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Master Max Heat 1

1. Chris Bogart +5.428
2. Justin Peck
3. Raul Costa
4. Joseph Antavi
5. Armando Watson
6. Michael Auriemma
7. Zachary Rouse
8. Todd Meyer
9. Al Vinjamur
10. John Robicheaux

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Micro Max Heat 1

1. Tyler Gonzalez +1.560
2. Patrick Toth Woods
3. Sebastian Rodriguez
4. Nicholas d’Orlando
5. Emiliano Richards
6. Xavier Harris
7. Alessandro Famularo
8. Jeremy Tallon
9. Aidan Harrington
10. Anthony Famularo

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DD2 Qualifying

1. Daniel Formal – 55.532
2. Ferenc Kancsar
3. Pier Luc Ouellette
4. Joey Wimsett
5. Andreas Backman
6. Fritz Leesmann
7. Kevin Ludi
8. Cristiano Morgado
9. Xen De Ruwe
10. Brendon Bain

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Breaking News: Micro Max driver Dylan Tavella removed from qualifying results for a carburetor infraction, and will start heat races from 31st.

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Junior Max Qualifying

1. Kyle Kirkwood – 57.886
2. Ashley Rogero
3. Juan Manuel Correa
4. Pedro Cardoso
5. Thomas Preining
6. Jai Nijjar
7. Coltin McCaughan
8. Austin Garrison
9. Ferdinand Habsburg
10. Guan Yu Zhou

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Senior Max Qualifying

1. Nick Neri – 56.660
2. Oliver Askew
3. Charlie Eastwood
4. Jack Weprin
5. Dan Roeper
6. Sam Beasley
7. Philip Morin
8. Alfredo Zabalza
9. Felipe Vargas
10. Jordon Lennox

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DD2 Masters Qualifying

1. Alan Rudolph – 56.818
2. Fernando Guzzi
3. Mike Jones
4. Christophe Adams
5. Scott Falcone
6. Stuart Clark
7. Brent Harper
8. Andres Fonseca
9. Igor Mukhin
10. Camilo Matiz

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Mini Max Qualifying

1. KRex Frederick – 1:02.517
2. Manuel Sulaiman
3. Aidan Keel
4. David Malukas
5. Michael Benyahia
6. Sergio Terife
7. Devin Boutot
8. Griffin Dowler
9. Santiago Terife
10. Nick Brueckner

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Masters Max Qualifying:

1. Chris Bogart – 59.098
2. Justin Peck
3. Raul Costa
4. Michael Auriemma
5. Armando Watson
6. Orlando Munoz
7. Zachary Rouse
8. John Robicheaux
9. Gregory Violo
10. Todd Meyer

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Make sure to check out the Paddock Insider for today, bringing you notes throughout the qualifying and prefinal action

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Micro Max Qualifying:

1. Mathew Latifi – 1:05.445
2. Dylan Tavella
3. Harry Coulton
4. Nicholas d’Orlando
5. Maxwell Waithman
6. Emiliano Richards
7. Tyler Gonzalez
8. Ethan Arndt
9. Daniel Steven Chaverra Palaci
10. Payton Durrant

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Morning Warm-up top drivers:

Micro Max: Harry Coulton – 1:06.481
Masters Max: Raul Costa – 59.492
Mini Max: Devin Boutot – 1:02.747
DD2 Masters: Fernando Guzzi – 57.040
Senior Max: Charlie Eastwood – 56.637
Junior Max: Ashley Rogero – 58.140
DD2: Daniel Formal – 55.791

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Warm-up for the morning is underway here at NOLA. Qualifying is set to go at 10:40am CDT. Watch live through the link at GoRotax.com

Here is the order for the day:
Micro Max
Masters Max
Mini Max
DD2 Masters
Senior Max
Junior Max
DD2

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Paul, 2013 is not over yet. There is the popular Robo-Pong 200 at New Castle this October 25-27. Also, the 24 Hours of America is next weekend in Charlotte, with Trey Shannon going for 24 straight hours once again. We’ll have coverage of both events.

