Chilliwack WCC

Two Podium's for Campbell

This past weekend were the first two rounds of the Western Canadian Karting Championships in Chilliwack, BC.  The event was under sunny skies most of the week until the rain fell on Sunday before the finals.

Campbell was comfortable in his CRG West/ Karting Canada CRG from the beginning of Thursday practice.  After two days of testing with many changes to his kart Scott was ready for the official weekend to begin.

Saturday brought a tight qualifying with Campbell in the third spot only a couple tenths behind the leaders.  In the Prefinal Scott would get spun around in turn one and by the time he got going was half a lap behind and pulled off to save the tires.  In the Final Campbell would fight for the lead but after lap 5 would lose touch with the leaders as the low pressure he had in his tires never came in. He hoped for a better day on Sunday.

The final day at the Chilliwack WCC brought cloudy skies and possibility of rain.  In qualifying Scott would again end up third close to the leaders.  The Prefinal had Campbell in a battle for second for the first part of the race till he lost touch with the 2nd place driver.  Again Scott decided to pull of to save tires and in the meantime found out that his axle was shifting causing the rear brake to drag and slow him down.  With all of this fixed he was ready for the final.  Just before the finals began the rain started to fall and by the time DD2 was up the rain was falling hard.  With a mad scramble to change over to a rain setup they made the grid.  At the start Scott would make a move to the outside and move up a spot and then a couple corners later would move past the leader and not look back.  The margin of victory would end up being 52 seconds.

Scott would like to thank his sponsors Karting Canada, CRG West, PSL Karting, K1 Racegear and Conveyor & Machine.

The next action will be Saskatoon WCC July 6-8, 2012