Another Win by Chaz Baca Jr Captures the 2011 F1 Summer League Championship and Adds to his Trophy Collection
On Sunday August 21st the 2011 F1 Race Factory Summer Leagues wrapped up the Series and crowned Chaz Baca Jr “The Champion”.
2nd Place overall went to Jason Burstein and 3rd Place went to Mike Davila who seemed surprised by his overall 3rd Place finish.
The “Kandyman Award” went to, never gave up Greg Gillum. A most prestigious award given to the racer who does the most races, but scores the least points. Greg won it hands down. Congratulations Mr. GG.
Congratulations to Chaz, Jason ,and Mike for a job well done. Roger Penske and Joe Gibbs Racing called to see if they had signed any racing contracts yet.
The series was for the most part a race to see who would take 2nd overall. Chaz had stats that most of us dream of. This was an eight race series and he won 7 Mains out of the eight. Week 1 he finished 4th due to some late race contact. Add winning 5 of the 8 heats to his points total and you have the recipe for a successful goal of winning the league championship. Since we also drop 1 race, his lowest score of 54 out of a possible 57 was dropped. The only week he was not in 1st place was week one. He never gave up 1st position in overall points from that point on.
F1 Race Factory on a Tuesday night is the place to be for the Best Indoor Kart Racing in the Valley of the Sun. Averaging 24 racers week to week just goes to show you there are more than a few who want to see how they stack up against the best indoor kart racing has to offer.
We will all assemble again to compete in the 2011 F1 Race Factory Fall League Series starting Tuesday Sept 27th at 6:30pm. Clean slate for everyone and with some hard work by F1 Race Factory, potentially some new and different track layouts.
Maybe a figure 8 with some ramped jumps thru rings of fire and racing into tunnels of darkness with alligator moats on either side. Better call AFLAC to see if your life insurance is up to date!
Not to overlook the 7th race on Aug. 16th but the results were as follows:
“A” Main Top 10: Chaz Baca Jr…Jason Burstein…Mike Davila…Keith Sears…Kyler Repella…Josh Lambeth…Ian Pierce…Eric Dickinson…Kyle Tatman…Logan Swane.
Eric Dickinson won the “B” Main and moved into the “A” Main. Went from 14th to 8th by race end. That’s a lot of laps back to back but Eric was up to the task. Adrenaline pump working overtime!
Last race of the Summer Series saw 23 drivers looking to make the most of their overall points tally. The surprise of the day was Chaz Baca Jr qualifying 7th. Really? 7th? Wow! Did they mistakenly give him a kid kart?
On pole for the Heat was Austin Kipp who showed that he hadn’t lost his talent behind the wheel from lack of practice. Kipp shows up, suits up and is usually found at the front more often than not. Today he proved once again he is a force to be reckoned with. The other semi retired kart racer, due to work responsibilities, is Tony Rolfson who came to this race wincing from a toothache that had him searching for the gallon sized Ambesol to alleviate the stabbing pain in his molar. Fire up a kart and let’s get some string, we’ll have that baby out in no time. Tony would chose to go with a dental appointment the next day.( Dr. E.X. Traction) Nothing would keep him from competing this night and with a 4th Place Qualifier he was within striking distance of the win in the Heat if he could somehow get by Eric Dickinson (3rd) and Jason Burstein (2nd). Keith Sears rounded out the top 5 with a ….you guessed it 5th.
The 10 lap Heat goes green and as we are racing there seems to be some confusion at the Pit rig scoring station. We soon find out that a computer entry problem has scrambled the field and the Heat print out sheets have nothing to do with reality. After some discussion it has been decided to rerun the Heat which will now give us 10 more laps to practice our passing or getting passed skills. We race the second Heat drama free and this one is a keeper.
Top 5 has Toothache Tony Rolfson finishing in the top spot followed by Austin Kipp Van Winkle, Keith Sears & Roebuck, Jason “Weight Vest Unabomber” Burstein, and Eric “Screaming Yellow Helmet” Dickinson.
We take a small break to congratulate or console each others’ Heat finish and anticipate a better one in the 20 lap Main. New kart draw and into our “Chariots of Speed” we go.
Twenty laps on the ½ mile GP Track is hardly enough time to get into a racing rhythm and then bam it’s over. Bam was the sound you heard as Steve Lattanzi & Bobby Neumann attempt to cross the finish line side by side with Lattanzi taking the inside line where little existed and had Bobby taking a wider line than he wanted and found himself sliding into and stuck on the outside wall with the other racers heading toward his rear bumper. One by one they stacked up in this blind corner and then scrambled to cross the finish line ahead of the hotshoes they passed earlier. And at the top of the charts you ask? We once again find a familiar face by the name of Chaz Baca Jr. After starting from P6, Baca slowly but Shirley, you remember Shirley from school, worked his magic and came thru the field to take another 1st in a Main. A rousing finish in the Main compared to an unusual start/finish in the Qualifier/Heat for Baca. All is well and the world has been set right. Papparrazzi pictures taken, $millions$ in prizes handed out, solid Gold trophys awarded and another F1 Race Factory league series is in the books.
Main Final on the GP Track:
Chaz Baca Jr…Austin Kipp…Keith Sears…Eric Dickinson…Tony Rolfson…Jason Burstein…Mike Davila…Kyler Repella…Steve Lattanzi…Bobby Neumann…Scott Lodding…Cody Gutierrez…Paul Miller…Chris Wynne…Josh Lambeth…Kyle Tatman…James Romero…Phillip Schroeder…Keaton Swane…Charles Crowe..Logan Swane…Craig Moore…Greg Gillum.
I would like to Thank each and every one of you for taking the time and resources to do this. Also want to provide a big THANK YOU to all the staff at F1 Race Factory that help to make this a racin’ fun place to be on a Tuesday night. Without you none of this happens. A few speed bumps along the way but nothing a few aspirin or a cold beer wouldn’t fix. Had fun racing with the best indoor kart racers in the USA and at F1 Race Factory the Best Indoor Kart Racing Facility in the USA.
Keeping the Rubberside Down,
Steve Lattanzi "Kandyman"
Team Titanium of F1 Race Factory
steve@f1rf.com
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