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Zavaglia In Box Seat For Superkart Finale

from Mark Jones

Sam Zavaglia heads into the Australian Superkart Championship finale this weekend at Eastern Creek Raceway with a significant advantage and in the best position he has ever been in to add a second 250 International title to his 2002 Australian Championship.

The Sydney-based international superkart racer leads a 30 kart strong entry for his home track event, which will be held as part of Round 6 of the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships. Two-thirds of the entry belong to the 250cc outright class, having attracted entries from all the mainland states of Australia.

Zavaglia, driving his Sam Zavaglia Racing prepared Stockman MR2 Yamaha superkart, holds a 14 point lead over defending champion, Victorian racer Darren Hossack, after taking two race wins at the previous round held at Mallala Motor Sport Park in May. The round win included a memorable win in the final bonus points race of the weekend held in changeable weather conditions after what had been a character building weekend of making the best of a meeting where Zavaglia did not have the pace of the fastest karts. Home track is certainly an advantage for Zavaglia, his pace there in recent times has only been matched by Hossack and seven-time Australian Champion Warren McIlveen.

Hossack too collected a big points haul from Mallala to come away from the weekend better than he could have hoped for and heads to Eastern Creek, a circuit much better suited to both his and his Safe Evolutions prepared Anderson-Safe superkart. Hossack, one of Australia's most versatile drivers as the current national title holder of Superkarts and Sports Sedans, has to pick up four points in each of the four races, or two race positions if both are racing at the front of the field, just to threaten Zavaglia. With a total of 85 points available over the four races, finishing every race will be vital. Zavaglia finds himself in the position Hossack held this time last year. The championship is almost his to lose.

Behind Hossack the points positions get very close with three drivers within eleven points of second position. The Harpas brothers from Adelaide are closest. Running a pair of Zip Eagle-BRCs supported by Internode, Metaplanners and Davtec and prepared by the Zip BDH team, the two students were the sensation of their home event with Yiani Harpas taking two race wins, his first at national level. Yiani Harpas is just four points behind Hossack, the smallest of wet weather errors robbing him of the Mallala round win. Ilya Harpas is just four points further back.

The shark in the pack is just three points further away. Far and away the fastest driver at Mallala, Victorian racer Gary Pegoraro had mechanical reliability and the weather rob him of better results, breaking two engines over the course of the previous round. The lead driver of semi-factory Anderson team RMR Superkarts, and supported by Marron Excavations and Wizzer Race Engines, will have the rest of the field looking over their shoulders.

Hossack is not the only cross-category racer competing within the Superkart ranks this weekend. V8 Supercar racer Shane Price has his third national level race meeting in the Dean Davies owned Anderson-Safe had his Mallala round crueled by an electrical failure in the first race, but fought back to finish second in the final race of the weekend. Price, who claimed the New Zealand Superkart Championship in his first ever Superkart race meeting, will be looking for race wins this weekend and also an opportunity for racing prior to his drives for one of the quicker Holdens at this years Phillip Island 500 and Bathurst 1000 meetings.

Sports Sedan racer Daniel Tamasi makes his first appearance at national level in a Stockman-Honda supported by his Sports Sedan team the Domain Prestige Homes team. After watching his 16-year-old son Steven win the Mallala round for the 125cc class, Daniel has stepped into the class himself and may just get a very close view of Steven's tilt and claiming a national series.

Steven Tamasi leads the 125cc class for the race within a race title for the single cylinder karts by 25 points. It is a margin that will require Tamasi to have to fail to finish one, possibly two races to lose. Jeff Reed in the Telgrit Stockman-Honda leads the pursuers with Rod Conn tied on points with Reed in the Arconn Refrigeration Stockman-Honda. The pair will fight over second place in the title against home-track racer, veteran John Pellicano in the Giova Design Avoig-Honda with just five points separating the three racers.

The Eastern Creek round of the Australian Superkart Championship will be held over the July 17-19 weekend, beginning with practice today and qualifying on Saturday morning. The first of four races will be held on Saturday afternoon with three further races to be held on Sunday to decide the Australian Superkart Championship as we celebrate 20 years of the Australian Championship after the first champion was crowned in 1989.

