SKKC Index

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		ROK Jr
1.	Darcy Shaw	1.	Marcus Brodie
2.	Chad Grunow	2.	Tyler Beck
3.	Nick Ferris	3.	Garret Britton

ROK Master
1.	Keith Miller
2.	Sam Ferris
3.	Bart Ritchie

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.