Valiante wins Snap-on All-Stars Karting Classic at PRI

Michael Valiante

Champ Car's Nelson Philippe was the fastest qualifier and won the heat race comfortably, but ran into trouble in the final and that opened the door for Grand-Am driver Michael Valiante to win. Valiante always had dreams of being a Champ Car driver but the funding never materialized. Today was his day to shine against some of the best professional drivers around in equal equipment.

Pos No. Name Laps Diff Best Lap
1. 95 Michael Valiante 50 14.503
2. 151 Gary Carlton 50 14.571
3. 1 Buddy Rice 50 4.130 14.477
4. 84 AJ Allmendinger 50 6.392 14.585
5. 6 Tyler Dueck 50 7.992 14.449
6. 26 Jamie McMurray 50 8.288 14.449
7. 39 Christian Fittipaldi 50 9.508 14.546
8. 14 Joel Miller 50 11.996 14.516
9. 29 Phil Giebler 50 12.827 14.532
10. 401 Josef Newgarden 50 13.130 14.550
11. 7 Bryan Herta 50 13.918 14.626
12. 13 Heath Voss 48 2 Laps 14.823
13. 8 Nelson Philippe 47 3 Laps 14.488
14. 459 Ron Capps 47 3 Laps 14.855
15. 1 Matt Jaskol 46 4 Laps 14.452
16. 92 David Jurca 45 5 Laps 14.536
17. 11 Jan Heylen 43 7 Laps 14.475
18. 26X Marco Andretti 14 36 Laps 14.751
19. 3 Eddie Lawson 13 37 Laps 14.617
20. 99 Steve Johnson 11 39 Laps 16.797
21. 41 Scott Speed 0 No time
22. 457 Lake Speed 0 No time