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TAG has quickly become the largest class at the Rock as well as everywhere
else in America. capped at 55 entries one of thepre-registrants
dropped out at the last minute leaving only 54 to qualify. 2002
Rotax winner Jordan Musser put his Rotax power on the pole just 1/10 of a
second ahead of Adam Johnson's Sonik. Sean Owens the latest Rotax
phenom was another 3/10's off in 3rd. 3 of the top 5 spots went to
Texans from the North Texas Karters all on Rotax power. NTK held a
"Road to the Rock" Series with a purse going to the series winner for four
classes, with Sean Owens taking the free ride to the Rock. Competition was close with the one second barrier going back to 17th. last year's winner Jim Cassi managed a 20th place qualifying effort. Former Kings AJ Whisler and Alan Rudolph both joined in, Alan with a Biland. Just as the karts were lining up on the grid the clouds went from a few drops to a soft steady rain. The entire complexion changed from dry to wet. The teams were given about 30 minutes to change to a wet setup during which it stopped raining but puddles remained on the track in critical areas. No slicks would be run. On the drop of the green Jordan Musser took the lead through turn 1. Heading into turn 2 Jordan stuffed it into the barriers - maybe from the bumps or the paint - that won't be seen until the video is released. Tire wear played a roll as the drying track began to shred the soft rain tires. Those who paid attention to their tires made the best improvements with the fastest laptimes coming in the closing laps. Despite the wet track the attrition wasn't that high with 21 0f the 30 still running after the 20 lap feature. As you can imagine this race was action packed on the wet....
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