Congratulations Alex Udell on wining the title of #1 Rotax Mini Max driver!

Rotax Max Challenge USA Driver Points - Champions

The Rotax Max Challenge USA is very pleased to announce the top-five in each class for 2008. The first year of this proved to be a successful launch of the US Rotax National Driver Standings. The purpose of this program is to recognize every Rotax member in the United States and rank them by a weighted points system to others in their class around the nation. Racers earned points in their home series and the best five finishes were selected to use for final points totals.

Micro Max: Jesse Seeley - Georgia Rotax Challenge
In its first year the Micro Max class has been very exciting and the interest in this class for 2009 is off the charts. Every dealer in the US has received inquiries from new and existing members of the racing community. The first year of competition was primarily in the southeast where the class was first introduced.
1. Jesse Seeley - North Florida - 750
2. Simon Sikes - Georgia - 712
3. Logan Sargeant - South Florida - 697
4. Justin Wood - South Florida - 693
5. Ross Smith - Georgia - 669

Mini Max: Alec Udell - Southwest Regions Cup
The always competitive Mini Max class provided the closet race with the top 3, from 3 different areas of the United States, separated by only 16 points.
1. Alec Udell - Southwest Regions Cup - 1027
2. Jordan Perry - South Florida - 1024
3. Michael Davis - Gatorz - 1011
4. Toby Stewart - MRP - 932
5. Santino Ferrucci - Northeast Rotax Challenge - 875

Junior Max: Mark Pellegrini - Northeast Rotax Challenge
The winner of this class used a final race at the new New Jersey Motorsports Park the first of November to pass Mason Madej from the Midwest MRP Rotax Challenge for the lead in the final standings. Mason had held this lead since mid summer only to lose it at the very end. Mark was able to drop a poor finish in the middle of the season with a first place finish in the final race.
1. Mark Pellegrini - Northeast Rotax Challenge - 1018
2. Mason Madej - MRP Rotax Challenge - 979
3. Donavon Wheeler - Jim Russell Northern California Rotax Challenge - 962
4. Andrew Palmer - MRP Rotax Challenge - 953
5. Sebastian Odonez - South Florida Rotax Challenge - 924

Masters: David Carlisle - Jim Russell Northern California Rotax Challenge
This is another class where the last race for the winner allowed a drop of a previous poor finish to overtake the leader. Erik Von Zeipel from Southern California held the lead for several weeks until fellow Californian David Carlisle used a last race win to take the top spot. The class produce the tightest battle as the top 5 were separated by 49 points.
1. David Carlisle - Jim Russell Northern California Rotax Challenge - 955
2. Erik Von Ziepel - Gatorz Rotax Challenge - 936
3. Russell Hamel - Northeast Rotax Challenge - 932
4. Brent Harper - Georgia Rotax Challenge - 910
5. Paul Bonilla - Gatorz Rotax Challenge - 906

Senior Max: Gregory Liefooghe - Jim Russell Northern California Rotax Challenge
The Senior Max class has the largest fields in the US but also produced the biggest margin with Gregory Liefooghe winning by 74 points. The most dominant of all the classes his only drop was a second place finish.
1. Gregory Liefooghe Jim Russell Northern California Rotax Challenge - 1058
2. Phillip Arscott - Amzoil Northwest Rotax Challenge - 984
3. Palmer Adams - Georgia Rotax Challenge - 961
4. Cameron Pringle - Jim Russell Northern California Rotax Challenge - 913
5. Victor Pedrosa - North Florida Rotax Challenge - 891

DD2: Glen Poy-Wing - Jim Russell Northern California Rotax Challenge
The DD2 class produced another tight finish with the battle for the top spot reaching east to west and north to south. At the finish the top 7 were only separated by 76 points. Glen Poy-Wing is the second points champion from Northern California.
1. Glen Poy-Wing - Jim Russell Northern California Rotax Challenge - 991
2. Derek Kozak - Great Northern Rotax Challenge - 955
3. Brad Theys - Great Northern Rotax Challenge - 941
4. David Arnstein - Jim Russell Northern California Rotax Challenge - 940
5. Allie Vaughan - North Florida Rotax Challenge - 926

Congratulations to the Driver Points Champions and to those who contended for the top spots. This program will return in 2009 with the best six finishes counting towards the final points totals.