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DJ Ortiz would like to congratulate all the Kart Racing Solutions drivers that participated this year at the 2010 Rotax Grand Nationals at New Castle Motorsports Park in Newcastle, IN
Rotax Mini Max - 2nd Cole Glasson # 112
Rotax Senior - 23rd Gabe Bargas # 220 (on track collision)
Rotax Senior - 32nd Dean Boyd # 210 (on track collision)
Rotax Masters - 7th DJ Ortiz #417
 Cole Glasson made his third trip
to New Castle,
Indiana with his coach / tuner DJ Ortiz of Kart Racing Solutions where
the two
joined the DeFrancesco Racing Team to compete in the 10 year olds 2nd
US Rotax Grand National Event. Last year he finished the event in the
eighth spot but was determined to place even better in 2010. The young
pilot
would compete against a tough 33 kart Mini Max field including his three
teammates (DeFrancesco, Coultston and O' Ward) along with other notable
National contenders of Dalton and Logan Sargent, Kyle Kirkwood, and
Jordan
Perry.
Practice went very well as DJ
and Cole worked
together to get the kart and jetting right for the humid conditions.
Throughout
the practice week, Cole remained in the top 10 spots and was running
consistently well. When official practice began on Wednesday, the final
timed
practice put Cole in the fastest qualifying group for Thursday's
qualifying
session. Cole came out of the gates with a mission to be consistent all
week
and put himself in a position to compete for the title. Cole qualified 7th
out of the field of 33 which would put him starting in the second row of
all of
his heat races. Heat 1 found Cole in P3 and in a good position to get
with the
breakaway pack and finish in P2. Heat 2 and 3 put Cole on the outside of
row
two going into the fast Turn 1. DJ and Cole worked on race strategy to
ensure
he was smart and made the right race decisions not to get in an
incident. Cole
would finish Heat 2 in P2 and Heat 3 in P3. The young driver did exactly
what
he needed to in order to stay in front of the field as he would begin
the final
day on the outside of Row 2 in P4.
The prefinal would be a battle
as the top six
drivers pulled from the field and began making multiple runs to the
front as
they came down the front straight away. Cole would find himself as high
as P3
but could not hold on in the final turns and finished the prefinals in
P6. This
put Cole once again on the "familiar" outside but he was able to
squeeze in and find himself in P4 out of the first few turns. Cole
battled with
the same breakaway group of Perry, D. Sargent, Defrancesco, L. Sargent,
and
Kirkwood as again the pack slowly began pulling from the field. In the
end,
Perry and Cole were able to put a little distance between themselves and
the
next 4 drivers and they battled to the checkered with Perry taking the
top spot
by only 2/10ths and Cole standing on the podium of one of the biggest
National
events. It was a great weekend for the 10 year old who walked away with
three
P2's, a P3, and a P6 over the event schedule.
Cole would like to thank DeFrancesco
Racing and Supertune's Ben Cruttenden who supported him this
weekend along with his teammates Dore Chaponick, Patricio O'Ward,
Sebastien
Coulston, and Devlin Defrancesco along with their tuners. In addition,
special
thanks to Bobby Wilson-Team Manager, Andy DeFrancesco-Team Owner, and
his long
time tuner and coach, DJ Ortiz- KRS Owner, who
kept Cole competing for the front
position all week and gave him the chance to win the event.
Cole is sponsored in 2010 by
DeFrancesco Racing,
Supertune USA, Kart Racing Solutions, Total Concept Racing Engines,
Frozen Fire
Films, Glasson Racing, Bell Racing, Magnets 4 Media and Tyler Web
Design. For
more information on Cole Glasson or sponsorship opportunities, please
visit his
website www.coleglasson.com. Join Cole's
Fan Page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cole-Glasson-Racing/286802299554
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