Holeshot Drive Systems Senior Max Saturday Report
The earlier you could post a lap, the better in Senior Max as the third to fourth circuit was primetime on the Mojo tires to set the quickest lap
point leader Phillip Arscott (Kosmic) set the bar with his fourth lap, a 45.802-second mark. Round two winner Jake Craig (Tony Kart) was second
in third. Drivers dropped into the pit lane and returned to the track with about six minutes to go. Mason Marotta (Tony Kart) moved up to secon
bested Arscott’s time by three hundredths of a second. Craig’s lap withstood the final push to the end of the session, earning the five bonus points
with Marotta third, Pagano fourth and former champion Phil DeLaO (FA Kart) fifth. Jim McKinney (Tony Kart) set the provisional pole in the openin
Craig had his 2 Wild Karting Tony Kart on a rail in the prefinal as he drove away to a three-second win. He was pressured early on by Marott
top-five. Consistent laps, including the fast lap of the race, allowed Craig to pull away to the race win, with Pagano emerging as the second be
work past Marotta, the same lap as Pagano did, and they ran that way to the checkered flag. DeLaO retained the fifth position with Senior rookie
Making it look easy all day, Craig completed the day’s sweep as he scored maximum points toward the championship. Craig led all 25 laps of t
pulling away to a 2.5-second margin of victory. Behind him, the top six ran together, minus Pagano and DeLaO for a time as they got together on
with DeLaO outside the top-10. Arscott slotted into the familiar role of second followed by Rocha, Roger Ralston (Arrow) and Marotta. Pagano wa
five once again by lap seven. He continued to move forward, working by Ralston, putting himself within podium contention.
The race was a battle for second and third, with Rocha putting on pressure to Arscott, with Pagano returning the favor to Rocha. No exchanges
runner-up finish with Rocha running a defensive line to the checkered flag to cross the stripe third. Officials however penalized Rocha one position fo
third, and dropping the rookie from his first chance at a top three. Ralston was able to fend off Marotta with a photo finish for fifth, coming across th
in an east coast vs. west coast battle. For Ralston, it was the first top-five finish for the KartSport North America driver. Behind that was a battle for se
DeLaO and Stepanova Nekeel (Tony Kart). Veteran Matt Johnson (FA Kart), who started 17th, fought his way into the top-10 and joined the group b
for the remainder of the race. Nekeel however dropped out with carburetion issues, with Johnson driving up to seventh over McKinney and DeLaO.
Jake Craig
Sr. Max
