BREAKING NEWS!

World Championship silver in USA 2024

The season culminated in the world championship battle in Virginia, USA. The weekend was run with the equipment of the familiar 860 Motorsports team. Before the weekend, it was clear that we would be racing against the American Jase Mongeon for the world championship. In the World Championship points, I was three points away from first place. Meaning whoever crosses the finish line first wins. Third behind me was Devin O'Connell from the United States.

On Friday, in free practice, the pace was good, among the top four. The car got better and better with the weather during the training sessions.

On Saturday, there were time trials (5 laps) and one heat start, the combined result of which determined the starting grid for Sunday's final start. In qualifying, there was a moderate lap, which due to my own mistake, was not in the same category as in Friday's practice. As a result, the seventh best time. At the start of the heat, I was assigned the fourth starting grid. The first half of Heat's start went well. I made a driving mistake in the middle of the race, which caused me to lose two places. Even though it is extremely difficult to pass on the track, I fought back from the second lost place, I drove to the checkered flag in fifth. Sunday's starting grid with the combined result secured seventh place. Jase's starting square was determined to be the Fifth square.

On Sunday, the only goal of the final was to drive to the checkered flag before the point leader, Jase. The departure went well. In the second round, Devin O'Connell, who was third in points, had to stop, and the World Championship silver was already secured. In the last start, I also unfortunately got hit myself. When the one coming from behind crashed into my rear bumper, as a result I hit the front car myself. My own front bumper got bent into the tire so badly that I had to stop.

Even though it was a big disappointment, we were able to bring the world championship silver to Finland.

The result of the season: Finnish championship gold and World championship silver.

Many thanks to all partners and our own team for the past season!

18.11.2024

FINNISH CHAMPION 2024

Finnish Championship series 5/5 Alastaro, Finland

It was easy to go into the weekend, because an intact performance was enough and it was no longer necessary to win. It was great to see Toni Lähteenmäki, who is second in points, put all in. The weather brought challenges, because heavy rain was promised for the whole day on Saturday, the race day.

The last race weekend started with training on Thursday. Thursday was completely dry. The pace was thus good, as also in previous games. In Thursday's last practice, the bolt of the car's rear axle support rod came off for some reason in the middle of the corner when the speed was closer to 200 km/h. As a result, the entire rear axle was bent. So Thursday evening was spent rebuilding the back of the car. On Friday, we had time to drive four practice races. We had to use all the time to adjust the rear, because the car had extra vibrations at high speeds. For the time trials on Friday, we just got everything right. We managed to drive a couple of fast laps, which resulted in a pole position. It made it easier to go to the race on Saturday, when the visibility would be as good as possible for us despite the heavy rain.

RACE 1. Start from grid 1. Despite the weather forecast, we were able to drive on a dry track without rain. As usual, the car did not leave the line. Going into the first corner, about eight places were dropped and at the same time a small hit in the right rear corner. It felt like the car was slightly damaged. However, within a couple of laps, we were back at a familiar spot. A few laps before the finish line, the rear brakes went off again. As a result, the top spot was lost. However, the box for the flag was caught right in the rear bumper of the winner. I felt that more speed would have been enough, even though the brakes were missing. However, we drove risk-free, knowing that second place is enough to qualify for the Finnish championship.

RACE 2. Start from grid 3. The race was run in the rain. The only goal was to reach the finish line so that we could get points for the World Championships. So completely risk-free driving, without a sight you can even win. Bad start, dropping to about seventh place. This time we had finally found the rain keel set up that we had been trying to get right for almost two years. So there were enough rides and after a few laps we were looking for third place. I was trying to pass going into the corner for third place. However, I didn't want to take the risk and pulled back from overtaking intentions. When turning a corner, a driver came from behind five cars and literally drove over. In the situation, I couldn't do anything. There was a crash and all you could see was the bottom of the other car. So the race ended there, but luckily for us I had managed to drive a relatively fast lap, which guaranteed the seventh grid for the third start. Before the third start, the mechanics had one last chance to show their best this year on the Finnish racetracks, because the entire right side was damaged really badly. There was only about an hour. Fortunately, there was no major damage to the engine.

RACE 3. Start from grid 7. The race was run in pouring rain. The goal is to drive to the finish line. A few places lost at the start were slowly snapped up again during the race. Now, however, due to the events of the previous start, we drove really carefully, without trying to gain places. Just before the finish line, the competitor was able to clear, thus placing 8th. Even though the WC season ends, for us, the season does not end here. The World Championships will be held in mid-November in Virginia, USA. Now with the SM gold around my neck, still hard training towards the World Championships!

