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After a tough practice day that saw him searching for speed, Frankie Mossman raised eyebrows in the Empire Karts 100cc Junior class with
a surprise pole position, and with it, $100 for the P1 Engines pole award. In the Prefinal however, his fortunes would switch, running out of room on the exit of the long beach corner on lap one to crash out prior to event completing a circuit. Instead, it was track record holder Alexander Gonzalez and Jesus Vasquez running away from the rest of the field, with the former crossing the line first for the Prefinal win. Gonzalez may have started from P1, but it would be Vasquez carrying the outside of the first corner on the start to steal away the top spot. The duo would run that way for several laps until Mossman would catch up with his fresh tires, first taking the fight to a patient Gonzalez to take second, and then attack Vasquez for the lead a few corners later. Mossman would immediately celebrate the pass, seemingly giving the invitation to Vasquez to counter attack, which he obliged just 2 corners later, with Gonzalez following him through. It looked like it was going to be another great 3-way battle for the win, until contact between Mossman and Gonzalez saw the latter spin exiting the Grande Hairpin corner. That cost Mossman too much time to be able to fight for the win, and also promoted Keagan Kaminski up to the third and final podium spot. Solace for Gonzalez though, as he would take home the $100 for the Formula Works Fast Lap Award. Out front however, it would be a comfortable win for Vasquez, bringing him a ticket to ROK Vegas, and $1000 from Sunrise Ford.