May 29, 2006
“Hot
Racing Action and Hot Temperatures highlight the
weekend”
JUPITER, Fla. – The third round of the Easykart
Championship Series took place this past weekend at the
Moroso Motorsports Park in Jupiter, Florida. The
competitors had to deal with both the challenging
nine-tenths of a mile circuit as well as the Florida
heat that saw track temps reach the 150 degree mark.
Eric Filgueiras and Joffrey Amaya both had successful
weekends taking double victories in the 60cc and 100cc
classes respectively. The Freile Family also had a
strong weekend with father and son taking class wins in
125cc Heavy and 125cc Light on Saturday afternoon.
The
60cc class belonged to Eric Filgueiras as he claimed
both Saturday and Sunday victories. Saturday Filgueiras
would go unbeaten claiming the pole, prefinal and final
victory. However it was not an easy task for the young
driver as he just edged out Jaime Ortega at the line by
one tenth of a second. Jack West finished out the
podium in the third position moving up one spot from his
fourth staring spot.
Filgueiras was unable to sweep the entire weekend as on
Sunday he qualified in the third position behind Jack
West and Saturday’s main rival Ortega. For West, this
was his first ECS pole position. In the final though,
Filgueiras left no question as he took the victory by 12
seconds over pole sitter West and Ortega.
Eric
is closer to going to Italy.
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Getting to Go |
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On the Pole going for the start |
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Taking the Win |
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His Sunday Win |
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