15.9.2024

Sweden Championship race Gelleråsen Arena, Kannonloppet

A couple of months ago, we received an invitation to drive to Kannonloppet. Nyman Racing invited us and our friends from 860 Motorsports USA to drive in the aforementioned Sweden's biggest car racing event.

We headed straight from the Championship, Pärnu, to Nyman Racing's stable in Sweden. We did the maintenance and necessary repairs to the car and, of course, the required rule changes before the Kannonloppet competition. We were already able to test the car on Wednesday, drive into the track and make the necessary adjustments to the car. According to Swedish rules, drivers who participate in races in the same week are not allowed to drive on the track on Thursdays. On Thursday, the pits were assembled and the car was checked in all aspects, so that it is completely ready for two practice sessions and qualifying in the evening on Friday. On Friday, small changes were made to the first practice, which felt really good. A little more was adjusted for the second exercise. The car felt really good, I also liked the watch and the result was the fastest lap time of the training sessions. Unfortunately, according to the Swedish Legends rules, the drivers are divided into two groups, the order of which is based entirely on the series table. In other words, the best 36 drove in the first group and the remaining 36 drove in the second group. Since we haven't run the series, we were at the bottom of the series table. The second group was from about 1.5 seconds to even 8 seconds slower than the top in the faster group, so the timing of the time laps was really important. Right at the start of qualifying, we got a good lap, which was good to start improving. Being able to drive only 3 free laps in a qualifying session lasting 15 minutes probably tells you how difficult it was to find free places on the track in the middle of the qualifying session. However, for the time trial, it's a decent performance, at least in my opinion. As a result, P3 out of all 72 drivers, so yes it was worth the work.

RACE 1. We started the first race from third place. In Sweden, the rule is the same as in the United States, so the cars do not start from their places, but start the race as a so-called rolling in two lines. Team mate Byqvist took a slightly weak start in front of me. The driver who was second, Pedersen, got a perfect start and took the lead, even though I tried to push my teammate to speed at the start. The speed difference was so big that I took second place after the first corner and the team mate was third. Gelleråsen's track was, at least for me, the narrowest of the track racing tracks I had driven on. With that, passing is really difficult. I tried to put pressure on the leading Pedersen in case he made a mistake. However, he drove flawlessly to the end. At the end, about three laps before the finish, I let the team guy pass so he could try to pass the top driver he was racing against for the championship. Unfortunately, the overtaking attempts were not successful and we reached the finish line with Pedersen in the lead, Dennis Byqvist in second and us in third.

RACE 2. We were able to start from the pole thanks to the clearly fastest lap of the previous race. The departure went really well. In the first corner, I let Byqvist, who started from the P2 position on the outside, pass so that he could get some distance to the other driver who was racing against him for the championship. About halfway through the race, Pedersen stopped after a bad crash. I saw the situation in the mirror and got to the top even before the safety car. After the Safetycar left the track, there were two laps left. The laps became really long in the blink of an eye after the front brakes disappeared while driving behind the safety car. After a hard fight, we finished first, Byqvist second, securing the championship, and Nyma third.

Nyman racing won the 2024 Championship for their team

18.8.2024

Finnish Championship series 4/5 Pärnu, Estonia

We left for Porshering in Pärnu in time so that we could test new parts for next year's car. The test drives on Wednesday and Thursday felt really good and the pace was top class. So I was able to go to the time trial on Friday evening with a good feeling. For some reason, the time trial did not turn out to be good in terms of time in our opinion. However, good enough for the best time with a difference of a couple of tenths to the second best time. During the post-qualification inspection, we were taken aside and asked to change all the electronic parts of the engine that were given by the inspection. When changing parts, the inspection noticed that we don't have the original flex connector, but an accessory model. For this reason, the survey submitted a rejection proposal to the jury. Saturday morning before the first start, we received a rejection decision from the jury. As a team, we had already prepared for the decision during the night, that is, we had prepared to leave the last square. The goal is to go and do as intact, reliable, but fast performance as possible. Before leaving, we knew that if everything went well, we could win, because the ride was very good for the car.

RACE 1. The start of the race was in somewhat variable conditions. The track was wet, but drying out and dry in places. During the warm-up lap, I checked all possible dry overtaking places in the corners. The start was good and with a little risk, many places could be gained in the first corners. The balance of overtakings in the first round was 12 and thus we were almost halfway there. Hard attack always over when there was a place. In the penultimate round, we already went for the third place. When braking, I noticed that the brake pedal went to the bottom, because I had had to use the brakes a lot when overtaking. I didn't get to drive a single lap in clean air so that the brakes would have cooled down. At that point, we had to accept that third place was the maximum performance at that point, even though we managed to catch the top two. Overtaking was impossible at the front without the rear brakes. We finished in third place after a good and solid race. During the race, I was able to drive clearly the fastest lap time of the race, so the start to the second race takes place from square one.

