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August 03, 2006 News
EKN Trackside: Stars of Karting - East #4 - Shawano
 

The ICC Eastern Championship is in Phil Giebler's hands this weekend (Photo: Super Kart Illustrated)
The ICC Eastern Championship is in Phil Giebler's hands this weekend
(Photo: Super Kart Illustrated)

The Eastern Division of the Snap-on Stars of Karting Presented by the IRL will conclude its schedule this weekend and crown its champions at the USA International Raceway in Shawano, WI. This will be the second year that the series has visited the newer facility, which was unveiled to much fanfare in 2004.

Last year’s event was controlled by weather, as rain hit the area hard on Saturday and the resulting humidity was the story for Sunday. This weekend’s weather is expected to be hot once again with Sunday holding the only chance of rain, according to the weather stations on Wednesday afternoon.

The raceway is 30 feet wide and over a mile long, with serious elevation changes throughout the circuit. Along with a concession go-kart track, bumper boats, a swimming pool, miniature golf and more, the facility is like no other in the country. On Friday, the track will be hosting a brat fry for all the racers and their families, followed by a pre-race party featuring the Shawano High School Band and Miller products at a mini bar in the track parking lot. Next to the pool will be a taping of the EKN ‘Happy Hour with Howden’ podcast show, which is set to begin sometime after the final practice session. That show will be available for the EKN readership sometime over the weekend.

This weekend is an extremely important for many with the divisional titles and national championship hopes up in the air. Some will be looking to gain more points for a chance at a title, while some will just be looking that elusive first victory.

Champion Racing/G-Phactory pilot Phil Giebler (Intrepid/Champion TM) holds his own destiny in the headline ICC class. Heading into the Shawano weekend, the Californian has a 40-point advantage over BTK Motorsports’ Stuart Marsell (Arrow/SwedeTech TM). If the younger Marsell were to earn his first two Stars of Karting victories ever, Giebler would need a third and fourth place finish to be crowned the Eastern champion. If Giebler bags fourth in both finals, Marsell would win by virtue of a tie-breaker. However, winning over what promises to be a stacked field would be a monumental feat. Giebler has a slight advantage over Marsell, as this will be the Florida driver’s debut visit to the Wisconsin facility, being his first full season on the national scene. Giebler was fast at last year’s event in ICA, so he knows the track.
 

BTK Motorsports' Stuart Marsell will need some help in order to be crown the Eastern ICC champ (Photo: Super Kart Illustrated)
BTK Motorsports' Stuart Marsell will need some help in order to be crown the Eastern ICC champ
(Photo: Super Kart Illustrated)

At last year’s event, Team TopKart pilot Kyle Wiegand (TopKart/SwedeTech Maxter) all but wrapped up the Eastern Division ICC championship with a win on Sunday. Although ’06 has been a tough season, with just one podium finish thus far, watch for Wiegand to bounce back this weekend.

Another driver looking to bounce back at this event is MRP-Birel AMERICA’s Wesley Boswell (Birel/SRA TM). Since winning the Race of the Americas shootout back in March, the Californian has yet to step up on the podium in Stars competition. Even with the difficult year since Norman, Boswell sits fourth in the Eastern standings and has an outside chance at the title if he dominates this weekend. He also had the honor of being the fastest ever around the USAIR circuit with a 59.214 lap time.

Philippe Gelinas (Sodikart/SRA TM) has been in the thick of things since the opening event as well. With a best third place finish - twice this year - the Canadian has shown to be quick in the wet as well as the dry. Last year, he earned his first ever Stars victory in the wet at Shawano and will look to add his first of ’06 this weekend. Like Boswell, Gelinas still has a chance at the title, needing some help as he enters the weekend sitting in third.
 

Philippe Gelinas earned his first Stars win at Shawano last year and will look to earn his first '06 win this weekend (Photo: Super Kart Illustrated)
Philippe Gelinas earned his first Stars win at Shawano last year and will look to earn his first '06 win this weekend
(Photo: Super Kart Illustrated)

As it has been the case for much of 2006, the Eastern series has been stacked with top drivers at each event with the USAIR event no different. Recently signed SSC-PCH driver Gary Carlton (CRG/SwedeTech Maxter) will be on hand to try and steal some points from his East Coast rivals. It will be his national debut aboard the CRG brand, teaming up with Mike Speed and the rest of the PCH Motorsports crew. Also on CRG’s will be PSLKarting.com’s Jan Velez-Walter and Cameron Motorsports pilot Mike Vincec, who completed the Formula BMW Licensing Course in Valencia, Spain a few weeks ago.

We must also watch for the always-fast Jordy Vorrath (Intrepid/Champion TM) and Matt Jaskol (TopKart/DDR TM). Vorrath’s winning streak came to an end in Lowe’s where the Champion Racing/Leading Edge Motorsports driver had a difficult weekend. Jaskol finally shook off the East Coast gremlins as he scored two-top five finishes in North Carolina. Both drivers will be supremely motivated.

