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July 06, 2006 News
EKN Trackside: Stars of Karting - East #3 - Lowe’s Preview
 

Jordy Vorrath will look to continue his streak that currently sits at four ICC finals in a row (Photo: Super Kart Illustrated)
Jordy Vorrath will look to continue his streak that currently sits at four ICC finals in a row
(Photo: Super Kart Illustrated)

This weekend marks the end of the first half of the 2006 Snap-on Stars of Karting presented by the IRL as the Eastern Division competes in round three of their schedule at the newly paved Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, NC. Its been roughly two years since the national circuit has been to the historic facility.

In ICC, Leading Edge/Champion Racing driver Jordy Vorrath (Intrepid/Champion TM) has to be considered the favorite after sweeping the last two races in New Castle and at Buffalo Bills along with having won five out of his last six races. However, on top of the point’s standings is his Champion team mate Phil Giebler (Intrepid/Champion TM) coming off of a seventh place finish at the Indy Pro Series support event at the U.S. Grand Prix in Indianapolis. Only five points behind is MRP-Birel AMERICA pilot Wesley Boswell (Birel/SRA TM).

One driver on a hot streak is Canadian Mike Vincec (CRG/SwedeTech TM). In his rookie ICC campaign, he has two big victories already, including a WKA Manufacturer’s Cup win at Lowe’s in March and just recently was crown King of the Bay at the Barrie Grand Prix. At New Castle, he drove to two runner-up finishes, except for being too light on Saturday. With a win already at the Lowe’s circuit, Vincec will be one to watch to end Vorrath’s streak.

The usual suspects in the East will be on hand to also end Vorrath’s run and start a streak of their own, including Kyle Wiegand (TopKart/SwedeTech Maxter), Tony Kart USA drivers David Jurca (Tony Kart/Vortex) and Keith Spicer (Tony Kart/Vortex), Stuart Marsell (Arrow/SwedeTech TM) of BTK Motorsports, Jan Velez (CRG/SRA TM) and the very fast Matt Jaskol (TopKart/DDR TM) who will look for some good luck this weekend. Former ICA driver Chris Wehrheim will try to make the most of his one-off opportunity aboard a TopKart/SwedeTech Maxter.
 

Margay's Caleb Loniewski will look to build off his first Stars victory at New Castle (Photo: Sean Buur - GoRacing Magazine)
Margay's Caleb Loniewski will look to build off his first Stars victory at New Castle
(Photo: Sean Buur - GoRacing Magazine)

On top of the ICA East point standings is Margay’s Caleb Loniewski (Margay/Cook Parilla) after a thrilling Sunday win at New Castle. Loniewski took his first ever ICA victory at the WKA Manufacturer’s Cup event in March at Lowe’s and should be at the top of the time charts quickly. Second and third respectively are PSLKarting.com’ s Jake Rosenzweig (CRG/Maxter) and Tony Kart USA pilot Joel Miller (Tony Kart/Vortex). Miller swept both ICA events at Buffalo Bill’s along with taking a victory Saturday at New Castle and will aim to bring that momentum out East. Jess Peterson (Intrepid), the West Division points leader will also make the trip to Charlotte, finishing runner-up to Miller in both Finals in Primm.

Two drivers are starting to get settled in ’06 and showed it at New Castle. Rookie Eric Morrow (Margay/Parilla) had a stellar driver on Saturday to a runner-up position but was involved in an early accident on Sunday to take him out of contention. Team OVRP.com’s Johnny Johnson is adapting to his new TopKart/DDR Maxter machine. Johnson drove to his first podium of the year Saturday and was in the hunt on Sunday until his engine expired. Both were at the WKA race in March at the Lowe’s circuit and should be quick out of the box.

Drivers are coming out of the shadows in both ICC and ICA as former top ICA driver Mike Giessen (Birel/SRA TM) returns with MRP for the Charlotte round. It will be interesting to watch him progress throughout the weekend being away from the national karting scene for over a year.

EKN will be bringing full Trackside Live coverage, beginning Friday with a small recap of the day along with the final two timed practice session results. Saturday and Sunday will bring you a full day report and complete results along with up to the second top ten results in the Official Event Discussion in the EKN Forums.

