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2008 KART National Champion - 2009 IKF National Champion |
About Cole Glasson
Cole is a 9 year old, fourth grade racer that lives in Corinth, TX and is a daredevil at heart - he began racing at the age of 5 years old. Cole enjoys being active outside, baseball, basketball, X Box 360 (all racing games) and gymnastics. His parents are Tim and Wendy Glasson and he has two sisters Courtney and Alexa. He and his father are usually at their home track, North Texas Kartway, at least once a week practicing when not on the road. Cole's goal is to have a career in Motorsports and become an F1 Driver. Cole has completed his third full season of racing and became very competitive. See his racing stats below. To contact Cole directly, please email him at cole@dfrusa.com Cole was a 2-time National Champion at the age of 8, special thanks to his tuner and coach for both National Championships, DJ Ortiz of Kart Racing Solutions.
Race Team History
Cole Glasson began his racing career in Kid Karts at the age of 5 and was named to his first Factory Team for the 2008 season at the age of 7. Cole raced the Tornado F4 Chassis in the Tag Cadet Gazelle class and raced the SWRC, SWRA, and KART series in 2008. Cole teamed up with the KRS Factory Kart Team in early 2008, owned by DJ Ortiz who tuned for and coached Cole for the last year. In mid 2008, Cole added a second class after the KART Nationals- Rotax Mini Max and moved to Margay chassis' for both karts. Cole now runs at the Regional and National level in the Cadet classes and runs two separate engine packages-Comer 80 and Rotax Mini Max. For 2009, Cole is running the STARS of Karting Series, Championship Karting International Series, WKA Manufacturer's Cup, and RMAX Challenge and in April 2009, he was named to the DeFrancesco Racing Team. The team is owned by Andy DeFrancesco and has a very experienced crew of David Tennyson, Bobby Wilson, and Ben Cruttenden. Cole is privately coached locally and nationally by DJ Ortiz of Kart Racing Solutions and some of his race engines are provided by TCRE who along with KRS has built Cole's most winning Rotax Engine.
Cole's Racing Memories
Winning his 2 National Titles- He has won several regional races and placed in the top 3 in National races. He has also raced at Daytona International Speedway on multiple occassions and won the KART Nationals in 2008 and the IKF Grand Nationals in 2009 as well as finished on podium in the Tag World Championships. During his visit to Daytona in 2007, he was able to ride in a pace car and go 135 mph around the Speedway. Cole raced his first road race at Cresson Motorsports Ranch in March 2008 reaching speeds in excess of 70 miles per hour and winning the regional race in the Gazelle class. While at the Indy 500 Race, Cole had the opportunity to meet Mike Lanigan, owner of Newmann, Haas, Lanigan Racing Team of the Indy series. He also had a chance to meet Arie Luyendyk Jr. as well as Speed's #1 show host, Rich Christensen of the TV show Pinks. In addition, he is around the professional racers of David Tennyson and Bobby Wilson who continue to teach him the skills necessary to take his racing to new levels. His memorable races are as follows:
- 2010 1st Winter Series Regional Champion- Mini Max
- 2009 8th US Rotax Grand Nationals, Norman, Oklahoma- Mini Max
- 2009 4th US Rotax Max Challenge Series- Mini Max
- 2009 2nd SWRC Regional Series, Southwest US- Mini Max
- 2009 1st IKF Road Race Grand Nationals, Decatur, Texas- Mini Max- NATIONAL CHAMPION
- 2009 2nd MRP Speed School Nationals, South Bend, Indiana- Mini Max
- 2008 1st Kart Nationals, Garnett, Kansas- Cadet- NATIONAL CHAMPION
- 2008 4th Tag World Championships, Grand Junction, Colorado- Cadet
- 2008 3rd Kart Regional Series, Southwest US- Cadet
- 2008 2nd SWRC Regional Series, Southwest US- Cadet
- 2007 2nd SWRC Spring Nationals, Norman, Oklahoma- Kid Kart
- 2007 2nd Kart Nationals, Tulsa, Oklahoma- Kid Kart
Cole's Race Stats
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Class
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Races
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Podium
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Podium%
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Wins
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Win %
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Kid Kart
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137
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89
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65%
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33
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24%
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Cadet
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121
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68
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56%
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27
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22%
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Rotax
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74
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39
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53%
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23
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31%
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Total
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332
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196
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59%
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83
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25%
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Cole's Regional and National Standings
US Rotax Challenge
Championship Karting International
Southwest Regional Cup
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Cole Glasson Wins Kart Nationals |
