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Kinnear sweeps the week in Shifter ROK Master - 2019 ROK The Rio

Photo: Cody Schindel / Canadian Karting News

In his best run of the week, Ryan Kinnear (Phil Giebler Racing / Ricciardo) goes one better than his 2018 ROK The Rio runner-up with a dominating performance and sweep in the Shifter ROK Master division. The Texan ran out to over a one-second lead by lap four and from there it was smooth sailing for the perennial front runner in the veteran shifter category.

Kinnear grabbed the early holeshot as he's done all week over Jordon Musser (PSL Karting / Birel ART). Musser, a fellow Texan, could not match the early pace of the Ricciardo Kart, but found himself comfortably in second ahead of Kevin Woods (Ron White Racing / CRG).

As the race began to settle in, Mike Beeny (Msquared Karting / Tony Kart) was storming through the field. The Utahn had to start form 8th after a DNF in the heats set him back. Beeny set fast lap of the race on lap 11 while running in third before making his final pass three laps later, moving into second over Musser down the long backstraight.

With Beeny in second, Musser came home in third ahead of a pair of CRG's in Rod Clinard (Ron White Racing) and Woods.

Race Results - Top Five

2019 ROK The Rio Shifter ROK Master Final
Rnk # Driver Gap Best Time
1 508 RYAN KINNEAR 46.409
2 583 MIKE BEENY 1.939 46.38
3 516 JORDON MUSSER 3.676 46.656
4 520 ROD CLINARD 8.882 46.67
5 594 KEVIN WOODS 9.159 46.648
Full standings
Rnk # Driver Gap Best Time
6 525 PETER LICCIARDI 17.12 46.847
7 528 NICOLAS BEDARD 17.316 46.791
8 511 CHRISTIAN GYSI 17.845 47.012
9 533 JASON CAMPBELL 18.536 47.049
10 506 NICK FIRESTONE 20.591 46.878
11 556 KALVIN CHEN 21.215 47.052
12 532 HERNANDO SANCHEZ 20.008 47.113
13 531 NICK GEORGE 25.48 47.023
14 526 ADRIAN YONG 28.145 47.127
15 517 DANY ST-HILAIRE 28.368 46.979
16 577 BETO CAVALEIRO 30.716 47.032
17 569 JAVIER COLOMBO 33.137 47.324
18 505 FARSHAD BAGHERI 33.59 47.405
19 564 PATRICK O'NEILL 41.827 47.345
20 502 DARRELL TUNNELL 42.302 47.616
21 585 TRAVIS IRVING 1 Lap 47.202
22 522 LONNIE HOCHSTETLER 6 Laps 47.629
23 500 JEFF MILLS 10 Laps 47.084
24 576 STEPHAN GAUDREAU 10 Laps 47.223
25 599 RICK MCALLISTER 11 Laps 48.581
26 571 ADRIAN FERNANDEZ 12 Laps 47.681
27 515 BEN SCHERMERHORN 13 Laps 46.669
28 501 WARREN KINDBERG 23 Laps 47.454