Rotax at Rock Island

Roger Ruthhart · Joined: 24 Jul 2001 Posts: 1299

Jordon Musser from Coppell, Texas, beat Mack McCormack from Alabama by 1.4 seconds to win the Rotax Street Challenge at Rock Island and qualify for the Rotax Max Nationals. Last year's winner and 2001 RMC National Champion Tim Lobaugh was third. 17 karts in the field representing 9 states. Congrats to Mr. Musser for a great showing. Did not break the lap record for the class of 34.6 set by Skuzzie North of Bermuda in 2001, however. Fastest lap was Mr. Musser's 34.981.

Erik Kullenberg · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 11:26 am Post subject: Rotax at Rock Island

Who is this Musser kid? He seems to be winning just about every race he enters!!

Chuck McCue · Joined: 17 Jul 2001 Posts: 2944

Only 6 of the 17 max karts finished the 20 laps, what happened?

Chris Jennings · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 11:40 am Post subject: Rotax at Rock Island

The top qualifiers pretty much all finished. There was an accident that took out the back half of the field.

Jordon Musser · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 11:48 am Post subject: Rotax at Rock Island

Thanks! I enjoyed my first Rock Island Grand Prix, it was an experience to say the least!! Just an FYI, hay bales are not kart friendly

Brian Kay · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 11:58 am Post subject: Rotax at Rock Island

"Did not break the lap record for the class of 34.6 set by Skuzzie North of Bermuda in 2001, however."

Sorry we missed you Roger. Gateway needs to be re-sheduled or dropped!! Skuzzie and Skitchy (Jason / Scott) did a great job. 1st-1st-2nd-4th-4th-1st places. Must be the equipment

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Roger Ruthhart · Joined: 24 Jul 2001 Posts: 1299

quote:
Originally posted by Brian Kay:
"Did not break the lap record for the class of 34.6 set by Skuzzie North of Bermuda in 2001, however."

Sorry we missed you Roger. Gateway needs to be re-sheduled or dropped!! Skuzzie and Skitchy (Jason / Scott) did a great job. 1st-1st-2nd-4th-4th-1st places. Must be the equipment

Brian K - T2 RaceKarts

Glad to hear they did well ... but they should have been at The Rock

Gary Kannegiesser · Joined: 01 Jul 2002 Posts: 121

Rodger

Great fun!

There were more then six karts running and might have finished.

But for one rule of the race which was not explained before entering.

1. If you got lapped you were out of the race.

With that in mind some of the drivers had the added pressure to go faster then there talents and the equipment were ready for in the early laps.

Which may have been the cause in part of the huge wreck at the start lucky no one got hurt.

2. Only six drivers didn’t get lapped or more would have finished and maybe even moved up in the standings.

There were a couple of drivers who drove over a 1,000 miles to race Rock and posed no problem on the track in a 17 kart field 5 of which were out by the 2nd laps due to the 1st lap wreck.

What is better keeping the slower karts in to make every one happy or six kart at the finish with some still running in the pits?

I came to run the Rock not to win an entry to another race?

Roger Ruthhart · Joined: 24 Jul 2001 Posts: 1299

Gary: The use of the blue flag issue has been debated to death over the years (please don't start that one again!). Like it or not, we use it as part of our effort to make the race safer ... lapped traffic is a source of accidents. And once you get down a lap on a track the size of ours, you're not going to get back into it. I know there are those that don't agree, but that's the way we've done it for many years now and we'll continue to do it. I'm not sure any racer is going to decide whether they are going to go to a race or not based on whether they might get blue flagged ... most probably don't think it will happen. Racers know the flag exists (I hope), it's just that some races choose not to use it. Should we tell them in the entry form "we use all the flags?" Its use IS explained at the drivers' meetings.

Scott Patchin · Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 1:20 pm Post subject: Rotax at Rock Island

Jordon, Hope you had a good/safe trip home, did the suburan have any life left in it after you guys arrived at home?....

Jordon Musser · Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 6:20 pm Post subject: Rotax at Rock Island

hehe.. burbin is alive.. barely! service engine soon light is on, and the oil pressure ain't doin so hot.. hope it makes it ok to Vegas!!!!!!!!!!1