3-4-10 Raquel Martinez Gatorz CalSpeed Report

“California native scores podium at home race”

Just one week after watching her favorite NASCAR drivers Raquel Martinez returned to California Speedway for the second round of the Gatorz Challenge of Americas. For round two Raquel made the switch to P1 engines, which is who she uses for all of her racing programs.

After a solid day of practice the skies opened up Friday night and would not let up the entire day Saturday. Raquel qualified in the 9th position, but was not able to start the prefinal due to a faulty fuel pump. Because of the weather the officials decided to hold race number three of the series bright and early Sunday morning. Starting 22nd on a very slick track Raquel muscled her way through the field aboard her Top Kart Flash passing for 3rd place on the final lap. The remainder of the day did not go as well with the team struggling to solve what they thought was a carb issue, but turned out to be a bad battery. Raquel ended the day 13th in the second final.

“This was an up and down weekend for us, but we know where we need to improve and we will work on these things before the final round at Infineon,” commented Martinez. “Infineon is a track I really enjoy racing at and a place our karts perform well at.”

Raquel would like to thank her sponsors: King Taco, Pepsi, Grand Products, Top Kart, P1 Engines, Alpinestars, Troy Lee Designs, PKS Kart Supplies, MLP Imaging, and Graphix Plus.