Entering his first race of the 2009 season, Gary Carlton jumped into his familiar CRG/Swedetech Maxter machine and posted the fastest time in qualifying narrowly edging out Fritz Leesmann and Alex Speed. The gap between the top three pilots was a mere nine thousands of a second. Carlton, Speed and Leesmann cruised throughout the fourteen-lap pre-final with Carlton earning the pole for the final.
As the green flag dropped in the final, Carlton and Speed went neck and neck into turn one with Carlton holding the position on the inside. But it didn’t take Speed long to jump to the lead and steal the opening lap with Carlton, Matt Lee and Leesmann in tow. As the top two began to pull away, Speed made his move on lap siFx entering the turn eight hairpin. Contact between the two sent Speed off the track done for the event with many bent components on his TonyKart. This action allowed Leesmann and Lee to catch Carlton, but after a brief battle, Carlton refocused and cruised to victory. Leesmann edged Lee at the line for a amazing CRG’s tripled.
Info Kartcom – Florida Winter Tour