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December 6, 2007
Italkart Dominates World Class Event
Aboard his
Italkart Supersonic V, Michael Valiante withstood the pressure from
Buddy Rice and the impressive charge of Gary Carlton to capture Friday
night's Snap-On All-Stars Karting Classic.
Starting from the outside of Row 1 next to pole-sitter Nelson Philippe,
Valiante led all 50 laps around the tight, twisting course erected
outside the Convention Center and, after fighting off Rice for the
first 25 laps, cruised to an easy win.
It was a good night for Valiante
and his Italkart Parilla package, the former Toyota
Atlantic star who never got a shot in CART but is now with Wayne
Taylor's Grand Am team. He'd loaned
his kart to a younger competitor for the Stars of Tomorrow feature and
it promptly got badly damaged. A quick thrash to repair the suspension
had Valiante on the grid and he did the rest.
"I wasn't sure what to expect because my Italkart was pretty
beat up but my guys did a great job of putting it back together and it
was a dream to drive," he said.
| 1. |
95 |
Michael
Valiante |
Italian
Motors USA-Italkart |
Italkart/Parilla |
50 |
- |
14.503 |
| 2. |
151 |
Gary
Carlton |
SSC
East |
CRG/Rotax |
50 |
- |
14.571 |
| 3. |
1 |
Buddy
Rice |
Tony
Kart USA |
Tony
Kart/Rok TT |
50 |
4.130 |
14.477 |
| 4. |
84 |
AJ
Allmendinger |
SSC
East |
CRG/Rotax |
50 |
6.392 |
14.585 |
| 5. |
6 |
Tyler
Dueck |
Champion
Racing-Intrepid |
Intrepid/Parilla |
50 |
7.992 |
14.449 |
| 6. |
26 |
Jamie
McMurray |
SSC
East |
CRG/Rotax |
50 |
8.288 |
14.449 |
| 7. |
39 |
Christian
Fitipaldi |
Champion
Racing-Intrepid |
Intrepid/Parilla |
50 |
9.508 |
14.546 |
| 8. |
14 |
Joel
Miller |
Tony
Kart USA |
Tony
Kart/Rok TT |
50 |
11.996 |
14.516 |
| 9. |
29 |
Phil
Giebler |
Team
Sparco USA |
Sodi
Kart/Parilla |
50 |
12.827 |
14.532 |
| 10. |
401 |
Josef
Newgarden |
SSC
East |
Zanardi/Parilla |
50 |
13.130 |
14.550 |
| 11. |
7 |
Bryan
Herta |
Team
Top Kart USA |
Top
Kart/Parilla |
50 |
13.918 |
14.626 |
| 12. |
13 |
Heath
Voss |
Franklin
Motorsports |
Merlin/Parilla |
48 |
2
Laps |
14.823 |
| 13. |
8 |
Nelson
Phillippe |
SSC
East |
CRG/Rotax |
47 |
3
Laps |
14.488 |
| 14. |
459 |
Ron
Capps |
Motorama
Kart Part-Birel |
Birel/Parilla |
47 |
3
Laps |
14.855 |
| 15. |
1 |
Matt
Jaskol |
Team
Top Kart USA |
Top
Kart/Parilla |
46 |
4
Laps |
14.452 |
| 16. |
92 |
David
Jurca |
Italian
Motors |
Italkart/Parilla |
45 |
5
Laps |
14.536 |
| 17. |
11 |
Jan
Heylen |
MRP-Birel
America |
Birel/Parilla |
43 |
7
Laps |
14.475 |
| 18. |
26X |
Marco
Andretti |
Team
Top Kart USA |
Top
Kart/Parilla |
14 |
36
Laps |
14.751 |
| 19. |
3 |
Eddie
Lawson |
Tony
Kart USA |
Tony
Kart/Rok TT |
13 |
37
Laps |
14.617 |
| 20. |
99 |
Steve
Johnson |
FirstKart.com |
First
Kart/Parilla |
11 |
39
Laps |
16.797 |
| 21. |
41 |
Scott
Speed |
MRP-Birel
America |
Birel/Parilla |
0 |
- |
No
time |
| 22. |
457 |
Lake
Speed |
Motorama
Kart Part-Birel |
Birel/Parilla |
0 |
- |
No
time |
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