Stars of Karting Western Division Race

Miller Motorsposts park in Utah was the site for the first Stars of Karting Western Division race this year. A total of five drivers from Florida took part in the opening race of the western division. Great job by all five was turned in all weekend; they represented Florida kart racing very well in Utah.

Final #1 Tag ICC
Jose Zanelle finished fifth with Matthew Mair finishing second place.

Final #2 Tag ICC
Jose Zanelle finished second with Matthew Mair finishing in fourth place.


JICA

Final #1
Phil DeLeo finished first, Daniel Formal in sixth place and Nick Neri in eight place.

Final #2
Phil DeLeo finished in second, Nick Neri in 16th and Daniel Formal in 26 place.

SO MANY CHOICES FOR MAY 2008

Isn’t it great we live here in Florida and can race year round, well May 2008 is shaping up to provide you with a lot of track time. I’ve done the best I can to round up all the kart race locations and dates for tracks here in Florida in the month of May. I'm still working on this list as I find time to do so, if I’ve over looked any kart races please contact me and I’ll add it to this list ASP.

I believe there is now a kart series being held at Sebring, soon as I get that info I’ll update this.

Please double check these dates with the tracks before heading to race as dates have been know to be changed at the last minute.


*Homestead
Double race weekend May 24 thru 25th
South Rmax Challenge race 2 and 3
Winter Championship races 3 and 4.

*Tri-City Kart Club
NEXT CLUB RACE May 11th 2008, 9 Turn SprintJr. Champ - Small OvalSr. Champ - Large Oval

*Moroso
MG Tires Jon Smith Cup, day race , May 18th


*North Florida Kart Club, 103rd Street Jax
May 10 Race # 7 CW Chicane
May 17 Race # 8 (Double Points Race)
May 31, Race # 9 Counter CW Chicane


*Monticello Karting
May 2-5 - Florida Kart Championship Series #3
May 31 - MKMC Series Race #6


2008 Florida Championship Series
May 2-3-4 - Monticello Kart Club, race three in the series.


Happy racing.

Suspect Released

After hours of integration as to weather he was the racer who pulled tape off his radiator during a Rotax race the suspect one John Gula was released to race another day. At the writing of this article the real perpetrator of the horrible track defiling crime still had not been apprehended. As for young Mr Gula the hours of intense interrogation by track officials did not seem to dampen his sprites any. Having proven his innocents Mr Gula was back on track for the next race.

April 2008 BILL WRIGHT WINS MASTERS RACE

April 2008 Bill Wright the god father of kart racing here in Florida showed he is not only the best kart racing promoter in the country but his driving skills are equally as great.

After being out of the seat for several years Bill got behind the wheel again for a Rotax R Max Challenge race here in Florida and walked away winning the masters class. I was not able to watch the Masters race but by all accounts Bill had it handled pretty well, his lack of seat time over the last few years seemed to have no affect as he picked up right where he left off when he was racing full time, winning.

Congrats to Bill for his win we all look forward to the 2009 Winter Tour.

For more information on the Florida Winter Tour please visit the web site http://www.floridawintertour.com/.

WKA Florida State Championship Kart Race Homestead April 2008

The second race in the Florida Karting Championship series took place at Homestead Kartings track April 11-12-13, 2008. Tony and his crew provided us with a great track for this race and our thanks go out to him for all his hard work.

The weather Saturday looked to be a bit in question but it turned out to be a great day after a short rain shower. As with race #1 in the Florida Karting Championship Series this race was a well organized event and everyone seemed to really enjoy them selves. This series is one of the most fun, relaxed kart racing series Cody and I take part in and I encourage everyone to come out and race in this series.

I do not get to watch many of the races with Cody racing Supercan Jr but that race was a great race with Cody and John Gula battling for the lead right up until the last lap. I'm sure the other races where just as exciting.

For full race results and photographs of this race please visit the Florida Karting Championship series web site.

STARS OF KARTING IN FLORIDA

April 4-6, 2008 saw Stars of Karting come to Florida for the East Division Events 1 + 2 races.

As seems to hold true for the first Stars of Karting race every year it rained at this event also. Not only did it rain but Sunday it flat out poured down most of the day. Any other race in Florida would have been canceled but Stars of Karting stuck to their schedule and raced even though conditions where horrible.

The event was well organized with 31 JICA’s and 24 Cadets taking the track for two days of racing. The race format was a bit different with qualifying determining your grid position for the three heat races. If you had a bad qualifying effort this format really works against you but it sure made it interesting. Rather than have one final on Saturday and one on Sunday Stars had two finals on Sunday.

Florida racers had a good showing with Jarvis Gerinari driving skills in the rain really shined. Danny Formal had the best finish of all the Florida racers with a win in one of the finals on Sunday.

The point standing for Stars of Karting Florida races are as follows in JICA: 2 Jarvis Gerinari, 3 Danny Formal, 10 Phil Delao, 14 Nick Neri, 23 John Gula, Cody Johnson and Jesus Rios raced as temp members and received no points although both put in great efforts all weekend. For the Cadet class Florida racers also had a good showing with Stars of Karting point standing being 14 Derek Sobel, 16 Ian Tilbor with Dominic Tesorro racing as a Stars temp member with no points awarded.

Will Stars of Karting come back to Florida next year, we’ll have to wait and see. It was great event that had the weather been better I'm sure would have done a great job promoting karting here in Florida.

Pictured above is of Sundays Stars of Karting race with John Gula and Cody Johnson on track.