RACE 2. Start from grid one. Dropping to third place as a result of a too cautious start. The only goal is not to miss the line. The pace was already really good in the first lap. Unfortunately, during the first hard braking on the first lap, the brake pedal went to the bottom, which meant that there were no rear brakes. Luckily for us, the safety car came on the track in the second lap, which calmed the situation, and we didn't have to race. When the safety car came out, there were only two laps to go. I got a good start and in the next lap I was already in the top. The result was a victory that crowned the weekend. So the championship is not yet decided. In the following and at the same time the last races of the season, it is enough for Alastaro to secure the championship, when he drives one race to the eighth place during three starts.

11.8.2024

Finnish Championship series 3/5 Botniaring, Finland

Before the race weekend, we decided to drive a lot of tests on the botniaring. In this way, we got a well-adjusted car for the weekend's Finnish championships. At the beginning of the race weekend, on training days on Thursday and Friday, we got the final adjustments to fit the Botnia track. In Thursday's and Friday's training, you already noticed that the pace in the dry is really good. However, the speed was not so good in the rain, but we got the car set up a little better again for the races in the rain. Thus, it was easy to go into the time trials on Friday evening with good feelings. Even though the suction assist is really important on the Botnia, even seven-tenths, I was able to run the soles alone. In qualifying, one good lap was enough, after which I decided to end qualifying on my own and drive to the pits. Final result of time trials P1/37.

RACE 1. Start from grid one. A bad start, as a result of which we dropped to ninth place. However, with sure driving from place to place, we were able to get up. About a lap and a half and we were back in first place. The pole position remained throughout the race. At the top, I was able to complete the fastest time of the race, which guaranteed the first starting grid for the next start. 

RACE 2. Again a classless start, dropping to fourth place. However, we made up for it again with confident driving and the positions were taken back within a few laps. In the lead, the fastest lap time of the race was driven again. We reached the finish line almost two seconds behind the second finisher. 

RACE 3. Start from grid one. Dropping to number five. It took three laps to snap the positions back to the top spot. There was oil on the track, which made driving difficult. The whole race was a hard race until the end. After a tight fight, the third victory crowned the weekend. 

The weekend races secured the top spot in the series with a clear point difference. 

The work done by the team is slowly starting to materialize. A common idea for adjusting the car is starting to be found and the result of working together will definitely be visible on the outside as well. 

A big thank you to the partners who make driving possible! It's great to be able to represent every partner.

7.7.2024

Finnish Championship series 2/5 Ahvenisto, Finland

Photo: Photo by Joona  

Personally, the most difficult track in the entire competition calendar. Still, we set out to do the best performance and what speed is enough for. We trained on Wednesday and Friday. The workout looked and felt good. The car was adjusted to our liking, and we were able to approach Saturday's qualifying sessions with a good mood. The third of your group and the starting square then the sixth. 

RACE 1. Start from the sixth square. The car didn't get off the line as well as the others. However, I was able to hold the position well, so I only dropped one place at the start. After a hard race, two places were gained during the entire start. Final result fifth. 

RACE 2. Conditions at the start were a bit unstable. The track was wet from the rain, but it had already started to dry. We decided to start the race with intermediate tires. The starting grid was sixth. Good start and rise to fourth. The driving was too careful, as the leading drivers of the series drove off the track. We wanted to collect points that are important for the series, and not risk them for the sake of one win. The final ranking is sixth. 

RACE 3. Before departure, it started to get into the harbor a bit and the weather forecast showed that there will be more water in the harbor, especially during the beginning of the race. When we got to the grid, the jury raised the red flags. The drivers were given the opportunity to go to the pits to change tires. At this point, a large part started to change tires. We spent a lot of time waiting, because we already had full rain tires underneath. Start from the seventh square. The best start of the season, rising to fourth place. In the first lap, due to their own driving error, five drivers were able to pass. There was oil on the track, which I registered too late. As a result, I drifted off the track in the outer corner. Fortunately, the car didn't go completely out of control, but I got back on the track relatively quickly. Hard racing, moving up a couple of places and finishing seventh. 

Although the weekend was difficult, which we knew from the beginning, the result was good series points in terms of the series. We still hold second place in the series, nine points ahead of the top. 