For more information on Australian Superkart racing, visit:

http://www.superkartsaustralia.org/ - Superkarts Australia
http://www.superkart.org.au/ - The Superkart Club of New South Wales
http://www.superkartsvictoria.com/ - Victorian Superkart Club
http://www.qldsuperkart.org/ - Queensland Superkart Club
http://www.superkart.net.au/ - Adelaide Superkart Club

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	Zavaglia In Box Seat For Superkart Finale from Mark Jones Sam Zavaglia heads into the Australian Superkart Championship finale this weekend at Eastern Creek Raceway with a significant advantage and in the best position he has ever been in to add a second 250 International title to his 2002 Australian Championship. The Sydney-based international superkart racer leads a 30 kart strong entry for his home track event, which will be held as part of Round 6 of the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships. Two-thirds of the entry belong to the 250cc outright class, having attracted entries from all the mainland states of Australia. Zavaglia, driving his Sam Zavaglia Racing prepared Stockman MR2 Yamaha superkart, holds a 14 point lead over defending champion, Victorian racer Darren Hossack, after taking two race wins at the previous round held at Mallala Motor Sport Park in May. The round win included a memorable win in the final bonus points race of the weekend held in changeable weather conditions after what had been a character building weekend of making the best of a meeting where Zavaglia did not have the pace of the fastest karts. Home track is certainly an advantage for Zavaglia, his pace there in recent times has only been matched by Hossack and seven-time Australian Champion Warren McIlveen. Hossack too collected a big points haul from Mallala to come away from the weekend better than he could have hoped for and heads to Eastern Creek, a circuit much better suited to both his and his Safe Evolutions prepared Anderson-Safe superkart. Hossack, one of Australia's most versatile drivers as the current national title holder of Superkarts and Sports Sedans, has to pick up four points in each of the four races, or two race positions if both are racing at the front of the field, just to threaten Zavaglia. With a total of 85 points available over the four races, finishing every race will be vital. Zavaglia finds himself in the position Hossack held this time last year. The championship is almost his to lose. Behind Hossack the points positions get very close with three drivers within eleven points of second position. The Harpas brothers from Adelaide are closest. Running a pair of Zip Eagle-BRCs supported by Internode, Metaplanners and Davtec and prepared by the Zip BDH team, the two students were the sensation of their home event with Yiani Harpas taking two race wins, his first at national level. Yiani Harpas is just four points behind Hossack, the smallest of wet weather errors robbing him of the Mallala round win. Ilya Harpas is just four points further back. The shark in the pack is just three points further away. Far and away the fastest driver at Mallala, Victorian racer Gary Pegoraro had mechanical reliability and the weather rob him of better results, breaking two engines over the course of the previous round. The lead driver of semi-factory Anderson team RMR Superkarts, and supported by Marron Excavations and Wizzer Race Engines, will have the rest of the field looking over their shoulders. Hossack is not the only cross-category racer competing within the Superkart ranks this weekend. V8 Supercar racer Shane Price has his third national level race meeting in the Dean Davies owned Anderson-Safe had his Mallala round crueled by an electrical failure in the first race, but fought back to finish second in the final race of the weekend. Price, who claimed the New Zealand Superkart Championship in his first ever Superkart race meeting, will be looking for race wins this weekend and also an opportunity for racing prior to his drives for one of the quicker Holdens at this years Phillip Island 500 and Bathurst 1000 meetings. Sports Sedan racer Daniel Tamasi makes his first appearance at national level in a Stockman-Honda supported by his Sports Sedan team the Domain Prestige Homes team. After watching his 16-year-old son Steven win the Mallala round for the 125cc class, Daniel has stepped into the class himself and may just get a very close view of Steven's tilt and claiming a national series. Steven Tamasi leads the 125cc class for the race within a race title for the single cylinder karts by 25 points. It is a margin that will require Tamasi to have to fail to finish one, possibly two races to lose. Jeff Reed in the Telgrit Stockman-Honda leads the pursuers with Rod Conn tied on points with Reed in the Arconn Refrigeration Stockman-Honda. The pair will fight over second place in the title against home-track racer, veteran John Pellicano in the Giova Design Avoig-Honda with just five points separating the three racers. The Eastern Creek round of the Australian Superkart Championship will be held over the July 17-19 weekend, beginning with practice today and qualifying on Saturday morning. The first of four races will be held on Saturday afternoon with three further races to be held on Sunday to decide the Australian Superkart Championship as we celebrate 20 years of the Australian Championship after the first champion was crowned in 1989. For more information on Australian Superkart racing, visit: http://www.superkartsaustralia.org/ - Superkarts Australia http://www.superkart.org.au/ - The Superkart Club of New South Wales http://www.superkartsvictoria.com/ - Victorian Superkart Club http://www.qldsuperkart.org/ - Queensland Superkart Club http://www.superkart.net.au/ - Adelaide Superkart Club Home
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