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- Clean Sweep for Christian Brooks at the Gatorz Challenge of the Americas - Tucson, AZ 29 January 2012 The final group of the qualifying order was the Mini Max category. Out of the gate quick was defending US Rotax Grand Nationals champion Christian Brooks (Energy) as he posted the only lap below the 55-second mark. His 54.447-lap put him nearly eight-tenths ahead of Horatio Fitz-Simon (CRG). Sting Ray Robb (Tony Kart) was third in the timed session with Nicky Hays (Birel) and Royal McKee (Energy) rounding out the fast five.
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- While not challenged in the qualifying session, Brooks had his hands full in the Prefinal as Robb picked up the pace to challenge for the win. The two ran nose to tail with Robb taking the lead a few times before Brooks would retake it. At the line, Brooks held Robb off for the win. McKee advanced to third with Jeff Fullham (LH) up to fourth and Hays back to fifth after Fitz-Simon retired on the final lap running in the top-five.
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- Brooks proved to be too much in the feature and scored the opening round victory. At the drop of the green flag, Brooks and Robb pulled away from the field. Lap by lap, Brooks stretched his lead over the 18-lap event. By the checkered flag, Brooks had a three-second gap over Robb for the win. McKee controlled the third position, challenged late in the race by Fitz-Simon, who came up from the 12th starting spot. Jessica Dezall (PCR) capped off the top-five.
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- Continuing his sweep on the weekend, Christian Brooks (Energy) began the second day of action on the top of the time sheets. Mini Max qualifying was Brooks session, posting a 54.725 to secure the pole position for the Prefinal. Jeff Fulham (LH) was second in the session with Sting Ray Robb (Tony Kart) moving up to third late after getting some clear track. Horatio Fitz-Simon (CRG) moved up as well, moving Royal McKee (Energy) to fifth at the end of the session.
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- Brooks held his ground at the front of the field, driving away to a near four-second win. Robb assumed the second spot early and finished in the spot as McKee jumped to third over Fitz-Simon and Fulham. Completing what was a stellar weekend by the defending US Rotax champion, Brooks left the field quickly and stretched out to seven-second margin of victory in the Main Event. The performance was a unique one for the category, normally providing lots of excitement for the victory. With Brooks out front, the drama unfolded behind him with a gaggle of karts challenging for the second spot. At the checkered, McKee was the driver holding the second spot followed by Robb, Nicky Hays (Birel) and Fulham with Fitz-Simon in the mix as well.
- Christian Brooks wins United States Rotax Grand National Championship 22 October 2011 Pre-Main-Christian Brooks (Tony Kart) and Logan Sargeant (Kart Mini) made it a west coast-east coast front row as they led the field to the green light for the 10-lap pre-main run in the United States Rotax Grand Nationals at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah. The inside row got the jump with Brooks leading the way with Austin Versteeg (CRG) and Darren Keane (CRG) coming through. The top four shuffled around through lap one and into lap two, allowing Kyle Kirkwood (Arrow) to join the fun. Versteeg and Brooks locked up at the front and by lap three held a six-tenths lead over Sargeant with Kirkwood trailing. As they ran the final laps, the front two were well out in front with Versteeg running a defensive line with Brooks up on his rear bumper. Brooks pulled the trigger in turn 10 and with some contact made, he took the position. Versteeg crossed the line in second. Sargeant end up third, holding off a late charge from Devlin DeFrancesco (FA Kart) - running under appeal - and Kirkwood.
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- Main Event-The Mini Max field worked through the opening corners cleanly with no driver off track to begin their 14-lap main event. Brooks jumped out to the lead with
Sargeant ducking in behind with Kirkwood, Versteeg and Keane making up the topfive. After three laps, Brooks’ advantage was six-tenths of a second as a host of drivers trailed, roughly 10 karts in the second group. At the halfway point, Brooks stretched his lead to just under one second over Sargeant and Kirkwood. Versteeg
led the second group with plenty of action taking place. Even with Sargeant and Kirkwood locked up, Brooks continued to stretch his lead heading toward the checkered
flag. On the 14th circuit, Brooks kept his Tony Kart West entry clean and out of trouble, scoring the win by 2.519-seconds and joining a long list of successful United States Rotax National Champions.
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