2023 Round 12 Cup Results
Pearson storms to another in Kansas!
Kansas Speedway is one of those places that seems to fly under the radar, another anonymous 1.5 mile cookie cutter amongst a slew of 1.5 mile cookie cutters.
In truth it represents one of the true multi-groove experiences on the tour, with drivers able to make any part of the track work with enough skill.
Barry Neale would back up his 2022 win with pole position, Ruben Phelps starting to his outside. Hetterscheid and Foster would share the second row. The start would be smooth right up until it wasn't, with Stent and Douglas making contact on the back stretch sending the 10 spinning, mercifully being avoiding by the entire field and able to continue undamaged.
Neale would keep the lead for the restart however would concede the lead to Hetterscheid on lap seven, and second place to Foster on lap fourteen. This lead trio would manage to slightly breakaway from the field, with Pearson, Stent and Carroll-Walden leading the chasers. Foster would move to the lead on the nineteenth lap and from there the field would settle in to a rhythm.
Jaie Schultz would become the first of the front runners to pit on lap 35, and Pearson would drop down on lap 42 with the rest of the field following suit over the next few laps.
When the round of stops were complete, Pearson would lead from Hetterscheid and Neale however Foster would retake second place on lap 64 and bring the gap down to just under two seconds before attempting the undercut on lap 85. Pearson would pit four laps later, emerging in second place, the chase on with 40 laps to go.
Pearson was able to close the gap in front rapidly, taking the lead with 21 to go. Elsewhere, Dyson had quietly moved up to third after a quiet race from 22nd on the grid, while Urquijo had gone from 28th to 4th.
And that is how it would end. Pearson would pull 3.8 seconds to win from Foster, Dyson third with Urquijo and Hetterscheid rounding out the top five.
Next up we have our Throwback Round at Darlington. Do not miss that one.
Stewards Report
Incidents
Lap 0 – Dave Douglas
Restart Infringements
Lap 0 – Toby Stent – lane change
Post-Race Tech
Luke Georgeson – no submission - (3rd fail 1 race ban)
Steve McLennan – no submission
Aiden Schultz – no submission - (4th fail 2 race ban)
Kansas Speedway is one of those places that seems to fly under the radar, another anonymous 1.5 mile cookie cutter amongst a slew of 1.5 mile cookie cutters.
In truth it represents one of the true multi-groove experiences on the tour, with drivers able to make any part of the track work with enough skill.
Barry Neale would back up his 2022 win with pole position, Ruben Phelps starting to his outside. Hetterscheid and Foster would share the second row. The start would be smooth right up until it wasn't, with Stent and Douglas making contact on the back stretch sending the 10 spinning, mercifully being avoiding by the entire field and able to continue undamaged.
Neale would keep the lead for the restart however would concede the lead to Hetterscheid on lap seven, and second place to Foster on lap fourteen. This lead trio would manage to slightly breakaway from the field, with Pearson, Stent and Carroll-Walden leading the chasers. Foster would move to the lead on the nineteenth lap and from there the field would settle in to a rhythm.
Jaie Schultz would become the first of the front runners to pit on lap 35, and Pearson would drop down on lap 42 with the rest of the field following suit over the next few laps.
When the round of stops were complete, Pearson would lead from Hetterscheid and Neale however Foster would retake second place on lap 64 and bring the gap down to just under two seconds before attempting the undercut on lap 85. Pearson would pit four laps later, emerging in second place, the chase on with 40 laps to go.
Pearson was able to close the gap in front rapidly, taking the lead with 21 to go. Elsewhere, Dyson had quietly moved up to third after a quiet race from 22nd on the grid, while Urquijo had gone from 28th to 4th.
And that is how it would end. Pearson would pull 3.8 seconds to win from Foster, Dyson third with Urquijo and Hetterscheid rounding out the top five.
Next up we have our Throwback Round at Darlington. Do not miss that one.
Stewards Report
Incidents
Lap 0 – Dave Douglas
Restart Infringements
Lap 0 – Toby Stent – lane change
Post-Race Tech
Luke Georgeson – no submission - (3rd fail 1 race ban)
Steve McLennan – no submission
Aiden Schultz – no submission - (4th fail 2 race ban)
