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Valiante and Dane Cameron shine at Las Vegas ‘SuperNationals'

Lynx Racing driver Michael Valiante returned to his karting roots recently at the Las Vegas SKUSA 'SuperNationals.' Running on a track named after another Lynx Racing driver, the 0.7-mile Memo Gidley Signature Circuit, Valiante qualified on the pole and finished second in the Formula ICC race. And it was a 1 – 2 finish for Italkart drivers as Valiante’s teammate, David Jurca won the event.

"I led 14 laps before David passed me, and rather than slowing both of us down by battling with him, I just tucked in behind and made sure the third-place guy didn’t get by us," said Valiante. "It wasn’t quite a case of team orders, just a bit of experience and wisdom gained in the Atlantic series last year. We raced on a great new track designed by Memo Gidley and set up in the parking lot of the Rio hotel. I won the Skip Barber ‘Rio Big Scholarship’ a couple of years ago, so it was great to come back and do well in another Rio racing event.

Dane Cameron, the 14-year old son of Lynx Racing Technical Coordinator Rick Cameron, did well to finish 12th in the 80 Junior Shifter class driving another Italkart. There were 43 karts in the race, only three of which were not regular competitors in the class, and Cameron was the highest finisher of the three.

For further information on Lynx Racing, please visit the team's web site at www.lynxracing.com, or telephone team P.R. Manager Peter Frey at (818) 906-6997. The Toyota Atlantic series has a web site at www.toyotaatlantic.com.