The always unpredictable ICA division continues its pattern heading into Shawano with Jake Rosenzweig (CRG/Maxter) leading the Eastern battle despite not earning a victory all year long. Besides a DNF on Saturday in New Castle, the PSLKarting.com driver has finished in the top five in every Final. Even with a 53-point advantage with two full days of competition to go, it is still uncertain as to who will be the Eastern ICA champ.
 

Despite not winning a race in '06, Jake Rosenzweig has a 53-point advantage heading to USAIR (Photo: Super Kart Illustrated)
Despite not winning a race in '06, Jake Rosenzweig has a 53-point advantage heading to USAIR
(Photo: Super Kart Illustrated)

Tied for second is Tony Kart USA’s Joel Miller (Tony Kart/Vortex) and Caleb Loniewski (Margay/Cook Parilla). Miller has rebounded after missing the Final in Norman by earning top five finishes in the last three of four East Coast events including a win at New Castle, as did Loniewski. Both will be keeping on eye on Rosenzweig all weekend as well as each other.

Lowe’s winner Chris Larson (Gillard/PDB Parilla) and Team Topkart’s Johnny Johnson (TopKart/DDR Maxter) sit fourth and fifth in the standings and will need a lot of help to go home with the Eastern crown but they will certainly be at the top of the charts all weekend. After retiring from Stars competition, then making his return to the driver’s seat at Lowe’s in ICC, the number eight plate of Chris Wehrheim will make his return to ICA this weekend aboard a TopKart/MISI Comer package.

The Spec Racer division is a close battle with Brandon Adkins (Margay/Parilla) and Adam Johnson (TopKart/Parilla) just separated by 15 points heading into the weekend. Adkins has the advantage with three victories but Johnson could take home the title with two victories.

Brett Smrz (First Kart/Woltjer Parilla) has a 50-point advantage over Carlos Munoz (Birel/Porfesa Parilla) in JICA with Dusty Davis (Maranello/Pitts Parilla) and Jacob Neal (CRG/High-Rev Parilla) tied for third. All three challengers will need some luck in order to catch Smrz in hope of the Eastern JICA title.

The Cadet fight is just as close as the racing action on track with Gabriel Chaves (Nevoso/Fleming Comer) holding a 10-point edge over Sebastian Ordonez (Juncos/Pitts Comer) with defending National Champion Sage Karam (Birel/Fleming Comer) just five points back of Ordonez. Sitting fourth in the standings, Oscar Tunjo (Nevoso/Pitts Comer) also has a chance at the crown, trailing Chaves by 30 points.

* - Points breakdowns were provided by EKN’s own tabulations and do not reflect that of the official Stars standings that are listed on their website

ICC Entry List as of August 1
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
108Ryan KinnearIntrepid/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 CarmendyCRG/SwedeTech TM
127Jonathan VitoloBirel/SRA TM
130Jon AllenKosmic/Vortex
131Tim HollowellBirel/Rocket Racing TM
134Philippe GelinasSodiKart/SRA TM
137Rusty FergusonBirel/Rocket Racing TM
140Stuart MarsellArrow/SwedeTech TM
143Devon NicholsIntrepid/Champion TM
145Nick MaddisonFirst Kart/SRA TM
146Philip GieblerIntrepid/Champion TM
147Jordy VorrathIntrepid/Champion TM
149Richard CampolloCRG/PSL Maxter
150Gianmarco RaimondoCRG/SwedeTech TM
151Gary CarltonCRG/SwedeTech Maxter
153Zachary BettsBirel/TM
155Matt JaskolTopKart/DDR TM
157Jeff OleenKosmic/Vortex
158Cole MathewsonTAG/SRA TM
170Chance TerrelIntrepid/Champion TM
171Joe WhiteCRG/SwedeTech Maxter
181Troy HottmannMerlin/C-G Pavesi
184Chris FrielFirst Kart/SRA TM
185Christopher MillerCRG/PSL Maxter
187Marc FloodCRG/PSL Maxter
188Kyle MarcelliCRG/SwedeTech TM
189Chris PreyMerlin/C-G Pavesi
197Josh SchreiberKosmic/Vortex
199Chris KuenningBirel/SwedeTech Maxter


ICA Entry List as of August 1
No.DriverChassis/Engine
2Joel MillerTony Kart/Vortex
4Johnny JohnsonTopKart/DDR Maxter
7Tyler DueckIntrepid/Champion TM
8Chris WehrhiemTopKart/MISI Comer
202Eric MorrowMargay/Parilla
207Nicholas SilvaCRG/Maxter
210James KennedySodikart/SRA TM
212Cody JollyCRG/Maxter
218Pat IannucciTopKart/MISI Comer
220Tony LoniewskiFirst Kart/Italian Motors 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
250Jeremy NelsonKosmic/Vortex
255Jess PetersonIntrepid/Champion TM
261Sean BurstynGillard/Parilla
262Nick BoulleKosmic/Marechal Vortex
264Hunter ShortKosmic/Marechal Vortex
267John MosseyKosmic/Vortex
268Joe PattersonKosmic/Vortex
272Ricky TaylorKart Mini/Italian Motors Parilla
287Camille HamelTony Kart/Vortex
290Xavier CoupalTony Kart/Vortex
292Christophe BoisclairArrow/SRA TM
297Mark VielgutHaase/TCT PCR
299Jennifer WilliamsKosmic/Maxter