Big thanks to the partners and the whole team for the weekend! Although it was difficult, we fought well together.

10.6.2024

Finnish Championship series 1/5 Kemora, Finland

On Thursday we practiced, on Friday time trials and on Saturday 3 starts. 

Training went well, so I'm confident about Friday's times. Out of the times, the second fastest time was clicked. The time trials were run in two groups, meaning the 3rd box for the first start. 

RACE 1. Due to a bad start, falling to about 6th place. During the first round, two places were won. After that, move up the ranks one by one. Getting up to the spot and craning the little neck. The neck didn't stay because of a few mistakes and an oil leak, but the spike was kept. The victory did not come easily! 

RACE 2. The bad start was repeated, dropping from the 4th grid to the 7th place. Oils and filters were changed between departures, but the oil leak continued. The oil completely messed up the left side and the tires. Otherwise, the speed would have been good. Up one place in the last laps. The final result was 6th in the general class and 5th in the pro class. After the start, it was checked that the machine was still in good condition, and it was. It still remained a mystery why and where the oil is leaking from. 

RACE 3. Start from grid 7. got a good start and after that the places started to snap up slowly. Still a year of oil, but we got it under control that the oil no longer flies so much to the front wheel and thus affected the driving so harshly. With a steady rise to 3rd place. The ranking was about to drop to 13th, because passing the last corner of the last lap resulted in a 10-second time penalty. An objection was made to the sanction and by then, with the judges watching the video recordings, the time penalty was annulled. I got to keep my investment in the original. The one with the higher ranking got a time penalty, so in the end we took second place in the general class and first place in the pro class. 

Big thanks to the whole team and sponsors!

27.5.2024

Seinäjoki Festival race 2023

Photo: Tipu.Kuvat.Fi  

The Seinäjoki Festival race has been run and the halfway point of the series has been crossed. 

Unlike other weekends, the weekend didn't start until Saturday. With only one practice before qualifying. In the morning exercise, the speed was found immediately. In training, my time was the fastest. Next (+0.197) Toni Lähteenmäki. For my part, the time trials were a bit off. With the tire being optimal, I didn't get the best time for that lap. Still a good result. Own group P2 and total results P3/39. Meaning that a place in the A-Finals was obtained for Saturday and Sunday directly. Starting grids for both finals P3. 

The start of Saturday's final was not the best of the season. There was a little bit of noise on the screen, but luckily we got going. However, after a tough first corner battle, the positions were not lost. Around the fifth lap, due to a small mistake by a friend, I was able to move up to P2. After a couple of laps it started to happen. First, there was a crash at the back, taking two cars out of the race. A couple of corners later, I myself went to get the first place in the first corner. Unfortunately, the guy apparently didn't notice, so both of them left the situation into the merciless concrete wall of Seinäjoki. However, the situation was managed to finish in P13. Not really what we set out to get or what the speed was throughout the race. The car was damaged so badly in the crash that it was close to leaving the weekend for one day. However, by three in the morning, the mechanics had the car in "winning condition". 

In Sunday's morning practice, the car was next to the others again, and at least it wasn't at the slowest end. The fastest time by exactly 0.5 seconds compared to the runner-up Toni Lähteenmäki. The car worked great and the hunger had grown, so we were ready for the last Final of the weekend, where we started from grid P3. Unfortunately, again the car couldn't get off the line and dropped to P4 at the start, but after a good first lap we got back to P3. After a couple of laps, the race was stopped due to a crash, which meant that we started after the safety car for a restart. The start was really good. I immediately got to P2 and after a couple of laps, Saturday's winner Toni Lähteenmäki gave way and I got to the top, driving the rest of the race accurately in P1 until the finish line

24.7.2023

World Finals 2023 Silver from the USA

After a tight fight, the last race of the Legends World Series, which was run at the New Hampshire nascar motor track in the United States, brought the World Championship Silver to Finland. On Friday, due to the heavy rain and the current tire series rule, practice was very minimal (5 laps). On Saturday morning, one more practice was run, where the speed was really good, 0.2 sec bottoms. In the afternoon, the time trial started where, due to technical problems, it was unfortunately only placed in P4. The pre-final started from P2, but after a hard fight, Trevor Kourse, who was also driving for the championship, gave up a couple of laps before the finish line and the gap grew to 1.7 seconds. In Sunday's final, we started from P3, due to a bad start we dropped to P5, after a couple of laps we were again in the fight for victory in P3, the whole time it felt like the ride was not at the same level as in practice or in the prefinal, but we didn't give up, third in the last lap we got to P2 and started to chase the race win, which unfortunately became a dream in the last corner due to my over-optimized overtaking attempt and we finished in P6. However, when the series points are calculated, the World Series became the great achievement of my career, the World Finals Silver.