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1) I used to, as you know, with the Mid-States Super Series

2) Not sure what your asking here

3) Never dealt with the Insurance portion of promoting the event, just everything else

4) 2 if I’m lucky

5) Michigan

6) Michigan Kart Club board member, Mid-States Super Series coordinator up to 2004.

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Hi James,

You can use our classifieds to find parts, or contact one of the many shops that advertise here on the site.

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Charles, If you want to try road racing, there are three of the best tracks within four hours of you as well.

Grattan Raceway (CES)

Gingerman Raceway (CES)

and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (Dart Kart Club)

Michigan Kart Club also hosts events at Waterford Hills, minutes from Auburn Hills, and Michigan International Speedway.

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Thanks Mike. It’s going like crazy on Facebook and Twitter. Gary is certainly among the best behind the wheel of a kart.

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Thank you Ken for the updates on Dakota. We are all pulling for him to make a clean and quick recovery.

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Mike, IMO, there is no reason for Man. Cup to require dual brake system. 1) Karts don’t come that way, thus it’s an added expense. 2) There is no need for dual brake systems at sprint tracks.

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Randy wrote:

The 51 shifters on the grid at Blackhawk in Aug. and the 39 shifters at the last race at Gingerman tells me that CES is turning a corner. It was epic….

Randy, I agree with you that what CES is doing for the Shifter and TaG program has been great. People are pooling together to come race certain races, and that is why we need to limit the number of races we have in a year. I hope the Michigan events don’t fall on work weekends in 2014 ;-)

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Gene Davis wrote:

Just thought of something else. I understand and agree 100% that all karts in Road Race should have a dual braking system for safety reasons. That decision has cost the clubs alot of entries. Local short track sprinters used to come to the “big” track once a year to race. Many of them got hooked at that point. Now since they would have to change the braking system on their kart that just don’t come. I am open to any suggestion that can help Road Race. Gene

I agree Gene that the rule has hurt road racing in WKA. The ‘boom’ of TaG could have moved over into road racing, but it was stopped when racers were told to spend more money to go on the big tracks. Had the rule came in as a ‘suggestion’ rather than a ‘must’, I personally feel it would have been better.

But like I said before, it would not have completely saved road racing. We still need to reduce the number of races a year, to help promote those major events that we still do have, and focus on building the regional programs.

4 – WKA Nationals a year – each hosted by a club (DKC, Woodbridge, Southern Kart Club)

3 to 5 regional events a year for each area – Midwest (CES), Northeast (Woodbridge), and SKC

You don’t need any more than that.

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It’s whatever you want it to be, that’s the great thing about karting.

From a 1-2 time racer a year, all the way up to a professional factory driver, it can be what YOU want it to be.

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To answer the question, no.

Is it time for a national series? Of course not. If local racers can’t support their local program, how is a national schedule going to survive.

Should IKF and WKA take financial risk? I’m guessing they are not making money off road races.

If you recall, we wrote an article, basically begging and pleading that things change in road racing or it would be extinct. Well, nothing has changed. WKA still hosts seven races a year, when less than 1% can make all seven. IKF tried another Grand Nationals, and it was just another regional race. KART, they keep plugging along and as noted, don’t have the large financial facilities aside from their Grand Nationals.

New racers is the key. Unfortunately, it takes a lot of convincing to get a newbie to a road race, let alone a sprint race. And if you look at the numbers, the majority of new racers are between the ages of 5-15. Once they hit 18, it’s off to college or on their own for racing, so we loose racers there. Road racing needs to focus on drivers 35 and older, gear-heads with disposable income and love speed.

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S1 Pro Stock Moto Main Event

1. Fritz Leesmann +0.056
2. Billy Musgrave
3. Augie Lerch
4. Christian Schureman
5. Josh De Losier
6. ALec Gumpfer
7. Nic LeDuc
8. Daniel Langon
9. Mariana Ramirez
10. Christian Bird

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