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| September 05, 2012 |
| Event News: Red Line Oil Karting Championship - Round Six Report |
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The Red Line Oil Series finished the summer racing season with a strong turnout and some great racing on the tight and technical Sprint track configuration at the Simraceway kart track at Sonoma Raceway. Three classes had some extra incentives with a pair of "Total Access" passes to the GoPro Indy-Sonoma race going to the class winners. The GoPro featured class was the 125 Stock Honda Masters class with the winner taking home the GoPro Hero HD camera.
GoPro Feature: 125 Stock Honda Masters and 125 Pro Stock Honda
Nine Masters drivers along with a pair of Pro Stock Honda drivers took to the track to race for chance to win some great prizes. In the Qualifing, Daniel Langon took the pole in the Pro Stock class ahead of Jamie Wilson with Jim Inglebright taking the Masters Pole ahead of Brad Shaffer and Jim Kid. In the first heat, Langon took the early lead and went on to a two second win over Wilson with Inglebright 3rd and Kidd 4th. In the second heat, Wilson took the initial lead at the green but Langon took control on the second lap and went on to the win with the finishing order at the top of the field the same as the previous heat. In the Main, Wilson again won the drag race to the first corner and Langon had to make a move on lap two to take over the top spot. Langon then pulled away to win the race ten seconds ahead of Wilson. The 125 Masters race proved to be the best race with Inglebright taking the lead off the green but he was hounded the entire race by Kidd who was looking for any mistake so as to take over the class lead. True to recent form Inglebright did not make any mistakes and came home the winner with Kidd less than a second behind and David Arnstein in 3rd. Inglebright took home the GoPro HD Hero camera for his in and for the 125 Pro Stock win, Langon took home a pair of "Total Access" passes to the upcoming GoPr Indy Sonoma race.
Junior Rotax
With a pair of " Toatl Access" Indy-Sonoma tickets going to the Junior Rotax winner, the fourteen drivers were all pumped to have a strong race. But no one could have predicted the final outcome in the Main. Alex Keyes took the pole ahead of Toni Breidinger and Michael Avansino. In the first heat, Keyes took the early lead ahead Toni with Avansino, Will Preston and Annie Briedinger close behind. Toni then spun going into turn two a couple laps into the race turning the runner up battle over to Avansino and Annie with Preston and Enzo Prevost battling for 4th. In the end Keyes took the win ahead of Avansino and Annie Breidinger. In the second heat, Keyes again took the early lead with Avansino getting ahead of Toni going into turn one. Keyes pulled away to a five second win with Avansino holding 2nd, Toni 3rd just in front of Preston. In the Main, Keyes again took the early lead and pulled out to a comfortable lead with Avansino, Preston and Annie Breidinger battling for 2nd. Unfortunately only one of these four drivers would survive the torturous curbs of the Sprint track layout. First, Annie threw a chain coming out of tic-tac-toe on lap four. Then Preston had a curb help throw his chain at the same spot as Annie on lap eleven. But the biggest surprise for Alex Keyes dropping out on lap thirteen with a broken axle. Surviving he carnage was Michael Avansino who went onto a nine second win and becoming the fifth different winner in this class this year. Enzo Prevost came home in 2nd with Jaden Conwright taking the final spot on the podium. For the win, Michael took home two "Total Access" passes to the upcoming GoPro Indy Sonoma race.
 | | 125 Stock Honda Masters podium |
Rotax Micro Max
The Micro Max class for seven to nine years olds continues to grow with seven drivers entered, the largest field so far this year. New comer Aidian O Neil took the pole ahead of Dakota White and Ethan Tavares. In the first heat, Aidian took the early lead with Dakota very close behind. Ethan and Max Ellgen hooked up for a good close battle for third with Ethan just edging out Max at the finish line. In the second heat, Aidian was again the front runner but Dakota stayed close in case Aidian made a mistake. Max took control of the 3rd place position with Ethan 4th. In the Main, Aidian again took the early lead and went onto a ten second win with Dakota 2nd, Max 3rd, Ethan 4th and Valdemar Eriksen taking the 5th spot. Aidian became the 6th different winner in Micro Max this year.