17.10.2023

The last race of Legends Finnish Championship series in Botniaring, Finland

On Friday, we got to train in the rain at the Botniaring track and the pace was really good. The weekend of three races started on Saturday on a wet track. In the time trial, we had a reasonably good lap, being second in our own group and fourth in the overall results. The first race start was therefore from grid P4. About halfway through the race, the racing partner made a slightly overoptimistic overtaking attempt on a semi-dry track, which resulted in a small hit to the right front wheel, damaging the steering angles. The pace dropped significantly after the hit and we finished in P9. 

The second start was based on times and the damaged car's time was only 16th fastest, thus the starting grid for the second start was p16. The start was good and from there the top five immediately rose to the top of the fight. We finished fifth, but during the start for some reason the timing system did not give us time. There was no lap time and according to the rule, the next start is started from the last square if there is no time at all. 

The last start of the Finnish Championship series started from position P47. At the end of a hard race and 35 overtakings, we came to the checkered flag in position P12.

19.9.2022

The second last weekend of the series was in Ahvenisto, Finland

On Friday, due to the high fever, there were very few training sessions. In addition, due to a driving error, I drove into the wall, which resulted in damage to both front corners of the car. By the evening, the car was repaired, but we didn't notice that the rear axle stand was damaged. So the car was not in racing condition in the qualifying sessions, so the result of the qualifying sessions was a couple of seconds slower than in practice.

On Saturday, I was already feeling much better and the starting grid was P18/40 for the first race, according to the overall results of the qualifying sessions. We finished tenth. The second race was started in the order of the fastest lap times of the first race, so the starting grid became P8/40. After a challenging race, we successfully finished in P4/40th place.

Thanks again Icboys Racing team for the weekend's big job! The last races of the series will be held at Botniaring on September 17-18, then the final rankings of the Championship series will be determined. At the moment, we are fighting for the overall result of the series for silver and the victory in our own class.

14.8.2022

The fourth Legends race weekend was run at the Alastaro, Finland

On Friday we practiced and on Saturday there were both qualifying and two race starts. In qualifying, the result was the third fastest time of the group and P5/50 as the starting grid for the first race, because the track was so congested that it was really challenging to get a good lap.

The start of the first race went well and we were able to get third at the beginning of the race. About halfway through the race, the competitor who was behind had a brake failure, so when he hit the rear corner of my car, I spun and dropped several places as a result, so we only reached the finish line in P12/50th place.

The second race was started based on the best lap times of the first race, so the starting grid became the sixth grid. The start went well and we were able to move up a couple of places right away, and with the overtaking, we came to the finish line in third place. However, in the fight for third place, I hit a competitor with the result that I received a 5 second penalty, so the third place changed to P4/50.

Big thanks again to the Iceboys Racing team and sponsors!

31.7.2022

The halfway point of the Legends series was crossed over the weekend at the street track, Seinäjoki Festival race, Finland

The race weekend was special in the sense that there was no training at all, as is normally done at the races. The morning warm-ups were the only contact with the track, before the actual racing. With a successful lap, the qualifying resulted in a nice pole position, which was a great start to the weekend. In contrast to other race weekends, 10-lap sprint starts were run before the actual finnish championship starts.

The first sprint race was started in the order of qualifying, from the pole. The sprint race was an intact race and the finish line was reached first. With this, Saturday's WC race started again from the pole, but an hour before the race, the weather turned rainy, so the race was also run in the rain. Since there was very little rain experience in Legends (only two race starts), you couldn't be disappointed when you finished third.

Sunday's sprint race was started in the order according to the lap times of Saturday's SM race, i.e. from fifth grid and finished third. Sunday's SC race was started according to the results of the sprint race, again in rainy weather. After a hard fight, we reached the finish line in fifth place.

All in all, the weekend was good training in the rain and in many ways again educational and great. Thanks to all the supporters, sponsors and the Iceboys Racing team.

18.7.2022

Second weekend behind the championship series in Kemora, Finland

In qualifying we drove the first pole position of our Legends career. Thus, the first race was started from the pole. About an hour before the start, it started to rain, so we knew that the first race would be run on rain tires and probably the second as well. Legends didn't have any previous rain experience, so the first laps directly from the pole position were really challenging, but as the race progressed, they slowly started to find speed and finished in P8/43 place.

