CalSpeed2018

JIM MCKINNEY COLBY DUBATO Vemme Kart USA Senior Rok Saturday Report After not attending the opening round of the Challenge in Phoenix, Jake Drew worked diligently to come up with the money he needed to race at CalSpeed. He paid back his supporters with a dominant day in his Phil Giebler Racing Ricciardo. Drew dominated the Vemme Kart Senior Rok qualifying run and then topped the 17-lap Prefinal over Bailey Murphy (Deadly). Colby DuBato (Vemme) was third ahead of Phoenix podium finisher Filip Niemkiewicz (Kart Republic). Point leader Jim McKinney (FA Kart) was fifth, having had transponder issues in qualifying which put him at the tail of the grid for the Prefinal. In the 25-lap Final, Drew was unstoppable, laying down consistent laps to stretch away to a 7.578-sec- ond victory. DuBato was impressive in his run to second, while McKinney battled back to third to maintain his solid lead in the championship points. Murphy finished fourth, ahead of Jenson Altzman (FA Kart).