04/28/2010RDD Motorsports Victorious In Rotax Pan-Am Debut
RDD Motorsports takes four victories, sweeping the Rotax Max Junior and Rotax Mini Max classes in the inaugural Rotax Pan-American Challenge weekend
Logan SargeantDeerfield Beach, FL – RDD Motorsports of Deerfield Beach, Florida, the exclusive North American importer of the Kart Mini chassis, headed west to the lone star state of Texas and brought home a load of hardware. The South Florida-based team ran three drivers in two classes at the debut of the newest Rotax RMC series called The Rotax Pan-American Challenge held at the MSR Houston Karting facility. Lead by Rotax Max Junior standout Sebastian Ordonez, the team laid down a strong performance and hit the podium five times. Joining Ordonez were RDD Rotax Mini Max drivers Dalton and Logan Sargeant. The brothers put on solid runs and overcame adversity to take away one win a piece.
“The boys did a great job. Sebastian was awesome all weekend,” comments Andre Serra, owner of RDD Motorsports. “It was great to see Loggie (Logan) get his first win in Mini Max. He is really excited.”
In Rotax Junior Max it was a clean sweep of the weekend for Ordonez as he took top spot in every session in both days of competition. On Saturday the talented 15 year-old grabbed pole and followed that up with a win in the prefinal by over eight seconds. A five second penalty was handed to the pole sitter for being too fast but was not enough to take the win. Ordonez would shake off the penalty and from his pole position; lead all the laps to take the final win. Sunday would be a repeat for Ordonez as he again swept the day taking pole in qualifying followed by the win in the prefinal and top spot in the final.
“I was really happy with my Kart Mini all weekend long,” commented Ordonez. “The track was great and we had a set-up that was really good all weekend long.”
This weekend Ordonez will head to Virginia International Raceway for the opening round of the Skip Barber Summer Series. Ordonez will be testing with the Skip Barber crew on Thursday and Friday followed by two rounds of racing running on Saturday and Sunday.
In Rotax Mini Max day one action it was Dalton Sargeant all day long. The young Kart Mini driver took pole in qualifying and followed that up with a win in the prefinal and the win in the final. Teammate Logan had a less successful day as he battled the track and tech. In qualifying Logan was only able to grab a seventh spot and in the prefinal he was DQ’d before the event for a non-compliant clutch stall speed. The team would replace the worn component for the final and Logan would charge forward from last place to grab sixth at the line.
On Sunday, Dalton would again grab pole with Logan crossing in second spot to make it an all-RDD/Kart Mini front row for the prefinal. At the end of the prefinal it would be Dalton, first to the finish line and Logan taking third spot. In the final Dalton would jump to the lead and battle to retain the top spot throughout the race. On the last lap Dalton, holding the lead spot, would get punted off the track by the second place kart. As the two karts spun off the track, Logan, running in third, would inherit the lead and the win. Dalton would gather up his kart and get back on track to finish in second place and share the podium with his younger brother.
“I am so excited to get my first win in Mini Max,” beamed Logan Sargeant. “It wasn’t a pretty win, but a win anyway. I’ll take it and I look forward to getting more.”
Up next for RDD Motorsports will be the WSK North American Series by CKI being held in Phoenix, AZ on May 14 - 16. That will be followed by the second round of the South Florida RMax Challenge at Homestead Karting outside of Miami. The RDD Motorsports team will head back to Las Vegas for the SuperNats late in the year.
Sebastian OrdonezFor more information about this release, the Kart Mini chassis program and the entire RDD Motorsports team please contact André Serra, RDD Motorsports at 954-695-4437.
This news release was prepared by Autosports Media Group.
