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KARTING: 24 Hours Of Victory Lane Karting Report
Written by: Jade Gurss   
05/26/2009
Charlotte, NC
 
Start with a long list of local and national karting champions from across the United States and Canada, sprinkle in a few familiar names from NASCAR, ARCA and Grand-Am, and then send them off for two trips around the clock and you have the second annual 24 Hours of Victory Lane Karting presented by NOS Energy Drink.
Team Stacked, consisting of Hans Soneson, Mike Ibach, Robbie Freeman, DJ Osmond and Joe Sansone won the 24 hour kart event. (Courtesy Victory Lane Karting) ยป More Photos

At the end of the 24 hour endurance test, Team Stacked, consisting of Hans Soneson, Mike Ibach, Robbie Freeman, DJ Osmond and Joe Sansone had completed 2626 laps of the Victory Lane indoor road course to take the victory by a margin of seven laps over the NAFTA team of Chris Evans, Mike Smith, Bryan Zeiss, Dave Carter, Jordan Yakiwchuk and Michael Williamson.

The 9am start saw the Joe Gibbs Racing Chiefs on the pole after Corey LaJoie set a best lap of 32.171 seconds in the Friday night qualifying session. The entire field was covered by less than nine-tenths of a second in qualifying in the equally prepared Sodi RX7 karts.

In the early hours of the race, Stacked, NAFTA and JGR Chiefs traded first place before the Endurance Karting team of Yury Lyalko, Truman Godfrey, Kevin Bligan, Dan Burke and Johan Schwartz took the lead at the three-hour mark, which also marked the first fuel stop of the race.

For the next three hours, NAFTA and Endurance Karting raced at the front of the field before a pit lane penalty dropped Endurance Karting to the fourth position at the six-hour mark of the race. Their penalty boosted the MC Squared team into second place.

The real excitement of the entire race took place near the 14-hour mark (11 pm), as Stacked caught the leading NAFTA team, and then waged a furious battle for first. The lead switched three times before Stacked established the first position, a spot they would maintain in the final 10 hours of the event. Stacked was followed across the finish line by NAFTA and the Endurance Karting teams as each of the 14 squads completed more than 2500 laps.

Mike Poleski of the Grand Prix New York team set the fastest lap of the race with a best circuit of 31.658 seconds.

The race was sponsored by NOS Energy Drink, Ember Clothing and Red Robin restaurants.

Here are the
final results:

1.) Stacked 2626 laps
Hans Soneson/Mike Ibach/Robbie Freeman/DJ Osmond/Joe Sansone


2.) NAFTA 2619 laps
Chris Evans/Mike Smith/Bryan Zeiss/Dave Carter /Jordan Yakiwchuk/Michael Williamson


3.) Endurance Karting 2616 laps
Yury Lyalko/Truman Godfrey/Kevin Bligan/Dan Burke/Johan Schwartz


4.) MC2 Energy Drink 2615 laps
Tony Stevens/Jeff Saiani /Scott Gaarde/Adam Kellerman/Tony Hana/Patrick Britain


5.) Grand Prix New York 2591 laps
Anthony Jerussi/Zack Skolnick/Zack Gross/Mike Poleski/Sean Cothren


6.) Xpress Lube 2590 laps
Jamil Nassar/Mike Casino/Andrew Von Fange/John Reaney/Walter Sova/Martin Nespory/Kendall Dye


7.) Saturday Night Live 2570 laps
Stacey Foster/Donovan Bloomfield/Dan Brode/Wyatt Foster/John Freeman/Mike Skeen


8.) 1-800-WE-INSURE 2569 laps
Wes Greene/Phil Karp/Matt Thompson/Ryan Glissonn/Patrick Shores/Ryan Curtain


9.) JFSI 2565 laps
Clint Vigus/Bruno Vanzieleghem/Ben Brady/Larry Mercier/Michael Mosburger/Jason Moscetti/Carl Bligan


10.) Gekko State Racing 2537 laps
Phil Pearson/Paul Shelton/Glenn Smith/Coty Hartson/Mohammed Nassar


11.) fingerprint inc. 2536 laps
Jade Gurss/John Connaughton/Kevin York/Evan York/Steve Rosswick/Alli Owens / Leilani Munter


12.) No Drama (All-Female Team) 2532 laps
Jody Folice/Laurie Osmond/Tiffany Daniels/Chrissy Wallace/Chelsie Lehman/Johanna Godinez

13.) Frag University 2515 laps
David Vasta/Carl Gunderson/Andrew Hopwood

14.) Joe Gibbs Racing Chiefs 2501 laps
Michael Logan/Corey LaJoie/Shane Love/Tom Peterson/ Travis Peterson/Coleman Pressley/Alan Hall
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