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Karting: Team Canada wins two world titles!

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Khatir Soltani
Source: SRA Karting

At the Rotax Max Karting Challenge Grand Finals held in Italy this past weekend, Team Canada won two of the four world titles!

Scott Campbell started 2nd and after a difficult start, he slipped in 5th position. Campbell began what will become the highest achievement in his racing career.

Scott Campbell (Photo: Patrick Moreau/SRA Karting)

On lap 5, he took the lead of the race. His main rival was Dennis Kroes who was following him closely but waited until the last lap to try to make a pass.

Campbell brilliantly resisted this attempt when the two drivers negotiated corners 1 and 2 side by side. Campbell finally exited corner 2 in first place. Then, he closed the door to any other passing attempt and crossed the finish line first to win the DD2 Masters world title.

The second win of the day came in the DD2 class when Daniel Morad, who started from the 13th sport on the grid, drove an unbelievable race to go up to the second place behind Maik Barten where he stays for several laps.

After running 10 laps behind Barten, Morad knew that he would not have several chances to pass him and could not miss it. On lap 13, Morad surprised Barten in corner 8 to take the lead until the finish line.

Daniel Morad (Photo: Patrick Moreau/SRA Karting)

After he crossed the finish line, Morad wanted to celebrate his win but lost control of his kart because his shoelace got stock in the brake pedal and this created a spectacular crash, bringing Barten with him in the fence. Hopefully, no one was injured in the crash, but Morad received a 500-euro fine from the race Stewarts.

Team Canada is supported by Canadian Tire, Jim Russell racing driver school, SRA Karting, ASN Canada and Sofina.

Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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