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| February 08, 2012 News |
| United States Rotax Max Challenge: 2011 National Point Standings - Masters |
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In cooperation with the United States Rotax Max Challenge and the MAXSpeed Group, eKartingNews.com is proud to present the USRMC National Point Standings for all seven Rotax categories for the 2011 season. Over the next few weeks, we will examine one class at a time to highlight the top-10 who was able to achieve the most points during the season.
The USRMC National Point Standings ranks drivers from all the local and regional Rotax Max Challenge Series across the country using a weighted point system that increases based on event participation. The purpose of the USRMC National Point Standings is to highlight those drivers who excel on the season as a whole, not including the USRMC Grand Nationals. Drivers who are properly licensed USRMC drivers are including in the standings for all seven categories, each counting their best six (6) results on the year toward the final standings.
Masters
While the numbers across the country may not be as high in previous years, the talent that remains in the Masters division for the United States Rotax Max Challenge National Point Standings is unchanged. The ‘sportsman’ category of the sport, these drivers enjoy the time on the track and tight racing between guys. This year’s top driver returned to karting and went straight to number one, thanks to a strong Masters following in New Jersey. John Bonanno is the 2011 US Rotax Max Challenge National Point Standings Champion, with five regions filling out the top-10 positions.
View all the categories release at the 2011 US Rotax Max Challenge National Point Standings EKN Page.
1. John Bonanno
 | | John Bonanno |
Hometown: West Deptford, NJ
USRMC Series: F1 Championship Series / Northeast Rotax Max Challenge
Points: 1176
Born: June 19, 1972
Chassis: Haase IKON
Engine Service Center: AKR – Mike “Chi Chi” Ramirez / Mike Doty Racing
Sponsors: SKLTN Apparel; Jamie Bonanno (wife); Two products not yet released to market: iPhone KartJet app for Rotax – establish your baseline settings, it adjusts throughout the day. A non caustic, environmentally safe degreaser that is amazing for everything.
Years Karting: 3 years since 20 year retirement from karting
Favorite Track: New Jersey Motorsports Park
Favorite Professional Driver: Mario Andretti / Ayrton Senna - Junior drivers reading this...ask your parents.
2011 Accomplishments: 1st Place-F1 Championship Karting Series (8 event wins); 4 wins-Northeast Rotax Max Challenge; honorary pole driver for Dan Wheldon tribute lap during NE RMax race, getting goose bumps thinking about it now, RIP Dan.
2012 Goals: Improved consistency; continue to help others get into our sport and achieve their goals as racers.
Misc/Comments: We run with a great group of racers in the Northeast…looking forward to mixing it up with all of you again in 2012. Thanks to my family (Jamie, Sheridan & Jack) for all the support, love and not killing me or my dreams to compete. Jamie would this be the right place to mention that Sheri told me last night she wants to try karting next year? Big thanks to my “Pop” who introduced me to the sport almost 30 years ago and still makes it to almost every event and all the right calls in the pits and to Joanne who tolerates this behavior. Thanks to Mom who always made sure the chain is lubed after every heat. Chi Chi and Mike Doty – I’m very grateful for all the support you have given me the last 2 seasons. Fun group of guys that love to win races and wave pirate flags. Special thanks to Scott Paape who helped get me back into the sport after a 20 year layoff. We’re gonna miss the passion, enthusiasm and family you bring to the track each week…you’re one of a kind.
2. Cameron Evans
 | | Cameron Evans |
Hometown: Oakland, California
USRMC Series: Red Line Oil Karting Championship
Points: 1145
Born: 1968
Chassis: CRG
Engine Service Center: Cameron Karting
Sponsors: Red Line Oil, Cameron Karting, AIM Sports, Burris Racing, Lifeline Fire
Years Karting: 16
Favorite Track: Adams Kart Track - Riverside, CA
Favorite Professional Driver: Jenson Button and Hans Stuck
2011 Accomplishments: Winning 5 of 8 series races entered, conquering Dixon at last, 2011 Red Line Oil Karting Championship Rotax Masters Championship
2012 Goals: More time with my family, getting quicker in S4
Misc/Comments: Thanks to my wife! Brett Buckwalter made this a fun year, thanks for the tuning and confidence. My teammates & Jerry Pretti pushed me hard! I'm a big guy so it was fun to beat some of the munchkins. Tim Kerrigan reminds me that there's no purse, so just enjoy and we did.
