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| July 17, 2012 |
| Driver News: Matt Ostiguy – Podium Finish at Los Angeles Karting Championship |
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 | Matt Ostiguy Racing - PSL SoCal CRG - Rotax Senior
(Photo: MattOstiguy.com) |
Matt Ostiguy, the PSL SoCal driver and Rotax DD2 Champion competed in his 100th kart race this past weekend and finished in 2nd place in the Rotax Senior class in the Los Angeles Karting Championship (LAKC) at the CalSpeed Kart Track – Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA.
Since 2005, Matt has had 100 Kart Racing starts, resulting in 2 Championships and 2 Vice-Championships, including the 2010 and 2009 Gatorz Eyewear Golden State Karting Cup DD2 Rotax Champion and the 2008 and 2007 Los Angeles Karting Championship Senior Rotax Vice-Champion. He has had 20 first place finishes and now 51 podium finishes, as well as 2 Junior Championships in 2003 and 2004, when he began his kart racing career, ten years ago.
In 2011, Matt also had an impressive car racing debut, finishing on the podium twice in his first Radical Unlimited Le Mans Prototype (LMP) sports car races at the Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California with JBR Motorsports.
The DD2 Rotax Champion is racing in the Rotax Senior class in the Los Angeles Karting Championship and in the Rotax DD2 class in the Tri-C Karters series, the official United States Rotax Max Challenge (USRMC) series for Southern California.
Matt will also compete in the 2012 United States Rotax Max Challenge Grand Nationals held on August 7-11, 2012 at the Jet Karting/Michiana Raceway Park facility in South Bend, Indiana.
The podium finishers at the U.S. Grand Nationals will become part of Team USA at the World Grand Finals, also known as the Olympics of karting to be held in Portugal later this year.
Matt is able to compete at this level thanks to Francois Doran – PSL SoCal Karting (http://www.pslsocal.com/) and his sponsors, including: Alpinestars (http://www.alpinestars.com), Bell Helmets (http://www.bellracing.com), and the new rebranded GATORZ Vizion (http://www.gatorz.com).
To learn more about the World’s #1 CRG distributor, sales and service, arrive and drive opportunities, and PSL racing engines, please visit http://www.pslkarting.com or http://www.pslsocal.com.
For the latest news on Matt Ostiguy, go to his web-site: http://www.MattOstiguy.com/ or follow him on facebook at: (http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Matt-Ostiguy-Racing/110966862266265
About Matt Ostiguy:
Matt has raced karts since he was 13 years old, starting at F1 Boston and F1 Outdoors in New England. After winning two Junior Karting Championships and his team earning the vice-championship in the GT Pro Class in the (6 hour) Endurance Karting Championship on the East Coast, he relocated back to San Diego, where he was born. His team also participated in several 24 Hours of America Endurance Kart races at the Palm Beach International Raceway (formerly the Moroso Motorsports Park). He was also invited to participate on the USA Team in the 24 Hours of Le Mans kart race in France in 2007, finishing an impressive 5th place against some of the top teams in Europe, including the Honda Factory team.
He was the vice-champion in the Los Angeles Karting Championships in the Rotax Senior class in 2007 and 2008 and he won the Championship in the Gatorz Eyewear Golden State Karting Cup in the Rotax DD2 class in 2009 and 2010. In 2011, he had an impressive car racing debut, finishing second and third in his first ever Radical Unlimited Le Mans Prototype sports car races with JBR Motorsports in the Radical Challenge at the world famous Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, CA. |
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