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TONY KART RACING TEAM
1° Rnd WSK Euro Series
Circuito Internazionale di Napoli (Italia)

DOUBLE DECLUTCH IN KZ1 CATEGORY WITH DREEZEN ON THE OCCASION OF THE WSK EURO SERIES’ FIRST ROUND
-Excellent success in KZ1 category for our Tony Kart Racing Team in the two opening rounds of the WSK Euro Series in Sarno.
At the Naples International Circuit Rick Dreezen signs a clear double win. Furthermore it has been enriched with the pole position and with the firs position and with the second one obtained in race-1 by Marco Ardigò.
-Under the pouring rain during the WSK first round the Tony Kart chassis lead in the 60 Mini category, too, with Sargeant and Lorandi, second and third position respectively. In KF2 category the second step of the podium was conquered by the Russian Rudakov and in KF3 category one more Russian driver, Sitnikov, straightly took his Racer EVRR-Vortex on the podium, signing the third place.

KZ1 – The first Euro Series’ weekend opened with a very good result of our driver Rick Dreezen who was able to gain the pole position. Dreezen signed, on a wet track a timing of 1:25.168, thus obtaining a gap over his closest rival, Hanssen of 469 tenths.
In the two heats that lead to the first final, on Saturday, Dreezen drove well determined and was able to sign a fourth and a fifth position, moreover Marco Ardigò could obtain a tenth position in both races. So, Dreezen started from the first row and Ardigò from the third.
At the green light Dreezen took the leading position and also Ardigò soon took the second position. The twelve rounds of the short final became this way quite a solitaire race for our drivers. The Tony Kart-Vortex chassis run by Rick Dreezen and Marco Ardigò got the first and second position respectively, quite far from all other competitors. Dreezen on the wet track was once more able to perform the best-lap time with 1.22.573. The rounds until before the very final on Sundays have always been run on the wet track, allowing Ardigò and Dreezen to start from the first and the second row, respectively. At the starting grid_clanek, while Dreezen took the leading position thanks to a very perfect start, Ardigò was involved in a slight collision, making him lose any chance of win. Dreezen defended himself at the seventh round during the fight against the English driver Hanley, who has been immediately repulsed. Quite at the end of the round also Lammer began a battle with our driver. Dreezen ran perfectly his Racer EVRR chassis but was constantly threatened during thw whole race and did_clanek not make any mistake, nevertheless the pressure of his rival. Lammers once close to the arrival tried to overtake but got in collision and both chassis skid_clanekded right round. They soon restarted but with Lammers first. But he decid_claneked, because of possible penalties for the unfair driving manoeuvre, to leave the first position to Dreezen. Our driver could this way win the second round of the week-end, deservedly, conquering a good score for the Euro Series classification. Marco Ardigò, despite the quite hard start, was able to recover and to gain the twelfth position.

KF2 – The wet track made all things more difficult. In the qualifying heats at his début of the season Kasai Takashi showed off and together with Damiano Fioravanti they both reached the super pole. Takashi took the fifth and Fioravanti the eight position.
In the very wet heats Fioravanti made very good performances, ending up twice with a second position and conquering the second row in the pre-final.
Camponeschi, Petjoi and Mac Leod were able to recover from an unlucky qualifying heat and could enter in the final without any concern. In the pre-final Samuel Mac Leod gained the seventh row at the starting grid_clanek, thanks to nineteenth overtakes all made on the wet circuit. Very good recovery also for the Russian drivers Rudakov and Korolevskiy of the partner team Komarov, who from the bottom of the entire group of drivers took the very first positions. In the final race Rudakov performed a very good recovery who took him directly to the podium, in the second position. Mac Leod obtained good results and ended up tenth, he could have done even better if he was not involved in an accid_clanekent during the very first minutes of the race. Takashi too, recovered from the bottom, after the withdrawal in the pre-final and obtained the twelfth position.

KF3 – Nikita Sitnikov got on the podium of KF3 category where we have no official driver attending the competition. Our partner team’s driver Rudako got on the podium at the end of a positive weekend, ending up all heats in the three first positions and winning the pre-final B. In the cadet class too once more a Tony Kart-Vortex driver signed the pole position, it was the US Dalton Sargeant running with the Ward Racing. He fought for taking one step on the podium in the final and ended fifth.

60 Mini – Tony Kart chassis crowded the very first position at the end of the final, the American Sargeant Logan (Ward Racing) and the Italian Leonardo Lorandi got the second and the third position, respectively. We have to remind that in the ten first positions of the final, not less than five Tony Kart ROCKY EXP were present at the track. Ranking at: http://www.wskarting.it/

Rick Dreezen – Winner of race-1 and race-2 Tony Kart Racing Team
“I am very satisfied with the result obtained but I feel not completely satisfied with the win in race-2 instead for a simple reason. During the race of Saturday I got a good feeling with the chassis, on Sunday I was not so much. This prevent me to do my best on Sunday in the final-2 even though I have to say I drove with a good synergy and I was able to face Hanley without any problems.
The scores I got today will be useful for the rest of the Championship but it is too early to any calculation, we have still six races. I just think to be well concentrated in the work I’m doing together with my team for the next race in Val D’Argenton.
I wish to thank all the guys of the team for the work they’ve done once again.”

What do you think of what occurred with Lammers during the last round? He bumped into you and skid_clanekded you right-round on last round then he let you go, probably, since he was afraid_clanek of a penalty.

“It was a hard fight, I was faster in the third sector of the circuit while he was faster in the central and at the end only he tried to overtake. Due to the flooded track the collision occurred. In such conditions these things may arrive… it is a part of the game. He was fair and intelligent and soon understood the situation, leaving me the space to enter again. I congratulate with him for the race he did_clanek and for the clearness of mind in the management of the situation. He is a high-level rival and he’s one amongst the most important drivers running for the win of the WSK Euro. If there was no collision, I could have been able to win anyway.”

Marco Ardigò – KZ1 Tony Kart Racing Team’s driver
“At the beginning of race-2 I started with a little hesitation and this cost me a lot. I was bumped into on the first bend and I was thus forces to start from the bottom. I was recovering very well but in the fight of the mid_clanekdle group, due to the flooded track it was easy to get in few collisions and… once again I was skid_clanekded right-round. I recovered some scores but I could have even stayed in the first positions, I am sorry because I always did_clanek very good starts and right in the final I was so unlucky. However I am still positive since the material I have at my disposal is high-level and the team is always up to the task of any situation.”

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