The second race was started from grid 5 and the weather was about to dry out. We had a discussion with the mechanic about which tires to put on and together we ended up with dry angel tires with little risk. All top 30 drivers started with rain tires. From the beginning of the race, it seemed that the choice of tires hit the button, but the dreams started to fall in the middle of the race, like water started to drip from a clear sky onto the track, completely soaking it again. The goal was reached in both places in 18/43, so there was no need to stop the race.

On Sunday, the last start of the weekend of three races was run and we started it in 10/43 place. The track had completely dried during the night/morning and the pace throughout the weekend had been really strong in dry weather and we knew that now we would be able to drive cleanly to win. But unfortunately at the start I made a really big mistake, i.e. the car stopped at the line and dropped to the last place, i.e. 43rd. However, thanks to the strong speed, we rose to 11th place in the 10-lap race.

The weekend was really a big disappointment for me, with my own mistakes and misjudgments, but it's not worth wallowing in shame and bad self-esteem, and therefore Midsummer will be spent resting and recharging the batteries, so that the Seinäjoki Vauhtiajai would be fully prepared to win both starts in the two-race weekend. Even though last weekend was so difficult, the fight for the championship will not be given up until the checkered flag swings for the last time at the end of the season. Thanks to the whole team Iceboys Racing and to the partners.

20.6.2022

This weekend was our debut race at Legends, Motopark, Finland

Friday was a training day, when we did 3 training sessions and the pace looked promising. Saturday started with a qualifying, where we were second in our own group and third in the whole group, so three of us started the first race. In the first race, the start was not successful, so one place was dropped, i.e. fourth. After a few laps, we had risen to second and third in the last lap to the top, we finished in P1/41.

We started the second race in the order of the fastest lap times of the first race, i.e. we had box 1. The start went well, but in the first lap we dropped to fifth place. After a few laps we were in the lead again, after which the battle for victory began, which stretched until the last lap, but in the end the finish line was crossed first.

A big thank team Iceboys Racing, and to all the sponsors!. There are 14 race starts in total, so there are still a lot of kilometers to be driven and points to be awarded. The season will certainly be tough and interesting, but it is good to go to the next race in Kemora on June 18-19, 2022.

29.5.2022

Contract news for season 2022

10.1.2022

The last Karting Finnish Championship series competition was run in Lahti, Finland

When we started in the last race, there was still a small chance to win the Finnish Championship silver, taking a pole from the time trial and winning both finals. The final race was forced to make big changes to ensure the best result and so it was decided to switch from Kosmic to last season's BirelArt chassis.

From the first day of training, the car was made to work well with Järvilehto in the rain, on the second day of training we were able to drive dry and the car felt really good. The trainings went better than during the whole season and Saturday's races were started with a good feeling.

The whole Saturday was told about the functionality of the car, since the morning practice every bet was perfectly successful. Time trial pole position 0.2 second bottoms, win of both heats and win of both finals. In the second final, the jury gave a 10-second time penalty from the wrong starting box, which dropped first from fifth place and meant that the Finnish Championship bronze was achieved this year.

Thanks to the whole team and support team for their hard work ahead of the weekend. I especially thank Jyrki Järvilehto, who made the car work so well that during the whole weekend no one even got to try to overtake!

13.9.2021

Karting World Championships in Sweden 2021 

The races have been run and the final result was P57/101. The problems with the car's grip that plagued the entire season affected the qualifying result. However, the number of drivers on the track made it difficult to move up. The heats started from 26th place and although there were a lot of crashes, luckily I avoided the worst of them and the heats went relatively well. However, the rankings were not enough for a place in the final this time.

6.9.2021

The second to last race of the Karting Finnish Championship series was run last Saturday at Lentola, Finland

Photo: Kartmamaphotographs 

Secondly, the last race at Lentola has been run and there were enough challenges. For some reason, the dry weather was completely lost, and the car could not be driven at all. In time, the ranking was p5. After a good start to the first set, I rose to third but when there was no momentum, I dropped one place, to fourth. Luckily for us, it started to rain in the second batch and I was able to rise to second in the batch. Unfortunately, due to a small hit, the other rear tire was knocked out, causing the tire to come off and the lot to be missed. As a result of the lots, I got to start in the first final from the starting box at six, when the weather looked rainy. With the exception of one driver, we entered the final on rainbikes, but in the end, no water came during the final. The finals were p4 but the rainbikes were exhausted at this point. The final final was started from box four, in the rain and bad tires below. There was hardly any grip on the tires at all, which is why I went to the ring a couple of times and after about eight laps, those to be overtaken on the lap were flagged out, including me.

For my part, the weekend did not go as expected, but the only driver who made the right tire choices deserved his place in this race, congratulations Santtu Juntunen!

