Race 3 125cc Semi-Pro Race Report

Also known as S1, this class put on a fantastic show.  The top 3 qualifiers could have qualified in the top 10 for the SuperPro race  Typical for the competition of the weekend, the top ten qualified with the same second.  Nelson Phillippe, in his second ever shifter kart race, qualified the Fittipaldi kart at 33.378 a new track record.  Nelson coming from France to compete in American style shifters has an impressive resume.  Nick Bussell the untouchable Eastern SKUSA ProMoto Champion, qualified second, with John "Johnnie" Kindhart demonstrating the "geezers" are fast too qualifying 3rd.  Mark Vielgut and Mauricio Borrero rounded out the fast five of qualifying.

Contestants from the SKUSA Pro Moto series, various SKUSA Regional Series, IKF, WKA, and road racing came to compete..

Position Kart # Driver Best Lap

1

  8f  Nelson Phillippe  33.378
2  3j  Nick Bussell  33.452
3  2o  John Kindhart  33.598
4  97h  Mark Vielgut  33.911
5  22f  Mauricio Borrero  34.057
6  0h  Alex Scheuerell  34.172
7  8h  Robert Pretts  34.182
8  73  Chris Carlson  34.197
9  97j  Erik Stearns  34.282
10  44h  Dan Roe  34.365
11  22h  Lance Witt  34.384
12  66j  Chris Leonard  34.387
13  18  Stuart Robinson  34.511
14  14j  Frank Brizzolara  34.571
15  54  Troy Pressnall  34.619
16  25  Frank Gaeta Jr.  34.686
17  8o  Kyle Piepenbrok  34.753
18  68  Joe Spinelli  34.949
19  21  Steven Wright  34.983
20  10h  Ben Kapella  35.044
21  22  Brandon Stroschein  35.151
22  4j  Angela South  35.358
23  50e  Shane Wells  35.725
24  11  Aaron Wolfe  35.805
25  1  Stephen Murphy  36.243
26  55d  Richard Buxman   
     

 

Racing action was another barn burner.  failing to get a good start, John Kindhart fell off the pace by just a tick to loose touch with the front running battle of Nelson, Nick and Mauricio.  First it was Nelson leading, then Nick, then Nelson, with Maurico just behind.  As the pack strung out during the 20 lap battle, action was non-stop.  Nelson Phillippe definitely had the driving style of the weekend pitching the kart perfectly through the turns brushing the hay bales twice on the outside and once on the inside of every turn in a nearly perfect 4 wheel drift.  Lap after lap.

Honorable mention to Stuart Robinson demonstrating the smooth lines he developed from his career in road racing make for good progress as he moved up several positions until a minor avoidance incident took him out.  Kyle Piepenbrok managed to turn the most consistent lap times throughout the race finishing 6th.

In the end it was Nelson Phillippe first across the finish line.  In his excitement, Nelson forgot to take the victory lap until he reached turn 1, shut off his kart, and promptly ran back (700 feet) at full sprint to take interview.

Position Kart # Driver Elapsed Time Best Lap

1

  8f  Nelson Phillippe  13:50.8 33.11
2  3j  Nick Bussell  0.389 32.892
3  22f  Mauricio Borrero  3.307 33.364
4  66j  Chris Leonard  11.626 33.317
5  73  Chris Carlson  16.367 33.597
6  8o  Kyle Piepenbrok  19.527 33.663
7  2o  John Kindhart  20.912 33.437
8  14j  Frank Brizzolara  29.74 34.164
9  97h  Mark Vielgut  33.143 33.526
10  22h  Lance Witt  2 Laps  34.105
11  8h  Robert Pretts  2 Laps  33.958
12  4j  Angela South  5 Laps  34.205
13  11  Aaron Wolfe  5 Laps  34.634
14  22  Brandon Stroschein  5 Laps  34.345
15  0h  Alex Scheuerell  6 Laps  33.664
16  44h  Dan Roe  8 Laps  34.439
17  21  Steven Wright  8 Laps  34.918
18  55d  Richard Buxman  10 Laps  35.262
19  18  Stuart Robinson  11 Laps  33.953
20  10h  Ben Kapella  11 Laps  34.196
21  1  Stephen Murphy  11 Laps  35.716
22  50e  Shane Wells  11 Laps  34.947
23  97j  Erik Stearns  13 Laps  33.957
24  68  Joe Spinelli  13 Laps  34.667
25  25  Frank Gaeta Jr.  14 Laps  35.221
26  54  Troy Pressnall  17 Laps  34.673