Tuesday July 17,2012 marked the date of the 2nd
race of 10 in the 2012 Summer League series at Octane Raceway.
Twenty three hotshoe indoor kart racers braved the oven hot,
humid outdoor temps of Phoenix, Az to come into the air conditioned 113,000
sq/ft building that has the best indoor SportKart league racing west of the
Mississippi.
Track 2 hosted the Qualifier/Heats c/w and then the Mains in
the c/c/w direction for a night of chills and spills and good racing thrown in
for good measure. For one thing Josh Sarchet who has been claiming to be a poor
qualifier threw down fast laps to start from pole in one of the Heats. Sarchet
went on to win that Heat hands down over Kyler Repella who got by Keith Sears
and Steve Lattanzi after side by side contact sent Lattanzi off line and into
the barriers. Lattanzi got the position back from Sears in short order and the
friendship suffered no harm even though some harsh words were exchanged in the
heat of the moment post race.
For the most part both Q/Hts went into the record books with
little to no issue and I wish I could report the same for one of the two Mains,
which experienced a rare “RED” flag condition
that had track officials scrambling to separate karts and make sure all
involved were safe and sound. One of the drivers involved had come to an abrupt
stop and ended up across the bow of another kart. Besides having the air
knocked out of him, which he recovered from, he was AOK and was back out and on
the track to continue. Good to know the manufacturer’s seatbelt system worked
as designed and prevented a more serious injury. Racing three wide into the
part of the track designed for one , maybe two karts, will funnel you
with three going in but only one coming out unscathed which is exactly what
transpired and necessitated the “RED Flag” condition.
The competition racers were glad to get back to racing and
the “A” Main almost finished without further incident. Four laps into the
restart, series regular, Steve Lattanzi, who was running in P5 and was to
continue from that position made an error by applying too much pressure to the
left/red pedal aka ”the brake” and spun himself from 5th and gaining to 12th
and losing ground. Spent the rest of the race chasing down anyone and everyone.
A 10th place finish was all he could muster but he was happy to be
back in the safe haven of the pits post race. His GoPro Hero2 captured it all
and now it can be played over and over and over until he finds the delete
button. The Spinderrella name lives on!
Chaz Baca Jr WON the “A” Main to add to his overall win pile
and so far it’s two for two for the most dominate indoor kart race winner and
League Series Champion in the history of F1 Race Factory aka Octane Raceway.
The “B” Main had some of the most exciting, nose to tail,
bumper to bumper action with Don Angel…Chris Wynne and Philip Schroeder
crossing the finish line within inches of each other. Don Angel took the hard
earned win and advanced into the “A” Main with what was left of his energy for
another 40 laps on Track 2 c/c/w. Congratulations Don on your “B” Main WIN!
Just try to stay off those motorcycles!
Now for the Final Results from Summer League race #2 with
points awarded so far after 2 races.
“A” Main Finish Order:
Chaz Baca Jr...114
Kyler Repella…111
Josh Sarchet…55 (missed race#1)
Austin Kipp…107
Cody Gutierrez…102
Keith Sears…94
Tony Rolfson…46 (missed race#1)
Charles Crowe…87
Mike McClaran…97
Steve Lattanzi…97
Brian Landry…80
Don Angel…41 (missed race#1)
“B” Main Finish order:
Don Angel…41 (advanced to “A” Main)
Chris Wynne…87
Philip Schroeder…78
Ronald Jones…88
Krystal Wright…35 (missed race#1)
Craig Moore…63
Greg Gillum…67
Jason Griepentrog…64
Scott Swayzee…58
Michael Bryant…54
Tysen Zimmerman…51
Dane Traines…24 (missed race#1)
All’s well that ends well and all of us and more will be
back Tuesday July 24 at 7pm to do it all again.
Check in by 6:30pm…Driver meeting at 6:45pm.
Track 1 c/c/w in the Q/HT(s) & c/w in the Main(s)
Keeping the Rubberside Down,
Steve "Kandyman" Lattanzi
Team Titanium of Octane Raceway
Competition Director
Offsite Specialty Events Coordinator
Lead Instructor for the Raceology 101 Jr Kart Racing School
317 S. 48th Street . Phoenix,
AZ 85034
(d) 602-427-4416 / 602-302-7223 (t) 602-321-2035(m)
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