Hyper Racer Calder Park News

press release

Round 2 of the Victorian Superkart Club Series was run under a perfect sky at Calder Park.

The light division Hyper drivers were; Dean Crooke, Russ Occhipinti (in Brad Stebbing's Hyper), and Shaun Trounson. Mark Wicks sat out the round.

The heavy division Hyper drivers were; Chris Jewell, Patrick Atherton and John Bartlett from South Australia.

Above: Chris Jewell tries out the new 4-wheel drive Hyper!
pic - Gary Trounson

Dean Crooke continued his good form from Phillip Island, winning all 4 heats. In heats 1 and 2 (both 8 laps) and heat 4 (10 laps), he lead the field across the line by around 10 seconds each time and collected the fastest light division lap of 1.10.46 along the way. Heat 3 was marred by two safety car periods, with 3 of the 8 laps being run under yellow. Peter Gazzola finished 2nd on the day with Russ Occhipinti, in his borrowed Hyper, finishing 3rd.

In the Heavy Division, Chris Jewell had a great day scoring his first race win and finishing 2nd on the day behind the master, Colin McIntyre. In his first race off P-plates, he took the fastest heavy lap time of the day at 1.11.28 and put himself at the top of the division series points score, along side Lee Filliponi.

More photos on the Hyper site HERE

Above: Another dominant display by Dean Crooke in 125MAX Light
pic - Gary Trounson

Above: LEFT to RIGHT - Shaun Trounson, John Bartlett, Dean Crooke and Patrick Atherton
pic - Gary Trounson

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