Racing under the lights at OMC made the World Finals special this year.  Without the blazing Oklahoma sun,  temperatures were perfect for racers and spectators.  With a good coat of rubber laid down in the day from the Region's Cup races, the grip was excellent and still remained relatively smooth.

 

The top shifter drivers in America came either to drive or tune.  Turn out was about the same this year as last year a good sign considering the SKUSA ProTour had very little promotion this year.  The World Finals tend to wrap up the year for SKUSA as the SuperNationals typically consists of class structures for the next year.  National Title Champions are crowned but series titles have lost their meaning over the last few years.  People come to race and race they did.

 

48 total entries in the 4 classes managed to put on a good show.  With 3 125 classes totaling 34 of the entries, one wonders what it would have been like with all 34 on track at the same time....

 

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We are producing two Kartweb Reports! videos from the weekend that highlights the best of the racing.  They should run about 10-15 minutes each and there is some awesome footage included.  Enjoy.

 

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Event:		World Finals
Run:		Final - SuperPro
Date:		09/18/2004
Time:		21:50:00
Pos.	No.	Name	Laps	Total	Delta	Best Lap	Lap	Chassis	Motor
1	32c	Alan Sciuto	25	20:11.2		00:43.1	25	Birel	TM
2	07p	Alan Rudolph	25	20:11.6	0.465	00:43.1	5	RBI	Pavesi
3	12d	A.J. Noud	25	20:12.1	0.917	00:43.1	6	RBI	Pavesi
4	9o	Chris Jackson	25	20:19.6	8.405	00:43.1	6	Intrepid	TM
5	8t	Ryan Kinnear	25	20:29.6	18.423	00:43.3	2	Birel	TM
6	7o	Matt Wittmer	23	18:57.4	-- 2 laps --	00:43.3	2	Birel	TM

It seems like every time Sciuto comes to the World Finals he takes home another Gold Medal.  This year it wasn't exactly a cakewalk.  Pulling a few tenths in the first 1/3 of the race, Rudolph and Noud slowly began to reel Scuito back in - by 2/3's distance is was the SuperPro Freight Train for the podium spots.    Catching and passing are two different things.  Top built ICC's are pretty equal and with the smooth surge of power they have it's not as likely for a driver under pressure to bobble.  Scuito kept his cool giving him the top spot on the podium.

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Event:		World Finals
Run:		Final - Formula S1
Date:		09/18/2004
Time:		21:00:00
Pos.	No.	Name	Laps	Total	Delta	Best		Lap	Chassis	Motor
1	98o	Reed Froehlich	25	20:52.9		00:43.3		7	Intrepid	TM
2	30f	Sean Meier	25	20:54.3	1.447	00:43.4		3	Tony	TM
3	N10	Kyle Ray	25	20:57.5	4.618	00:43.3		4	Maranello	Pavesi
4	14b	Terrick Mansur	25	20:58.4	5.48	00:43.4		25	CRG	Pavesi
5	8y	Justin Moon	25	21:00.9	8.059	00:43.3		4	PTK	TM
6	99j	Chris Kuenning	25	21:03.4	10.476	00:43.5		4	Birel	TM
7	88d	Tyler Walls	25	21:10.8	17.885	00:43.9		3	GP	Pavesi
8	19o	Cody Hadley	25	21:10.9	18.015	00:43.8		15	Intrepid	TM
9	44o	Nick Boulle	25	21:28.6	35.748	00:44.4		8	Arrows	TM
10	28d	Colin MacGregor	24	20:57.0	-- 1 lap --	00:45.0		10	?	Honda
11	23d	Jake Snider	24	21:04.4	7.417	00:43.7		3	?	?
12	27d	Alex Dicharry	24	21:21.2	24.187	00:45.6		10	Intrepid	TM
13	16p	Max Hyatt	21	21:28.5	-- 4 laps --	00:45.3		3	Genesis	Honda
14	19j	Jordan Dick	20	17:21.1	-- 5 laps --	00:43.4		4	Birel	Pavesi
15	72d	Chris Figge	19	17:20.5	-- 6 laps --	00:45.3		15	Trackmagic	Honda
16	87d	Marc Elliot	12	11:36.9	-- 13 laps --