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Mini Max
PSL West Mini Max Sunday Report
The pole position went down to the wire in the 15-minute Mini Max session, with Sebastian Alvarez (CRG) holding on to the top spot.
Early on, it was he along with Saturday winner Griffin Dowler (Tony Kart) and Austin Torgerson (Tony Kart). Jacob Blue Hudson (FA Kart)
put his name into the mix until Alvarez went back to the P1 spot on his fifth circuit, bettering his time on the sixth lap. No one challenge
until late when Payton Durrant (Tony Kart) began improving his time and inching his way closer. At the checkered flag, Durrant came 15
thousandths away from Alvarez’s 54.699-lap. Torgerson was only seven hundredths off the pole position time, with Hudson and Dowler
completing the fast five.
The Mini Max division also had to restart their Prefinal, as Hannah Greenemeier was spun around just before the green flag waved.
Once the second green waved, contact in the opening corner collected Durrant as his rear bumper broke off. Hudson was involved as
well, allowing Torgerson and Dowler into the top three. They trailed Alvarez the entire time, as he led all 13 laps for the win. Dowler
finished second with Torgerson third. Jak Crawford (Tony Kart) advanced from seventh to fourth with Filip Niemkiewicz (CRG) following
through from eighth.
Alvarez made the day look easy, leading all 18 laps for his first Challenge victory. With a clean start, the Mini Max class began their
main event, except for Hudson who was unable to get off the grid. Dowler retained the second spot early with Crawford, Torgerson and
Kacic on the attack. Crawford took a turn at the second spot until Torgerson made his way to the front of the pack, as he and Dowler
fought all the way to the end for the second spot. Torgerson came away with the runner-up position, with Dowler third. Kacic won fourth
with Crawford an impressive fifth.
Sebastian Alvarez