ICC Entry List - as of Wednesday, July 5
No.DriverChassis/Engine
2Kyle WiegandTopKart/SwedeTech Maxter
3Wesley BoswellBirel/SRA TM
5Jan Velez-WalterCRG/SRA TM
10David JurcaTony Kart/Vortex
100Garrett BooneBirel/SRA TM
105Michael VincecCRG/SwedeTech TM
106Richard BoakeBirel/SwedeTech TM
108Ryan KinnearIntrepid/SRA TM
109Matt PritikoFirst Kart/SRA TM
110Keith SpicerTony Kart/Vortex
111Thomas CadieuxCRG/PSL Maxter
112BJ AndersonArrow/SwedeTech Pavesi
113James BaylissIntrepid/Champion TM
114Shane TerrelIntrepid/Champion TM
117Sean NoonanTopKart/SwedeTech Maxter
118Nick JohnsonIntrepid/Assault TM
121Curtis FoxBirel/TM
122David CarmendyGT Kart/EFM-Mandrino TM
127Jonathan VitoloBirel/SRA TM
128Rene SilvaBirel/SwedeTech TM
130Jon AllenKosmic/Vortex
134Philippe GelinasSodiKart/SRA TM
135Carlos Funseca
136Jon Branum
140Stuart MarsellArrow/SwedeTech TM
143Devon NicholsIntrepid/Champion TM
145Nick MaddisonFirst Kart/SRA TM
146Philip GieblerIntrepid/Champion TM
147Jordy VorrathIntrepid/Champion TM
148Nick DarinzoBirel/TM
149Richard CampolloCRG/Maxter
150Gianmarco RaimondoCRG/SwedeTech TM
154Fidencio GuzmanFirst Kart/SRA TM
155Matt JaskolTopKart/DDR TM
157Jeff OleenKosmic/Vortex
158Cole MathewsonMaranello/SRA TM
163Chris WehrhiemTopKart/SwedeTech Maxter
164Eric Leishman
165Brandon FrankIntrepid/Maxter
170Chance TerrelIntrepid/Champion TM
171Joe WhiteCRG/SwedeTech Maxter
176Alex Gaines
179Kyle Lawerence
181Troy HottmannMerlin/C-G Pavesi
184Chris FrielFirst Kart/SRA TM
185Christopher MillerCRG/PSL Maxter
187Marc FloodCRG/PSL Maxter
188Kyle MarcelliCRG/SwedeTech TM
197Josh Schreiber
199Chris KuenningBirel/SRA TM


ICA Entry List - as of Wednesday, July 5
No.DriverChassis/Engine
2Joel MillerTony Kart/Vortex
4Johnny JohnsonTopKart/DDR Maxter
7Tyler DueckIntrepid/Champion TM
202Eric MorrowMargay/Parilla
207Nicholas SilvaCRG/Maxter
210James KennedySodikart/SRA TM
211Chris KellerGillard/PDB Parilla
212Cody JollyCRG/Maxter
214Garrett NapierMaranello/SRS TM
215Thomas MayrPCR/PCR
216Wesley PhillipsIntrepid/Champion TM
218Pat IannucciTopKart/Vortex
220Tony LoniewskiFirst Kart/PCR
221Brandon BealerKosmic/Vortex
222Anthony LlopizKosmic/Vortex
223Lorenzo MandarinoGP/High-Rev Vortex
226Christopher LarsonGillard/PDB Parilla
227Caleb LoniewskiMargay/Cook Parilla
233Phillip ArscottSwiss Hutless/Blanken-CMC Vortex
235Jake RosenzweigCRG/Maxter
237Ben SearcyArrow/SRA TM
240Victor GarciaBirel/Parilla
241Joseph GenestTecno/Maxter
242Antoine GenestTecno/Maxter
250Jeremy NelsonKosmic/Vortex
255Jess PetersonIntrepid/Champion TM
261Sean BurstynGillard/Parilla
262Nick BoulleKosmic/Marechal Vortex
263Macie WylyKosmic/Marechal Vortex
264Hunter ShortKosmic/Marechal Vortex
267John MosseyKosmic/Parilla
268Joe PattersonKosmic/Parilla
272Ricky TaylorKart Mini/Italian Motors Parilla
277Dominic ScheerBirel/Haddock Parilla
278Eddie Coffin, Jr.Arrow/SRA TM
286Mike GiessenBirel/SRA TM
287Camille HamelTony Kart/Vortex
288Chris LivengoodMach 1/ATK
290Xavier CoupalTony Kart/Vortex
292Christophe BoisclairArrow/SRA TM
297Mark VielgutHaase/TCT PCR
299Jennifer WilliamsKosmic/Maxter
Jonatan JorgeNA/NA


