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Nash Motorsportz Senior Max Sunday Report
As he did on Saturday, Brenden Baker (Tony Kart) slapped on some new Mojo tires and put himself at the top of the order in qualifying. a 50.353-
lap on his second circuit put him on the provisional pole position. No one during the remainder of the 15-minute session was able to get quicker,
with a lot of cat and mouse games of finding a dancing partner on track after pit stops. Mason Marotta (Tony Kart) moved to the second spot on his
second circuit to fill out the front row. Saturday winner Cedrik Lupien (FA Kart) ran in the first group, and the Canadian’s time held on for the third
position. Louie Pagano (Tony Kart) ended up fourth with Senior rookie Phillippe Denes (Kosmic) in fifth. Fellow rookie Christian Brooks (Tony Kart)
was the only driver to inch his way up the order late, moving up to sixth.
Baker made it look easy in the 17-lap Prefinal. From the pole position, he pulled out to a solid lead on the opening lap, with Marotta fighting off
the group for second. Marotta closed in on the second lap, but Baker pulled out little by little to hold a 1.5-second advantage at the checkered flag.
Sr. Max
Brenden Baker
The race on-track was for third with Lupien holding the spot but was pressured by Rocha for much of the race. On lap 11, Rocha took the
spot but he and Lupien continued for fight for the next four laps. This allowed Brooks to close in as well as Carlee Taylor (Tony Kart). Rocha
secured the third spot with Brooks moving past Lupien for fourth on the final circuit. Taylor was right there in sixth with Denes in seventh.
Baker showed throughout the weekend that he was among the quickest drivers in the Senior Max division, and proved it with the victory
in the Final. Rocha was able to get the jump on the front row drivers, moving to the lead through the opening corner. Baker fought back
right away, moving back into the lead before the end of the first circuit. The top six broke away early on, mixing up the order behind
Baker. Saturday winner Lupien took over the top spot on lap five, bunching up the lead group to nearly 12 drivers. After more shuffling,
Marotta became the new leader with Baker getting to his bumper. The move the race occurred on lap 13 with Baker sliding past Marotta
at turn one.