoot out. They evaluate the drivers on 45 points, with the biggest areas being coachability, accurate feedback, focus, training retention, motivation, communication skills, personality, aggressiveness, learning rate, confidence and lap times. Ron expects to receive over 500 resumes, as they have in the past, and narrow it down to approximately 20 drivers to test October 19th through the 21st, at a track in California. If a driver is selected to be a part of the RSWC program, they will be groomed, coached, tested, trained, raced and molded into what NASCAR teams want in their drivers. Young Drivers ages 12 to 21, and their Parents, are encouraged to get all the information and answers to common questions from the web-site, then submit their resume in time to be considered. The web-site is www.Winners-Circle-Racing.com
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9-11-07 The Pro Kart Challenge Experience
| This past weekend I had the
opportunity to go down to the Pro Kart Challenge 2007 finale
at Moran Raceway. I had originally planned to go but as the
weekend drew near I had no time and was busy at work,
preparing my kart for the Stars of Karting race next
weekend, and of course working on the NorcalKarters.com
website. Thursday Afternoon my good friend Cliff Kujala from
Tony Kart USA informed me that I needed to grab my gear and
head down to Moran for some testing, and off I went. Tom Kutcher has done something different with the Pro kart Challenge (formerly Skusa) in allowing only Seniors to Compete. This has proven to be very successful. 135 entries at the Pro Kart challenge from six classes. The series also ran on a different tire in MG which is Manufactured in Brazil. Their race setup was a bit different as well as the format ran two Heat races 10 laps each, and one Main which was 20 laps. After the first heat I was badgered by the Women of Pro Kart informing me that I needed to smile. Before I said a word they said, "if you don't smile we have to DQ you!" That brought a smile to my face. It didn't really matter as I was DQ'd at the end of the day anyway due to the fact my motor was only legal on a waiver. The atmosphere was very laid back. The officials were professional, while matching their attitude with the atmosphere. Even with the heat and just the air of Beaumont, the race was run very impressively. We were done racing at 4 pm and had 40 laps of racing, two sessions of practice, and a 10 minute qualify. For those that don't know, Moran Raceway is just over a mile long. I believe I ran over sixty miles of racing. Pro Kart also earned two of their racers a 55 thousand dollar scholarship for the Star Mazda series while also offering the whole series factory Invoice on Mazda vehicles. This November Pro Kart will be hosting the Skusa Supernationals in Las Vegas. To learn more about the Pro Kart Challenge Series visit www.prokartchallenge.com |
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9-4-07 NorcalKarters.com Introduces 2007 Region 11 Driver Rankings
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