CalSpeedMagApril2018

A near 2-month hiatus brought an eager and sold out field to the Grande CCW circuit this past Saturday for Round 4 of the 2018 Sprint Series season. The top 10 in points would be sure to shake up with several drivers leaving the arena for the season. This round’s winner would mark yet another new driver sitting on the top step after these first few rounds… With the start of the final qualifying session, series regulars like Samuel Hunt, Ivan Martinez, and Spencer Russell were pulling off blinding paces. The only 2R driver on the roster for the day, Sheng Wu, was also spotted on timing with a couple of purple laps as well. Only Russell, Hunt, and Wu would break the 1:06 second mold. It wasn’t until it came down to the wire however that Russell would wrap up a triumphant pole position by just .002s over Hunt-- a plethora of congratulatory shouts erupting from the pit area once the results were announced. Heat 1B would be the start of Hunt’s cruise to victory-- as the green flagged waved for the start, he never looked back. Infighting amongst the rest of the field led to an 8-second gap on back. Leading the group into the checkered flag would be Tyler Redman after wrestling 5 positions upwards from his start in 7th followed by Edison Noboa who also made inroads forward from a 5th place start. The ingredients were there for Hunt to replicate his uncontested win from his earlier heat race. He ran off immediately at the A-Main green flag while competitors took arms against each other, enabling Hunt to escape. The race became a fight to get away from a hoard of non-stop infighting from second place on back. One by one, Russell would be successful; and then Sternberg would break out as well. This top 3, each separated by multiple kart lengths, would cruise to the finish for the Sprint Series Round 4 A-Main. A Main Podium B-Main Winner Greg Pelaez C-Main Winner Matthew McCoy Round 4 April 14