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October 16, 2004 News
EKN Trackside: Rotax Grand National Qualifying
After a long day at X-Plex in Las Vegas, the grids are set for a full day’s heat racing at the 2004 RotaxMax Grand Nationals. It was a clean day of action on the track with only one incident involving a driver in the MiniMax class. He was however, able to return to action in time for his qualifying session.

The biggest class is the International class and after four flights of qualifying with nearly 20 drivers per flight, local driver Sean Gilmartin scored the key pole position for tomorrow’s heat races. He had a solid duel for the pole during the 15-minute open lapping session with Josh Fultz. Gilmartin drew fist blood with lap in the mid-47s on his first flying lap. Reigning Rotax National Champion Jordon Musser was quick posting the second fastest lap early in the session.

Up next to the plate was Zachary Woodsford who placed his kart onto the provision pole with a 47.399. Josh Fultz threw his hat into the ring with a 47.218 but Woodsford was back quickly to the point. Halfway through the session, Fultz was back on top with a 47.058 leading some to question if the 47-second barrier would be broken. By now though the tires had nearly given their best and it seemed unlikely. With one last shot, Gilmartin hung it out and crossed the stripe in 47.057 taking the pole by just .001 seconds. Fultz was second and Musser end up in third.

It was a good session for all the drivers with the top 27 karts all within one second and 65 within two seconds. Things are going to be tight in tomorrow’s heat racing.

In the Master’s class, Jean Valerio was the class of the field posting a pole time of 48.190, nearly two-tenths ahead of Kris Zimmerman. Robby Mott settled the sixth fastest time.

Karl Skerlong and Mike Herda battled in the Rotax Junior class with Skerlong finally winning the pole. His 47.411 was .081 seconds quicker than Herda. The two swapped provisional pole several times during qualifying.

Pacing the RM1 field will be Justin Melton in the class with 18 entries in its first appearance at the Grand Nationals. Court Vernon will lead the way in MiniMax.

Check back tomorrow with notes from the heats and Super Kart Illustrated in December for a complete report – http:www.superkartmag.com


RotaxMax International
Pos#DriverChassisFast Lap
147Sean GilmartinCRG Kali47.057
222xJosh FultzPTK47.058
31Jordan MusserMMK47.174
436Zachary WoodsfordBirel47.199
584Juan SansoNA47.289
637Joey CollinsMargay47.349
769Felipe CarcamoCRG47.349
80FVictor PedrosaCRG47.463
978Josh HurleyCRG47.489
1010Ted PyleGP47.541
112Russell FrancisGP47.62
1222Christopher BeckBirel47.644
1344Chris JenningsParolin47.648
1448Fidencio GuzmanBirel47.696
1585Ryan RufHaase47.713
1628FDrew CattellTony Kart47.772
1749Thomas EichelbergerMBA47.785
1812James RookeTony Kart47.832
199Angel Sanchez-FigueraCRG47.848
2011Renee MartinelliCRG47.855
2117xAJ WeberCRG47.861
2211aLindsey AdamsTony Kart47.885
2346Flemming TranbergIntrepid47.9
242Frank GyuruBirel47.947
2515xMatthew MontiCRG47.985
266Roberto TrevinoCRG48
2716Nathan MauelCRG48.044
2825Ken HurdleBirel48.079
29125Eric ChappellBirel48.081
3028Grahame ChennellTony Kart48.082
3152Frank PowellBirel48.098
3213Gary GibsonBirel48.107
3382xPaul SmythCRG48.108
3426Christopher BeckBirel48.127
3516xJeff SiewartBirel48.169
3686Max FloodCRG48.172
3762Graeme FraserCRG48.198
385Oscar AguileraCRG48.259
3971George MinchilloMargay48.323
4017DJ OrtizCRG48.34
412XJim CassiBirel48.351
427Lineth ValerioNA48.386
4321Justin MeltonMargay48.447
4482Dane BuckleyArrow48.453
4588xRussell HamelCRG48.503
4673Tigh IsaacCRG48.55
477Wyatt LloydInvader48.564
489Rick ReddawayNA48.579
4988Garrett MaxfieldPTK48.603
507XDave SlatteryCRG48.61
518xPat IanucciBirel48.651
528Keith KarrArrow48.68
5373Nick HayeNA48.685
5426xChristopher BeckBirel48.764
5595Benjamin WilkeyMerlin48.825
564John MoodyNA48.865
5762Tony MyersBRM48.873
5842Bruce WoodrowTopkart48.875
5966Robert DelgaudioTony Kart48.916
6094Matthew WilkeyMerlin48.928
6183Albert LewisBiesse48.933
6210xAlejandro Galv TrevinoBirel48.96
6362xAllan MolinaNA48.986
646David FountainCRG Kali49.001
6571Brad AhlmJesolo49.047
6655Arturo GonzalezNA49.121
6716Manuel CanutCRG49.122
6881Dana McDonaldCRG49.538
6927FJacob ParksCRG49.594
705Guiseppe IanucciBirel49.601
7148FMary MosseyTony Kart49.626
723Phil CastaldoBirel50.906
7372Matt LakeCRG51.331
7499Alfredo DiazCRG52.517
752January GroveCRG52.615
7618Matthew CordinerNA53.146
7727John BorroelNA-.---
7877Guillermo TrevinoCRG-.---
7931Heinz MeyerMargay-.---
8022Michael JohnsonArrow-.---
8121Geoffrey HowardBirel-.---
8269Fernando PoliBirel-.---
8315Matt MontiCRG-.---
8414Chris DavenportNA-.---
8563Greg ClarkeNA-.---
8656Darryl StoneNA-.---
878Sebastian BerghellaNA-.---
8862Roy MorrisonNA-.---
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