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Gidley perfect in Mexico 250F SuperKart Series PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 03 June 2008
victory-lap-mex-superkart.jpg"I came, I saw, I conquered" is a Latin phrase that fits like a ring around the finger of Memo Gidley.  The international driver, on his second trip to Monterey, once again carried away the premium trophy of the Mazda SuperKart Series that began its 2008 season on a temporary track in the parking lot of the "Parque Fundidora" on the banks of the Sta. Catarina River.

The stellar race of the SK 250 and SK 250 Pro category started at 2:30 with regional participants and the special guest driver, Gidley, born in LaPaz, Mexico and resident of Novato, CA, and a regular driver in the Rolex Grand-Am Series in the #77 Kodak Doran/Dallara Ford prototype.. 

At the start, Adolfo Berain (#28), who qualified second, surprised Memo by jumping to the front.  But after completing the first lap, Gidley made his move back to the front and continued there until he received the checkered flag at the end of 20 laps and setting the fastest lap of the race at 32.804 seconds. 

Adolfo Berain finished second after surviving an accident with Nacho Mijares, the 2007 series champion, during the first five laps. 

Mijares, in his eagerness to pass Berain, spun out when he had to brake in a turn in order not to crash, and from then on, Noe Trevino (#7) was the driver pursuing Berain, but it wasn't possible for him to gain that position and he finished on the third step of the podium.

"It feels great to win again in Mexico," said Gidley. "It is never easy, down here the drivers are very good, and I really had to work hard to get the kart working on this temporary circuit to pull off this win in my Trackmagic Kart."

In the 250 SK category, the winner was Miguel Angel Cantu (#4) who started in the fifth position followed by Julio Cesar Coronado de Saltillo (#22), and by Domingo Trevino(#48).

podium-mex-superkart.jpg The shifter 125cc champion included the champion of Saltillo and was won by Rolando Martinez, followed by second place only .173 seconds was Carlols Medina.  The winner on the 125cc Shifter A race of 15 laps was Arturo Ramirez(#9), accompanied on the podium by Jose A. Rodriguez(#7A) and Carlos Vallarta(#15) in second and third respectively.

The Super Motard (motorcycles), put on a grand show with lots of emotions during their ten laps.  Winning was the driver from Chihuahua Ambrosio Gutierez, who beat the favorite, Pedro "Speedy" Gonzales.  "Speedy" tried to sail past Ambriosio,  but went off the track on the final straightaway, he re-entered the track and managed to hang on to second place.  Third place was Gabriel Guardado.

It was a great event of karts and a grand weekend sanctioned by the National Comission of Karts of the Automobile Federation of Mexico.

"I really enjoy the 250F Superkart Series, the Mexican fans, and the tough competition from the Mexican drivers," said Gidley.  "As competitive as the drivers are on the track, both them and the people of Monterrey really treated me like family.  It's a bit funny to them that I have this Mexican background of being a dual citizen born in Mexico even though I am about as Californian as they get!  This Mexican 'imposter' can't wait to come back for the next race in August!"
 
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