The past few months have been busy for many of the SwedeTech customers with many events that had taken place throughout the country. SwedeTech always encourages our customers to share their results with us so we know who is racing and where.
The CKI Florida Cup wrapped up their series in Homestead, and Alex Speed wrapped up his three visits to Florida with the CKI Florida Cup KF2 Championship. Speed dominated the KF2 class with 8 wins, 1 runner up, and two Third place finishes putting the stamp on the 2010 CKI Florida Cup Championship.
The Rotax Gatorz Challenge of the Americas event made the final stop at Sonoma’s Infineon Raceway. In the Rotax Jr. Class, Kiel Spaulding put his package up front all weekend long. Spaulding was the benchmark for this event, as he swept both days by putting his SwedeTech Rotax on pole, won both heats, and won both main events.
With his performance, Kiel Spaulding secured the runner up spot in the Rotax Gatorz Challenge of the Americas Championship series.
The ProKart South Series held an event at Grange complex. Luke Bianco had a strong finish, winning the S4 Magnum class. In the S4 class, Rob Logan had a solid result by finishing third, and along the way, posted the fasted lap.
In the competitive S2 class, Cory Neveau drove his TonyKart machine to a third place finish. The G1 class is always fun to watch. Troy Butts finished a close third and posted some very quick lap times. Right behind him was Imran Husain.
In the middle of April, the SKUSA Pro Tour kicked off a new program. The first race was held at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma. For Saturday’s action, Nick LeDuc and Jason Toft qualified their S1 Stock Moto machines 2nd and 5th. As Saturday’s S1 main event rolled around, both LeDuc and Toft showed they had the speed to run up front. At the checkered, Jason Toft would finish second and Nic LeDuc finished fourth.
The S2 Stock Moto had a good turnout. SwedeTech customer, Alec Gumpfer, made the trip from Hawaii to participate in the ProTour event. His weekend started off good as he qualified third. In the first heat race, Gumpfer finished 3rd. During the second heat while running third, a chassis mechanical issue removed Alec from the race.
It has been a while since the entry lists at any event had the name Ray Zanotto on them. This weekend Ray decided to dust off the driving gear and support the ProTour at his local track, running the S4 class. In the second heat race, Zanotto finished 4h. At the end of the day, Ray Zanotto had a hard charge forward to finish a well deserved second.
The G1 class, with the ICC power plants had a solid group on the track. Eduardo Martins ( Maxter ) qualified second and Robert Marks ( TM ) posted the third quickest time. In the first heat race, Martins finished third, Marks finished fourth, and Jim Kidd ( Maxter ) moved his way through the pack to finish fifth. The second heat race had a lot of action as spots were shuffling during the whole race. Robert Marks finished the heat race in third, with Martins fourth, Imran Husain ( Maxter ) fifth and Jim Kidd sixth. In the main, Jim Kidd made a charge for the front and at the end of the day, finishes a hard earned 2nd place. Martins and Marks finish a close third and fourth, while Husain made the top five.
The S5 class is the building block for Stock Moto, as this group highlights the younger stock moto drivers. Austin Schimmel qualified third on the Infineon circuit. In the heat races, Schimmel was very consistent running in the lead pack. When Saturday’s final checkered waive, Schimmel earned a third place podium.
As Sunday would roll around, many teams made preparations to move up the charts. The headline S1 class would not disappoint in the main event. Starting from the back of the field, both Jason Toft and Nic LeDuc would put in two hard drives to move into the top five for the final result. The race was very exciting to watch. On the last lap, three different drivers could have one. When the checkered waived, Toft was third with LeDuc in fourth. A great run for both drivers.
S2 driver, Derek Crockett made the trip out from Illinois , for the first round of the SKUSA ProTour. Sunday was a good day for Crockett as he posted a strong second place finish in the main event.
G1 driver Robert Marks is a front runner seems to find himself in the right spots. For Sunday’s main event, Marks was in the right spot as a competitors engine expired, handing the win to Marks. Behind Marks, drivers were changing positions. Eduardo Martins would fend off the third place charger, and Jim Kidd would slot in for a fourth place finish.
The young S5 drivers put on a good show for their second main event of the weekend. It was close and exciting racing. Austin Schimmel was in the mix of the lead pack, as any three of the drivers could have pulled off the win. When the Jr S5’s received the waived checkered, Schimmel was running a very close third, solid results for the first round of the ProTour.
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