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Cambrian Go-Karts Masters Max
Sunday Report
Saturday winner Paul Bonilla (Tony Kart) began
Sunday where he left off, on top of the time sheets. A
51.989-second lap put the former series champion on the
pole position for the Prefinal, edging out another former
champ, John Crow (Birel) by 53 thousandths. The third
champion in the field, Scott Falcone (Kosmic), was third
with Joey McGuire (Birel) and Christopher Patterson (Tony
Kart) completing the fast five.
The Prefinal began with the field bunching up as they
entered turn one, and Patterson getting spun around in
the middle of the field. That shuffled up the order behind
Bonilla, as he jumped out to a big lead over the field.
Crow suffered as well, falling back to 11th on the open-
ing circuit as Falcone was able to move into second with
McGuire and Maxfield behind. On lap 3, Maxfield spun
on the exit of turn five, moving Jim Carey (Zanardi) into
the top-five. Crow however was on the charge during the
17-lap race. Moving through the top-10, he was fourth
by the halfway point and took third from Falcone on the
final lap, posting the fast lap of the race. Bonilla took the
win by four seconds over McGuire, with Falcone back to
fourth and Maxfield recovering to fifth over Carey.
It was decided in the opening laps who landed on the
podium with Bonilla and Crow able to escape the field
and pull away to decide the win on their own. Crow
matched Bonilla’s pace lap after lap, even recording the
fast lap while keeping Bonilla’s bumper just a few feet
away. Bonilla just kept his pace consistent, leaving no
room for Crow to attack. After 25 laps, Bonilla took the
second victory of the weekend by four tenths over Crow.
McGuire drove in the third spot all race, with Falcone
moving into the fourth spot early after getting shuffled
back. 2014 US Grand Nationals champ Maxfield com-
pleted the top-five.
Masters