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Oct
20th, 2006
Due to Eric wining the Easykart Series
and the Grand National he was awarded a trip to Italy to
compete in the Easykart International Grand Final. We left
Miami, stopped in Philadelphia and then were off to Venice Italy.
We then headed to Jesolo to see the track. It is a great
facility. We waited to get a new kart which had his
name along with all the other winners. He got
to practice on Thursday afternoon and all day
Friday and Saturday morning. We got to qualify on Saturday
afternoon. His first qualifying session was not as good as
the second so we took the second session and thats the one
we went with. Sunday morning was much better, however at the
start of the race a kid drove into some karters behind Eric
and 9 kids where taken out and Eric was one of them.
But thats racing! Overall Eric had a great time.
He met some great
kids and had a great time with the friends he went with.
They ate
different foods. It was a great experience for him and he learned
how other kids drive. We are thankful to all that supported
him and got him to the world Championship. Next year will be
running 100cc Easykart and Yamaha Jr.Super-Can, look for him
to be running up front!!!!!!!!
Thanks for you support! EF
Racing
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Thanks for your support.
In
the News:
Racer steering toward bright career
Florida Today.com
Click here for article
Banquet before going to Italy:
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Eric on Podium |
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Eric Waiting for check |
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Sept. 25, 2006
MIAMI – The Easykart Championship Series is going to crown
its series Champions this week before sending them off to
compete in the World Finals in Jesolo, Italy. The event
will be held on September, 29th at the Sandbar Sports Grill
in Coconut Grove, Florida. Awards will be paid back to the
top five finishers in each ECS class.
Taking home the title in the 50cc class was Lea Holden.
Holden claimed the championship on the strength of three
victories and remarkable consistency. Rounding out the top
five in the standings were, Augusto Soto Schirripa, Nicolas
Lopez, Juan David Buitrago, and Simon Acosta.
Claiming the 60cc championship was Eric Filgueiras. The
young Florida driver dominated the season taking eight
victories including the Grand National title to top off a
hugely successful season. Jamie Ortega, Pietro Fittipaldi,
Luigi Luciani and Michelle Demont rounded out the top five
in the final standings and will be awarded Friday night at
the banquet.
Taking five victories in route to the inaugural Easykart
Championship Series 100cc title was Joffrey Amaya. Amaya
scored his first victory in round four and from that point
never looked back in the championship fight. Chasing Amaya
in the points were Ryan Booth, Brittany Lyman, Lucas Rego,
and Nick Rickert.
The 125cc Light class belonged to Federico Montoya from the
word go. The Columbian driver netted seven wins on the
season in this extremely competitive category. Finishing in
the top five in the points were Juan Sebastian Arenas, Juan
Carlos Valderrama, Dion Von Moltke and Pierre Albrecht.
The 125cc Heavy title fight went right down to the last
race. The battle was between Camilo Rico and Fabian
Valencia. In the end it was Rico who came out on top by
taking the ECS Grand National victory to clinch the title.
Valencia finished a close second in the standings and
rounding out the top five were Peter Pestano, Guillermo
Freile, and Manuel Villalobos.
The Easykart Championship Series would like to congratulate
all of its champions and wishes them the best of luck at the
Easykart World Finals. Easykart would also like to thank all
the competitors who helped make the inaugural Easykart
Championship Series a success.
September 11, 2006
The Easykart Championship Series
crowned its’ champions last weekend at the Easykart Grand
Nationals. With a free trip to the Easykart world finals on
the line for the series champions the competition was
guaranteed to be intense. The racers did not disappoint with
great racing throughout the whole weekend.
In the 60cc cadet category. This class has been the domain
by Eric Filgueiras after winning seven of ten races in the
season. The Easykart Grand Nationals would be more of the
same as the Florida driver dominated the weekend’s
proceedings. After qualifying on pole and winning the
prefinal, Filgueiras cruised to a nine second victory over
his closest challenger Pietro Fittipaldi. Rounding out the
podium was Luigi Luciani.
The Easykart World Finals will be held in Jesolo, Italy the
15th of October. There the best Easykart Championship Series
drivers will stack up against the top Easykart drivers in
the world for the ultimate bragging rights and be crown
World Easykart Champion.
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