3. Mike Wilhelm
Hometown: N/A
USRMC Series: MRP Rotax Max Challenge
Points: 1143
Born: N/A
Chassis: N/A
Engine Service Center: N/A
Sponsors: N/A
Years Karting: N/A
Favorite Track: N/A
Favorite Professional Driver: N/A
2011 Accomplishments: N/A
2012 Goals: N/A
Misc/Comments: N/A
4. Ken Maxfield
 | | Ken Maxfield |
Hometown: Murray, Utah
USRMC Series: Utah Karting Championship
Points: 1096
Born: 1962
Chassis: Arrow X1
Engine Service Center: MSquared Karting
Sponsors: I wish
Years Karting: 8
Favorite Track: USA International Raceway - Shawano, WI
Favorite Professional Driver: N/A
2011 Accomplishments: Miller Motorsports Park Rotax Masters Champion, Gatorz Challenge of the Americas - 3rd place in PHX
2012 Goals: Improve over last year
Misc/Comments: N/A
5. Jerry Pretti
 | | Jerry Pretti |
Hometown: Mountain View, CA
USRMC Series: Red Line Oil Karting Championship
Points: 1091
Born: 1957
Chassis: CRG
Engine Service Center: SwedeTech
Sponsors: Infinity Karting, MBW Consulting Services
Years Karting: 4, plus a few seasons in the Jim Russell A&D Series
Favorite Track: Simraceway International Karting Center (at Infineon Raceway) for racing. Kinsmen Kart Club track in Dixon, CA for driving.
Favorite Professional Driver: As for "pros", I like to follow the drivers coming out of the NorCal karting scene into the formula and sports car ranks, especially those who attempted to instruct me at some point - guys like Dane Cameron, Tom Dyer, JR Hildebrand. I'm also hoping Alexander Rossi can keep progressing towards F1. And, of course, as a NorCal karter I've got to cheer for Gary Carlton as he goes up against the best karters in the world. But, as for "favorite driver", that is clearly my wife (& fellow karter), Mary Beth Wilson!
2011 Accomplishments: 2nd place - Rotax Masters class in the Red Line Oil Karting Championship
2012 Goals: Keep learning and improving, and most importantly, keep having fun!
Misc/Comments: BIG THANKS to David Carrasco, Enrique Polintan and the rest of the crew at Infinity Karting - I couldn't do it without you all! Also, thanks to all the organizers and sponsors of the Red Line Oil Karting Championship - I really appreciate all you do to give us a great series to race in!
6. Tony Rossetti
 | | Tony Rossetti |
Hometown: N/A
USRMC Series: Gatorz Cal State Karting Series
Points: 1070
Born: N/A
Chassis: N/A
Engine Service Center: N/A
Sponsors: N/A
Years Karting: N/A
Favorite Track: N/A
Favorite Professional Driver: N/A
2011 Accomplishments: N/A
2012 Goals: N/A
Misc/Comments: N/A
7. Chad Hartzell
 | | Chad Hartzell |
Hometown: Granger, IN
USRMC Series: MRP Rotax Max Challenge
Points: 1070
Born: 1/23/1973
Chassis: Birel M32
Engine Service Center: Tim Lobaugh / MRP Motorsport
Sponsors: Hamm’s Light
Years Karting: 1998 - Present
Favorite Track: Michiana Raceway Park, although I loved Rotax racing the bullring at Rolling Green Raceway (the original MRP) in Buchanan, MI last June.
Favorite Professional Driver: Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman, Dave Darland
2011 Accomplishments: Winning the MRP Series (although Dave Gildersleeve and Mike Wilhelm beat me in straight up wins)
2012 Goals: Being consistent is good, but I’d sure like a few more wins in 2012; finish Top-10 at my first Rotax Grand Nationals as a driver in August.
Misc/Comments: Special thanks to Tim Lobaugh for his continued technical support and consistently fast, reliable engines over the past few years. Also thanks to Josh Koch, my mechanic (and grandson of Mel McCallum who built the original SBRP). Finally, thanks to Garry and the Lobaugh family, and the MRP crew for their contribution to karting in the region and what they have done to provide a first class facility for us. Almost forgot my wife Kristin and our two boys who tolerate their dad being gone on occasional weekend days for “therapy”.
