Race 1 125cc SuperPro (King of the Streets) Race Report

Saturday SuperPro qualifying was close with the first 15 of the 20 entrants within a second of each other.  Bobby Wilson in his Paul Leary powered First Kart setting a new lap record in the process.  Defending Champion Alan Rudolph had his hands full running in both SuperPro and ICC classes.  Scott Speed returning from the Formula Mazda series, surprised a few by not taking the the pole.  James Willis also gained notice with a runner-up qualifying time, with the White brothers and Matt Champaign rounding out the top 5 qualifiers.

Position Kart # Driver Best Lap

1

  26h  Bobby Wilson  33.034
2  55j  James Willis  33.123
3  N14  Joe White  33.155
4  N2  Ron White  33.186
5  12r  Matt Champagne  33.198
6  N1  Scott Speed  33.281
7  12j  Joe Janowski  33.399
8  7p  Alan Rudolph  33.49
9  10e  Rob Hogenmiller  33.611
10  11o  Preston Peebles II  33.632
11  77d  Jake Pierson  33.66
12  20d  Dustin Courter  33.679
13  23j  AJ Whisler  33.694
14  4h  Michael Bailliez  33.727
15  12e  Craig Baltzer  33.881
16  17j  Clayton Prater  34.038
17  16c  Shayne Shipley  34.089
18  17h  Jesse Lemel  34.207
19  29j  Brian Reimer  34.812
20  57j  TJ Koutny  35.498

 

Sunday the SuperPros took to the track with 20 teams all looking for the "King of the Streets" title in the 30 lap feature race.  Scott Speed made an astonishing start and soon moved up from 6th to 1st on his JM Racing Tonykart powered by Swedetech.  With some carefully calculated last minute chassis setups, Mike Speed hit the combination perfect enabling Scott to pull into a comfortable lead.  In the following pack 3 separate race groups were fighting for position putting on an excellent show. 

Ron White came back with a record setting lap of 32.665 after shaking loose of the 2nd place battle in an attempt to chase down Scott Speed.

Preston Peebles in his first race on the CRC Racing Arrows chassis powered by a Paul Leary motor managed an impressive 3rd position.

Joe Janowski and Matt Champaign round out the fast five among the race competition.

Defending Champion Alan Rudolph on a PCR chassis and Yamaha power provided by Franklin Motorsports was 12 seconds down at the end of the race finishing 8th.

Honorable mention goes out to Rob Hogenmiller. One of the only privateers with the ability to run with the SuperPro,.  if Rob finds a top ride, you can be sure to see him run up front next year.

Position Kart # Driver Elapsed Time Best Lap

1

  N1  Scott Speed  20:00.2 32.733
2  N2  Ron White  3.269 32.665
3  11o  Preston Peebles II  4.736 32.808
4  12j  Joe Janowski  5.568 32.726
5  12r  Matt Champagne  6.402 32.863
6  N14  Joe White  6.563 32.818
7  16c  Shayne Shipley  9.138 32.911
8  7p  Alan Rudolph  12.783 33.048
9  77d  Jake Pierson  19.382 33.177
10  20d  Dustin Courter  20.395 33.198
11  4h  Michael Bailliez  20.547 33.128
12  23j  AJ Whisler  27.299 33.224
13  26h  Bobby Wilson  4 Laps  32.739
14  55j  James Willis  4 Laps  32.937
15  10e  Rob Hogenmiller  8 Laps  33.378
16  29j  Brian Reimer  8 Laps  33.77
17  57j  TJ Koutny  14 Laps  34.142
18  17h  Jesse Lemel  17 Laps  33.807
19  17j  Clayton Prater  19 Laps  33.971
20  12e  Craig Baltzer  25 Laps  33.303