Every Tuesday night the place to be is Octane Raceway for
the biggest and best indoor kart racing leagues in the valley and Tuesday Nov.
13 was no exception. The driving skills of 33 racers was put to the test and
league race #7 of 10 on Track 2 is officially in the books.
With 20 racers competing in the Sport league, 2 groups of 10
were set in motion and by 8pm we had our top 3 standing atop the podium.
Overall Sport League points leader Chaz Baca Sr took top honors with Erik
McCorvey taking 2nd and Robert Giorgio taking the 3rd
place podium step. Honorable mention goes out to Ariel Rubio who started the
race from pole and for the next 30 laps it was a four way race for the win.
Cele Aragon, who won the Sport “B” Main to earn the right to
start from the back of the Sport “A” Main ended up a very respectable 6th
for the night. A black flag for contact in his Heat had Aragon wanting to
redeem his reputation, in the Main, as a clean competitor and I think he proved
it, twice.
Sport League
“A” Main Finish order:
Chaz Baca Sr…Erik McCorvey…Robert Giorgio…Ariel Rubio…Frank
Dusanek…Cele Aragon…Craig Moore…Austin Corr…John Moldt…Chris Webb…Rob Giorgio.
Erik McCorvey sets fast lap time with a 28.124
“B” Main Finish Order:
Cele Aragon…Scott Reece…Greg Gillum…Jimmy Joe Jannetto…Dawn
Sharp…Michael Bryant…Ben Conner…Dwayne Pihulak…Matthew Bryant…Scott Swayzee.
Overall season points sheets for both the Sport and Pro
leagues can be found on the competition table near the Trackside Grill.
Pro League
Thirteen Pro league racers signed up so they raced as one
group. Top three qualifiers saw Chaz Baca Jr on pole for the Heat, with Kyler
Repella and Josh Lambeth in hot pursuit. Lap times in the Heat ranged from
28.112 to 28.842.
Finish order for the Heat & starting order for the
Main:
Chaz Baca Jr…Kyler Repella…Josh Lambeth…Cody Gutierrez…Chris
Wynne…Jason Burstein…Scott Lodding…Steve Lattanzi…Keith Sears…Brian
Landry…Charles Crowe…Mike McClaran…Blake Leuty.
The 40 lap Main goes green and Baca Jr starts pulling away
from Repella, Lambeth, Gutierrez and Wynne. Meanwhile, starting from back in 6th
place is Burstein, with a head of steam and within short order is making up
ground as the karts ahead stack up behind Repella. One by one they pick off
Repella. Once Chris Wynne and Josh Lambeth get by Repella they decide it’s time
to pass each other and lo and behold as they do that, Burstein grabs an
opportunity to pass both, and goes from 4th to 2nd in the
blink of an eye.
Where was Cody Gutierrez? He made contact with the wall hard
halfway into the race and now was trying to maneuver an ill handling kart and
coming to grips with what seemed to be a lone mistake.
Chaz Baca Jr puts another win in the max points box and
continues his dominance on his way to a 9th league Championship with
3 races remaining.
Even though Baca Jr was top qualifier, won the Heat and the
Main it was Chris Wynne who took fast time honors with a lap time of 27.987!
Finish Order Main:
Chaz Baca Jr…Jason Burstein…Josh Lambeth…Chris Wynne…Kyler
Repella…Steve Lattanzi…Scott Lodding…Mike McClaran…Keith Sears…Brian
Landry…Charles Crowe…Blake Leuty…Cody Gutierrez.
Next up is Race #10 of 10 (Final) for the AZIKC
on Sunday Nov. 18…6pm.
Check in by 5:30pm.
3 lap Qualifier into a 72 lap Main. GP Track c/c/w.
Entry fee is $80.00. Teams of 2 OK.
Mandatory 20 second pit stop
Must be signed up by midnight Sat. Nov. 17th.
15 spots available, cap is 20.
Tuesday…Nov. 20… Race #8 of 10…. Track 1 c/w & c/c/w.
Sport League…6pm to 8pm…$40.00 entry. Racer cap is 28.
Pro League…8pm to 10pm…$50.00 entry. Racer cap is 28.
Thank You!
Keep the Rubberside Down,
Steve "Kandyman" Lattanzi
Competition Director
Lead Instructor for the Raceology 101 Jr Kart Racing School
317 S. 48th Street . Phoenix,
AZ 85034
(d) 602-427-4416 / 602-321-2035(m)
Visit us online @ www.OctaneRaceway.com
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