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OCALA GRAN PRIX RACE TEAM DOMINATES FKCS WEEKEND IN ORLANDO

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (MAY 28, 2010)

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OCALA GRAN PRIX RACE TEAM DOMINATES FKCS WEEKEND IN ORLANDO

 "Five wins and multiple Podiums at Orlando Kart Center"

 

May 28, 2010 - Another weekend and another set of great results for the
Ocala Gran Prix/Tony Kart race team as this time the team showed their
strength at the Florida Karting Championship Series (FKCS) event held at the
Orlando Kart Center in Orlando, Florida.  Taking away a pair of wins was
junior driver Nick Neri while team newcomers Pietro Fittipaldi and Oliver
Askew split the top honors in Rotax Junior. Continuing her hot streak,
Floridian Ashley Rogero was at the front of the Sportsman fields while
Brandon Salyer had a pair of strong results in the senior divisions.

 

"What a great weekend for the race team," expressed an overwhelmed Team
President Jorge Arellano. "When we were preparing for the FKCS event back at
the shop, I knew we would be in the hunt for podiums but I wasn't expecting
something like this. The weekend results have been outstanding and I am
proud of the program that we have put together under the tent."

 

The most exciting races of the weekend had to be the TaG Junior and Rotax
Junior divisions where the Ocala Gran Prix squad stole five of a possible
six podium positions as well as a pair of wins. Leading the way on
Saturday's TaG Junior field was the young and talented Pietro Fittipaldi who
drove the wheels of his OGP prepared Tony Kart to take the checkers.
Fittipaldi started from the tail of the fourteen kart field and moved
forward with a vengeance taking the lead from teammate Oliver Askew with two
laps remaining. As the drivers battled hard throughout the event, sneaking
into the picture was Andrew Evans who was quietly closing in on the duo
looking to take advantage of any mishap by the pair. While the three
teammates raced hard, no contact was made throughout the twelve lap final as
Fittipaldi, Askew and Evans swept the top three spots providing OGP and Tony
Kart with a trio of podium results.

 

Sunday would see the same drivers battle again in the Rotax Junior field but
Askew would come out on top. After finishing second in the pre final, the
rookie pilot moved passed Fittipaldi for the lead on lap six and never
looked back. As he stretched the gap in the remaining circuits, Fittipaldi,
Evens and another pair of pilots were dead locked in a podium battle.
Entering the last corner, Fittipaldi made a bid for the second spot but
contact was made that cost him his momentum and a podium result. Benefiting
from the miscue was OGP teammate Andrew Evans as he was able to slip by for
the third and final podium position while Fittipaldi would fall down to
fifth.

 

Junior driver Nick Neri would continue his quest for another pair of
championships with a weekend sweep of the KPP Junior and Yamaha Junior
classes. After taking both pole positions, pre final wins and main event
victories, Neri led all but two laps on the weekend as he drove to the
victory. Using the weekend as a test session for future World Karting
Association Manufacturers Cup events, Neri proved that he will be a threat
for multiple championships at the national level as the 2010 season
continues on.

 

After a career weekend in South Bend, Indiana, Sportsman pilot Ashley Rogero
was back in her home state of Florida and would do battle in the Cadet
Junior Sportsman, Yamaha Junior Sportsman and Rotax Mini Max classes.
Utilizing the series the same as Neri, for WKA Manufacturers Cup transfer
points, Rogero could be found at the front of all the classes of competition
including the Cadet Junior Sportsman class where she swept the day's
proceedings by qualifying pole, taking the pre final win as well as the main
event victory. Rogero was also at the front of the field in the Yamaha
Sportsman and Rotax Mini Max divisions but came one position short from her
second and third wins of the weekend as she came home a very strong second
in both classes and helped her points total for the end of the year
championship.

 

Rookie senior driver Brandon Salyer also scored a pair of podium results as
he had one of his best weekends of competition in the FKCS program.
Competing in both the Rotax Senior and TaG Senior categories, Salyer managed
to score two second place results against some of the largest fields of the
weekend. Salyer will now shift his focus to the Ocala Gran Prix round of the
series as he will look to score his first series win.

 

Another driver pulling double duty on the weekend was Tony Kart driver
Jonathon Koytek as he competed in the KPP Junior and Yamaha Junior
divisions. After scoring a solid second place result in KPP on Saturday,
Koytek had to come from deep in the field in Sunday's Yamaha Junior class to
score a fourth place finish.

 

Micro Max competitor Devin Boutout had a challenging weekend but kept his
head down and persevered through. At only seven years of age, Devin battled
hard to score a seventh place finish and improved his lap times and
consistency throughout the weekend.

 

"I am really happy with our team results this weekend," stated OGP Team
Manager Kyle Kraus. We had rookies under the tent and newcomers to the Tony
Kart product and they are all doing very well. "As a team, we are looking to
make an assault on our home track and try to repeat the success gained this
past weekend."

 

For more information on Ocala Grand Prix, OGP race team opportunities and
info on how to get into karting, please visit Ocala Gran Prix online at
www.OcalaGranPrix.com <http://www.ocalagranprix.com/>  or contact Kyle Kraus
at 352.291.0600 (Kyle@OcalaGranPrix.com) or Mike Maurini at 317.270.8723
(Mike@OcalaGranPrix.com). 

 

 

 

 

Mike Maurini

Race Tech Development

  Mike@RaceTechDevelopment.com

P: 317.270.8723

 

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