23.8.2021

The middle of the Karting Finnish Championship series was crossed with the Pori, Finland race competition

Last Saturday, the third race of the karting Finnish Championship series was held in Pori. The time trials went better this time and the ranking was p4. Thus, we started from the fourth square with different rankings p1 and p2. The first final was started from the second box and after a good start I got to the top but due to a small mistake the ranking was p2 in this final. The successful start of the second final also from the second square, I immediately got to the top and got a good start to the neck, but for some reason the grip started to disappear from the rear wheels, so the lap times worsened so that it was over in the final stages of the race and the final ranking was p4.

2.8.2021

The second competition of the Karting Finnish Championship series in Ruuhimäki, Finland

The second race of the Karting SM series is behind us. Ruuhimäki is a challenging track for KZ and the importance of time trial placement is emphasized when driving here. Thursday and Friday were tested, Saturday was race day. In time, the ranking was fourth and the lots started from the fourth square. In the installments, the standings were second and seventh, so the first final was started again from the fourth square. The result of the first final was P3 and due to the poor start of the second final I dropped last but after a hard fight I crossed the finish line in fifth. All in all, a difficult weekend is behind us, but the eyes have already been turned towards the Pori race in two weeks!

19.7.2021

Kemora, Finland Finnish Championship Formula 4 debut

Over the weekend, the first race of my life was driven in a formula 4 car, in the Formula Open Finland series.

Friday was a training day and we were able to draw eight bets, unfortunately it hurts and due to a small driving error there was a small crash during one bet. However, we learned from this and the trainings continued. On Saturday, time trials and race 1 were run. On Sunday we drove race 2, 15min before the race there was a heavy rain, as a result of which it was decided to go on the track with a rain tire. I started from the square and during the first rounds I rose to second place. During the last rounds I climbed to the top and crossed the finish line first!

Great weekend behind, thanks to Koiranen GP and the mechanics team.

However, the biggest thanks go to my mechanic Jyrki, for the advice and feedback I got from my performance, it's great to get to learn from the master himself!

12.7.2021

Finnish Championships races started in Vantaa Circuit, in Finland

The first Finnish Championship weekend is behind us! Even though the result on paper was not the best, I still have to be satisfied, because the Vantaa track has always been challenging for me. There was no good time in the time trial and the start to the rounds was P8, still the race pace was good and the final results were P3 and P4. Important Finnish Championship points were won from the Vantaa weekend! In a month, we will race in Ruuhimäki!

14.6.2021

Contract news for season 2021

It's finally starting to be spring and the competition season is approaching, so it's time to announce this year's team and equipment. Planning for the upcoming season began at the end of November and as the global pandemic has also had a major impact on motorsports, it was decided that in the coming season I will go karting. The team for this season is Porkkala Racing or so-called own team and strong support is the new karting shop KartShop.fi, for example for spare parts. Two cars of this season, Kosmic Kart, will come directly from the factory. The engines are the familiar TM Racing R1 engines, which are tuned by the Czech Machac Motors.

11.1.2021

Season 2021

The past season has been challenging in so many different ways. Even before the season got off to a good start in Finland, the changed world situation made it unclear whether the races would be run at all, whether the agreed races could be run abroad, how it would go with the team agreements already made. and SM silver was carried home.

In Finland, the season started promisingly, for the first time the frame was Birel ART, but the technology was an old familiar TM engine. The car was tested and adjusted and tested again many times until satisfied with the ride. The first competitions started at the beginning of June, the Pori National Competition, which gave a taste of several technical problems for the coming season. Pori got off to a good start in the race but unfortunately in the first final when driving in the top position the chains were different and the driver behind drove a little over the back corner. The second final was reached, albeit from last place, although there was enough momentum and we had already risen nicely until the overrun rear tire started to leak and the final had to be stopped. So little of Pori was left in his hand but a bad mood.

The next direction was the Jyväskylä National Competition in mid-July. The tests went well and there was enough momentum, but in the race the momentum disappeared and the finals came out of the finals. Overall, the National Series became silver!

Then we started driving the Finnish Championship series and the first races were run in Vantaa at the beginning of August, where the second place and victory came out of the finals. These points immediately moved to the top of the series, but the good ranking didn't last long. The first big problems started during the second race weekend in Oulu. In the morning, during the rounds, the worst run-out of the entire racing career happened, due to which the first final was missed. The body of the car was right in the knot and practically the whole car had to be disassembled and stacked from scratch in a new body. It was great to see how people are in the depot coming to a tight spot as help and support, thank you to everyone who took part in building the car and so you made it possible to take part in the final finals! Unfortunately, however, the final had to be skipped, as after a few good laps the gear stick deviated and the run ended.