Spec Racer Entry List as of August 1
No.DriverChassis/Engine
410Eric GerritsFirst Kart/Parilla
415Matt ZeisIntrepid/Parilla
421Thomas BelliMargay/Parilla
422Kristine DaggettMerlin/Parilla
423Adam JohnsonTopKart/Parilla
426Jeff CarterIntrepid/Parilla
428Krista SchumacherKosmic/Parilla
429Cy SchumacherKosmic/Parilla
431Jamie FerrellBirel/Parilla
445Jonathan De Castro
448Dion VonMoltkeCRG/Parilla
476Matt CodalataMargay/Parilla
477Brandon AdkinsMargay/Parilla
481Zach BeardMargay/Parilla
484Brandon JonesArrow/Parilla
499Shane WaltersIntrepid/Parilla


JICA Entry List as of August 1
NoDriverChassis/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
304Josh CallCRG/ProKart Parilla
305Thomas SilvaCRG/Parilla
306Reid JeffriesGillard/Yellow Fin Parilla
307Mikael GrenierCRG/High-Rev Parilla
308Ryan BoothGillard/PDB Parilla
310Conor DalyBirel/High-Rev Parilla
311Miles MaroneyMaranello/Pitts Parilla
312Addison RaynerCRG/High-Rev Parilla
313Nigel SaurinoArrow/MISI Parilla
315Scott RossiKRT/High-Rev Parilla
316David OstellaCRG/High-Rev Parilla
320Taylor MiinchBirel/High-Rev Parilla
322Victor Cabrera Jr.Kosmic/Woltjer Parilla
323Arie OuimetCRG/Maxter
325Spencer RaineSwiss Hutless/CMC Parilla
327Angel CabanIntrepid/Champion Parilla
328Gustavo MenezesTony Kart/Woltjer Parilla
331Will TenneyMaranello/High-Rev Parilla
333Kenny RiedmanBirel/Haddock Parilla
339Corey LewisTopKart/High-Rev Parilla
340Adam ZeenIntrepid/Champion Parilla
343Christian VogelIntrepid/Champion Parilla
344Joffrey AmayaBirel/High-Rev Parilla
345Martin MohlinKart Mini/Italian Motors Parilla
348Richard BenitezKosmic/Woltjer Parilla
350Josef NewgardenMargay/Comet Parilla
356Bill McLaughlin, JrBirel/Parilla
358Sergio PenaMaranello/Pitts 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/Pitts Parilla
393Derek WagnerKosmic/High-Rev Parilla
397Andres LopezBirel/Porfesa Parilla
399Evan WaltersIntrepid/Parilla


Cadet Entry List as of August 1
No.DriverChassis/Engine
0Mason ChelootzIntrepid/Fleming Comer
1Sage KaramBirel/Fleming Comer
2Spencer PigotJuncos/Pitts Comer
3Oscar Tunjo SanchezNevoso/Pitts Comer
3Tyler ThomasTopKart/MISI Comer
4Nicholas SilvaKart Mini/Fleming Comer
5Santino FerrucciTopKart/Pitts Comer
9Andrew MurrayBirel/Pitts Comer
15Daniel VelaCRG/Fleming Comer
17Nick NeriShockwave/Fleming Comer
19Garett GristCRG/High-Rev Comer
21Jesse LazareCRG/Pitts Comer
22Broc YocomIntrepid/Fleming Comer
24Hans SaurinoMargay/High-Rev Comer
25Chandler WilliamsTopKart/Pitts Comer
26Sean RayhallKosmic/Woltjer Comer
27Bristol GundersonBirel/Pitts Comer
28Tristan DeGrandKosmic/Fleming Comer
33Ian JeffriesNevoso/Comer
43Cody HumphreysKRT/High-Rev Comer
44Grant VogelIntrepid/Fleming Comer
45Carlos WehbeNevoso/Pitts Comer
47Charles Heimke
49Daniel HerreraCRG/Comer
50Victor HerreraCRG/Comer
51Rumil LealCRG/Comer
52Tatiana CalderonJuncos/Pitts Comer
53Gabriel ChavesNevoso/Fleming Comer
64Thomas MicichSwiss Hutless/Fleming Comer
75Dylan NobileNevoso/Pitts Comer
77Anthony FurfariCRG/MMK Comer
80Sebastian OrdonezJuncos/Pitts Comer
88Austin SelfIntrepid/Comer
91Julian Van der Steur
97Jaime OrtegaJuncos/Pitts Comer
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