The incredible 2010 F1 Race Factory Summer League Series Championship was held Sat. Sept 11th and a new "Champion" has been crowned. The, never put a wheel wrong, and the dominant leader in overall wins for the season, Austin Kipp finally has a league series "Winners" trophy to show for his summer long efforts. His last shot at acquiring the coveted F1 Race Factory league trophy was during the Spring league and Mike Robertson won that one over Kipp by a mere 1 point when all was said and done. Going into the final race of this series Kipp had put together an impressive weekly score that reflected a low score of 43 points out of the possible 45 available. Even though he missed one race and used that as his drop he never faltered in the other seven races and by series end had the field covered by 9 points.
A tie for second place overall was between Winter League Champion, Steve Lattanzi and future League Champion, Justin Bayles. Bayles takes the second place spot and cash by handily winning the main race at the finale even though Lattanzi qualified on pole, took the heat race and ended up second in the main race. Justin played his cards right and never once touched Lattanzi in the final but managed to wave as he went flying by to take the win in the last race of the summer league series.
Congratulations to Austin Kipp for his stellar performance all series long and for the long overdue "Championship Win". Great job and one of the cleanest, smoothest drivers to race an indoor kart. Congratulations also to race winner and overall second place finisher Justin Bayles, who on a personal side note is now stationed at the border of AZ/Mexico hoping to report and curtain illegal activity. Thank you from all of us and be safe.
He wasn't even supposed to be available to race in the final but we were happy to see him show up and prove once and for all just what a great competitor he is and the power of never giving up. Thank you Justin for not trying to push pass Lattanzi out of the building this time.
Top 10 Overall in the F1 League Series Championship:
Austin Kipp 317...Justin Bayles 308...Steve Lattanzi 308...Chaz Baca Jr 297...Keith Sears 283...
Eric Dickinson 262...Charles Crowe 234...Robert Neumann 230...Bryan Weaver 212...Josh Lambeth 208.
F1 Race Factory opens it's doors early, before the general public has a chance to warm up the karts and this presents a bit of a challenge. The karts, tires and surface at that time of day are all cool which creates a different racing experience. Slippery as a "well oiled pig" as one competitor so eloquently put it. Looks and drives like a drifting contest with some creative behind the wheel maneuvers just to get around. Who ordered the opposite lock sandwich? No major incidents reported but lap times on the 1/2 mile GP track were nowhere close to record breaking. Lattanzi took the pole in the qualifier/heat with a 52.448. The 23rd starting spot turned in a 57.497. It was a, who could control the slip the best contest and drift/slip master Lattanzi seemed happy to take that win.
In the heat race it was a nose to tail conga line from 2nd place to 6th place with Justin Bayles as their conga leader. Behind him you found Chaz Baca Jr, Jason Burstein, Keith Sears, and Austin Kipp. The yellow helmeted Eric Dickinson came on at the end but ran out of laps to be a real threat.
Top 10 Heat Race Finish:
Steve Lattanzi...Justin Bayles...Chaz Baca Jr...Jason Burstein...Keith Sears...
Austin Kipp...Eric Dickinson...Robert Neumann...Bryan Weaver...John Pappagallo
With one more race to run for all the marbles and a "Champions Trophy", a check and a chance to get your picture taken on the podium stand the field is set with Lattanzi in the #1 starting spot and hoping for a complete meltdown from Kipp, Bayles and Baca. What he got was a good clean start with Bayles Super Glued to his rear bumper and the Kipp/Baca threat mixing it up with Burstein,Sears and Dickinson. Lap after lap Bayles stayed attached to the rear bumper of Lattanzi but never making a move that would prove to be their undoing. Ten laps in Bayles did make the move and got by only to give it back one turn later. Next lap, same place and this time made the pass, clean, and never looked back as he slowly but surely pulled away for the eventual main race win. Talk about a happy camper. Used some of the European drivers smooth style of cornering he learned by watching them at the IKWC in July. Great race and Bayles deserved that win, hands down. Mistake free win by Bayles and the race that ended up breaking the tie in points for second overall. Great job Justin and glad that you were able to make the race after all.
Top 10 Main Race:
Justin Bayles...Steve Lattanzi...Chaz Baca Jr...Austin Kipp...Jason Burstein..
Keith Sears...Eric Dickinson...John Pappagallo...Josh Lambeth...Charles Crowe.
The 2010 F1 Race Factory Summer League Series is now in the record books and a "Champion" has been declared, tears of joy and sorrow were shed and I want to take this opportunity to thank each and everyone one of these racers for keeping it real and making it one of the most fun and exciting league series.
A special trophy was created and given to the racer who just plain never gave up no matter where he finished. "The Kandyman Award" went to first time leaguer, Chris Kautz for his ongoing determination and spirit of never giving up. The tag line Most Races, Least Points reflects a starting point from which he will build from as we hope he continues to compete in all future league races. Thank You Chris and all the other new to the leagues for taking the time and money to do this week to week. Seven years ago in my first league I scored zero,nada, not one point and the race director at the time handed me a two bent rims consolation trophy that inspired me to do stay with it and do better. I still have that trophy and it's my favorite. I'm doing better and that is the spirit to which I have created the "Kandyman Award" trophy. Enjoy the Snickers, Chris!
Our next League Series(Fall) starts Tuesday Nov.16th and has been modified slightly to be a six race series which will conclude on Sat. Dec.18th.
In the meantime we have an incredible amount of racing, to satisfy your race cravings, going on at F1 Race Factory.
Sat.Sept 25th Monthly 1 Hour Enduro
Sun Oct. 3rd 7 Hour Team Enduro (I'm putting teams together currently)
Sat. Oct. 30th Monthly 1 Hour Enduro
Fri/Sat/Sun. Nov 5/6/7 USIKC Races
Steve is also going to be on the Track every Thursday from 5:30 to 8pm and if enough leaguers show up have impromptu races happen just for us.
It will take 10 racers to do this and with Thursday being double laps for the same money it's a great deal. Let me know or just show up and I can put something together that will be fun and just for us. No weights, racing suits etc. Just some like minded racers getting together and having fun. Thank You it's been a great Summer League and getting to meet and know you all.
Steve "Kandyman" Lattanzi
steve@f1rf.com
602-427-4416
602-321-2035(m)
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