Live coverage of the 2013 Rocky Mt. Prokart Challenge rounds 6&7

[Tony LaPorta]

Good morning everyone and welcome to the final weekend of the Rocky Mt Prokart Challenge of 2013!

Rounds six and seven take Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming racers to The Track at Centennial in Centennial Colorado. Drivers are filling the pits this morning to a bright sunny skies, with temps expected to hit the 90’s. Per the radio on the way into the track, there is a slight chance of thunderstorms later this afternoon.

Championships are going to be decided this weekend in many classes, and the racing will be exciting.

 

Practice goes hot in 20 minutes!

Ill be doing my best to bring session by session updates starting in qualifying, as well as livestreaming play-by-play of the action both days.

 

Thanks for tuning in!

[Rob Howden]

Good morning, Tony!

Good luck to you with the broadcast and please extend my best wishes to all the racers this weekend.

Rob Howden - eKartingNews.com Publisher / Editor - @RobHowden

[Tony LaPorta]

Morning Rob!

Will do, and hope you are having a good time with your broadcast as well!

We are broadcasting live this weekend on livestream everyone, so please tune it and listen to the racing action here at Centennial. Broadcast will go live at the start of qualifying which is scheduled to start at 10:20 a.m. MDST

http://www.livestream.com/skusarmpkc

Hope you all are having a great weekend where ever you are!

[Tony LaPorta]

S2 Qualifying **UNOFFICIAL**

1. Ben Schermerhorn 53.043

2.Austin Schimmel 53.073

3. Christian Schureman 53.356

4. Jack Bradley 53.446

5. Tase Flores 53.484

[Tony LaPorta]

TaG Cadet Qualifying **UNOFFICIAL**

1. Cody Dempster 1:01.032

2. Payton Durrant 1:01.178

3. Tristian MacLeod 1:01.236

4. Derek Deslauriers 1:01.591

[Tony LaPorta]

Timing issues plague Rotax Jr/Sr/Master qualifying. We are working on getting lap times in.

 

[Tony LaPorta]

S3/S4/S5 Qualifying **UNOFFICIAL**

S3

1. Leo Ahearn 56.270

S4

1. Jet Davis 54.864

2. Dace Conyers 55.165

3. Scott Allen 55.318

S5

1. Evan Roshak 55.315

2. Duncan Biles 56.557

[Tony LaPorta]

Mini Max/Micro Max Qualifying **UNOFFICIAL**

Mini

1. Derek Deslauriers 59.934

2. Cody Dempster 1:00.034

3. Brody Shucard 1:00.068

Micro

1. Filip Niemkiewicz 1:03.696

2. Alexis Apodaca 1:04.936

[Tony LaPorta]

S2 Heat Race 1 **UNOFFICIAL**

1. Ben Schermerhorn

2. Christian Scchureman + 2.056

3. Jack Bradley

4. Austin Schimmel

5. Tase Flores

 

Schureman gets a great start from the second row and grabs P2 before turn one, fends off Bradley at the line for second. Schermerhorn leads wire to wire picks up win. Schimmel fights loose kart.

[Tony LaPorta]

TaG Cadet Heat 1 **UNOFFICIAL**

1. Cody Dempster

2. Payton Durrant + .141

3. Tristian MacLeod

4. Derek Deslauriers

Poor start by Durrant in P2 lets MacLeod slip by. Durrant retakes P2 start of lap two. Durrant gets around Dempster for one lap, before Dempster takes lead back. MacLeod holds off hard charging Deslauriers for P3. Very good racing

[Tony LaPorta]

TaG/Rotax Jr/Sr/Master Heat 1 **UNOFFICIAL**

TaG Masters

1. Scott Falcone

2. Wright Hugus + 10.986

3. Russ Johnson

TaG Sr

1. Charlie Craig

2. Brandon Southwick

TaG Jr

1. Angus Watkins

Rotax Jr

1. Max Felder

Rotax Sr

1. Grant Copple

[Tony LaPorta]

S3/S4/S5 Heat 1 **UNOFFICIAL**

S3

1. Leo Ahearn

S4

1. Jet Davis

2. Dave Conyers +2.339

3. Scott Allen

S5

1. Evan Roshak

2. Duncan Biles

Davis gets holeshot, while KIRK DEASON tuned Roshak grabs P2 away from Conyers in turn 1. Conyers takes second back next corner. Davis checks out on field, makes championship statement.

