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Jr. Max
Rolison Performance Group Junior Max
Saturday Report
The Junior class on Saturday was all about Nick Brueckner,
as the Orsolon Racing Tony Kart pilot set the pace in quali-
fying. The Texan was the only driver to dip into the 46-sec-
ond bracket, posting a 46.943-second. NorCal driver Toni
Breidinger (Kosmic) recorded her best qualifying performance
of her Junior career, ending the session in the second position.
Matthew Taskinen (Tony Kart) was third in the order with Mi-
chael Michoff (Kosmic) and David Ilavia (CompKart) making
up the fast five. Absent from the top of the order was Sting
Ray Robb. A chassis change prior to qualifying forced him to
start last for the Prefinal no matter what his lap time was. He
presented and was set to start 19th.
Brueckner went wire-to-wire in the 17-lap event, but the real
story was Robb coming from the back to the front. Lap after
lap, the Round One winner climbed up the order and was
able to reach the third position, riding the bumper of rookie
Trey Brown (Tony Kart) – who started sixth himself. They fin-
ished three seconds back of Brueckner, with Breidinger down
to fourth and Taskinen to fifth.
The 25-lap Final was a carbon copy of the Tucson opening
race, this time with Brueckner at the point. Robb was into the
second position early and on Brueckner’s bumper. They ran
nose to tail the entire time with Robb trying to find a spot to
take over the lead. The opportunity never came, and Brueckner
scored his second straight victory of the series. Robb settled
for second, as Brown landed another podium again. Taskinen
finished a close fourth as Breidinger beat out Zoey Edenholm
(Kosmic) for fifth.
Nick Brueckner
Sting Ray Rob
Trey Brown