Official Thread: Gatorz Challenge of the Americas - PKRA

David Cole · Last edited by David Cole on Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:31 am, edited 1 time in total

The second stop of the 2012 Gatorz Challenge of the Americas will take the teams from the USA, Canada, and surrounding countries to the Phoenix Kart Racing Association (PKRA) Formula K Raceway in Glendale, AZ this weekend. The international Rotax Max Challenge series will see all seven Rotax categories battle on the 3/4-mile circuit, with the Senior, Junior and DD2 divisions fighting for a spot at the coveted Rotax Grand Finals in Portugal later this year.

EKN will be on site once again providing its 'EKN Trackside Live' coverage, found at www.ekartingnews.com/live . Live audio broadcasts will begin Saturday and Sunday morning just as qualifying begins and continues until the final checkered flag for each day. Be sure to check this thread for updates throughout the weekend - including the top-10 from each session - as well as www.facebook.com/eKartingNews and www.twitter.com/eKartingNews
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Rob Howden · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:43 pm Post subject:

Hey guys,

I made the trek out from California with Andy Seeseman and his crew, so I've beaten Cole here by a couple days. David flies in tomorrow night, but the action has already started here at PKRA. The team tents are going up and limited testing has begun. Rolison Performance Group, Team WRS, BBR Karting and Glover Brothers Racing (GBR) were already here when we arrived last night, and Billet Performance rolled in later in the evening.

Seesemann's Full Throttle Karting crew is prepping karts, while Junior Max winner from Phoenix, Blaine Rocha, is again under the FTK tent with Eric Bartolero from Kartel. The surprise news is the participation of Aussie star David Sera, who was diverted from his flight home to race this weekend in an FTK Arrow in a last-minute deal. Sera will be running Seesemann's personal chassis. Sera turned some laps this morning. This should certainly make things exciting.

A good number of local drivers have entered for the weekend, and the numbers are expected to be a little better than Tucson, which is just flat-out positive all around.
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Rob Howden · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:41 pm Post subject:

EKN Trackside Live: Friday Practice Sessions

Hello race fans!

It may be Daytona 500 weekend for the rest of the motorsports fraternity, but the karting community has a dual focus this weekend as the Gatorz Challenge of the Americas is heating things up here in Phoenix. The official numbers were hearing are 118 entries spread out over the seven classes (and six race groups). Senior Max features an exciting 38-kart grid, while Junior Max has 34 racers. These are great numbers for this growing series.

We are now in our lunch break, and will be getting back at it at 1:00 pm Mountain. At 2:30 pm MT, we'll start the final practice sessions of the day- the 30-minute hot pit runs that we'll be streaming live of the EKN Live page.

We'd like to take this time to thank the sponsors of this EKN Live broadcast and we hope that you'll consider them when making your next purchase, as they are the reason that we can do this:

Rolison Performance Group - http://www.rolisonperformancegroup.com
Kartsport North America - http://www.kartsportna.com
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Gatorz Challenge of the Americas - http://www.gatorzkarting.com

It's shaping up to be a great weekend!
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David Cole · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:03 pm Post subject:

Here are your UNOFFICIAL Micro Max Final Practice Top-10 Results:

1. Marco Kacic - 52.599
2. Sophia Price
3. David Rafilov
4. Derek DesLauriers
5. Payton Durrant
6. Jacob Blue Hudson
7. Griffin Dowler
8. Corbin Emery
9. Filip Niemkiewicz
10. Everest Fedler
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David Cole · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:18 pm Post subject:

Here are your UNOFFICIAL Masters Max Final Practice Top-10 Results:

1. Derek Poirier = 47.520
2. Arie Luyendyk
3. Brent Harper
4. Bill Kann
5. Ken Maxfield
6. Paul Bonilla
7. Larry Hayashigawa
8. Scott Falcone
9. Justin Peck
10. Ed Bush
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David Cole · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:44 pm Post subject:

Here are your UNOFFICIAL Senior Max Final Practice Top-10 Results:

1. Phil DeLaO - 45.542
2. Louie Pagano
3. Andrew Zimmer
4. Luke Chudleigh
5. David Sera
6. Mason Marotta
7. Kiel Spaulding
8. Nick Rivellini
9. Dakota Dickerson
10. Kevin King
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David Cole · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 4:12 pm Post subject:

Here are your UNOFFICIAL Mini Max Final Practice Top-10 Results:

1. Sting Ray Robb - 48.318
2. Christian Brooks
3. Royal McKee
4. Nicky Hays
5. Horatio Fitz-Simon
6. Jeff Fulham
7. Carson Vogel
8. Jessica Dezall
9. Max Fedler
10. Riley Cook
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David Cole · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 4:37 pm Post subject:

Here are your UNOFFICIAL DD2/DD2 Masters Final Practice Top-7 Results:

1. Fritz Leesmann - 44.769
2. Daniel Burkett
3. Austin King
4. John Wallace III
5. John Crow *
6. Mark Wheeler *
7. Jim Carey Sr. *
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David Cole · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 4:59 pm Post subject:

Here are your UNOFFICIAL Junior Max Final Practice Top-10 Results:

1. Jim McKinney - 45.556
2. Parker Thompson
3. Luke Selliken
4. Austin Versteeg
5. Zacharie Scalzo
6. Coltin McCaughan
7. Blaine Rocha
8. Austin Kuehl
9. Jake Craig
10. Jake Preston
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David Cole · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 5:01 pm Post subject:

That's it for today. EKN Trackside Live coverage begins tomorrow at 9:45am MST / 11:45am EST with qualifying.
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David Cole · Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:45 am Post subject:

EKN TRACKSIDE LIVE: Saturday Welcome

Good morning everyone. The third round of action is about to get underway here in Glendale for the Gatorz Challenge of the Americas program. Here is your order for the day:

Micro Max
Masters Max
Senior
Mini Max
DD2/DD2 Masters
Junior
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David Cole · Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:59 am Post subject:

Here are your UNOFFICIAL Micro Max Qualifying Top-10 Results:

1. Payton Durrant - 52.469
2. Sophia Price
3. Marco Kacic
4. Griffin Dowler
5. David Rafailov
6. Derek DesLauriers
7. Jacob Blue Hudson
8. Corbin Emery
9. Filip Niemkiewicz
10. Everest Fedler
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David Cole · Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:17 am Post subject:

Here are your UNOFFICIAL Masters Max Qualifying Top-10 Results:

1. Derek Poirier - 47.229
2. Paul Bonilla
3. Bill Kann
4. Ken Maxfield
5. Arie Luyendyk Jr.
6. Brent Harper
7. Scott Falcone
8. Larry Hayashigawa
9. Harindra De Silva
10. Billy Kann
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David Cole · Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:53 am Post subject:

Here are your UNOFFICIAL Senior Max Qualifying Top-10 Results:

1. Phil DeLaO - 45.449
2. Nick Rivellini
3. David Sera
4. Dakota Dickerson
5. Mason Marotta
6. Kevin King
7. Andrew Zimmer
8. Louie Pagano
9. Kiel Spaulding
10. Luke Chudleigh
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David Cole · Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 11:13 am Post subject:

Here are your UNOFFICIAL Mini Max Qualifying Top-10 Results:

1. Royal McKee - 48.183
2. Christian Brooks
3. Nicky Hays
4. Sting Ray Robb
5. Jeff Fulham
6. Horatio Fitz-Simon
7. Jessica Dezall
8. Garrett Gulenchyn
9. Riley Cook
10. Evan Roshak
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