CalSpeedMagApril2018

Pole - Alyssa Yauney Q ualifying on Grande Counter Clockwise for the fourth installment of the 2018 Super Series season saw Alyssa Yauney clock the fastest time, earning her second career pole, and her first set of qualifying bonus points of the year. Second quick and also with his first allotment of bonus points from the session was Taylor Hays, while the impressive qualifying run from Chris Huerta continued with his third overall. The heat races would be dominated by familiar faces at the sharp end, with six different drivers bringing home the top spot, but all of which familiar in the position. While Sean Fite picked up his third heat win of the season; Charles Eichlin, Chris Huerta, Alyssa Yauney and Henry Morse each earned their second, with Paulo Franca finally scoring a heat win after four finishes in a row in the top three. The nod for the A-Main front row would go to Huerta and Franca however after they each scored 1-2’s in their heats, the pole going to the former after his 3rd overall in qualy. Fellow heat race winners Eichlin and Yauney would fill in row two, sitting 3rd and 4th respectively. Both preliminary mains would offer up exciting races, with the C-Main kicking things off with an eventual mano- e-mano fight between Joon Maeng and Doug Yauney. Yauney would lead the field away at the green with Maeng in tow, with some serious infighting behind them, were able to make it a one on one battle in the later rounds. In the final laps it was pass after repass, with Maeng leading coming to the final complex. Yauney went for a last-ditch maneuver, unfortunately collecting both drivers into the wall. Thankfully for Maeng, he was able to continue before the chasing pack caught up, salvaging the win. In the B-Main things seemed to start off calm, but in the end was nothing less than a battle royal for the win, never mind the rest of the field. Ivan Martinez, Jeremy Aldridge, and Tony Chen paced the group for the opening half of the race, but in the second half, nobody was content with their positions. In the end, Martinez would stave off the attacks from the lot of them, scoring the B-Main win and the transfer to the A-Main. The two by two rolling start would see the advantage go to the outside line, and before the field reached the braking zone, off-pole man and round #3 winner Paulo Franca had slid in front of pole sitter Chris Huerta. This would be the end for Huerta’s lap one troubles, and he would cross the line fifth after the first circuit. The lead A Main Podium B-Main Winner Ivan Martinez C-Main Winner Joon Maeng Round 4 April 28