Senior Rotax
The third package of the GoPro Indy Sonoma "Total Access" passes went to the Senior Rotax winner, making sure the competition for the win was going to be high. Carlos Calderon took the pole ahead of Nic LeDuc and Jarrett Lile. In the first heat, LeDuc took the lead early in the race and pulled out a one second win over Calderon with Lile edging out Brody Zink for the third spot. In the second heat, LeDuc again took an early lead and held it for the win with Sean McDonald getting by Carlos Calderon to take the second spot. The Main proved to be a very interesting race for the 2nd spot, but Leduc was the constant, taking the lead at the start and held a two second lead to take the win. The battle behind LeDuc was the real race in more ways than just good racing as it turned out. Calderon, McDonald, Lile and Zink all held the 2nd spot during the race but by the end , McDonald came home 2nd, ahead of Calderon and Lile with Zink fading back to 7th in the end. But the Tech gods did not shine on LeDuc on this day thus McDonald was elevated to the win, Calderon 2nd, Lile 3rd and Tazio Ottis 4th. McDonald took home the two "Total Access" passes to the upcoming Indy race.
IAME TaG and Junior TaG
With a total of eleven karts, this race was full of action. On the pole in Qualifying was Maxx Marian (Jr TaG) followed byfour Senior IAME TaG karts lead by Josh Buttafoco, Darrin Geahry and Austin Keller. In the first heat, Marian took the early lead and held off the initial challenges of the top IAME karts but in the end, Jr TaG Alex Keyes worked his way through the field from his 8th starting spot to take the 2nd overall spot with Keller 3rd and Jr TaG Joe Morton 4th. In the second heat Buttafoco and Keller battled for the top spot with Marian falling back. Keyes and Morton battled for the 3rd spot and for the top spot in the Jr Tag class. In the end it was Buttufoco, Keller, Keyes and Morton in the final order. In the Main, Buttafoco and Keller continued their battle for the overall lead in the race with Marian and Keyes battling for 3rd overall and the Jr TaG class lead. Keller took control of the lead and took the overall win and the win in the IAME class with Buttafoco coming home 2nd less than a half second back with Marian 3rd overall and the Jr TaG win less than a second back of Keller with Keyes right on his heals taking the 2nd in Jr Tag. Geahry took 5th overall and 3rd in IAME with Joe Morton 6th and 3rd in the Jr TaG class.
 | | Michael Avansino |
Rotax Masters
Again another large turnout of fourteen drivers for the Rotax Masters class. Rob Soares took the pole over class points leader Scott Ripslinger and David Bell. In the first heat Soares and Ripslinger went at it right from the drop of the green with the two swapping the lead a couple of times until Ripslinger spun and would finish 11th. Soares went onto the win ahead of Bell with Andrea Delfanti 3rd. In the second heat, Ripslinger took the win when Soares fell back early on with Bell right on his heels and Delfanti taking another 3rd. In the Main, the front row was now Bell and Delfanti with Delfanti taking the lead at the drop of the green and the battle was on. Soares and Ripslinger worked their way up to 2nd and 3rd early on. Delfanti's kart then lost power and he eventually dropped back to 6th. Geoff Wise then got by Bell to take over the 3rd spot late in the race. After a tough race it was Soares taking the win two seconds ahead of Ripslinger and by doing so becoming the only repeat winner in this class this season. Wise came home 3rd, Bell 4th and Mary Beth Wilson in 5th.
80 Masters and DD2 Masters
A lone DD2 Masters driver joined in with seven 80 Honda Masters drivers for the day. In Qualifying, Geoff Provo took the pole ahead of Bob Lesnett and Roger Cornwall. In the first heat, Lesnett got by Provo to take a one second win with Tom Nelson coming home 3rd. In the second heat, again Lesnett took the early lead but Nelson got by Provo to take 2nd less than a second back of the winner, Provo finishing 3rd. In the Main, it was Lesnett leading Provo for the initial laps with Nelson and Cornwall in a good battle for 3rd. Provo then got right on the bumper of the leader and inadvertently nudged Lesnett going into a turn and the two spun and stalled their karts. This allowed Nelson to go into the lead with Cornwall close behind. The leading duo ran close the whole race with Cornwall getting right on the tail of Nelson going into the last lap but he did not see an opening to make a clean pass and settled for 2nd. Nelson took the win, Cornwall 2nd, Rob Mullaney 3rd , Lesnett and Provo coming home 4th and 5th and the lone DD2 Masters of David Palic coming home 6th.
The next race in the RLOKC will be on September 16 when the track configuration will be the Reverse Sprint Track layout. The GoPro featured class will be the Rotax Senior Class.
For more information about the Red Line Oil Karting Championship's Northern California Rotax Challenge, go to http://www.redlineoilkarting.com or http://www.CameronKarting.com .You may also email race promoter Steve Cameron Steve@CameronKarting.com |
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