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SSKC
Race Results
(Race 7 & 8)
The
third race day of the season was
held on Sun, July 11th at the 3 Flags Motorsport track just south of
Lumsden.
Sunday was a great race day from a weather perspective, a bit cooler
with temperatures in the 20's with a light wind, one of the most
pleasant race days we have had this year.
Turn out was a bit lighter this race
day so we ran 3 race classes with the Junior 1 Honda, Junior ROK and we
combined ROK Pro and ROK Masters into one race class with separate
qualifications for each group.
The race went well with only 1 incident when Rod had a break failure on
the back straight and took to the tires at the fence line.
Fortunately there was no serious injury. The rest of the race day
ran without incident.
The Junior 1 classes had 3 racers in all heats with Jayden and Michael
challenging each other within the heats exchanging positions in heat 1
and 2. Junior ROK showed some good competition between heats with
a number of position changes between Garett, Larisa and Colby.
James and Thomas continue to develop during this race season. The
ROK Pro class continue to be dominated by Darcy and Nick. The two
heats, with 4 racers , showed a consistent result for the race
day. The ROK Master actually raced with the ROK Pro drivers so
that added some additional passing practice for Pro class. Sam
lead both heats with Jeff and Dave swapping out second place between
heats. With 5 drivers, the masters was the largest class of the
race day.
Detailed race results are posted on
the web site, see the link under Race
Results on the right hand side of the site.
Race
results are uploaded to the MyLaps
site. Look for SSKC in the list of
organizations
ROK
CUP Pro Series (Regina)
ROK Regional 3 - SSKC
Race 5 & 6
Hosted by the
South Sask Kart Club and 3 Flags Motorsport Park
Saturday and Sunday, June 19th &
20th
As part of the Western Canada ROK series, the South Sask Kart Club
hosted the first of the two ROK National
Cup series races in Western Canada and the third ROK Regional race. SSKC
also ran their club race 5 & 6 on Sunday as part of the series.
Weather was not an issue this year as we finally caught a break from
all the rain. Racers did not escape the impact of the recent wet
spell as some of the
out of town racers got caught in the detour on the Trans Canada
due to wash outs in the highway in a couple of locations.
Otherwise; the whole weekend offered up a
fairly sunny day with moderate temperatures in the mid 20's°C.
Friday was the first day of the event, but was limited to practice
time for all the classes.
Saturday dawned with humid weather and a limited threat of rain
showers. We continued on with the practice sessions and the bad
weather that was forecasted never developed. A quick
count of drivers gave us about 20 participants across the 3
ROK
categories, ROK Pro, ROK Masters and ROK Junior. We also had a
few Junior 1 Honda racers in that class giving us about two dozen
drivers. Participants came
from BC,
Alberta and Saskatchewan. Practices wound up late Saturday
afternoon and we moved into race number 1 in all classes. Racing
went off without a hitch and the race leaders started to established
their positions in all the classes after the first race was completed.
Saturday wound up with an excellent steak dinner hosted at the 3 Flags
Motorsport
Park.
Sunday offered up another excellent day with a partly cloudy sky
moderating the sunshine. The day started a bit warmer than
Saturday, but pretty much a carbon copy of Saturdays weather.
Sunday added in a few more drivers for the SSKC Race 5 & 6 sessions
that were incorporated as a race within a race as part of the ROK
cup. After a very quick warm-up for each class, we moved into
race 2. The ROK Pro racers were hard at it with a bit of bump and
grind in the midfield over several laps. On the last lap there
was spin out on the second turn off the back straight-a-way and the
lead kart became part of the incident, taking him out with half a lap
to go. The other 3 classes completed without major incident
although there was the odd lost chain and a few missed corners that
resulted in changes in race positions. The fields position in
each class pretty much mirrored the race one results with a bit
of jockeying in the mid-field. Emotions were high at the
end of that race and the race directors reminded the participants that
safety is a key goal and everyone need to pay attention to the
flags. Racers were reminded it was critical the racers
acknowledge the flags and gave due considerations to those who were
faster, especially in lapping circumstances. With that reminder,
the 3rd and final race of the day was gridded up. The race went
off without a hitch and incidents were limited to lost chains and the
odd overshoot of a corner as racers gave it their all for final
position and a shot at the top points.
All in all, an excellent weekend.
Congratulations
to all the racers for a great race weekend.
ROK
Cup Pro Series Results
based
on points earned over the 3 races.
ROK
Pro
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ROK
Jr
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Darcy Shaw
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Marcus Brodie
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2.
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Chad Grunow
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2.
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Tyler Beck
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3.
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Nick Ferris
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3.
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Garret Britton
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ROK Master
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1.
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Keith Miller
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2.
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Sam Ferris
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3.
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Bart Ritchie
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Also it looks like a new track record was set by Nick Ferris with a 37.042 seconds during the race
weekend. This is based on the published data on the MyLaps
website. Previous record was held by Kris Hoffbeck from 2008 with
a 37.053.
Thanks go out to Rod and Florance of 3 Flags Motorsports Park for
the excellent facility and hosting the Saturday steak dinner at the
track. Thanks to the club members and family that provided
support services on the track and in the canteen. Your
contribution
added to the success of the weekend!
Special thanks to all the ROK Cup Sponsors with lead sponsor being Allen Berg Racing
Schools and contributions from K&M Motor
Sports, CRG West, The Race Lab, VEGA and CRG.
ROK
Engine Manual
For those of you who bought a used ROK
engine and did not get a manual, Sam Ferris kindly scanned his manual
into a PDF file. Thanks Sam!
ROK Engine Manual
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Next Race
Sun - Aug 29th, 2010
@ 3
Flags Motorsport track
Club
Race 11 & 12
- Practice 9:00am, race starts at Noon
CLUB
NEWS
ASN Rule Change
For 2010 rear bumpers are now mandatory for
all levels of racing. See more club news for details.
ASN has delayed the new rear bumper rule on Honda Class karts until the
2011 season. See the ASN site for full details.
Looks like chain guards will be mandatory for 2011.
Next Meeting
No formal meetings during race season. Any
club issues can be discussed with the executive during the race events.
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Driver Profiles
We are making space on the web
site for driver profiles this
year. We have looked at a number of different examples of
profiles and created a template of typical info you should
provide. The example template we will be using is here.
You can send the material for your profile to Bart
R or Gary J along with a driver picture and
if you like, a few other small pictures or graphics and we will build
the profile page and link it to the driver section at the top left of
the home page.
ROK Cup Podiums
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ROK Cup
Senior
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ROK Cup
Junior
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ROK Cup
Masters
Thanks to Pam Ferris for the use of the pictures!
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