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Competition Results, 2010

Legends Car
  • February 6, I-10 Speedway: qualified 3rd, finished 2nd (field of 17 cars)
  • March 13, I-10 Speedway: qualified 3rd, finished 3rd (field of 15 cars)
  • March 20, The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway: qualified 3rd, finished 6th (field of 28 cars)
  • April 19, The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway: Qualified 7th, finished 1st (field of 30 cars)
  • Competed in the Summer Shootout Series, Charlotte Motor Speedway
  • August 7, The Bowman Gray Coliseum: Qualified 28th, finished 5th (field of 28 cars, random "pea-pick" for qualification order)
  • November 27, I-10 Speedway: Qualified 1st, finished 1st (field of 18 cars)

 


    Competition Results, 2009

    Pavement Ford Focus Midget

    • March 14, Havasu 95 Speedway: qualified 7th, finished 3rd (field of 20 cars)
    • April 4, The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway: qualified 3rd, finished 1st (field of 19 cars)
    • April 18, I-10 Speedway: qualified 3rd, finished 9th (field of 13 cars)
    • April 25, Madera Speedway: qualified 1st, finished 3rd (field of 15 cars)
    • May 9, Madera Speedway: qualified 11th, finished 9th (field of 11 cars)
    • August 29, The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway: qualified 7th, finished 3rd (field of 17 cars)

     


    Dirt Ford Focus Midget

    • March 21, Bakersfield Speedway: (no qualifying held), started 2nd, finished 2nd (field of 13 cars)
    • March 28, Perris Auto Speedway: (no qualifying held), started 14th, finished DNF (field of 17 cars)
    • May 16, Kings Speedway: qualified 9th, started 9th, finished 6th (field of 11 cars)
    • May 23, Ventura Raceway: (no qualifying held), started 7th, finished 12th           (field of 13 cars)
    • June 6, Ventura Raceway: (no qualifying held), started 7th, finished 5th(field of 12 cars)
    • July 4, Perris Auto Speedway: (no qualifying held), started 5th, finished 3rd (field of 16 cars)

    Competition Results, 2008

         Irwindale Speedway Legends Division

    • March 22 race: qualified 11th, finished 15th (field of 30 cars)
    • April 5 race: qualified 12th, finished 11th (field of 28 cars)
    • April 19 race: qualified 3rd, finished 5th (field of 28 cars)
    • May 3 race: qualified 2nd, finished 4th (field of 26 cars)
    • May 17 race: qualified 4th, finished 3rd (field of 22 cars)
    • May 31 race: qualified 1st, finished 1st (field of 20 cars)
    • June 7 race: qualified 1st, finished 1st (field of 24 cars)
    • June 21 race: qualified 4th, finished 16th (field of 24 cars)
    • July 12 race: qualified 2nd, finished 1st (field of 29 cars)
    • July 26 race: qualified 2nd, finished 2nd (field of 26 cars)
    • August 2 race: qualified 5th, finished 14th (field of 30 cars)
    • August 23 race: qualified 8th, finished 4th (field of 30 cars)
    • September 6 race: qualified 1st, finished 2nd (field of 24 cars)
    • Finished 2nd of 62 drivers in season points standings     

              Orange Show Speedway Legends Division

    • June 16 race: qualified 1st, finished 8th (field of 17 cars)
    • July 5 race: qualified 1st, finished 9th (Ignition failure, field of 20 cars)
    • August 9 race: qualified 1st, finished 3rd (field of 14 cars)
    • August 16 race: qualified 1st, finish 2nd (field of 8 cars)

        


    Competition Results, 2007


    2007 Season Final Results

    IKF Grand National Champion – Jr. Sportsman

    IKF Region 7 HPV-2 Series Champion; first of 55 drivers in the class.  Two wins, six top five finishes, one pole position. one mechanical DNF

    IKF Region 7 HPV-4 Jr; fourth of 34 drivers in the class.  One win, five top five finishes, one pole position, two DNFs - crashes

    Tri C Karters Club  HPV-2 Series Champion, first of 30 drivers in the class.  Seven wins, eight top five finishes, six pole positions.

    TriC Karters Club Junior Driver High Points Champion

    TriC Karters Club, HPV 2 Fast Lap Award

    California State Championship, 2nd place Junior Super Sportsman, pole position HPV 4 Jr

    Los Angeles Kart Club  HPV-2 and Junior Super Sportsman.  Three wins, four top five finishes, two pole positions

    Bakersfield Kart Club Junior Super Sportsman.  One top five finish

    Willow Springs Kart Club  Junior Super Sportsman.  Two wins, three top five finishes, two pole positions.  

    2007 Season  Statistics

    Total races entered                                35
    Pole positions                                         15                 43%
    Main event wins                                      16                 46%
    Top 5 finishes                                         28                 83%    

    In every race Eric entered in 2007, he either finished in the top five or recorded a DNF. 


    2006 Season Summary

    National Junior Sprint Champion, RLV Weekly Racing Series by WKA.

    WKA Grand Nationals: 2 pole positions, 2 heat race wins, 2 top three finishes.

    California State
    Championship:  Second Place HPV-2.

    So-Cal Sprinters Kart Club:  Undefeated HPV-2 Champion; Junior Driver High Points Champion; Summer Shoot-Out Champion; HPV Fast Lap Award; 9 pole positions; 8 heat race wins; 9 main event wins.

    Tri-C Karters:  HPV-2 Championship runner-up; HPV-2 Fast Lap Award; 5 pole positions; 3 heat race wins; 2 main event wins; 8 top five finishes.

    Los Angeles Kart Club:  HPV-2 Championship Third Place; 3 pole positions;1 main event win; 7 top five finishes.

    IKF Region 7:  One pole position, two off-pole positions, 1 heat race win, 3 top five finishes.

    IKF Grand Nationals:  One off-pole position; one top 10 finish.

    King Taco Open:  Second Place HPV-2.

    2006 Season  Statistics 

    Total races entered:                                   49
    Pole positions                                             21                43%
    Main event wins                                          12                24%
    Top 5 finishes                                              30                61%



    2005 Season Summary

    First year racing

    Competed in Cadet class (age 8 – 11)

    Seven First Place
    finishes

    Sixteen podium finishes

    Podium finish in 8 of 9 races run with SoCal Sprinters.

    SoCal Sprinters Kart Club, second place points championship

    US
    Kart Championship, second place points championship

    SoCal Sprinters Summer Shoot-out, second place points championship

    Tri-C Karters, seventh place points championship


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