2014 SUPER SERIES UPDATES ANNOUNCED

With the CalSpeed Super Series 2014 season opener just one week away, anticipation for the new season has reached its peak, with entries pouring in for the near-capacity opening round, as well as this weekend’s Sport Kart Race Clinic.

Now, as the off-season draws to a close, CalSpeed is proud to announce several new additions, as well as small tweaks to what is already a tried and true Super Series format. Here’s what’s new for 2014:

$5,000+ Prize Package
The CalSpeed Super Series has established itself as the premier arrive and drive karting championship in the world, and now, it will reward its drivers with a premier prize package totaling more than $5,000. The package is comprised of entries into the Sport Kart Grand Nationals; credits and comps for the 2014 Machismo 12-hour team race; multiple Super Series free entries; and a Sport Kart Race Clinic entry will be randomly awarded at every drivers meeting.

Expanded Field Size
The CalSpeed mechanical staff has been hard at work over the brief off-season – assembling, tweaking, testing and tuning 4 additional Sport Karts to add to the fleet. Starting with the 2014 Season Opener, the entry list cap has been expanded to 112 entries, with more likely to come as the season progresses.

Expanded Qualifying
With the goal of limiting the effects of the draft, last year brought about the green / white/ checkered (G/W/C) qualifying format. For 2014, we will take qualifying equality even further. Drivers will now be broken up into six (G/W/C) qualifying groups instead of four, with an absolute max of twenty drivers on track. This will allow officials to space drivers out on course even more. Also a new rule prohibiting ‘waiting’ on course has been added. Finally, officials now have the ability to watch gaps in timing, thus making qualifying more fair and more about the driver than ever before.

Debut of the Grand Masters Sub-Championship
With the Masters (age 40+) group of drivers growing over the course of 2013, CalSpeed has added a Grand Masters (age 55+) category. With a Masters driver taking every CalSpeed championship offered last season, it will be interesting to see how the battles in the Grand Masters class will stack up…

Return of the Team Championship
The Team Championship returns for 2014, but this time with a little twist; teams will not only need to score as many points as possible, but now they will need to also work together to help each other improve. With a new system in place that results in more balanced teams, and as a part of that, more diverse team rosters, the depth in the Team Championship should be bigger than ever.

Using the results from the 2013 season, each driver has been assigned a value based on the average points total from their best three rounds (rookie values have not been calculated). Teams must be made up of three drivers, with the total of their values not exceeding 825. If a team includes a rookie, then the other two drivers on the team may not exceed 600, while a team made up of two or more rookies has no restrictions. The entry deadline is 5:00pm on January 14th, giving people a chance to scout out the talent with the driver values in mind during round #1. Each driver’s best 10 of 12 rounds will count towards the Team Championship, with the first round counting.

The top drivers in points from 2013, and their respective values are posted below. If you do not see your name, would like to have someone on your team that is not on the list, or would like to officially submit your team, e-mail Mike Smith at mike@calspeedkarting.com

1	Aaron Downs	354
2	Aaron Frankel	112
3	Aaron Scott	300
4	Aaron Wells	243
5	Adam Kellerman	345
6	Adam Nagao	233
7	Alex Filsinger	210
8	Alex Herndon	313
9	Alex Wardel	255
10	Andrew Allred	228
11	Andrew Brown	199
12	Andrew Gardner	175
13	Andrew Lemons	314
14	Aric Rogokos [M]	167
15	Ben Blank [M]	321
16	Ben Marquart	176
17	Ben Morse [M]	297
18	Bill Dickey [M]	144
19	Bill Kreig	375
20	Brad Drew	91
21	Brett King	141
22	Brian Starr [M]	231
23	Brian Tarroja	184
24	Brian Warden	74
25	Bruce Allen	299
26	Cameron Rose	252
27	Chad Clark	278
28	Charles Eichlin	275
29	Chris Carter	234
30	Chris Huerta	360
31	Cody Calvin	225
32	Damon Hight	156
33	Darren Mercer	395
34	Dave Arnold	242
35	Dave Messimer [M]	336
36	David Kelmenson [M]	337
37	Dennis Kimbrell [M]	296
38	Derek Esquibel	320
39	Derek Zimmerman	254
40	Derrick Islas	301
41	Diego Morales	309
42	Doug Lewen [M][H]	115
43	Eric Molinatti	290
44	Eric Slivkoff	88
45	George Mabbutt	102
46	Greg Reinhardt [M][H]	123
47	Henry Morse	320
48	Howard Pulley [M]	50
49	Ian Enz	294
50	Isabella Busalacchi	314
51	Jason Burstein	263
52	Jason Collin [M]	154
53	Jason Foreman	195
54	Jay Schreiber [M]	378
55	Jeff Carson [M]	212
56	Jeff Latimer [M]	252
57	Jeremy Aldridge	204
58	Jerott King	380
59	Jerry Peterson	236
60	John Adams [M]	62
61	John Harjo	157
62	John Perry	122
63	John Shepard [M]	171
64	Johnny Pegna	171
65	Jon Kimbrell	372
66	Jonathan Vitolo	377
67	Jose da Silva [M]	300
68	Justin Tolman	289
69	Keith LaFaver	158
70	Ken Gore [M]	201
71	Kirk Feldkamp	370
72	Larry Stanclift [M]	98
73	Logan Calvin	392
74	Lucian Millar	91
75	Luis Arrieta	330
76	Mako Koiwai [M]	63
77	Mark Robinson	235
78	Matt Widner	363
79	Michael Catando	261
80	Michael Dozier [M]	158
81	Michael Malone [M][H]	53
82	Michael Shawhan	242
83	Michael Wodjat	284
84	Mike Arnold [M][H]	251
85	Mike Dixon [M]	173
86	Mike Kai	314
87	Mike Randall [M]	165
88	Miles Calvin	390
89	Mitch Collins	253
90	Nicholas Rebeil	197
91	Nick Dailey	117
92	Nick Haye	334
93	Nick Marascio	59
94	Nikita Lastochkin	119
95	Patrick Britain	347
96	Paul Filsinger	171
97	Rene Hourian	316
98	Rene Moreno	175
99	Richard Clark	265
100	Robby Stanovich	330
101	Robert Drew	63
102	Rodney Bryant [M]	278
103	Ryan Curtin	214
104	Sam Auster [M]	140
105	Sarah Bantay	213
106	Scott Swayzee [M]	115
107	Sean Woodside	151
108	Sergio Bravo [M]	395
109	Steve Frame [M]	197
110	Steve Hansen [M]	274
111	Steve Jasinski [M][H]	245
112	Steve Spring	296
113	Taylor Hays	385
114	Todd Bell	165
115	Tom Zevin [M]	144
116	Tyler Bryant	276
117	Victor Pinieros [M][H]	147
118	Vince Burke	251
119	William Ball [M]	209
120	Zoltan Sule	98