[Tony LaPorta]

Mini Max/Micro Max Heat 1 **UNOFFICIAL**

Mini 

1. Cody Dempster **EDIT** Dempster DQ for failing post race tech. Deslauriers named winner**

2. Derek Deslauriers +.518

3. Brody Shucard

Micro

1. Filip Niemkiewicz

2. Alexis Apodaca

Top three run nose to tail all race.

[Tony LaPorta]

30 minute lunch break, be back with round two of heat races.

[Tony LaPorta]

S2 Heat Race 2 **UNOFFICIAL**

1. Ben Schermerhorn

2. Jack Bradley

3. Christian Schureman

4. Austin Schimmel

Schermerhorn leads wire to wire and scores the win. Schureman holds second for first half of lap one before losing the spot to Bradley in the hairpin. Rudolph retires early.

[Tony LaPorta]

TaG Cadet Heat 2 **UNOFFICIAL**

1. Payton Durrant

2. Cody Dempster + 1.143

3. Tristian MacLeod

4. Derek Deslauriers

MacLeod gets another great jump in turn one at the start, holds second, then grabs lead from Dempster on lap 3 in turn one. At halfway, Durrant dove to the inside of turn one to take lead from MacLeod but the two made contact. Tristian keeps the kart from getting sideways and stays on the track. Dempster and Durrant battle on last lap, Durrant comes out on top.

5 to go mac durr

[Tony LaPorta]

TaG/Rotax Jr/Sr/Master Heat 2 **UNOFFICIAL**

TaG Masters

1. Scott Flacone

2. Wright Hugus

3. Russ Johnson

TaG Sr

1. Charlie Craig

2. Brandon Southwick

TaG Jr

1. Angus Watkins

Rotax Jr

1. Grant Copple

2. Max Fedler

[Tony LaPorta]

S3/S4/S5 Heat 2 **UNOFFICIAL**

S3

1. Leo Ahearn

S4

1. Jet Davis

2. Dave Conyers

3. Scott Allen

S5

1. Evan Roshak

2. Duncan Biles

[Tony LaPorta]

Mini Max/Micro Max Heat 2 **UNOFFICIAL**

Mini

1. Brody Shucard

2. Derek Deslauriers +.330

3. Cole Thompson

4. Cody Dempster

Shucard gets a great run on Deslauriers coming to the sweeper, gets along inside Derek in the sweeper and takes the lead before the line. Leads wire to wire.

[Tony LaPorta]

S2 Main event **UNOFFICIAl**

1. Ben Schermerhorn

2. Jack Bradley + 1.697

3. Christian Schureman

4. Austin Schimmel

5. Tase Flores

Schermerhorn checks out. Bradley at times getting pressure from Schureman. Schimmel and Flores have good battle, with Schimmel coming out on top

 

[Tony LaPorta]

TaG Cadet Main **UNOFFICIAL**

1. Payton Durrant

2. Cody Dempster +10.624

3. Tristian MacLeod

4. Derek Deslauriers

Durrant checks out. While racing for second on lap two Dempster and MacLeod make solid contact on front straight. Dempster falls back, but eventually regains second. Parents in stands, not happy….

[Tony LaPorta]

TaG/Rotax Jr/Sr/Master Main **UNOFFICIAL**

TaG Master

1. Scott Falcone

2. Wright Hugus

3. Russ Johnson

TaG Jr

1. Angus Watkins

TaG Sr

1. Charlie Craig

2. Brandon Southwick

Rotax Jr

1. Grant Copple

2. Max Fedler

Watkins comes from back to finish second. Craig checks out on Southwick for Sr win. Falcone huge lead.

[Tony LaPorta]

S3/S4/S5 Main **UNOFFICIAL**

S3

1. Leo Ahearn

S4

1. Jet Davis

2. Scott Allen

3. Dave Conyers

S5

1. Evan Roshak

2. Duncan Biles

Davis gets awesome start, checks out. Allen beats Conyers off the line for P2. Lap four contact between the two took Allen out, and an avoidable contact penalty put Conyers behind Allen in the end.

[Tony LaPorta]

Mini Max/Micro Max Main **UNOFFICIAL**

Mini
1. Brody Shucard

2. Derek Desdlauriers

3. Cody Dempster

Micro
1. Filip Niemkiewicz

2. Corbin Emery

3. Alexis Apodaca

Shucard and Deslauriers trade fast lap after fast lap in the last five. Very exciting as he pushed a little hard. Shucard holds em off.

[Tony LaPorta]

That’ll do it for today!

