CalSpeedAug2018

Masters Points Drop 1 Diego Morales 2125 263 2 Alexander Bermudez 2075 0 3 Jose da Silva 1917 202 4 Steve Spring 1780 194 5 Rodney Bryant 1776 115 Grand Masters Points Drop 1 Tom Zevin 1253 130 2 Jeff Latimer 1206 159 3 Tony Wika 1144 129 4 Brian Starr 1095 0 5 Gilbert Perez 710 0 Sportsman Points Drop 1 Rodney Bryant 1776 115 2 Scott Milne 1715 0 3 Sam Hunt 1690 0 4 Tony Chen 1542 0 5 Dmitry Korotkov 1526 169 While the front four would immediately get in line and hold station inside a half second gap, the contest for 5th on back saw them begin to pull away from the rest of the field. Even with Fite’s move to the lead on lap five, the lead quartet lost little to the chasing train of six or so karts, of which Aaron Scott led. The chasing group started to catch them, but it was not to be. Just as they got to the back bumper of Connell, the fighting ensued, immediately dropping the would-be challengers from the leaders. This dropped the chasers to a second off of the front pack, and with the battle for the lead in the second group not cooling off yet, that lead was maintained until Alexander Bermudez worked into the front. In that same time Connell was slowly falling off the back of the lead trio, and when Bermudez got out front of the chasing pack, they were able to reel him in in fairly quick order. Bermudez would find his way by eventually, scoring the ‘best of the rest’ behind the final bout for the Classico GP win out front. After losing the lead on lap five, Kimbrell would slot in and dutifully hold station, while Yauney also just clock laps to maintain her top three position. It wasn’t until the last couple of laps that Kimbrell switched on the attack, but for every move he made, Fite was able to come out on top. On the final lap, it looked like Kimbrell would have another shot up the straight, but would slot back in line, aiming for another opportunity. Fite made no mistakes, however, and without the obvious opportunity, Kimbrell and Yauney had to settle for second and third respectively, with Sean Fite scoring his first career win in the biggest Super Series event on the calendar.