North America Invades Europe

[David Cole]

This weekend, eight North American drivers will take part in the CIK-FIA event in Sarno, Italy. One American in the KZ World Championships along with six US and one Canadian drivers in the KZ2 Super Cup event at Circuit Internazionale Napoli.

Thursday is three practice sessions, with Friday another three before Qualifying takes place at the end of the day. KZ is split into two groups with the 96 KZ2 broken up into three groups. The KZ drivers will have three A-B-C heat races, as each driver races two times to formulate the point total. KZ2 will have A-B-C-D-E-F groups, with each driver racing five times. The KZ field will be split up, with the bottom drivers put into a Second Chance Heat to make the Prefinal and Final grids. The KZ2 field will be broken up into two Prefinal races, with the top 17 from each making up the 34 kart main event.

Here are the drivers competing:

KZ
32 – Gary Carlton – TB Kart – TB Kart/Modena

KZ2
137 – Jacob French – Intrepid Driver Program – Intrepid/TM
138 – Harry Gottsacker – Intrepid Driver Program – Intrepid/TM
139 – Ryan Kinnear (Scottish, but lives in America) – Intrepid Driver Program – Intrepid/TM
144 – Sabré Cook – CRG SpA/CRG-USA – CRG/Maxter
149 – Joey Wimsett – CRG SpA/CRG-USA – CRG/Maxter
189 – Phillip Orcic – PSL Karting – CRG/Maxter
197 – Christian Schureman – PSL Karting – CRG/Maxter

We will post a recap at the end of each day, highlighting their results from each on track session. Also on the weekend is the Academy Trophy event with Americans Michael Benyahia and Jared Cordova.

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[David Cole]

The track in Sarno is obviously getting faster as the nearly 200 drivers lay down more Bridgestone rubber down and the drivers pick up the pace. The first one or two sessions is about breaking in the engines, and getting the chassis ready.

Here are the group positions (fast lap) for each driver in the three sessions:

KZ

Group 2

32 – Gary Carlton – 4 (1:10.128), 9 (1:07.153), 12 (1:06.687) – P22 overall in final session

KZ2

Group 2

137 – Jacob French – 16 (1:08.873), 21 (1:07.751), 21 (1:07.346)

138 – Harry Gottsacker – 28 (1:11.415), 31 (1:10.304), 31 (1:08.847)

139 – Ryan Kinnear – 25 (1:10.808), 27 (1:07.984), 28 (1:07.685)

144 – Sabré Cook – 23 (1:10.399), 20 (1:07.634), 20 (1:07.303)

149 – Joey Wimsett – 29 (1:12.449), 9 (1:07.065), 8 (1:06.847)

Group 3

189 – Phillip Orcic – 10 (1:07.616), 19 (1:07.213), 15 (1:06.949)

197 – Christian Schureman – 15 (1:07.925), 16 (1:07.092), 10 (1:06.850)

 

Wimsett is 37th overall in the final session of the day, about 0.8 off the overall fast time. A tenth of a second can be anywhere from four positions to eight positions, with Schureman and Orcic right there in terms of lap time. French and Cook are on about the same pace throughout the day while Kinnear and Gottsacker continue to find speed.

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[Alan Michel]

Thanks For the updates! Keep them coming!

[Tore Pedersen]

Here is the link for results and live timing. Enjoy.

 

http://www.cikfia.com/competitions/cik-calendar/2014/sarno/competition-guide.html

[David Cole]

KZ

32 – Gary Carlton – 13 (1:07.213), 14 (1:06.641), 13 (1:06.005) – 19th overall in final session

KZ2

137 – Jacob French – 18 (1:08.247), 17 (1:06.724), 20 (1:06.701)

138 – Harry Gottsacker – 29 (1:09.624), 30 (1:08.184), 30 (1:07.075)

139 – Ryan Kinnear – 21 (1:08.355), 25 (1:07.285), 26 (1:07.075)

144 – Sabré Cook – 17 (1:08.219), 18 (1:06.883), 15 (1:06.565)

149 – Joey Wimsett – 9 (1:07.867), 8 (1:06.480), 9 (1:06.272) – 32nd overall in final session

189 – Phillip Orcic – 18 (1:08.097), 12 (1:06.788), 13 (1:06.550)

197 – Christian Schureman – 23 (1:08.323), 30 (1:07.442), 24 (1:06.786)

Qualifying begins at 16:35 (1o:35am Eastern)

