Group B Provides Closest Points Race in LVGP League History!

It was another exciting round of leagues at LVGP.  The final week the field had the opportunity to run the league races on the new Super Karts which add a little more speed and power into the mix!

Here is a break down of the league format for Winter Leagues:

Week 1: 2 twenty minute races run in normal direction

Week 2: 1 twenty minute feature forward, 1 twenty minute feature run reverse track

Week 3: Team Endurance Race (1hr 20min race)

Week 4: 4 ten minute features

The final week was a 4 race format which provided the league driver’s with a greater opportunity to gain or loss ground.  It was a extremely close race to the finish.  Here is a list of all of our driver’s and the final results from the Winter League.

If you are interested in joining leagues and becoming part of the racing culture at LVGP contact Ryan Suchon at competition@lehighvalleygrandprix.com.

Special Notes:  This was the closest points race in the history of LVGP leagues amongst Group B!!

Group A

1.  Jeff Shuey 8,638pts

2.  Dylan Castro 7,947pts

3.  Nic Varec 6,588pts

4.  Kevin Carney 6,145pts

5.  Fred Heinly 6,067pts

6.  Jason Botta 5,323pts

7.  Anthony Federico 4,896pts

Group B

1.  Ryan Leach 7,312pts

2.  Austin Merkel 7,303pts

3.  Warren Wunderly 7,201pts

4.  Michael Bombard 7,158pts

5.  Jon Nickel 7,148pts

6.  Andrew Welch 5,002pts

7.  Richard Petey 4,480pts

8.  Lisa Bond 4,297pts

When it comes to karting competitions, the true champion is the individual that can display the greatest endurance while keeping fast laps times.  The LVGP Summer Iron Man Series is a great test to that skill.  An hour and half race was held in each of the 3 Summer months.  The overall champion would be crowned based upon overall points over the 3 Races.

The tough aspect of racing is that you can never predict what can happen during a race.  In the final race of the series Jason Frankenfield aka Bone had kart issues in the beginning of the race with a broken throttle cable.  This enabled Ben Lindsay and Jonathan Updegrove to have a 2 man race.  The two drivers raced nose to tail for the final 25 minutes of the race finishing with a difference of .205!!!  Bone finished 3rd but had won the previous 2 races to claim the overall victory!

It was an excited Series this Summer as we got to see a lot of new faces get into the competition program.  All of the drivers showed great class and sportsmanship.

Next upcoming Competition Events:  Adult Leagues 10/3, Junior Leagues 10/6

Final Points Standings

1.  Jason Frankenfield 2,801 pts,

2.  Ben Lindsay 1,879 pts

3.  Fernando Oliveira 1,458 pts

4.  Nicholas Takacs 1,431 pts

5.  Brandon Gehris 1,142 pts

6.  Dave Kraige & Jonathan Updegrove 843 pts

7.  Ross Stuart & Nunzio Craccholio 649 pts

8.  Jason Squitiere, Dan Krantz & Michael Todos 587 pts

9.  Dylan Castro 536 pts

10.  Matt Winker & Rodrigo Da Silva 493 pts

11.  Hunter Stewart, Kris Dumschat & Carlos Dos Reis 456 pts

12.  Adriano Oliveria & Marty Depano 423 pts

13.  Jake Krantz & Gabrielle Larrimore 371 pts