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Position Driver Picture Home City ST Home Series Final Points
1 Jake French

Sachse

 TX Southwest Regions Cup 1284
Jake French is a member of North Texas Kartway and is on the 3G Kart Racing team. Jake is 13 years old and started racing in the Junior 1 Yamaha class at 8 years old. Jake is the 2009 SWRC Champion in Rotax Jr. Jake's is sponsored by 3G Kart Racing, Burger King, MRP Motorsports, LG Motorsports, Censport Graphics, Sachse Rod Shop and On Track Promotions. Website www.jakefrench.com
2 Taylor Tzouanakis

Wauconda

 IL MRP Rmax Challenge 1233
Home Track   MRP    MRP Rotax/Birel           Team    MRP/Chicago Indoor Karting
2009 MRP Rotax Jr  Champion    Favorite Tracks    MRP of South Bend, Ocala, Homestead
Hobbies Xbox, Snowboarding, anything on wheels     Favorite Food    Steak and Mashed Potatoes          Favorite Driver    Graham Rahal
Goal    To become a professional race car driver
3 Brennan Harrington

Des Plaines

 IL MRP Rmax Challenge 1228
Chicago Indoor Karting         MRP Rotax/Birel         Home Track - Michiana Raceway Park
Accomplishments:  2007 MRP Mini-Max Champion, 2009 MRP Yamaha Jr. Can Champion, 2009 MRP Jr. Rotax runner up, 5th place in the Rotax Summer Shootout,  broke 3 MRP track records in 2009 (and three in each of the past two seasons). 
In 2010, Brennan will be looking to win the Jr. Rotax class in the MRP Rotax Challenge (biggest Rotax series in the US), competing the the WKA Manufacturer Cup, Rotax Pan-American Challenge, and the Rotax Grand Nationals.
4 Sebastian Ordonez

Miami

 FL South Florida Rmax Challenge 1202

RDD Motorsports              RDD-Rotax/Kart Mini      Home Track   Homestead, Florida Birthplace      Bogota, Colombia    
First race At the age of 7 in a Baby Kart
First Win At the age of 7 in a Baby Kart
2001 Champion of Miami / Baby Kart Championship Series
2002 3rd of Miami Cadet Jr. Sportman 80 cc.
2002 Runner-up Championship Series Miami Easykart 60 cc.
2003 Runner-up Championship Series Miami Cadet Jr. Sportman 80 cc.
2003 Champion of Miami Easykart 60 cc
2003 Runner-up Homestead Karting Cadet Jr. Sportman 80 cc
2003 Champion of Homestead Karting Easykart 60 cc.
2003 Runner-up At Chiluca-Mexico Easykart 60 cc.
2004 Champion of Homestead Karting Cadet Jr. Sportman 80 cc.
2004 Champion of Homestead Karting Easykart 60 cc.
5 Alec Udell

Angleton

 TX Southwest Regions Cup 1182
Alec Udell is 13 years old and started racing karts in the Kid Kart class at 5 years of age. Alec is a member of the Kart Nation/SRR Race Team based at the Kart Nation/ MSR Houston kart track in Angleton, TX. Alec was ranked the #1 Rotax Mini Max racer in the US in 2008. Alec's sponsors are Kart Nation, SRR (Stuart Robinson Racing ) Race Team, Grand Products and Topkart.
6 Jesus Rios Jr.

Miami Beach

 FL South Florida Rmax Challenge 1108

Team  JRacing/PSL Racing     PSL Rotax/CRG     Home Track  Homestead Karting
Mechanic...Dad
2009            1st Place  Le Petite Monaco Trios-Rivieres   
1st place  Shawinigan Montreal  
1st place  Jamaica Caribbean Karting International
1st place  Quebec Cup Montreal  RMax Challenge Rotax Junior
Florida Winter Tour Rotax Junior Runner-up
Florida Winter Tour Won KF3 Debut
2008        Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals  Rotax Junior Youngest Driver on USA team lead contingent in qualifying  La Conca Italy
3rd place  Rotax  Junior Grand Nationals  Shawano WI, USA
RMax Challenge Rotax Junior Champion for South Florida
Stars of Karting JICA Ocala Florida
2007     Rotax Mini-Max National  Centennial Colorado USA RMax Challenge Series Runner-up
2006   Rotax National Wisconsin USA 

7 Louie Pagano

Camarillo

 CA Gatorz Karting Cup 1095
Louie Pagano ends the 2009 season seventh on the US Rotax Max Challenge National Points Standings. The 2009 Gatorz Karting Cup Junior champion scored three wins on the season to help earn him the title. Along with placing fourth in the competitive Challenge of the Americas program at the start of the ’09 season, the DPK/Birel driver went on to score the runner-up position at the Rotax Summer Shootout and finish sixth at the US Grand Nationals in Norman, Oklahoma.
8 Nick Neri

Palmetto

 FL North Florida Rmax Challenge 1080
Ocala Gran Prix Racing Team    OGP Rotax/Tony Kart
2009 Americas Team Rotax World Finals
2009 Rotax Junior FWT Champion
2009 Rotax Junior USRMC Grand National Champion
9 Mason Chelootz

Angleton

 TX Southwest Regions Cup 1054

Team   Kart Nation      Kart-Nation Rotax/Top Kart    Home Track  MSR Houston
Mason Chelootz is from Spring, TX. Mason started racing in the kid kart class in Katy, TX at age the age of 5. His passion is for racing  but is also an avid golfer. Mason enjoys racing with his family and would like to thank the following Grand Products, Kart Nation, Hytorc of Texas,Tony Loniewski and of course his parents.
10 Jack West

Sarasota

 FL South Florida Rmax Challenge 1051

Jack West IV  Team & Sponsors  DeFrancesco Racing & Alonso Kart USA #555 Home Track   Palmetto         www.jackwest.us
Jack’s karting career began in 2002 and in 2004 first competed in Mini Max.  One of the original members of the Florida Club Mini Max group.
2004-2005Florida Mini Max Champion for both North and Central Florida RMax Series. 2006 Florida State Mini Max Champio.
2008 Rotax Minimax Grand National Vice-Champion
2009 Rotax Minimax Champion in Florida Winter Tour
Competes in the following series: Rotax National and Regional Series, FWT International Series, Stars of Karting, CKI Series, W.K.A. National and Regional series, Easy Kart National and Regional series
2009 was the first USRMC Jack has missed since 2004.  A return to the 2010 event is planned along with some selected PanAm Rotax Challenge. 
Favorite Drivers: Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso