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Senior action...
SUTTON, ONTARIO The fourth round of the Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship Presented by Toronto Star Wheels was held on Sunday, July 18th at 3S Go Karts in Sutton, Ontario.
The Senior classes saw some new names at the top of the charts. Leading the charge was Londons Matt Pritiko, who clean swept the headline Formula Senior Class.
Justin Mascoll took his first win of the year in Canada Senior Heavy, while Corey Usher did the same in World Formula Senior.
Marco Di Leo kept his winning streak intact
in RotaxMax Senior, and took the win in Canada Senior Light
Formula Senior
Cameron Motorsports Fast Qualifier; Matt
Pritiko, London, Ontario
Londons
Matt Pritiko made good on his pole position by taking charge of the pre-final
he led every lap. In the final a brutal 25 laps of the tough Sutton track
Pritiko again went from flag to flag to take his first Formula Senior win of the
year. Behind him in the pre-final and final were Ottawas Tyler Givogue and New
Markets Mike Roth.
Its awesome, Pritiko said of his first win. It was close at the end thought.
Tyler was really on me I held my ground and it was a good race.
Pritiko laid down the law of the weekend with a scorching 34.411 second
qualifying lap, which gave him the pole by 0.132 of a second. In the pre-final,
Pritiko made a good start and held on to go flag-to-flag. He won by a 1.158
second margin.
For
the 25-lap final, it would take another good start by Pritiko to have a shot at
taking the win. Pritiko got not a good start, but a great one that got him the
lead going into turn 1. From there Pritiko settled into a rhythm and held on to
the checkered flag. That was tough especially on the ribs. Hopefully with
this win Ill move up in the points.
John Pritiko, was also happy with his sons first win. I am really happy for
our whole team. We worked really, really hard all weekend and this is the
result. Mike [Roth] and Tyler [Givogue] did well, but this will tighten the
points up. Luke, and Enzo Chiovitti, along with Matts tuner Jason Papp really
helped us this weekend.
To crown off the weekend, Pritiko was awarded the GM Racing award, which goes to
a driver judged to have displayed outstanding competition skills and
sportsmanship.
RotaxMax Senior
Cameron Motorsports Fast Qualifier; Marco Di
Leo, Markham, Ontario
Di Leo yet again clean swept the RotaxMax Senior class by taking pole, pre-final
and final win. Behind Di Leo in the pre-final were Bramptons Trevor Daley and
Pickerings Darryl Timmers. In the final, Windsors Marc Stehle was second and
Etobicokes Robert Wickens was third.
World Formula Senior
Cameron Motorsports Fast Qualifier; Paul
Carvalho, Gilford, Ontario
Woodstocks Corey Usher made good on his front row starting spot off pole
and took both the pre-final and final race wins. Polesitter Carvalho was second
in both races, while Gilfords Adriano Bilotta was third in the pre-final and
Simcoes Don Cole was third in the final.
Canada Senior Heavy
Cameron Motorsports Fast Qualifier; Justin
Mascoll, Whitby, Ontario
Leamingtons Jennifer Rempel took the top spot in the pre-final ahead of Belle
Rivers Dave Patrick and polesitter Mascoll. In the final, Mascoll made his way
up to the top spot, while Uxbridges Aaron de Heus came from fourth to finish
second. Third was Rempel.
Canada Senior Light
Cameron Motorsports Fast Qualifier; Marco
Di Leo, Markham, Ontario
Di Leo swept the Canada Senior Light class, but taking pole, pre-final and final
win. Behind Di Leo in the pre-final were Pickerings Rob Oakman, and Markhams
Sal Ditta. In the final, it was Ditta and Leamingtons Jennifer Rempel rounding
out the podium.
Junior action...
Rain moves Juniors to Sunday schedule at Sutton!
Morad and Herder remain undefeated in Junior competition
Juniors normally highlight the Saturday schedule at the Sunoco Ron Fellows
Karting Championship Presented by Toronto Star Wheels. For most of the day
that was the case, but the rains came late in the day. Three of the four
Junior class finals were put off to Sunday morning. Canada Junior Light
was the only final run, and it was Taylor Holdaway taking the win.
On Sunday, in Formula Junior, Markhams
Daniel Morad, took his fourth consecutive win, a feat matched by Pearce Herder
in Canada Senior Heavy. Christophe Boisclair the current Canadian Rotax Max
Jr. Champion took the win in Rotax Max Jr.
Formula Junior
Cameron Motorsports Fast Qualifier; Curtis
Fox, Bradford Ontario
Formula Junior polesitter Curtis Fox was dealt a serious blow when he jumped the
start of the pre-final which sent him to the back of the grid. From there, Fox
put on the drive of the day to finish third, just 2.767 behind winner, Markhams
Daniel Morad, and King Citys Richard Boake.
Canada Junior Light
Cameron Motorsports Fast Qualifier; Taylor
Holdaway, Orillia, Ontario
Holdaway hung on to win the pre-final over Boltons Keenan Harris, and Maples
JonMichael Ostella. In the final, Ostella moved forward to take the win over
Holdaway and Harris.
Canada Junior Heavy
Cameron Motorsports Fast Qualifier, Pearce
Herder, Stouffville, Ontario
Herder continued his winning streak with a clean sweep of Canada Junior Heavy.
Behind Herder in the pre-final were Richmond Hills Michael Di Meo and
Belfountains Kenny Riedmann. Riedmann was also third in the final, but
Markhams Evan Hayden was second.
RotaxMax Junior
Cameron Motorsports Fast Qualifier; Evan
Hayden, Markham, Ontario
Quebecs Christophe Boisclair came from third on the grid to win the pre-final.
Behind him were Markhams Evan Hayden and Richmond Hills Eric Barrett. In the
final, first and third were the same, but Pearce Herder managed to finish second
after being 10th in the pre-final.
World Formula Junior
Cameron
Motorsports Fast Qualifier; Kevin Monteith, Stouffville, Ontario.
Monteith was able to capitalize on his pole position to take a clean sweep of
the pre-final and final. The win stopped Woodstocks William Keatings domination
of the class so far this year. Keatings came second, and Lindsey Brown was third
in both the pre-final and final.
The objective of the SRFKC is to help foster
a professional environment for kart drivers; help create a positive attitude
towards appearance, conduct and discipline; help foster the employment of the
best practices for the safe and fair running of competitions; and help kart
drivers to move up the racing ladder to automobile racing.
For more information, please contact:
Russ Bond, 905-852-2900 [email protected]
Brad Brown, [email protected] (416)-233-8727
Paul Cooke, ASN Canada FIA 905-403-9000
Release prepared by Russ Bond Agency (www.russbondagency.com)