CalSpeedMagFeb2018

T he CalSpeed IronMan Series continued its 2018 campaign through the Tecnico circuit this past Saturday, and for the second round in a row would be welcomed by cloudy skies and cooler temperatures. This time however, rain was not a threat, and the entire program went off without a hitch. While the conditions may have been more favorable than the season opener, the Tecnico circuit still offered up plenty of challenge, and in the end a pair of first time winners graced the top step in each category. Six of last months eight drivers returned in the Pro Class, and it was January’s runner-up scoring his first victory, while long time competition karter but relatively new competitor to sport karting’s Cameron Jocelyn brought home the silver flag in Sport class. Tony Wika would lead the field of seven 206’s and 30 sport karts to the green, but would come under immediately challenge from his fellow Pro Class competitors. He would hold on to lead lap one, but it was last month’s podium finisher Riley Dugan taking over the top spot for lap two, before former Jetson Lieser stole it away on lap three. The quick exchange of the lead was not over there, as the Pro Class made it four lead changes in the first for laps with Alexander Bermudez taking over the point from there. Even after the exciting opening laps, the lead trio of Bermudez, Lieser and Dugan held a healthy advantage of the rest of the chasing Pro Class drivers, and the starting to pick off the first of the sport class traffic. Lieser would be the frist to pit, ducking in on lap seven, with Dugan following suit on lap nine as the traffic thickened. Like he did in the opener, Bermudez elected to stay out and work the slow class, not making his first stop until almost halfway. The interesting twist was that both Lieser and Dugan also made their second stop just a few laps after their first, and when they came back out were in close proximity to Bermudez. In fact, it actually looked like the trio were again fighting for the lead, but it was actually Alexander fighting to put them a lap down. Bermudez would eventually dispatch Dugan and then Lieser, but the nail in the coffin was in the pit lane. Even though the leader was able to negotiate traffic a bit better than the other two, it was his exceptional speed in pit lane the sealed the deal on the win, besting his rivals by between 1 and 3 seconds. It would prove too much to overcome, with Alexander Bermudez bringing home the win by almost seven seconds over Jetson Lieser, and Riley Dugan. Round 2 FEB. 10 PRO RESULTS 1 12 Alexander Bermudez [M] 2 13 Jetson Lieser 3 10 Riley Dugan 4 7 Michael Wojdat 5 6 Sean Bradley [M]