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2014 Champion Chris Sun
This race was sold out day on booking deadline, but some racers had to back out at the very last moment, so we did not have Robb Leece, Todd Christiansen & David Christiansen.
One thing we found when we got on the track for the practice was they changed the track again. This time it was a technical 8 turn course with 1 front straight which put everyone on a even playing field. There were cautions in each session of the evening as the course is very tight and tougher to manage with all karts on track.
Practice was a work out with more twisty bits than the last race needless to say it was nice to have a break in between track sessions. Chris Sun led practice followed by Paul Lamoureux with Richard Bonham in 3rd place. Blair Snow was in 4th place followed by Rory Nagassar in 5th place, Michael Webber was in 6th place followed by Darren Leece in 7th, Doug Chandler was in 8th followed by Darren Henry was in 9th place followed by Chris Paavola in 10th place.
There were 2 cautions with everyone getting into the groove.
Qualifying was lead by Paul Lamoureux followed by Chris Sun in 2nd place. Richard Bonham was in 3rd place followed by Blair Snow in 4th, Michael Webber was in 5th place followed by Rory Nagassar in 6th place, Darren Leece was in 7th place followed by Chris Paavola in 8th place, Doug Chandler was in 9th place followed by Darren Henry in 10th place.
There was also with 2 cautions with quite a bit of rubbing & bumping as everyone navigating the track.
Just before the final race Speeders General Manager Jason said he liked our series & how we handle the karts with-out damaging the karts or track. So with that in mind he was looking at VMN Indoor Kart Series racers & found only 2 racers were Pro Speed rated which was Chris Sun & Richard Bonham. Then he said, to thank us for our series he bought us a Pro Speed rated race that would be added to our profiles to allow us to run at Pro Speed for our series in the new season. We were given the option before our race, or after our race & series trophy presentations. We elected to do it after the trophies.
The way the qualifying was (and it was the last race) we were expecting lots of cautions & contact in the final. There was contact but only 1 caution with a couple laps in. I screwed up coming into corner 5, going too fast in and ended up bumping & spinning Darren Henry (after the race I apologized as not my intention).
Next part we have to work on improving in the new season is our grid starts should change with keeping formation before the green. Because of some karts were delayed in the pits, the grid was messed up in the back and started incorrectly with some karts jumping positions before the green flag. So we can fix it in the future by keeping formation until green regardless if pace kart is in the pits.
Paul Lamoureux won the final race with Chris Sun in 2nd place, followed by Rory Nagassar in his 1st podium finish in 3rd place.
Richard Bonham was in 4th followed by place Blair Snow in 5th, Michael Webber was in 6th place followed by Darren Leece in 7th place, Doug Chandler was in 8th place who was racing with a sore back, Chris Paavola was in 9th place followed by Darren Henry in 10th place.
Chris Sun won the 2013-2014 VMN Indoor Kart Series Championship as he had a 100 point lead coming into the final race. All he had to do was finish Qualifying and the Race.
Doug Chandler was in 2nd place followed by Darren Leece in 3rd place. Paul Lamoureux was in 4th place followed by Blair Snow, Darren Henry was in 5th place followed by Chris Paavola in 6th place, Robb Leece was in 7th place followed by Rory Nagassar in 9th place, David Christiansen was in 10th place, Richard Bonham was in 11th place followed by Michael Webber in 12th place.
See excel file for complete points list & results per session.
VMN Kart Racing Series Points
The award for best team goes to: Legend-wait for it – Darren. They were not able to be at The Black Bull Pub for presentation.
14 Lap Pro Speed race was more like one of one of our qualifying sessions with only 1 caution on the 1st lap. The difference with more speed is a about 1-2 seconds on your time but you have to use your brakes to make the corners. This session was lead by Richard Bonham followed by Paul Lamoureux in 2nd place, Chris Sun was in 3rd place followed by Rory Nagassar in 4th place, Michael Webber was in 5th place followed by Blair Snow in 6th place, Doug Chandler was in 7th place followed by Darren Leece in 8th place, Chris Paavola was in 9th place followed by Darren Henry in 10th place.
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VMN Indoor Kart Series will start off with an oval exhibition race in September 2014 & will be running the regular point season of 1 race per month probably the second Thursday of each month from October 2014 to April 2015.
Pricing for the new season will be slightly adjusted with a cost of $80 per race; which is based on breaking even or $75 per race paying for the season in advance. A full points season would be $525 including the oval exhibition race would be $600. If it turns out that something comes up & you are not able to race let us know ASAP as we might be able to sell your place.
VMN Indoor Kart Point Series Position Race format: 14 Lap practice14 Lap Qualifying16 Lap Grid Start & Final Main Race. Trophy Presentations 1st, 2nd & 3rd.
This series is for fun & bragging rites so if we have 10-12, 20-24 or 30- 36 racers you have to qualify for race A race B or C there will be trophies for 1st, 2nd & 3rd, in all races. The points will be higher in race A then in race B & C, everyone is welcome to come-out & watch so if you are unsure about racing this would be a good way to see if you like it. Final main races. Points are awarded as follows: Final main races. Points are awarded as follows: 1st-60 points, 2nd-55 points, 3rd-50 points, then decreases by 2 points up to position 24. Qualifying Points are awarded as follows: 1st -45 points (Poll), 2nd -40 points, 3rd -35 points, 4th -33 points then decreases by 2 points back to position 16, then decreases by 1 point.
VMN Indoor Kart Series Oval Exhibition Race Position Race format: 14 Lap practice 14 Lap Qualifying16 Lap Grid Start & Final Main Race or Position Race format: 14 Lap practice/qualifying 32 Lap Grid Start & Final Main Race including a competition caution on lap 16. In the 32 lap race drivers would come in to the pits in their position & then jump into a fresh kart to continue the race. Race would be in September on a Sunday at 7:00 pm or 8:00 pm depending on how many racers, we would like to get 20 racers. We would also need to give Speeders staff assistance in setting up the track as this race will be scheduled with a track change to follow our race. Track configuration can be a tri-oval or we could just do one big one like Indy, anyone interested please contact me & let me know. Contact me at cpaavola@velocitymotorsportsnews.com Velocity 587-349-2520.
Location: SPEEDERS INDOOR PROKARTS
58 Aero Drive NE Calgary, AB T2E 8Z9 Phone: (403) 230-3009
$15.95 & ID for Annual Elite Race Account (required for all drivers)
http://www.speeders.ca/calgary-location
New racers are required to be Pro Kart Speed Rated which requires doing their drop in racing for a session & show control, then requesting Pro Speed which will qualify people to run at the higher speed. This way VMN Indoor Kart Series will be run at the highest rated speed of the karts, just be prepared to use the brakes to make the corners.
Rules: Any and all racers must abide by the rules of SPEEDERS INDOOR PROKARTS. No bumping & you must be able to control kart at all times. Breaking of these rules will result in a warning, black flag or complete ejection of event by Speeders Staff. At all times you are responsible for any damage caused.
For up to date information you can become a member on facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/645963458755269/ or you can go to http://velocitymarketingenterprises.com/VMN_Kart.html as it will be updated closer to the race season. Payment deadline will be 1 week prior to race to confirm events.