Matt Jaskol wins thrilling CART "Stars of Tomorrow" presented by Snap-On.com at Road America By Glenn Holland (eRacingvision.com) ELKHART LAKE, WI (August 18, 2002) - Paul Tracy Karting driver Matt Jaskol won his first top-level national karting race in exciting fashion as he bested Trackmagic's Kyle Martin with a stunning last lap pass. Jaskol, from Las Vegas, Nevada, unexpectedly dove in on Martin at the end of the main straight on the final lap. The two had swapped the lead several times in the waning moments of the race. "Martin had about 20 feet on me going down the straightway when I saw the white flag and I knew I had to make it happen in the corner. I just decided it was time to pull a Zanardi." Jaskol made the pass stick despite heavy pressure from Martin. Martin was clearly disappointed despite his good run. "I took a look back and had ten kart lengths on him so I made the decision to set up (for the corner) wide and get a good drive out. As I started to turn in he comes flying in so I tried to go back around the outside of him but there was no grip out there." Franklin/PCR's Alan Rudolph had stalked the two leaders the latter half of the race and was nearly able to make an issue of it at the end. "I was held up by traffic at the beginning. When I finally got around it, they were too far ahead. I was hoping they (Jaskol and Martin) would dice sooner, but that didn't happen." Results of the CART Stars of Tomorrow presented by Snap-on.com at Road America on August 18, 2002: Pos. No. Name Laps Diff Best In 1. 5 Matt Jaskol 31 46.219 22 2. 96 Kyle Martin 31 0.378 46.219 18 3. 7 Alan Rudolph 31 0.719 46.326 22 4. 77 Jake Pierson 31 7.831 46.255 25 5. 19 Chris Festa 31 20.546 46.797 26 6. 16 Tyler Thielmann 31 28.848 47.093 29 7. 99 Matt Keck 31 29.178 46.898 19 8. 8 David MacDonald 31 29.773 46.959 21 9. 66 Erik Bartolero 27 4 laps 46.601 27 10. 11 Jason Bowles 23 8 laps 46.632 12 11. 111 Preston Peebles 21 10 laps 46.781 11 12. 86 Kyle Wiegand 12 19 laps 46.661 12 13. 40 Jon Wade 12 12.782 47.493 12 14. 4 Michael Bailliez 6 25 laps 47.978 5 15. 6 Mark MacDonald 5 26 laps 48.054 5 16. 28 Francesco D'Avola 1 30 laps 17. 1 Munguci Moceri 0 31 laps The CART 'Stars of Tomorrow' karting series is the official first level in CART's driver development system. More information can be found at www.cartstars.com. Snap-On Incorporated is a leading global developer, manufacturer and marketer of tool and equipment solutions for professional tool users. More information can be found at www.snap-on.com. Visit the CART "Stars of Tomorrow" website Here!