Rok Sonoma presented by Sanzaru race #8 - 2018 finale featured a solid finish in all classes

The weather for this last race weekend of the 2018 ROK Sonoma season felt more like a summer day than the beginning of Fall. Two classes had the overall championship on the line and several other top championship positions were still to be decided, ensuring there was a lot at stake! Sanzaru Bucks of $100/$50/$30 were awarded to the Micro Feature Class, and $50 were given to the First place driver in each of the remaining classes. The Sanzaru Bucks from this race will roll over to the 2019 season and can be used toward entry fees next year.

Micro ROK was our Feature Class, with a field future stars! Going into the last Main of the season, Anthony White had the Micro ROK title all but wrapped up. It would have been hard to tell, however, by the aggressive he competed, putting his Kart on pole in qualifying. White then checked out in both of the Pre-Mains, leaving Casey Moyer and Nico Sarphati to battle it out for second place ahead of Ryder Byrd, closely followed by last year's Sanzaru Kid Kart Champion Andrew Freire, and Cypress Andruss. Cypress has shown impressive development after moving up to Micro when this year's Kid Kart class faltered.

In the Main, White again began to pull away from the field soon after the start but, this time he had company as Moyer was hanging with him. A few laps in, Moyer managed to find a way around but couldn't make the pass stick and gave the lead back shortly after. Moyer kept his number 31 on the back bumper of White's machine and eventually got by him again. Casey would go on to lead most of the race before coming onto the main straight a little too wide, leaving the door open for White, who was quick to take advantage of the mistake and slide past Moyer as the two passed the white flag. Moyer tried to recover and answer one last time as they came to the line on the last lap, but he ran out of race track and White took the checkered flag with Moyer's front wheels even with Whites motor. It was an exciting end to the 2018 Micro ROK season as well as a fitting finale for the day's featured class.

ROK Sonoma Presented by Sanzaru Games Round 8 Results

1st Adam Freire $50 Sanzaru Bucks
2nd Alex Rantala
3rd Christian Cameron

VP Junior ROK 
1st William Ferguson $50 Sanzaru Bucks
2nd Oliver Reed
3rd Eddie Shimmon

VP Senior ROK 
1st Bijoy Garg $50 Sanzaru Bucks
2nd Ryan Tate
3rd Aidan O'Neill

VP Master ROK 
1st John Breidinger $50 Sanzaru Bucks
2nd Stephen Piggott
3rd David Palic

VP Junior ROK Shifter 
1st Bryson Lew $50 Sanzaru Bucks
2nd Cole Shade
3rd Seth Huntley

VP Senior ROK Shifter 
1st Ron White $50 Sanzaru Bucks
2nd Enzo Prevost
3rd Zach Pettinicchi

VP Master ROK Shifter 
1st Kevin Woods $50 Sanzaru Bucks
2nd Patrick O'Neill
3rd Nick Major

VP 80 Masters 
1st Mat Kattanek $50 Sanzaru Bucks
2nd Roger Cornwall
3rd Nick Chivello

ROK VLR100 & IAME KA100 
1st Christopher Martin $50 Sanzaru Bucks
2nd Craig Yeske
3rd Trevor Greter

Congratulations to all the ROK Sonoma Champions for 2018. They each won a ticket to ROK the RIO in Las Vegas, NV. The lucky drivers are:

The 2018 season is now history, lots of great racing was seen during the first year of ROK Sonoma with strong fields in all the classes. To all the racers, crews, parents and sponsors, thank you for a great 2018 season.

The Next Event will be the 2018 Awards Banquet on December 1 at the Rooster Run Golf Course in Petaluma, more information will be available soon.

Next race will be in the spring of 2019. Expect a complete season schedule out soon. For more information about the ROK Sonoma presented by Sanzaru Championship, go to www.sanzarukarting.com.

All results and points can be seen on the series website at www.sanzarukarting.com or Mylaps at www.speedhive.mylaps.com search for ROK Sonoma. Any questions regarding points standings, please contact [email protected].