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GoRotax.com/MRP Motorsport Rotax Mini Max

The drivers in the Rotax Mini Max class had their hands full this weekend as a majority of them completed three finals. After multiple red flags in their round 2 pre-final and final resulted in a dangerous lack of light the round two final was added to round three?s Saturday?s schedule. Jumping out and taking the pole position in qualifying, Jack West placed himself on the inside of row one for Saturday?s prefinal. Dore Chaponick, Jr. stormed to the pre-final win, but the defending FWT class champion couldn?t hold off West in the final as West posted consistent fast times. Cruising to victory, West crossed ahead of Jesse Lazare and Chaponick. Chaponick got the holeshot for the second final of the day, but it was Lazare who inherited the lead when Chaponick and Dalton Sargeant collided in turn one. From there, Lazare held his own as the sun set for the evening, and he crossed the finish line with the entire SH Karting team cheering him on. After many on-track incidents, Kyle Kirkwood and Nelson Gonzalez kept their noses clean and finished second and third respectively. Returning on Sunday, Dore Chaponick was the only driver to break the fifty-second barrier and with that, earned the pole in qualifying. After earning the pre-final win, Lazare lead the way in the final. The action up front was wild as Sargeant took the lead on lap two with Lazare taking it back on lap three. From there, Lazare led the way with West, and Sargeant in tow. With two laps to go, West made his move and brought Sargeant with him. Cruising to the finish line from there, West earned his second win of the weekend. Sargeant finished second and Lazare finished third. However, in post tech inspection, Lazare was disqualified giving the final podium position to Grant Quinlan.

FirstKart.com Rotax Micro Max

Lance Stroll continued his strong pace in the Micro Max class by posting the fastest time in qualifying on Saturday but a technical infraction placed Stroll at the back for the start of the final. Logan Sargeant took control of the start but a red flag on the opening lap brought all the drivers back together for a restart. Sargeant again took the lead when the karts were restarted but was followed closely by Devlin DeFrancesco. An error by DeFrancesco on lap three sent him spinning in turn one ending his chances of a podium finish. While Sargeant held the lead up front, Stroll was making his way through the field and by lap five he was up to third. Quietly sitting in second place, 2008 FWT champion Patricio O?Ward waited until the last lap to make his move for the lead. Making no error, O?Ward made the move stick and held off Sargeant for the win. Following Sargeant across the line was Stroll. Using the momentum from his win on Saturday, O?Ward posted the fastest time in qualifying to edge Stroll for the pole by six-hundredths of a second. The two swapped positions in the pre-final as Stroll earned the win ahead of O?Ward and Jimmy Cabrera. Still seeking his first FWT win, Stroll took the lead into turn one in the final. The SH Karting pilot cruised to an early lead when O?Ward and Mauricio Baiz swapped the second position back and forth in the opening laps. By lap ten, Stroll had checked out, and O?Ward safely held the second position. As the checkered flag flew, Stroll finally earned his first FWT win with O?Ward and Cabrera completing the podium. Adding to the already enormous prize packages, Chris Wheeler of Impact Racing Products offered any driver that won two finales a free Impact Racing helmet. After dominating their respective classes on the weekend, Fabio Orsolon, Jack West and Jeffrey Petriello each were awarded the new Euro Shark helmet from Impact.

PSLKarting.com Pro Shifter

Speed and Carlton split wins in Pro Shifter Entering his first race of the 2009 season, Gary Carlton jumped into his familiar CRG/Swedetech Maxter machine and posted the fastest time in qualifying narrowly edging out Fritz Leesmann and Alex Speed. The gap between the top three pilots was a mere nine thousandths of a second, setting up a race for the ages. Carlton, Speed and Leesmann cruised throughout the fourteen-lap pre-final with Carlton earning the pole for the final. Speed was able to get by Leesmann on lap two, lining him up on the outside of the front row. As the green flag dropped in the final, Carlton and Speed went neck and neck into turn one with Carlton holding the position on the inside. But it didn?t take Speed long to jump to the lead and steal the opening lap with Carlton, Matt Lee and Leesmann in tow. Returning the favor in lap two, Carlton stole the point back as Leesmann disposed of Lee on lap three. As the top two began to pull away, Speed made his move on lap six entering the turn eight hairpin. Contact between the two sent Speed off the track done for the event with many bent components on his TonyKart. This action allowed Lees- Page 22 Go Racing Magazine

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