Paddock Insider: Superkarts! USA SuperNationals XIX presented by Evinco – Thursday
Qualifying day to determine where the race to SuperSunday begins for all drivers
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EKN’s Paddock Insider is a new Trackside coverage addition, bringing you notes, updates and breaking news as it happens. The article will be a timeline of events as they happen during the Superkarts! USA SuperNationals XIX at the Las Vegas Convention Center and Westgate Resort & Casino. The information will not be seen anywhere else, including interviews and photos. Get all the coverage through the EKN Event Page. Please feel free to comment and discuss our coverage and today’s action in the EKN Global Members Discussion area below:
Afternoon Session Top Qualifiers
Morning Session Top Qualifiers
Track Repair Gone Bad
Patch work narrowed up the front straight for morning practice, as barriers were removed before qualifying (Photo: EKN)
Also done overnight was some patchwork down on the main straight in the braking zone. The practice sessions were conducted with barriers narrowing up the straight as they entered turn one, making it only two-kart width wide. Track officials however removed them for qualifying for the morning group, making it a completely different track in that section for the first official session to set the grids for the main event. It was certainly a fix that could have been ignored and now caused some upset drivers in the paddock.
Curb Be Gone
No more curb in Turn 4 (Photo: EKN)
A full day of practice was completed by 6pm Wednesday night, and it wasn’t long before Superkarts! USA officials began to review the esses section of turn 3-4-5. The larger than normal curb made a straighter path for drivers to take turn five entry. The ‘jump’ however was very tough on the equipment, claiming a number of dents tweaks to the karts, along with collecting a number of thrown chains. Overnight, the track crew removed the temporary curbing in turn four, replacing it with barriers. This will force the drivers to keep the wheel turned more to the left on the exit of three, slowing them down some, before entering turn five.
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