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2004
EASYKART GRAND NATIONALS PRESENTED BY PHONE 1 |
October 2-3,
Sixty-eight drivers, hailing from seven countries traveled
to central Florida for the 2004 Easykart Grand Nationals,
presented by Phone One. Drivers in the four spec Easykart
classes funneled into the Jacksonville Motorsport Park for
a very exciting weekend of racing. On the line this weekend
were four round trip, all expense paid trips to Rome, Italy
for the Easykart World Finals October 16-17, 2004. "Our
winners this weekend in the four Easykart spec classes will
all be going to Italy for the Easykart World Championships,"
said Salomon Bendayan COO of Easykart America. Easykart CEO,
Pablo Montoya, was on hand offering guidance, and support
to the drivers and crews competing this weekend. "The
Easykart series gives racers a chance to showcase their talents,
in identically equipment karts," says Montoya. "This
allows the best drivers to win, and not just the best funded
drivers. When our four winners get to Italy for the Easykart
World Championships, the drivers will receive equipment and
support from Birel Motorsport, so they are going to be in
good hands.
Race announcer Bobby Waltrip kept everyone informed all weekend
long, providing the spectators with exciting play-by-play
coverage of the event. Bobby, the most famous of the Waltrip
brothers is a seasoned announcer from the WKA National Dirt
Oval series, and is an asset to any race program. Waltrip
earned his money this weekend, running his mouth overtime,
to keep up with all the action on track.
WKA official, Glen Firing was the race director, and if Waltrip
kept them informed, Firing keeping them in line. "It's
no easy task being race director at an event filled with spec
classes," said Firing. "The fact that they all run
the same package keeps things close from the first lap to
the last lap. I was impressed with the drivers, and the closeness
of racing displayed by the all the classes."
The Easykart 60 class was the closest race of the day. Spencer
Pigot of Miami, Fl. crossed the finish line just .125 seconds
ahead of Eric Filgueiras, winning the chance to be named Easykart
World Champion. Daniel Formal finished a close 3rd.
Easykart 125 Light was the second class to take to the track.
Kaitlin Mangham got it done at her home track, just beating
out Stars Easykart West champion Corry Pollock by 2 seconds
for the win. Pollock charged up through the field after contact
in the heat dropped him well back in the pack. Colombian,
Camilo Zurcher had a great drive ending his weekend in third
place.
Multiple WKA national champion, Paul Harraka, had his hands
full in the Easykart 100 class. Dominic Scheer set a torrid
pace in qualifying, putting it on pole, but at the end of
the day, the WKA HPV National Champion Scheer had to settle
for a third place finish. Harraka was able to achieve his
first Easykart National win, scoring a trip to Italy in the
process. Colombia's Martin Sala gave Harraka a run for his
money, but finished just behind the New Jersey pilot in second
place.
Easy 125 Heavy was the final class of the day, and saw Manuel
Villalobos take the checker flag, and win the trip to Italy.
Guillermo Freile, and Dario Echeverry followed Villalobos
to the stripe.
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