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Florida Prokart Series, Round 2

press release

20 February 2015

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ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL EVENT AT PALM BEACH FOR FLORIDA PRO KART SERIES

Over 100 entries each day enjoy tough competition and family atmosphere focused event

The second stop of the Florida Pro Kart Series winter program returned to the Palm Beach Kart Center in Jupiter, Florida on February 6-8. Contesting the third and fourth rounds of the six-race championship series, just over 100 entries took part in another successful and fun event focused around family-based atmosphere. Fourteen categories made up the seven race groups each day, welcoming first time winners and drivers extending their championship lead as the program heads toward the series finale in March.

The IAME USA East IAME Senior category welcomed two new winners on the weekend, making it four different drivers on top of the podium in four rounds of racing. AJ Myers and Roger Ralston Jr. bested the 19-driver fields in the two main events. Most of the weekend belonged to Dan Roeper, making his first series start. Roeper was the top qualifier both days, and won all four heat races under heavy pressure. Myers, starting second in Saturday’s Final, got the jump on Roeper and was able to lead all 15 laps for the win. At the line, it was a photo finish, with Roeper coming just 65 thousandths short. Colin Warren completed the podium with IndyCar driver Jay Howard fourth and Andrick Zeen fifth. After Roeper showed the way throughout the day Sunday, when it came to the Final it was all Ralston. The Florida driver led all 15 laps, pulling out to a 1.5-second advantage. Myers ran second with Roeper taking third. Zeen improved one spot from the previous day while Dustin Stross completed the top-five. With the total weekend points calculated, Myers took home the check for $2,000 with Roeper claiming the $500 payday. Zeen was third overall, and won a new set of Bridgestone tires.

Above: AJ Myers scored the $2,000 pay day in IAME Senior
pic - Palm Beach Kart Center

It was a fight all weekend long in the 14-driver Top Kart USA IAME Junior class as championship leader Zach Holden added another win to his record, with Vincenzo Sarracino awarded the victory on Sunday. Sarracino laid down a blistering lap for qualifying on Saturday to secure the pole position for the opening heat race, however, he would not complete a single lap. That opened the door for Wisconsin driver Brandon Lemke to score the win. It was a four-driver battle in Heat #2, with Seve DePinto edging out Sarracino, Lemke and Jack Miller. Holden got the jump on the entire field in the main event, and went on to lead all 15 laps for his second victory, beating Giovanni Bromante by 67 thousandths of a second at the line. Lemke, Miller and John Paul Southern Jr. completed the top-five. Holden continued his run at the front on Sunday, beating Lemke for fast time in qualifying by just seven thousandths and in both heat races. The two battled hard in the Final, with Lemke crossing the line first until a blocking penalty dropped him two positions. That promoted Sarracino to the top of the podium, able to slip around Holden on the final lap. Lemke was classified third with Devin Bowerman and DePinto fourth and fifth. Holden extends his championship lead, and earned another $1,000 check with his weekend total. Lemke was second with $500 as Bromante took home the Bridgestone set of tires.

Sean Meier continued his win streak in the Brad’s Heating & Cooling Briggs 206 Senior category, welcoming 14 drivers, winning both feature races over the weekend. Meier swept Saturday’s action, leading from qualifying, through both heat races and the Final. Patrick O’Neal gave chase, and led in the main event at times, but fell three tenths back at the checkered flag. Michael Clark completed the podium, with Mike de la Plante fourth and Steven Hefley fifth. Plante broke up the perfect score for Meier, posting the fast lap in Sunday qualifying with championship leader back in the third spot. Meier fought his way to the race win in both heats, and then lead all 15 laps for the victory. O’Neal was runner-up with Nic Hill in third. Plante was fourth, but was penalized two positions for blocking, moving Brad Famer to fourth and Matthew Mayes to fifth. The Brad’s Heading & Cooling Briggs 206 Junior division was split between point leader Jimmy Jackson and Nash Duyn. Jackson nearly swept Saturday’s round, with Duyn taking the top honors in qualifying. In the Final, Jackson edged out Duyn by two tenths at the checkered flag with Hunter Fox a close third. Duyn was the top driver on Sunday, aside from Jackson scoring the win in Heat #2. Duyn edged out Jackson and Fox for the victory in the main event, scoring his first series win.

