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Ron White Racing Rok Shifter Masters Saturday
Defending champion Kevin Woods (RWR / CRG) pipped Michael Val- iante (IM USA / Italkart) for the pole in Ron White Racing Masters Shifter, putting himself on the inside of the front row for the 14-lap Prefinal, and he then dominated the race. Valiante dropped to third early, but he found a way past Cliff Kujala (Pure / Tony Kart) to finish second. In the main, Valiante outgunned Woods through the opening corners to take the lead and he then held Woods at bay for many laps. The man on the move was Kujala, as the Tony Kart driver knifed forward and eventually passed both Woods and Valiante with decisive overtakes in the left-hand turn six. Kujala looked to have the race locked up but has an issue in turn 10 handed the lead back to Valiante, and the Canadian veteran would not relinquish the lead again and ended up with a 0.353-second win over Kujala. Woods held on for third while Nick Firestone (GFC) drove from 14th to fourth after issues in the Pre-Main. Firestone and Nick Brickman (GFC) slipped past Michael Guasch (Italkart) on the final lap to took fourth and fifth.
CLIFF KUJALA
KEVIN WOODS