02/26/2010

RDD Motorsports Florida Winter Tour Orlando Report

RDD Motorsports has a solid run at second weekend of the FWT and set their sites on round two of the CKI Florida Cup

Dalton Sargeant leads the Mini-Max Field into turn one at PBIR (Photo by: RDD Motorsports)

After Homestead, Sebastien Ordonez will travel to Ocala seeking the Rotax Jr Championship (Photo by: On Track Promotions)

Deerfield Beach, FL – RDD Motorsports of Deerfield Beach, Florida, the exclusive North American importer of the Kart Mini chassis, left Palm Beach International Raceway, host to rounds three and four of the Florida Tour, leading the points in one class and second in another. The RDD Motorsports team ran a total of four drivers while satellite operation JC Karting entered five drivers on the Kart Mini chassis. The RDD Motorsports drivers completed a full day of testing to prepare a full assault on the Florida Winter Tour Rotax Championship. All four drivers were on track to make final adjustments heading into rounds three and four at the newly re-worked PBIR karting circuit. In Mini Max, RDD Motorsports driver Dalton Sargeant sits in first place in the overall standings thanks to another great performance in rounds three and four. Also still in the hunt is Rotax Junior driver Sebastian Ordonez who will hold onto the second spot in the overall standings after he to had a great second weekend of FWT racing.

“We know the PBIR track well and did some extra testing to make sure we had our best effort in hand going into the weekend, “ comments Andre Serra, RDD Motorsports Team Manager. “With a couple of drivers running at the front in the points we wanted to keep the momentum going forward.”

In Mini Max, three RDD Motorsports drivers took to the track for action. Dalton Sargeant would run second quickest in the final Friday practice and was followed by brother Logan in the third spot. The third driver, Garrett suffered a mechanical issue in final practice and was only able to get in a few laps. In Saturday, it was Dalton taking the pole in timed qualifying with Logan in third and Garrett still looking pace in 27th. In the pre-final Dalton lead early but settled for second while Logan held onto third place. Garrett moved forward through thick traffic to take the 22nd spot. In the final, a tough battle up front saw lots of position changes from the start. In the end, Dalton would cross the stripe in third, with Logan slipping back to seventh from early contact and Garrett, with some great pace, charged forward to 13th spot.

In Sunday action, the RDD Motorsports drivers again attacked the Mini Max field. Dalton would take the third spot
in timed qualifying with Logan in fourth and Garett only getting in a couple of laps to time in 40th spot. Forced to the LCQ, Garrett would charge forward to take fourth spot and transfer into the prefinal. In the prefinal Dalton took the win with Logan in third and Dalton moving up to 20th from his 32nd starting spot. In final the RDD drivers would push hard early for the lead and crossed the line with Dalton in second, Logan in third and Garret making it back from early turn one contact to finish in 25th.

In Rotax Junior the lone RDD Motorsports driver Sebastian Ordonez grabbed the 13th spot in Friday practice. He would qualify in the sixth spot in Saturday morning timed qualifying and in the would race at the front and hold on for a sixth place finish. A better start in the final kept him with the leaders and he would cross the line in the fourth spot.

On Sunday, Ordonez would improve his qualifying effort taking the fourth spot after the combined two groups. In the prefinal he would take the seventh spot as the action heated up. In the final a tough start would push Ordonez back in the field. He would fight forward as action at the front kept the field tight on the short PBIR track. At the line he would take the 11th place but still retain his second spot in the overall standings.

“It is good to be on top in a couple of classes, but we would have liked a bit better results in some classes,” comments Serra from trackside at PBIR. “We have some work to do leading up the next FWT round. Going to Miami-Homestead this weekend will be very good for us.”

The RDD Motorsports team will be at round two of the CKI Florida Cup taking place at Homestead Miami Speedway this weekend. All four RDD Motorsports drivers will be in action as they look to repeat their top performances in round one. Ordonez currently sits second in the points in Rotax Junior, while Dalton Sargeant holds down the third spot in Rotax Mini-Max.

Following round two of the CKI Florida, RDD Motorsports will be at the final weekend of FWT Rotax Max Challenge taking place at Ocala Gran Prix on March 19-21. The RDD Motorsports team will also compete in the new Rotax Pan Am Challenge and head back to Las Vegas for the SKUSA SuperNationals later in the year.

For more information about this release, the Kart Mini chassis program and the entire RDD Motorsports team please contact André Serra, RDD Motorsports at 954-695-4437.