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Cambrian Go-Karts Masters Max
Sunday Report
There is no question Scott Falcone came for victory
here in Sonoma, sweeping the action on Saturday and
beginning Sunday in the same fashion. The Rolison Per-
formance Group / Kosmic driver locked up the pole po-
sition early in qualifying, posting a 51.662-second lap to
once again hold a two tenths advantage over the rest of
the field. Paul Bonilla (Tony Kart) charged late, ending up
second with Chad Wallace earning his best qualifying
effort of the series to put RPG first and third. John Crow
(Birel) was fourth with Billy Cleavelin (CRG) fifth.
The Prefinal for the Masters group was an interesting
17 laps from start to finish. Falcone led the field to the
green with Bonilla slow at the drop of the green. The
field shuffled around him going into the opening corner,
until he spun around and collected the second half of the
field. This allowed Falcone a clear path at the front with
Cleavelin and Crow slotting in behind. They ran that way
until lap 15 when Falcone slowed coming out of the turn
nine, with his chain off from a broken rear sprocket. This
put Cleavelin into the lead and gave the CRG-USA driver
the win, with Crow unable to take the position away and
settling for second place points. Bonilla fought back to
battle for what was now third with Wallace and Roman
Alekseenkov (Tony Kart), making his first Challenge start.
Wallace was able to get away while Alekseenkov held
off the championship leader in the final corners for fourth.
Wallace however was penalized five positions for an air-
box infraction, moving everyone up a position and him
back to the eighth spot on the main event grid.
Alekseenkov elected to not compete in the main event,
moving the contenders all right there together on the grid.
When the green flag waved, Falcone quickly attacked on
Cleavelin with Crow and Bonilla falling in behind. Fal-
cone was too strong, posting quick laps early to get away
from Cleavelin and the rest of the field. With the Prefinal
the only blemish on his weekend record, Falcone scored
his second victory of the weekend and ended the champi-
onship chase in the third spot. Bonilla was able to record
the fast lap of the race, working past Cleavelin and scor-
ing the second spot to lock up the championship and his
first ever ticket to the Rotax Grand Finals. Cleavelin ran
third in his first COTA start with Crow finishing fourth and
ending the year second in points. 2014 US Rotax Grand
Nationals champion Ken Maxfield (Arrow) ran fifth.
Scott
Falcone
Masters