KZ2 Group 1 – Cook, Kinnear
KZ2 Group 2 – French, Orcic
KZ2 Group 3 – Wimsett, Schureman
KZ2 Group 4 – Gottsacker

KZ has Carlton in Group 2, set for 17:50 (11:50am Eastern)

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[David Cole]

KZ2 Qualifying

Group 1
139 – Ryan Kinnear – 18 (1:06.898) +1.069
144 – Sabré Cook – 15 (1:06.482) +0.653

Group 2
137 – Jacob French – 13 (1:06.580) +0.701 – Fast Lap on final circuit
189 – Phillip Orcic – 10 (1:06.441) +0.562 – Fast Lap on final circuit

Group 3
149 – Joey Wimsett – 5 (1:06.143) +0.139 – had purple in sector 3 at one time – Fast Lap on final circuit
197 – Christian Schureman – 16 (1:06.661) +0.657 – Fast Lap on final circuit

Group 4
138 – Harry Gottsacker – 24 (1:08.316) +2.498 – Fast Lap on final circuit

Wimsett ends up as the top North American, 17th overall when combining the groups. The official order has not yet been posted.

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[David Cole]

KZ

32 – Gary Carlton – 16 (1:06.509) +560 – 31st overall

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[David Cole]

KZ Qualifying

32 – Gary Carlton – P31 – 1:06.509 – Group A – Row 11

KZ2 Qualifying Results

No	Driver	Q Pos	Best Lap	Group	Row
137	Jacob French	59	1:06.580	E	10
138	Harry Gottsacker	94	1:08.316	D	16
139	Ryan Kinnear	74	1:06.898	B	13
144	Sabré Cook	52	1:06.482	D	9
149	Joey Wimsett	17	1:06.143	E	3
189	Phillip Orcic	50	1:06.441	B	9
197	Christian Schureman	65	1:06.661	E	11

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[Stewart Willis]

Doesn’t the mylaps/Orbitz software allow the zone timing like we see at the worlds?  That would be nice to have at supernats..

I am a little confused by the live timing/video schedule..  It looks like it is 5:30 am in Sarno now..  8:30 pm in Arizona.  The video feed says live in 12 hours….  So, video is not live until 5 pm Sarno time?  Doesnt make sense…  Can someone post up a schedule of the event?  Thanks

 

[David Cole]

I couldn’t pull up the Live TV link

Carlton places 16th in KZ, Orcic drives to 19th in KZ2

More info to come.

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[David Cole]

KZ2 Heat Races

Group B

No	Driver	Q Pos	Start Row	H1	H2	H3	H4	H5	Total
189	Phillip Orcic	50	9	11	7	16	11	11	22
139	Ryan Kinnear	74	13	18	23	21	19	22	61

Group D

No	Driver	Q Pos	Start Row	H1	H2	H3	H4	H5	Total
144	Sabré Cook	52	9	12	23	17	31	15	63
138	Harry Gottsacker	94	16	28	29	30	21	30	95

Group E

No	Driver	Q Pos	Start Row	H1	H2	H3	H4	H5	Total
149	Joey Wimsett	17	3	4	8	9	4	7	14
137	Jacob French	59	10	32	21	30	32	21	94
197	Christian Schureman	65	11	18	28	20	11	16	51

KZ Heat Races

32 – Gary Carlton -Qual (31) – Heat 1 (15) – Heat 2 (14)
– 20th

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[David Cole]

KZ
32 – Gary Carlton – Prefinal (14) – Final (16)

KZ2 Prefinal 1

197 – Christian Schureman – Start (26) – Finish (14) *
144 – Sabré Cook – Start (32) – Finish (17) *
139 – Ryan Kinnear – Start (31) – Finish (24)

KZ2 Prefinal 2

149 – Joey Wimsett – Start (7) – Finish (7)
189 – Phillip Orcic – Start (11) – Finish (8)

KZ2 Final

149 – Joey Wimsett – Start (14) – Finish (22)
189 – Phillip Orcic – Start (16) – Finish (19)
197 – Christian Schureman – Start (27) – Finish (28)
144 – Sabré Cook – Start (33) – Finish (30)

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[Keith Bridgeman]

Thanks for the coverage,   it was fun watching how the weekend progressed.   Would love to hear more on what the drivers thought of the event  and the different tires and engines.

http://bridgemanbroskarting.blogspot.com/

[David Cole]

We are doing a Driver Diary with Joey Wimsett when he returns back to the United States. Watch for that article in the coming weeks.

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