8. Chris McGinley
 | | Chris McGinley |
Hometown: Sewell, NJ
USRMC Series: Northeast Rotax Max Challenge
Points: 1057
Born: January 24, 1976
Chassis: Haase
Engine Service Center: Mike "Chi Chi" Ramirez (AKR/Mike Doty Racing)
Sponsors: SKLTN Apparel
Years Karting: 3
Favorite Track: New Castle Motorsports Park
Favorite Professional Driver: N/A
2011 Accomplishments: Fast track times for club series at F1 New Jersey, 3rd place-F1 New Jersey Championship Karting Series
2012 Goals: Continue to improve on consistency and personal bests, and push my fellow competitors harder
Misc/Comments: Thank you goes out to: All of the Rotax Max Masters that continue to push me to improve in order to keep up with you guys - this class has an awesome group of racers and I've made a lot of great friends, "Pop" Bonanno for reminding me to get back to the basics, Chi Chi Ramirez and Mike Doty for all of your guidance and support, Scott Paape for keeping the heart in the sport, My racing family at the track (you know who you are)
9. David Gildersleve
 | | David Gildersleve |
Hometown: Syracuse, Indiana
USRMC Series: MRP Rotax Max Challenge
Points: 1034
Born: 64 years old
Chassis: Birel R31
Engine Service Center: MRP Motorsport
Sponsors: Automotive Racing Products, Instrumental Machining & Development, Lakeside Fitness, LSR Motorsports, MRP Motorsport
Years Karting: First Kart was a Mac R1 with single Mac 6
Favorite Track: USA International Raceway - Shawano, WI
Favorite Professional Driver: Ben Spies
2011 Accomplishments: N/A
2012 Goals: To visit tracks like BeaveRun and the other modern tracks
Misc/Comments: N/A
10. Hobie Smith
 | | Hobie Smith |
Hometown: Park City, UT
USRMC: Utah Kart Championships
Points: 1024
Born: February 18, 1986
Chassis: Arrow
Engine Service Center: MSquared Racing
Sponsors: My wallet and of course have to thank my parents Mark and Lori Smith, and all my friends.
Years Karting: 1
Favorite track: Miller Motorsports Park - It’s the only one I have driven. But this year will be doing a lot of traveling.
Favorite Professional Driver: N/A
2011 Accomplishments: Being 8 points behind first place for the Utah Kart Championship my rookie season. Also, finishing 10th in Rotax Max Challenge US Grand Nationals after qualifying 25th overall.
2012 Goals: Continue to develop as a racer, and get to traveling.
Misc/Comments: N/A
2011 United States Rotax Max Challenge National Point Standings - Masters
| Pos | Driver | USRMC | Points| 1. | John Bonanno | F1 | 1176 | | 2. | Cameron Evans | Red Line Oil | 1145 | | 3. | Mike Wilhelm | MRP | 1143 | | 4. | Ken Maxfield | Utah | 1096 | | 5. | Jerry Pretti | Red Line Oil | 1091 | | 6. | Tony Rossetti | Gatorz | 1070 | | 7. | Chad Hartzell | MRP | 1070 | | 8. | Chris McGinley | F1 | 1057 | | 9. | David Gildersleve | MRP | 1034 | | 10. | Hobie Smith | Utah | 1024 | | 11. | Salvo Sparacio | F1 | 1007 | | 12. | Jeff Garner | I-5 | 1007 | | 13. | Michael Perrotti | Northeast | 999 | | 14. | Jerry Henderson | LAKC | 995 | | 15. | Scott Ripslinger | Red Line Oil | 974 | | 16. | Roger Pierce | MRP | 934 | | 17. | Stephen Abel | MRP | 930 | | 18. | Dave Ahrens | MRP | 916 | | 19. | Zachary Weiss | Powerade | 916 | | 20. | Mike Kresser | Utah | 914 | | 21. | Justin Peck | Utah | 874 | | 22. | David Pergande | SWRC | 860 | | 23. | Larry Hayashigawa | Gatorz | 854 | | 24. | Scott Falcone | Rockies | 852 | | 25. | Lorie