BCKCA Regional Race One June 6-8 2008

BCKCA Regional Race One took place in Quesnel from June 6th-8th.  Team Kacic attended the event with drivers Marcus Brodie, Jesse Keller and Dave Saruk.  Because Davor Kacic was unable to attend, Danny Kacic joined the driver lineup for the weekend.  The weekend got off to a great start with Kacic, Keller, and Saruk taking 1, 2, and 3 in the Rok class, and Brodie taking 1st place in Junior TAG on Saturday.  On Sunday, Brodie started race two on pole position but lost the lead into turn one.  After stalking the leader for a number of laps, Brodie went for a pass to regain the lead in turn 10, unfortunately, he miscalculated the lack of grip on the inside of the turn and spun off the track, due to a clutch failure he was unable to rejoin the race and had to settle for a DNF.

 Sunday's TAG race was the main event of the weekend, with all the drivers from the individual Leapard, Rotax, and Rok classes coming together to race as one large class.  Kacic  and Saruk switched to the Rok TT engine for the TAG main event.  Kacic's qualifying was cut short after only three laps when he drove into the dirt avoiding a stalled kart in turn two and was unable to continue, fortunately his first lap was still good enough to place him off pole, while Saruk qualified in 8th and Keller started in 15th.  In Race one Kacic gained the lead into turn one.  It was a close race with several lead changes but Kacic led the last quarter of the race to take the win.  In Race Two, Kacic led the entire race from pole position until the last corner of the last lap, where he ran into lap traffic, slowing him down.  This made the second place driver hit the back of Kacic, causing them both to lose momentum and allowing the third place driver to go around the outside with full momentum, unfortunately this resulted in contact with Kacic, causing him to spin across the straightaway and cross the finish line backwards through the grass for a heart-breaking third position. 

Team Kacic's honorary member, T.J. Shopa, sporting his new Team Kacic shirt on the podium.  Thanks for your kind words in your interviews T.J....see you in Chilliwack!

Team Kacic, changing the definition of track side support

Team Kacic support and membership packages for 2008