 Cole Glasson and his family and tuner, DJ Ortiz, make the trip to Garnett, Kansas this weekend for the KART National Championships. Cole had a great race weekend and was in the thick of the racing all weekend as his coach and tuner, DJ worked to get the kart and driver where they needed to be. In TAG Light, Cole took second on Saturday in Nationals against Bailey Ring. On Sunday, it was a different story where Cole qualified pole position, won the pre final and won the final by sizable margins, taking the Tag Heavy Kart National Championship and winning his first National Championship. Cole and Bailey lapped the field both days. |
Cole Finishes 8th at Rotax US Grand Nationals |
 Cole traveled to the Rotax US Grand Nationals from September 11th through September 19th to compete against 41 of the best Mini Max racers in the United States. He arrived in Norman, Oklahoma with the Alonso Kart USA National Team owned by Defrancesco Racing. The drivers were faced with wet conditions through qualifying which brought a lot of adversity for the week. Cole ended up qualifying 21st out of the 41 driver field which put him toward the back in all of his heat races. In Heat 1, Cole was taken out at the start when a driver forced him into another kart causing his bumper to bend under the car and ending his race in 16th position. In Heat 2, Cole came back with a vengeance forcing his way to the front of the field and finishing in the 6th spot. It looked as though Cole's National race would end early after Heat 3 where he again was wrecked out in Turn 11 putting him finishing dead last. This caused Cole to be the last transfer spot into the Finals on Saturday and starting him in the 28th position. While most drivers would be frustrated and just try to get in the top 20, Cole came out to reach the front. He charged from the 28th spot in the prefinal to finish 10th where he would begin the Final. In the final, he again charged out of the gate and was in a eight kart break away from the rest of the 34 kart field. The eight karts battled for position the entire 18 laps with Cole fighting as far up as fifth place. He would end his first Rotax Grand Nationals in eighth position of the 41 entered drivers and would run with the lead pack the entire race. The eight drivers that broke way from the field had lap times within 1/10th of each other. A very good showing for the youngest diver in the Mini Max field. |
Cole Glasson Places 2nd in WKA Mini Max |
 Cole and his new race team traveled to South Bend, Indiana to participate in the WKA Round 2 National Series. This was the first weekend that Cole was with his new race team, Alonso Kart USA which is owned by Andy DeFrancesco of DeFrancesco Racing. The team was in the Tony Kart Florida tent and was working on the new Alonso Karts to get them tuned in. The race weekend started with the Friday night race where Cole participated in the Mini Max race where he came in 2nd to Santino Ferruci with Derek Sobel close behind. He then worked the next two days to get the new Alonso Kart dialed into the track. On Saturday we qualified 27 out of 34 and on Sunday moved up to 22 out of 34. We had a lot of ups and downs throughout the weekend from stalling the engine in Saturday's prefinal and starting in the back of the pack- finished 25 in Saturday's final and then having a massive wreck in Sunday's final after getting into the 17th position. All in all we had a great weekend as the kart was getting within a half second of the leaders. A special thanks to the team- Andy DeFrancesco, Bobby Wilson, Ben Cruttenden, and Doug Sharp for the endless work on the karts throughout the weekend. |
Cole Glasson Wins 2nd National Title |
 As quoted by Ekarting News, "The youngest drivers of the IKF Road Race Grand Nationals put on a great 20-minute show with three drivers battling for the win. Cole Glasson paced the field the majority of the race with Chris Clark and Beck Duggleby on his bumper. As they came around for the checkered, Glasson was leading the way with Clark looking to slingshot by him. At the line, Glasson had the edge by 0.044-seconds. Duggleby was a close third while Kinsley Cook beat Michael Schneider for fourth."
Cole as well as several members of the KRS Team arrived in Decatur, Texas to compete in the 2009 IKF Road Race Grand Nationals which was held at Eagles Canyon Raceway. The 2.1 mile course was quickly tuned in for Cole by his driving coach and tuner, DJ Ortiz. During Wednesday's practice, Cole was running on average two seconds a lap faster than the field. His speed continued on Saturday mornings practice session where he found himself over 3 seconds a lap faster than the field. However, as usual, the competitors found speed and the draft to create a dramatic race for the coveted "Duffy Trophy". The entire race had the lead pack of three, Cole, Chris, and Beck within kart lengths each lap, there was one lead change in the second to the last lap where Cole fell to third, but retook the lead prior to the white flag where he held off a late charge by Chris and Beck beating them by only 4/100th's to claim his 2nd National Title.
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Cole Takes Pole, Sets Track Record, and Wins Championship |
 Cole raced the last two races of the Winter Regional series this weekend and again performed flawlessly with pole, and wins in both the prefinal and final. His engine was provided by TCRE/KRS (DJ Ortiz and George Shear) and not only walked away with wins all day, he set the track record in Mini Max which has stood for almost three years. The wins secured the points championship for Cole taking 7 wins, 4 poles, and 1 second throughout the four race series. In addition, the engines provided by KRS/ TCRE have been the most winning engines that Cole has raced gaining him two National Titles. To find out more about the tuning or engines, visit www.kartracingsolutions.com or www.gokartracingengines.com |
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