Hinton | Rockies | 835 | | 26. | Angelo Ariondo | LAKC | 806 | | 27. | Stephen Sarnecki | Northeast | 797 | | 28. | David Innes | Rockies | 795 | | 29. | Tony Sparacio | F1 | 788 | | 30. | Carlos Gonzalez | MRP | 786 | | 31. | Henry Zajac | MRP | 777 | | 32. | Robert Greene | F1 | 762 | | 33. | Eric Westerduin | Northeast | 751 | | 34. | Ron Greene | F1 | 738 | | 35. | John Breidinger | Red Line Oil | 738 | | 36. | Mark Guzicki | MRP | 738 | | 37. | Scott Downing | F1 | 737 | | 38. | Rico Campos | South Florida | 723 | | 39. | Don Wright | Rockies | 704 | | 40. | Brad Harris | Powerade | 697 | | 41. | Peter Toft | Red Line Oil | 684 | | 42. | Steve Dzurilla | Gatorz | 681 | | 43. | Kevin Mejia | I-5 | 670 | | 44. | Mark Hoogerheide | MRP | 663 | | 45. | Brian Sutherland | LAKC | 656 | | 46. | Michael Neopolitan Jr. | F1 | 647 | | 47. | Kevin Coy | North Florida | 647 | | 48. | Kevin French | Powerade | 640 | | 49. | Peter Boot | Red Line Oil | 618 | | 50. | Edward Gennaro | North Florida | 613 | | 51. | Robert Hurst | Red Line Oil | 610 | | 52. | Tarik Mahrour | Northeast | 603 | | 53. | Scott Kalb | North Florida | 586 | | 54. | John Crow | Gatorz | 578 | | 55. | Doug Taylor | I-5 | 578 | | 56. | Tim Moss | Northwest | 578 | | 57. | Dennis Taylor | MRP | 564 | | 58. | Ron Warthen | Rockies | 553 | | 59. | Gregory Hoff | Red Line Oil | 539 | | 60. | Paul Bonilla | Gatorz | 535 | | 61. | Doug Huggler | Northwest | 528 | | 62. | Ken Santos | Red Line Oil | 526 | | 63. | Tom Dolan | LAKC | 513 | | 64. | David Busby | LAKC | 497 | | 65. | Mike Daniel | Gatorz | 496 | | 66. | Andy Seesemann | Gatorz | 482 | | 67. | Jack Warrington | Rockies | 458 | | 68. | Michael Auriemma | South Florida | 409 | | 69. | Alex Harrold | I-5 | 382 | | 70. | Brent Harper | Powerade | 325 | | 71. | Phil Pignataro | New York | 314 | | 72. | Kevin Peltier | LAKC | 312 | | 73. | Barry Lee | Red Line Oil | 300 | | 74. | Harindra DeSilva | LAKC | 272 | | 75. | Chris Rock | Northeast | 271 | | 76. | Dale Flowers | Powerade | 268 | | 77. | Kevin Manning | Gatorz | 266 | | 78. | Patrick French | Powerade | 265 | | 79. | Russ Johnson | Rockies | 263 | | 80. | Aiden ORourke | South Florida | 255 | | 81. | Peter Breidinger | Red Line Oil | 253 | | 82. | Paul Czapica | North Florida | 250 | | 83. | Adam Labonte | Northeast | 247 | | 84. | Dan Glass | MRP | 238 | | 85. | Paul McLeod | Rockies | 232 | | 86. | Billy Conlin | MRP | 223 | | 87. | Donald Durbin | Red Line Oil | 211 | | 88. | Bonnier Moulton | Utah | 190 | | 89. | Scott Holmboe | Northwest | 176 | | 90. | Brian Robson | Rockies | 176 | | 91. | Jason Bell | North Florida | 162 | | 92. | Robert Valentino | Rockies | 138 | | 93. | Martin Laskowski | Northeast | 136 | | 94. | JP Tandurella | Rockies | 135 | | 95. | Mike Urban | Rockies | 131 | | 96. | Paul Kandris | Northwest | 130 | | 97. | Chris Thurman | Powerade | 126 | | 98. | Ricardo Innes | Northeast | 125 | | 99. | Rick Langille | Rockies | 121 | | 100. | Richard Robinson | South Florida | 113 | | 101. | Randy Stover | Rockies | 108 | | 102. | Ian Thomas | Gatorz | 99 | | 103. | Marshall Martin | MRP | 99 | | 104. | Mark Fenner | Rockies | 99 | | 105. | Bruce Woodrow | MRP | 94 | | 106. | Brian Leadingham | MRP | 86 | | 107. | Gary Hattersley | Northeast | 86 | | 108. | Mike Forner | Red Line Oil | 78 | |
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