Eleven teams competed on Sunday Oct. 7 from 9am to 12 noon. It was one of the ways to celebrate the 9 years Octane Raceway formerly F1 Race Factory has been open to race karts indoors and what better way to do it than by holding an Endurance race.
First off I want to congratulate the 2012 Octane Raceway 3 Hour Team Endurance Champions, Chaz Baca Jr & Kyler Repella of Team DeathProof. They once again proved to be an unbeatable combination of driving skill and timeline strategy. Even though they came close to the timeline window of 30 minutes between drivers time they managed to stay within the parameters by 7 minutes to take the win. 2nd Place honors went to Mike McClaran & Keith Sears of Team Road Toad. Unusual team name but a racing game plan that saw no mistakes and a time difference between drivers of only 4 minutes.
Now for the team that took 3rd Place. Team CRG/USA Motul fielded a three man team of Kyle Hathcox, Jesus Torres & Peter Liwanag. They struggled midway thru with a timeline strategy that threatened to derail their plan to win but with a quick change and an extra pit stop they managed to race their way back into 3rd and end up with a perfect 60/60/60 driver timeline between them. Great comeback from the edge of miscalculation. These three guys are just some of the awesome track crew that does a great job at Octane Raceway day in and day out with helping customers and flagging the arrive & drive races and with all the competition races.
A few missteps by some of the teams with most of the penalties coming from the stop zone prior to the driver change/stint area. I saw only one on track Black Flag thrown and the surprise was it was one of the very regular league racers making contact with another very regular league racer. May have to change that white race suit to black.
Good clean racing was to be had on this bright and sunny Sunday and I’m sure once the adrenaline dropped back to normal, midday relaxation turned to midday naps. Who knew having that much fun could be so mentally & physically taxing.
Finish Order after 3 hours on the ½ Mile GP Track c/w & c/c/w.
1: Team DeathProof…Chaz Baca Jr/Kyler Repella
2: Team Road Toad…Mike McClaran/Keith Sears
3: Team CRG/USA Motul…Kyle Hathcox/Jesus Torres/Peter Liwanag
4: Team Expendables3…Chaz Baca Sr/Greg Gillum/Charles Crowe
5: Team Shake & Bake…Brent Yarnal/Todd McIlvane
6: Team Black & Gold…Chris Gatley/Eric Gatley
7: Team 11 Tenths…Lou Young/Dave Fiske/Mike Roberts
8: Team Just Drive…Jason Rossi/Jason Sutton/Phil Meyer
9: Team Rusty Nuts…Matt Forbes/Mike Tammen/Harley Miner
10: Team Duo Bombers…Brian Landry/Philip Schroeder (5th w/o time penalty)
11: Team Replacement Racers…Chris Wynne/Will Shurtleff/Josh Lambeth (6th w/o time penalty)
Team trophy for 1st/2nd/3rd from Tempe Trophy.
Octane Raceway Gift Cards: $150.00/$100.00/$50.00
Thank You RockAuto.com
Three sets of NASCAR tickets to the NASCAR race @ P.I.R. on Sunday Nov. 11th were also raffled off and were a surprise bonus to the racers who participated.
Thank You NASCAR/P.I.R./Octane.
On that note I do want to THANK each and every person that pitched in to help make the 3 Hour Team Endurance Race another successful event. People like Levi Pyse, Mitchell Jones, Robert Garcia, William Herr, Sal Licari, Chet Jones, Nick Meeker, Angel Lamanilao, Aryanne Poole, Crystal Arviso, and Bryanna McLean. Thank You all for coming in early on Sunday.
Thank You to Nicki Nobish for all your behind the scenes help with all my racing & teaching programs.
Thumbs up to JP Mullan who takes my monumental idea’s of racing, fine tunes it to fit and gets the word out on Social media. Thanks Scott for allowing the racing to continue and be the best it can be in the Best indoor kart racing facility in the country, Octane Raceway.
There is one person who deserves the biggest thanks. Week after week and on Sunday, James Gibbins steps up and without his help the leagues/AZIKC/3 Hour Enduro, etc, would not happen or be less than great. THANK YOU James!! You are awesome as always and I hope your soccer team won on Sunday.
Even though not everyone went home with 1st/2nd/3rd Place hardware and bragging rights they must admit it was a good use of three or more hours on a Sunday morning with like minded new and old indoor kart racing friends. Without racers like you it’s just a big building with some karts in it.
I do want to Thank all the drivers who took the time and resources to participate in the 2012 3 Hour Team Endurance Race @ Octane Raceway on Sunday October 7.
*League Race #2 for Sport and Pro is this Tuesday Oct. 9. Sport league check in by 5:45pm, racing on Track 2 from 6pm to 8pm. $40.00…Racer cap is 28*
*Pro league starts @ approx. 8pm with check in by 7:30pm. Racing on Track 2 from 8pm to 10pm. $50.00…Racer cap is 28*
Steve "Kandyman" Lattanzi
Team Titanium of Octane Raceway
Competition Director
Offsite Specialty Events Coordinator
Lead Instructor for the Raceology 101 Jr Kart Racing School
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