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unior Max Saturday Report
up split up into twogroups on theweekend for qualifying. Series promoter Andy Seesemann elected tomove the Pre-Qualifyingpractice toSaturday
any of the top drivers in the championship made it into the second and quicker group, but local drivers showed the way in the practice session.
track, championship contender Austin Versteeg (Kosmic) showed thewaywith the quick time in the session. The Rolison PerformanceGroup driver
by 31 thousandths, earning five points toward the point standings. Callum Smith (Energy) - celebrating his birthday yesterday - was thirdandwithin
rt) andChase Farley (Energy) capped off the fast five for the session. Point leader Christian Brooks (Tony Kart) was seventh in the order.
n the RPG duo of Versteeg andWick. They locked up to pull away from the field early on, and began exchanging the lead on lap four. Despite
y ran the quickest laps of the race to maintain their advantage. On the final lap,Wick used his better path through the tic-tac-toe section, sliding
er.Wick pulled a few kart lengths on the exit, and kept the lead until the checkered flag.Wick would have the win taken away due to a starting
der and giving thewin toVersteegwith Brooks able to advance up to second. Robb held the third spot until a bobble on lap15 dropped him back
ergy), making his series debut, to finish fourth until hewas penalized for avoidable contact, losing three spots. That put Robb to fourthwithNoah
ic), starting 17th, in sixth.
the 25-lapmain event, needing awin to keep himself in the championship chase. The two RPG drivers locked up until Brooks split them up on lap
circuit. Versteeg kept locked on the bumper of Brooks, that was until a slight bobble on the exit of turn one on lap 17 dropped him back to fourth
chargingWick back in the final circuits for his third feature victory of the series, helping his championship chase efforts. Robb fended off Versteeg
d the fast lap of the race to earn five extra points. Fulham completed the top-five, capping off another great day after a rough start. The #GoRotax
res, courtesy of MAXSpeedGroup, went toCallum Smith for improving 17 positions to 14th in 25 laps.
