2019 Karjala Grand Prix

2019 Karjala Grand Prix

Date	May 5, 2019
Location	Karjala Raceway, Joensuu, North Karelia, Finland
Laps	62
Polesitter	Joe Olenick
First	Ingrid Haddeland
Second	Liv Eklund
Third	Aapo Anselmi
Cautions	0
Race Results

The 2019 Karjala Grand Prix, the 43rd annual running of the event, was the seventh race of the 2019 TM Master Cup season.

Qualifying[edit | edit source]

The first qualifying session locks the fastest 10 cars into the field and set the pole sitter. This is an open session (running out practice).
The second qualifying session will lock the next 16 fastest cars into the field. This is a single-lap session (normal qualifying session).
The third qualifying session will be an open session to set the remaining 20 cars into the field. This is another open session.

Round 2[edit | edit source]

¹ Kard and Lenard International surrendered their starting spot to Greg Woodard and Power Steering, Inc., at the direction of Lenard officials.

Times disallowed due to failing technical inspection:

Zachary Fitzwater (Was fastest overall)
Rip Tyler

Round 3[edit | edit source]

² Gave up starting spot to teammate Luciano Soveral.

³ Gave up starting spot to teammate Yevgeny Kuznetsov.

⁴ Laaksonen failed inspection after initially qualifying for the race, but HV Motorsports successfully appealed the disqualification, reinstating Laaksonen as the final qualifier and bumping Soveral from the field.

Times disallowed due to failing technical inspection:

Wyatt Castle
~~Kristoffer Laaksonen~~ (Successfully appealed)
Clair Auxier
Ben Atkins

Results[edit | edit source]

Position	Number	Driver	Sponsor	Team	Car	Points
1	19	Ingrid Haddeland	Lynxe	Lynxe Racing	Gessler MTW19	120
2	11	Liv Eklund	Lynxe	Lynxe Racing	Gessler MTW19	100
3	58	Aapo Anselmi	Neste Oil/Finnair	Silven Racing	Volpi VC11	90
4	57	Juho Kivela	Neste Oil	Silven Racing	Volpi VC11	80
5	4	Tom Moore	Aperture Science	Volpi Racing Team	Volpi VC11	70
6	17	Chris Davenport	Arotel	Mitchell & Sons Racing	Calton-Morel Mizar	60
7	47	Kareem Washington	ACAB Solutions/Arotel	Mitchell & Sons Racing	Calton-Morel Mizar	56
8	40	Rachel Rainsford	Aperture Science	Volpi Racing Team	Volpi VC11	52
9	99	Alicia Reyes	Lynxe	LNX Racing	Gessler MTW19	48
10	8	Saul Fischel	The Shafer Group/MyShafer	Lenard International	Lenard Cheyenne	44
11	21	Phillip Purpura	Peanut Butter Milk Stout	Eager Beaver Racing	Lycoia Inquisitor	36
12	7	Cameron Taylor	The Shafer Group/MyShafer	Lenard International	Lenard Cheyenne	32
13	49	Morgan Le Fay	Worldsoft	Mirage Motorsports	Calton-Morel Mizar	28
14	80	Xu Xiaoyu	VersaLife/Palisade	Maggie Chow KC Racing	Calton-Morel Mizar	24
15	26	Scott Steudler	Red Bull	Hodges-Walter Racing	Calton-Morel Mizar	20
16	61	Woody Watts	Woodwings	Power Steering, Inc.	Lycoia Intimidator	16
17	74	Adrien Devereux	ACAB Solutions	Mitchell & Sons Racing	Calton-Morel Mizar	12
18	16	Kurt Plissken	Porkchop Express	Power Steering, Inc.	Lycoia Intimidator	8
19	56	Antero Virtanen	Neste Oil	Silven Racing	Volpi VC11	4
20	72	Kevin Dwyer	Cyra	Richter Motorsports	Gessler MTW19	2

Standings[edit | edit source]

Position	Driver	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums	Points
1	Saul Fischel	7	1	1	2	269
2	Chris Davenport	7	1	0	2	232
3	Tom Moore	7	1	1	1	213
4	Liv Eklund	7	0	0	2	198
5	Ingrid Haddeland	7	0	1	1	177
6	Kurt Plissken	7	0	1	2	174
7	Cameron Taylor	7	0	0	1	165
8	Marco Diaz Castañeda	7	1	1	2	156
9	Adrien Devereux	7	0	1	1	144
10	Ben Atkins	6	0	0	1	117
10	Luciano Soveral	7	0	0	1	117
12	Joe Olenick	7	2	0	0	112
13	David Krikorian	7	0	1	1	111
14	Alessandro Rossini	7	0	0	0	106
15	Ryan Matthews	7	0	0	2	103
16	Arto Kekkonen	7	1	0	1	101
17	Aapo Anselmi	1	0	0	1	90
18	Tony Durbin	6	0	0	0	89
19	Juho Kivela	1	0	0	0	80
20	Yevgeny Kuznetsov	7	0	0	0	70