We’ll be back tomorrow!!

[Tony LaPorta]

Good morning everyone! We are back at The Track at Centennial this morning ready to rock! Karts are on the track now finishing up morning warm-up.

We expect to start qualifying today at 9:50 a.m. MDST.

Livestream will be up and running again today, so be sure to tune in and listen as RMPKC champions are decided today.

Main events scheduled to start at 2, followed by our championship banquet tonight starting at 7:30.

 

[Tony LaPorta]

S2 Qualifying **UNOFFICIAL**

1. Austin Schimmel 52.859

2. Ben Schermerhorn 53.015

3. Ryan Rudolph 53.042

4. Christian Schureman 53.130

5. Tase Flores 53.173

[Tony LaPorta]

TaG Cadet Qualifying **UNOFFICIAL**

1. Cody Dempster 1:00.878

2. Payton Durrant 1:01.064

3. Derek Deslauriers 1:01.367

[Tony LaPorta]

TaG/Rotax Jr/Sr/Master Qualifying **UNOFFICIAL**

TaG Master

1. Scott Falcone 55.443

2. Russ Johnson 56.332

3. Wright Hugus 56.447

TaG Sr

1. Charlie Craig 55.803

2. Brandon Southwick 56.127

TaG Jr

1. Angus Watkins 56.004

Rotax Jr

1. Grant Copple 57.769

2. Max Fedler 59.021

[Tony LaPorta]

S3/S4/S5 Qualifying **UNOFFICIAL**

S3

1. Leo Ahearn 55.546

S5

1. Evan Roshak 54.779

2. Duncan Biles 56.711

S4

1. Dave Conyers 55.329

2. Jet Davis 00.000

 

Davis suffers mechanical issues on first flying lap, fails to lay down a lap. Scott Allen withdraws from competition due to “Ribs”. Not sure whether injured, or he just ate to many last night… Will confirm soon.

[Tony LaPorta]

Mini/Micro Max Qualifying **UNOFFICIAL**

Mini Max

1. Derek Deslauriers 1:00.167

2. Cody Dempster 1:00.272

3. Cole Thompson 1:00.336

Micro Max

1. Filip Niemkiewicz 1:03.881

2. Corbin Emery 1:04.668

3. Alexis Apodaca 1:05.217

[Tony LaPorta]

S2 Heat 1 **UNOFFICIAL**

1. Ben Schermerhorn

2. Austin Schimmel +1.883

3. Ryan Rudolph

Schermerhorn gets holeshot over Schimmel at the start and checks out. Flores holds off Bradley for fifth.

[Tony LaPorta]

TaG Cadet Heat 1 **UNOFFICIAL**

1. Payton Durrant

2. Cody Dempster +0.042

3. Tristan MacLeod

Deslauriers gets the jump from his 3rd place starting spot to beat Durrant in to T1. Durrant gets around Deslauriers and then takes the lead from Dempster on lap four in T1.

[Tony LaPorta]

TaG/Rotax Jr/Sr/Master Heat 1 **UNOFFICIAL**

TaG Master

1. Scott Falcone

2. Russ Johnson +6.161

3. Wright Hugus

TaG Sr

1. Brandon Southwick

2. Charlie Craig DNF

TaG Jr

1. Angus Watkins DNF

Rotax Jr

1. Grant Copple

2. Max Fedler

[Tony LaPorta]

S3/S4/S5 Heat 1 **UNOFFICIAL**

S3

1. Leo Ahearn

S5

1. Evan Roshak

2. Duncan Biles

S4

1. Dave Conyers

2. Jet Davis

Conyers beats Roshak for the holeshot. Davis comes from back to race for the lead with Conyers.

[Tony LaPorta]

Mini/Micro Max Heat 1 **UNOFFICIAL**

Mini Max

1. Derek Deslauriers

2. Cody Dempster +1.570

3. Brody Shucard

Micro Max

1. Filip Niemkiewicz

2. Corbin Emery

3. Alexis Apodaca

 

On lunch now. Be back in 30 minutes.

[Tony LaPorta]

S1/S2 Heat 2 **UNOFFICIAL**

S1

1. Sabre Cook

S2

1. Ben Schermerhorn

2. Christian Schureman +4.209

3. Jack Bradley

4. Tase Flores

Schimmel finally gets a good start (didnt give up any positions) but kart dies halfway through lap 1. Mianna Wick drives from last to battle with Rudolph at halfway to finish in fifth.

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