Austin Versteeg
unior Max Saturday Report
s the provisional polesitter after the first group hit the track. Tucson winner Austin Versteeg (Kosmic) was quick out of the box, dropping a 46.600-sec-
match the pace, as the Rolison Performance Group driver cleared the field by three tenths for the top spot in the session. Arizona driver Jake Boyle
artin (Tony Kart) third. Point leader Christian Brooks (Tony Kart) was down the order for much of the session, having ignition issues. In the final few
re the third spot, dropping Martin to fourth and Sting Ray Robb (Tony Kart) in the fifth spot. Brooks was penalized during the session however and
illippe Denes (ART GP) to fifth.
on to run away with the prefinal win by more than three seconds. It was a fight for the second spot with Boyle getting a slow start at the drop of the
ped outside the top five with Smith working his way into the second spot. The drivers on the move however were Denes and Brooks, as they fought
pping back to fourth. Robb would complete the top-five with Boyle there in sixth.
unior Max field was within reach of Versteeg the entire main event. The Utah driver put together a perfect feature race, getting a great jump at the
s, and posting fast time of the race. After 25 laps, it was a six-second advantage as Versteeg put himself into the lead of the championship stand-
second position early on until Denes moved his way from fourth in the order to second by lap 15. That triggered the go sign to the rest of the group
pped Brooks to fourth and then on lap 24, took over the second spot while bringing Smith with him. Going to turn 10, Robb left plenty of room for
s Smith scored the runner-up position and his first podium finish of the series. Brooks beat Robb to the line for third with Kyle Wick (Kosmic) up to
Christian Brooks
