CalSpeedJune2018

T he first race in the second half of the CalSpeed Karting season would belong to the IronMan Series, once again hosting a sold out entry list of drivers that included both sport and pro classes on track at once. For the second time this season the endurance branch of CalSpeed racing would take to the near flat-out Nuovo circuit, which once again showed why it is called the ‘Super Speedway’. The Pro Class would see a usual suspect lead the way once again, while the sport class category would see the first multi-time winner in the 2018 season… Charles Eichlin would lead the field away for the single-file rolling start that would kick off the second half of the season, entering the Busstop complex with Alexander Bermudez right on his tail. The latter would waste no time taking over the lead, actually bringing series regular Tony Wika along in the process on lap one. Lap two saw Eichlin get back to the runner up spot, this time bringing east coast fly-in driver Ryan Curtin along to drop Wika to fourth. The immediate infighting would see Bermudez jump out to an early two second lead, and while the next three in line would stay together for the next handful of laps, Bermudez would maintain his advantage as they caught traffic for the first time. Curtin would take over second in these first few laps, before Eichlin took it back once in traffic, pushing to a two second gap of his own over Curtin. Putting his head down once through the first salvo of sport class traffic, Curtin proceeded to reel Eichlin back in, regaining the second spot about 10 laps after he had lost it in traffic. That would be the last time any of the Pro Class drivers would be close enough to battle for position however, as with Eichlin pitting a couple laps after being passed by Curtin, the gaps margins would mount up, and it was just a Driver vs. Traffic battle for each of the entrants in the category. The master of this thus far continued to be Bermudez, who not only carried on to score his fourth win in a row, but did it to the tune of a near 10 second lead to boot… Round 6 June 16 PRO RESULTS 1 - Alexander Bermudez 2 - Ryan Curtin 3 - Charles Eichlin PRO Winn Alexander Be