Spec Racer Entry List - as of Wednesday, July 5
No.DriverChassis/Engine
410Eric GerritsFirst Kart/Parilla
415Matt ZeisIntrepid/Parilla
421Thomas Belli
422Kristine DaggettMerlin/Parilla
423Adam JohnsonTopKart/Parilla
426Jeff CarterIntrepid/Parilla
428Krista SchumacherKosmic/Parilla
429Cy SchumacherKosmic/Parilla
431Jamie FerrellBirel/Parilla
437Lindsey AdamsKosmic/Parilla
448Dion VonMoltkeEasykart
457Blake Deister
477Brandon AdkinsMargay/Parilla
481Zach BeardMargay/Parilla
483Lake Speed
484Brandon JonesArrow/Parilla
489Zack SkolnickBirel/Parilla
499Shane WaltersIntrepid/Parilla
Joey Iannucci


JICA Entry List - as of Wednesday, July 5
No.DriverChassis/Engine
3Jacob NealCRG/High-Rev Parilla
5Brendan LangloisMaranello/Pitts Parilla
6Brett SmrzFirst Kart/Woltjer Parilla
301Jordan TaylorKart Mini/Italian Motors Parilla
302Chemill Mercado-MelendesIntrepid/Champion Parilla
303Carlos MunozBirel/Porfesa Parilla
305Thomas SilvaCRG/Parilla
306Reid JeffriesGillard/PDB Parilla
307Mikael GrenierCRG/Parilla
308Ryan BoothGillard/PDB Parilla
310Conor DalyBirel/High-Rev Parilla
311Miles MaroneyMaranello/Pitts Parilla
312Addison RaynerCRG/High-Rev Parilla
313Nigel SaurinoArrow/High-Rev Parilla
315Scott RossiKRT/High-Rev Parilla
316David OstellaCRG/High-Rev Parilla
320Taylor MiinchBirel/High-Rev Parilla
322Victor Cabrera Jr.Kosmic/High-Rev Parilla
323Arie OuimetCRG/Maxter
325Spencer RaineSwiss Hutless/CMC Parilla
327Angel CabanIntrepid/Champion Parilla
328Gustavo MenezesTony Kart/High-Rev Parilla
331Will TenneyMaranello/High-Rev Parilla
333Kenny RiedmanBirel/Haddock Parilla
339Corey LewisTopKart/High-Rev Parilla
340Adam ZeenIntrepid/Champion Parilla
343Christian VogelIntrepid/Champion Parilla
344Joffrey Amaya
345Martin MohlinKart Mini/Italian Motors Parilla
348Richard BenitezKosmic/Woltjer Parilla
350Josef NewgardenMargay/Comet Parilla
356Bill McLaughlin, Jr
358Sergio PenaMaranello/Parilla
359Adrian FigueroaIntrepid/Champion Parilla
360Jerimy DanielTony Kart/High-Rev Parilla
363 Garrison MastersCRG/High-Rev Parilla
365Bryce CornetIntrepid/Champion Parilla
377Dusty DavisMaranello/Pitts Parilla
385Felice SniderIntrepid/Parilla
387Jose Antonio ZanellaCRG/ProKart Parilla
390Pelayo TroncosoMaranello/Parilla
393Derek WagnerKosmic/High-Rev Parilla
397Andres LopezBirel/Porfesa Parilla
399Evan WaltersIntrepid/Parilla
Pedro Delgado


Cadet Entry List - as of Wednesday, July 5
No.DriverChassis/Engine
0Mason ChelootzIntrepid/Fleming Comer
1Sage KaramTopKart/High-Rev Comer
2Spencer PigotNevoso/Pitts Comer
3Tyler ThomasTopKart/MISI Comer
3Oscar Tunjo SanchezNevoso/Pitts Comer
4Nicholas SilvaKart Mini/Fleming Comer
5Santino FerrucciTopKart/High-Rev Comer
8Jacob Duvall
9Andrew MurrayBirel/Pitts Comer
15Daniel VelaCRG/Fleming Comer
17Nick NeriShockwave/Fleming Comer
19Garett GristCRG/Comer
21Jesse LazareBiesse/Comer
22Broc YocomIntrepid/Fleming Comer
25Chandler WilliamsTopKart/Pitts Comer
26Sean RayhallKosmic/Woltjer Comer
28Tristan DeGrandKosmic/Woltjer Comer
29Stephen Kalogiannis
42James Michael SullivanFirst Kart/Comer
43Cody HumphreysKRT/High-Rev Comer
44Grant VogelIntrepid/Fleming Comer
45Carlos WehbeNevoso/Pitts Comer
52Tatiana CalderonTopKart/MISI Comer
53Gabriel ChavesNevoso/Fleming Comer
64Thomas MicichSwiss Hutless/Comer
75Dylan NobileNevoso/Pitts Comer
76Pierce BaldusTopKart/Comer
80Sebastian OrdonezNevoso/Pitts Comer
88Austin SelfIntrepid/Comer
97Jaime OrtegaNevoso/Pitts Comer
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