Florida Winter Tour drivers to compete at GPO Championship
Panama City, FL USA
June 1, 2009
FWT drivers to contest French Championship
The first phase of a strategic alliance to promote international karting will begin this week as
drivers from the Formula Kart Productions Florida Winter Tour will compete in the third round of
the 2009 Grand Prix Open Karting FFSA Championship in Essay, France June 5-7.
The alliance, formed in February, was created “to generally promote international competition in
the world karting categories, and specifically to provide opportunities for FWT and GPO
competitors to compete in these popular and prestigious series.” In an effort to facilitate these
goals the promoter of the French Championship, 13eme Avenue Organisation, has awarded
select FWT drivers entry, tires, fuel and oil for one round of the 2009 GPO. Formula Kart will
provide select GPO drivers the same incentives for the first round of the 2010 FWT.
Representing the FWT at the Essay round will be two official Ocala Gran Prix team drivers.
Brazilian Victor Pedrosa will compete in KF2. U.S. driver Nick Neri will compete in KF3. Both
drivers will be racing under the Koene Racing Tony Kart tent, with support from Ocala Gran Prix.
The Formula Kart Productions Florida Winter Tour ( FWT ) is one of the largest and longest
running kart racing series in the Americas. It features the largest official Rotax Max Challenge
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series in the world. The recently completed 11 annual edition included 486 unique competitors
from 27 different countries, 28 U.S. States and 5 Canadian Provinces, and paid out cash and
awards exceeding $142,000.
For more information see:
www.floridawintertour.com
www.gpokarting.com
www.ocalagranprix.com