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Round 9 - Sept 17
Classico CCW saw its customary spot on the calendar for the penultimate round of the 2022 Super Series Championship, and while several of the sub-championships were in heated battles and
far from being decided, the Overall championship saw one driver with a shot to make history...
The first to make some noise would be perennial front runner Bill Kreig, scoring qualifying bonus points for the third time this season, albeit his first pole position since round #5 in 2019. Point leader Sam Hunt showed once again that he is a qualy Master with another top three performance this season, clocking second-quick time, while Doug Yauney clocked third fast time to lead the field away for the third heat race on the day. Speaking of heats, it would be a mix of familiar faces and fresh ones scored the dubs, starting with Jose da Silva in heat 1a, followed by Jeremy Aldridge, and Diego Alvarado to finish up the first set of 10 lap battles, with John Rice locking in his first ever heat race in 2a, Sam Hunt in 2b and Michael Martin in 2c.
The first main of the day would see Michael Collins lined up on pole for the C-main, with Michael Velez along side, each hoping to vy for the win and B-main transfer. Velez would get to the front right away, with Kion Veitschegger, Jordan Paganos, and Craig Norfleet all finding their way by Collins on lap one. Paganos was the driver on the move however, working up from a 7th place starting spot to 3rd on lap one, then taking the fight to Kion 2 laps later. He wasn’t done there either, reaching Velez and then taking over the top spot by the halfway mark. After a bit of back and forth with Velez, Paganos eventually was able to set into a rhythm, cutting solid laps en-route to the fastest lap of the race on the final lap, and his first piece of hardware with the C-amin victory...
Veteran Dmitry Korotkov would be the pole man for the B-main with Brian Langone alongside, while Jake Wolff and Adrian Comstock filled in row 2 as the next set of challengers. Once again though, a driver from row four would show speed, as Kyle Odermatt steadily made his way to the front right from the drop of the green. He was up to 5th by the end of lap one, and then picked off Comstock for 4th on lap 3, and from there it was Odermatt and Comstock heading to the front. While Korotkov had initial pressure from Jake Wolff, by the halfway point it was a quartet at the front that included to pair coming up through the ranks. Odermatt and Comstock would get by Wolff a lap later, but then a miscalculation by Odermatt with would see him spin out of 2nd with just two laps to go. Comstock would then have a shot at the lead and get the job done once, but Korotkov countered and held him of to seal the deal on a flag-to-flag victory and A-Main transfer.
After a second and a win in his heats it would be point leader Sam Hunt leading the field away for the start of the second to last A-Main of the year, but he would immediately come under fire from Masters point leader Jose da Silva. Da Silva would lead, and Hunt would show the poise of a veteran as the pair would refrain from battling, instead pushing to try and build a gap to the chasing pack. It worked for all but one challenger, as Bill Kreig was able to stay clear of the infighting, and latch on to the top two to make it an immediate 3 kart breakaway by lap three. Hunt showed he’d rather be the leader, and made the move to first when Kreig joined the party, with Kreig waiting to make his own move on Da Silva until another couple laps were in the books. Once in P2 however, Kreig wasted little time, taking over the lead from Hunt on lap 9, with Hunt employing the same strategy as before. This time the strategy worked to perfection, and the top two pulled away to make it mano-e-mano for the win. Hunts move would come in ‘Turn 4’ on the final
A-Main Podium
B-Main Winner Dmitry Korotkov
C-Main Winner Jordan Paganos