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Rock Island Grand Prix
Qualifying Results
September 2-3, 2006
Rock Island, IL
Official Photo Gallery
 | Alan Rudolph took an emotional King of the Streets win for RBI Racing
(Photo: Super Kart Illustrated) |
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
If there is a better way to put the cap on a racing program, I don’t know what it is. Earlier this summer, team owner Richard Buxman made the difficult decision to close down his RBI Racing operation, which imported and distributed the RBI chassis and fielded a team for shifterkart veteran Alan Rudolph and a cast of others. This year’s Rock Island Grand Prix was set as the final race for the squad, a swansong, if you will. In a storybook ending, Rudolph cruised across the start-finish line on Sunday afternoon, 1.196 seconds ahead of Brandon Marsell (Arrow) to win the biggest street race in American karting, the Superkarts! USA King of the Streets. For Buxman and his star driver, it was the emotional end to a fun-filled ride.
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Sunday Results
Finals
Finals - Part 2
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
The 12th annual Rock Island Grand Prix got underway today with two rounds of practice in the morning and a full slate of afternoon qualifying. In the Superkarts! USA King of the Streets event – the headline class – Florida’s Brandon Marsell took the pole position in his BTK Motorsports Arrow, posting a 32.044-second lap that was just a hair off the track record of 32.020, set last year by winner Kyle Wiegand (Top Kart). Not a bad for a guy who’s be out of the seat for a year.
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Saturday Results
Qualifying
Qualifying - Part 2
 | Kyle Wiegand looks to join Alan Rudolph as the only three-time King of the Streets winner
(Photo: Super Kart Illustrated) |
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
This year’s Rock Island Grand Prix is shaping up to be another record breaking event. Nearly 378 entries - as of August 25 - have been submitted for the Labor Day weekend - September 2-3 - event on the streets of Rock Island, IL with more to show up today to enter. Some of the best racers across North America as well as many international competitors will be making their way to the Quad Cities to be crowned King of the Streets. Teams will be filling the paddock area around 5pm when the streets shut down and the RIGP volunteer crew gets to work on building the track before the first karts hit the track Saturday morning.
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