A group of 14 drivers made up the four Palm Beach Kart Center shifterkart categories. AJ Myers and Open Shifter point leader Patrik Hajek were the top two drivers on the weekend, splitting the victories. Hajek was the top driver on Saturday through qualifying and the two heat races. Leading the first four laps, the Czech driver retired early, handing the lead and the win to Myers. Cole Mathewson was a close second, with Max DiBella in third. Hajek began Sunday as he did Saturday, landing fast time in qualifying before another DNF in Heat #1 gave Myers the win. Hajek bounced back to win Heat #2, and led the final 11 laps of the main event for his third victory of the season. Myers was runner-up with Mathewson in third. Open Masters was won by Patrck Otto Madsen both days. Point leader Kurt Mathewson was the top driver through most of Saturday, until a DNF in the main event gave Madsen the victory. Sunday was all Madsen, sweeping the action with Mathewson in second.

Above: Czech driver Patrik Hajek won his third feature in Open Shifter
pic - Palm Beach Kart Center

The Stock Honda category was a revolving door at the front as point leader Ryan Greive and David Levy swapped the top spot. In the Final, Levy came away with the victory as Farshad Bagheri slipped into second, dropping Greive back to third. On Sunday, Greive led the majority of the day until the Final when Bagheri advanced to the top spot for the victory. Levy and Greive finished within two seconds of the leader. David Davis ran unchallenged Saturday in the Stock Honda Masters division, and was joined by Philip Haddad on Sunday. Haddad swept the fourth round, with Davis settling for second.

Michael Pagano made his Praga TaG Open Senior debut on the weekend, sweeping the opening day of action. Pagano beat out the seven other drivers in the category on Saturday, driving to a six-second victory in the main event over Daniel Rieger and Mason Carroll. Carroll and Pagano went back and forth on Sunday. Carroll took the fast lap in qualifying, with Pagano winning both heat races. Pagano led 14 of the 15 laps in the Final to cross the line first, but was removed from the results following tech. That promoted Carroll to the victory, with Rieger second and Brendan Nelson third. Christian Calvo extended his win streak to three, dominating the Praga TaG Open Masters class. Calvo won Saturday’s feature by seven seconds over Miguel Gransaulll and Janos Elier, with the same podium on Sunday as Calvo won by only three seconds.

Jason Welage swept the entire weekend in the Ticket Clinic TaG Sportsman group. Racing in the IAME Mini Swift class, Welage was at the top of the results sheet from qualifying to the main event, both days. The victory on Saturday was a 10-second advantage in class over Owen Mahle and point leader Ashton Chilton. Sunday’s triumph was nine seconds ahead of Mahle with Maximilian Opalski in third. Giano Taurino won the Vortex Mini Rok class on Saturday, winning by just over four seconds ahead of top qualifier Travis Devendorf and Heat #2 winner Will Lambros. Sunday was a sweep by Devendorf, running away to a 10-second margin of victory over Lambros and Dino Lambros.

Harry Coulton extended his KARTS TaG Mini championship lead, sweeping the weekend. Humerto Porrata ran second the entire time, with Chase Oliveri in third. Eight drivers made up the Ticket Clinic TaG Micro division, with Andreus Asmar and Elio Giovane the top two drivers both days. Asmar drove to a four-second victory over Giovane with top qualifier Rylee Engel third. Asmar was the quickest in Sunday qualifying, until Giovane won both heat races and the Final. Asmar finished the main event a tenth back from Giovane, with Engel in third once again.

The series finale is scheduled for March 13-15 at the 103rd Street Sports Complex in Jacksonville.

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