The next was already in Kouvola, on the third race weekend. The tests went well, the car was adjusted and tested and adjusted once more until we were ready for the race. From time to time, the competition did not go as desired and the batches had to start from last place. Unexpectedly, an electrical fault occurred in the engine, so before the batches another engine was replaced to start the race. Going in the installments already looked better and in both the ranking improved from the last to the fifth. In the finals, everything turned on its head again and the first final was left in second place in the middle as the throttle cable deviated. The second final was thus started from last place and rose to sixth. At this point, the series points were split so that the next race would indeed solve everything.

The last race and the last race of the season in Pori, Finland, in late September. The stakes were high because there were already so many disappointments behind. The second place came out of the times, ie good starting points for the competition, the lots went well and the first final was started from the first place. The second final was started from the obedient box and after a hard fight they came second. The Finnish championship series was decided by the fact that the winner had more victories behind him, as the series points were in the top two at the end of the season.

I would like to thank my sponsors, family and support staff for the past season, THANK YOU!

An exciting meeting with a completely new line-up is coming next week and we will start planning together through 2021.

13.11.2020

The last weekend of the Finnish Championship series in Pori, Finland

The championship series culminated on the weekend at the FK track in Pori. We had prepared carefully for the weekend and everything possible had been done so that the technical problems already seen in the season would not happen. On Saturday, qualifying sessions were run on a wet track, resulting in P2. So the heats started from the second box and the first heat was won, the ranking of the second heat was P2. In the first final, we started from the pole and finished second. The second final was started from the second grid and after a hard fight we finished second. The WC series started strongly in Vantaa, there were many disappointments on the way, but we fought with the team until the end and the final result for this season was the WC silver with equal points. There were two competitions in the national series, in which the teammate got the championship and the silver for himself.

27.9.2020

The third weekend of the Finnish Championship series in Kouvola, Finland

Photo: Kartmamaphotographs 

Last weekend, the third round of the SM series was held in Kouvola. Bad luck was not avoided for this weekend either. As usual, the training went well and a lot was expected from the weekend, however, during the qualifying the engine had electrical problems and the qualifying was abandoned after a few laps. So we started the first round from the last place, rose to fifth and expectations were therefore high for the next round. In the second round, we also started from the last frame and rose to sixth. As a result of the heats, the starting square of the first final was Fifth, and already after the fourth round, we had risen nicely to second, until unexpectedly, the technology failed again. This time, the gas cable snapped and the final was left unfinished. So we started the second final from the last square and after a hard fight we finished sixth! Not many series points were accumulated from this weekend either, so in the finals of the last race in Pori, you have to drive from first place so that it is still possible to achieve the championship!

6.9.2020

The second weekend of the Finnish Championship series in Oulu, Finland

The second round of the karting Finnish Championship series is behind us and this weekend shows how easily situations can turn upside down in an instant. The training in Oulu on Thursday and Friday went well and the pace was promising. On Saturday, in qualifying, the ranking was p6. After a good start in the first heat, we rose to third from the weaving place, but here we hit a competitor and the heat was interrupted. We started the second heat from the weaving box, a good start and again in third when the car left the track due to a small driving error, into a fence and the heat was stopped. During the first final, the frame was changed and the car was fixed to driving condition in record time, and the driver's condition was checked. We entered the second round from grid 10, after a successful start we quickly rose to fourth, still the adversity was not over yet and the gear stick snapped during the first lap and the final was left at that. So not a successful weekend by any means, luckily only the car was affected by a run out and we were still able to participate in the last final . Thank you to the mechanic and the amazing team who helped with changing the frame, without you the job would have been left unfinished!

30.8.2020

Finnish Championships races started in Vantaa Circuit, in Finland

First Finnish championships races is now driven.

After difficult and sticky start, we got brilliant final result. In the qualifying session, we got P6, so we started from sixth on the grid to the first heat. Final score in this first heat was P4. Starting to the second heat succeed well, but because of crash in the first corner, we had to interrupt this heat. Aggregated result of these two heats was P9, so we started to first final from ninth on the grid, but we rose up to P2. To the second final we started from second on the grid, and after strong start we were leading, and were first in the finish line. 

So, we got 45 points, and after first races we are leading with 9 points in this Finnish championship.

Thank to all our sponsors and SFN Motorsport for their all support and for this weekends' opportunity!

9.8.2020

Contract news for season 2020

20.1.2020

SC Performance

13.1.2020