21st November 2014

THIRD TIME LUCKY FOR KIP FOSTER AT SUPERNATIONALS

Kip Foster (#20) ahead of Will Power (#5) in the TaG Masters class (Pic: On Track Promotions)

It was a case of third time lucky for Australian Kip Foster at the SKUSA SuperNationals XVIII in Las Vegas, America.

Foster, who had twice previously crossed the line first in the TaG Masters class at the event before being excluded due to minor technicalities, took the 2014 win ahead of reigning IndyCar Series Champion Will Power.

Power led the way early in the final aboard his Australian-made Arrow chassis as Foster was charging his way forward from his 13^th starting position.

With a handful of laps remaining Foster closed in on the rear bumper of Power’s kart before taking over the front running and take the win.

“Will was driving a brilliant race out front and I really had to wait for my kart to come on a bit and Will’s to go off a bit.  It wasn’t until about three laps to go when I thought that I had the opportunity to win because Will had a decent gap and it was a very slow catching process,” said Foster.

Joining Foster and Power inside the top ten was fellow Australian Scott Simpson in ninth spot.

In the TaG Cadet class, Jack Doohan shadowed the front-runners in the final before taking the lead on lap seven.  He was then passed by Guiseppe Fusco with three laps remaining before fighting back to lead the way with one lap remaining.  Fusco fought back to retake the lead on the final lap to cross the line 0.254 seconds ahead of Doohan.

Lochie Hughes finished 10th while the third Australian to make the final, Broc Feeney, was eliminated on lap three.

David Sera finished third in the TaG Senior class (Pic: On Track Promotions)

David Sera led the way at the half way mark in the TaG Senior final before Marco Maestranzi showed tremendous speed to close in Sera to take over the front running with a handful of laps remaining.  Sera would cross the line third, one place ahead of fellow Australian Ben Stewart who started on the front row.

In the S2 class, Jason Faint was the best of the Australians in fourth place while Jordan Ford crossed the line 17th in the S1 class.

In KZ2, Kel Treseder recorded his best finish in three attempts at the event with a ninth place finish, three places ahead of Darren Burke.  Sam Houston was 24th while Matthew Hunt failed to finish the final.

Unfortunately for the two Australian competitors in TaG Junior, Zane Morse and Declan Fraser, they both failed to finish the final.

A full run down of results by the Australian drivers at the event, which attracted more than 500 entries, can be found below.

SKUSA SUPERNATIONALS XVIII
Las Vegas, Nevada

Australian Results

TAG Cadet – 84 Entries
2 Lochie Hughes – Q: 4th, Heat 1: DNF (42nd), Heat 2: 9th, Heat 3: 2nd, Final: 10th
9 Jay Hanson – Q: 18th, Heat 1: 10th, Heat 2: DNF (41st), Heat 3: 13th, LCQ: 17th
33 Jack Doohan – Q: 2nd, Heat 1: 1st, Heat 2: 2nd, Heat 3: 3rd, Final: 2nd
35a Flynn Jackes – Q: 58th, Heat 1: 21st, Heat 2: 21st, Heat 3: 27th, LCQ: 8th
43 Jac Preston – Q: 25th, Heat 1: DNF (38th), Heat 2: 21st, Heat 3: 33rd, LCQ: 29th
142 Broc Feeney – Q: 16th, Heat 1: 6th, Heat 2: 8th, Heat 3: 35th, Final: DNF (39th)
189 Sean Bolger – Q: 55th, Heat 1: 22nd, Heat 2: 28th, Heat 3: 22nd, LCQ: 26th
197 Zayd Tones – Q: 50th, Heat 1: 23rd, Heat 2: 14th, Heat 3: 29th, LCQ: 12th

TAG Junior – 70 Entries
111 Zane Morse – Q: 18th, Heat 1: 6th, Heat 2: 9th, Heat 3: 5th, Final: DNF (31st)
777 Declan Fraser – Q: 12th, Heat 1: 12^th, Heat 2: 7th, Heat 3: DNF (33rd), Final: DNF (38th)

S2 – 67 entries
22a Jason Faint – Q: 12th, Heat 1: 5th, Heat 2: 5th, Heat 3: 6th, Final: 4th
97 Bailey Mickler – Q: 25th, Heat 1: 6th, Heat 2: 16th, Heat 3: DNF (32nd), Final: DNF (37th)
123 Damian Ward – Q: 67th (No time), Heat 1: 27th, Heat 2: 19th, Heat 3: DNF (8th), LCQ: DNF(26th)
197 Joshua Smith – Q: 51st, Heat 1: 17th, Heat 2: 28th, Heat 3: 14^th, LCQ: DNF (25th)

KZ2 – 43 entries
4a Sam Houston – Q: 23^rd, Heat 1: 22nd, Heat 2: 15th, Heat 3: DNF (36^th), Final: 24th
7 Matthew Hunt – Q: 27^th, Heat 1: DNF (40th), Heat 2: DNF (32nd), Heat 3: DNF (39th), Final: DNF (33rd)
31 Darren Burke – Q: 15^th, Heat 1: 12th, Heat 2: DNF (35th), Heat 3: 14th, Final: 12th
75a Kel Treseder – Q: 13^th, Heat 1: 13th, Heat 2: 11th, Heat 3: 11th, Final: 9th

S4 – 75 entries
22a Jason Faint – Q: 12th, Heat 1: 2nd, Heat 2: 4th, Heat 3: 3rd, Final: DQ

TAG Masters – 46 Entries
5 Will Power – Q: 3rd, Heat 1: 2nd, Heat 2: 4th, Heat 3: 2nd, Final: 2nd
20a Kip Foster – Q: 1st, Heat 1: 1st, Heat 2: 2nd, Heat 3: DNF (37th), Final: 1st
32 Scott Simpson – Q: 12th, Heat 1: DNF (38th), Heat 2: 27th, Heat 3: 12th, Final: 9th

TAG Senior – 84 entries
45 Duvashen Padayachee – Q: 67th, Heat 1: 24th, Heat 2: 36^th, Heat 3: 33rd, LCQ: 21st
48a Ben Stewart – Q: 3rd, Heat 1: 3rd, Heat 2: 1st, Heat 3: 1st, Final: 4th
48 Liam McLellan – Q: 16th, Heat 1: 3rd, Heat 2: 10th, Heat 3: 17th, Final: DNF (35th)
68a Kris Walton – Q: 4th, Heat 1: 6th, Heat 2: 4th, Heat 3: DNF (36th), Final: DNF (36th)
196 David Sera – Q: 2nd, Heat 1: 4th, Heat 2: 5th, Heat 3: 1st, Final: 3rd

S1 – 31 entries
120 Jordan Ford – Q: 9th, Heat 1: DNF (29th), Heat 2: 21st, Heat 3: 6th, Final: 15th

The full results can be found here http://www.race-monitor.com/Results/Race/23991

Australian Jason Faint in action in the #22 entry (Pic: On Track Promotions)