EKN Trackside: Championship Karting International Grand Prix of New Jersey - Preview

Millville, N.J. (June 25, 2009) -

The Championships Karting International (CKI) series has invaded the New Jersey Motorsports Park for the second round of the newly created program. The F1 New Jersey circuit inside the Millville, New Jersey facility is 1.03-miles long and sits on the infield of the ‘Lightning’ road course. The series is putting up another cash and prize package worth over $25,000 with the purse expanded to include the top-five winners in selected classes.

Gary Carlton will look to extend his KZ2 championship lead this weekend in New Jersey. The SSC East/CRG pilot and current number one driver in the eKartingNews.com Driver Rankings for ICC swept the action in New Castle. Alex Speed - runner-up to Carlton - will be absent this round, leaving the challenger role to Leading Edge Motorsports’ Gregory Liefooghe. The Intrepid driver ran third in New Castle and sits in the same position in the point standings. Joining the fray will be PSL Karting’s Fritz Leesmann. Making his return to the seat for the first time since March, the Californian will be looking to shake the rust off quickly to challenge Carlton and Liefooghe. Missing from the action will be Kartel Motorsports Ryan Phinny. The KZ2 rookie is still recovering from a shoulder blade injury suffered at the New Castle event and will look to return at the CalSpeed event in August.

The rest of the E-Karting News preview of this weekend's New Jersey Motorsports Park race is available at www.ekartingnews.com.