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8-25-10
RLOKC Race #6 Report
Red Line Oil
Karting Championship's Northern California Rotax Challenge
made its first visit of 2010 to the tight confines of the
Kinsmen Kart Club at Dixon this past weekend with the
largest Rotax turnout at Dixon ever. The weather was perfect
on Sunday for some great racing. The host, Kinsmen Kart Club
put on a great BBQ for the racers along with root beer
floats in the afternoon and two piñatas for the kids to beat
on and collect all the candy. All class winners were given a
driving suit cleaning kit provided by Molecule. The Senior
Rotax winner also took home a GoPro Hero Camera.
Senior Rotax & Cambrian Go-Karts Junior Rotax
With seven seniors and three junior entries, these two
classes were combined to make for the most exciting race of
the day. Senior points leader Carlos Calderon took the pole
ahead of new junior graduate Sean McDonald and Amber
Friedberg. Bobby Tifft was the top Junior in sixth with
Brody Zink in seventh. In the heat race, Calderon and
McDonald did some rubbing as they drove into turn one with
Calderon leading into the turn. McDonald held his position
to come home in second with Raymund Bustamante, Jr.
overtaking Friedberg to take third. In the Junior class,
Tifft held the Junior class point for most of the race with
Zink falling back at the start. Brody worked his way past a
few senior class karts and got by Tifft to take sixth
overall and first in the Junior heat race.
At the green flag for the Main, Calderon went to the front
with Friedberg getting a good start moving into second.
Tifft also got a great start and moved into fifth, leading
the junior class. Calderon and Friedberg went nose to tail
for the first fifteen laps with Bustamante close behind and
Tifft moving up to fourth overall right on Bustamante's
bumper. With three laps to go, the two leaders battled so
hard that they moved high on the track going into the last
corner and left the door open for both Bustamante and Tifft
to slip by. With too few laps left, Bustamante went on to
the win and took both the Senior Class win as well as
winning the GoPro Hero Camera. Tifft took second overall and
first in the Junior class with his best drive ever, a
fantastic run for the veteran junior driver. Calderon came
home third (second in Senior), Friedberg fourth (third in
Senior), Jarrett Lile fifth (fourth in Senior) and Joshua
Feiber sixth (second in Junior).
Rotax Mini Max
The MiniMax class continues to grow with ten karts making up
the Dixon field, the largest field in series history.
Michael Michoff took the pole ahead of Blaine Rocha, Michael
Avansino and Scott Huffaker. In the heat race, Michoff lead
the entire race but was being chased by three drivers who
have all won features this year. Rocha held his second place
with Avansino in third, Gino Gigliotti in fourth and Justin
Yanez in fifth. In the Main, Michoff took the early lead but
Rocha found a way by and took over the race lead by
mid-race. After two straight wins at Infineon, Avansino
could not come up with the speed to overtake Michoff and had
to settle for a well deserved third. Gigliotti came home in
fourth with Colin Daley putting in his best drive of the
year to come home fifth and take the last trophy spot. For
his win, Blaine won the Sanzaru $50 cash first place prize
as well as the Molecule driving suit cleaning kit.
Rotax Masters & Masters Light
With thirteen entries between the two classes, this race
group was the largest race group of the day. The pole was
won by Andrea Delfanti (Light), followed by Jerry Pretti
(Light), Andre Eriksen (Masters), Mary Beth Wilson (Light)
and Mert Solis (Light). In the heat race, Delfanti lead the
front rows through the first turn, but some bumping would
cause Steve Weiss to drop out with a bent axle. No one could
match Andrea's speed as he lead the race flag to flag. But
behind Andrea, a good battle was raging with Wilson leading
Eriksen much of the race. Late in the race, Eriksen took
advantage of a lapped traffic situation to get by and take
second overall (first in Masters), followed by Wilson,
Pretti and Corey Mitchell.
In the Main, Delfanti took the lead at the drop of the green
and checked out again leaving the rest of the field battling
for second. Eriksen charged into turn one right behind
Delfanti and took over the second spot. But mid-race,
mechanical problems hit Delfanti which ended his race. Now
Eriksen was in the lead and the heavier Masters class driver
pushed his kart to try and stay in front of three or four
fast Light karts. While the leaders were battling, Steve
Weiss came from his last place starting position and made
one pass after another and by mid-race was lapping much
faster than the leaders. As the laps counted down, Weiss
passed the four top Light karts to take the class lead and
was zeroing in on Eriksen for the race lead when the
checkered came out. Overall win went to Eriksen as well as
the Masters class win. Second overall and first in Light
went to Steve Weiss, his first feature class win ever. Third
was Light points leader Mary Beth Wilson with her best Dixon
effort. Fourth went to Luca Delfanti (Light) and Fifth to
Cory Mitchell (Light). Peter Breidinger finished sixth
overall and second in the Masters class.
Rotax DD2
Five karts took the green with Michael Ostrowski returning
after a 2 year absence to take the pole ahead of Andre
Eriksen who was running his first DD2 race with points
leader January Grove in third. In the heat race, Ostrowski
took the lead at the green followed by Eriksen, Dave Moody
and Grove. Eriksen hounded the young Ostrowski for the
entire twelve laps and when the two were getting around a
lapped driver, Eriksen took the best line and slipped by
Michael to take the lead and the heat race win followed by
Grove and Moody. At the start of the Main, Eriksen lead at
the green followed by Ostrowski and Grove and the three went
nose to tail for the first fifteen laps. Eriksen was not
giving Ostrowski much of a look for making a pass so Michael
used his experience to try a pass where few would ever go
and he slipped by with two laps to go to take the win ahead
of Eriksen and Grove, a great return race for Ostrowski.
The race day was a great day for the visiting Rotax racers,
having fun with the challenge of the Dixon track as well as
enjoying the hospitality of the host Kinsmen Kart Club.
RLOKC's Northern California Rotax Challenge will return to
Dixon on Sunday, September 19th. Next up for the Red Line
Oil Karting Championship is a return to Infineon Raceway
this Sunday, August 29th to race on the National track
configuration. Results for the Dixon race will be posted at
www.norcalrotax.com. For more information about the RLOKC's
Northern California Rotax Challenge, go to
www.norcalrotax.com.
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