MSA British Senior Kart Championship - Rounds 1 & 2 - Three Sisters Kart Circuit, Wigan

Richard Bradley followed up his recent ABkC O Plate success with a double win at the same track, taking maximum points for the weekend, despite an engine failure in one of the heats.  He had topped the timed qualifying session over this team-mate Lee Bell, and took the first heat from Mark Litchfield.  Lee Bell was able to uphold the honours of the Simon Wright Racing Developments team in the other heat when Bradley's engine seized on the second lap.  "It's very annoying, but I'm fast enough," said Bradley (pictured below), soon proving it as he stormed up from grid eight and was waved past into the lead by Bell.  "There was no point fighting and I thought I'd see where Richard was faster," explained Bell. 

But Bell's engine hesitated at the start of the second final and he dropped to fourth, whilst Bradley pulled away.  "It was just a case of conserving the lead, then I saw I had a massive gap so I could relax," said the winner after a sudden heavy shower made the track treacherous.  Mark Litchfield was his closest contender, with Chris Rogers struggling to keep up the pace in third.  Budget strapped privateer Denis Gorman made a very creditable fifth when Jordon Lennox-Lamb overshot a corner.  "The brake lever on the steering wheel caught on the Nassau panel," explained Lennox-Lamb.

RESULTS ROUND 1
1 Richard Bradley (Wright) 15 laps in 10m 36.42s (61.16mph);
2 Lee Bell (Wright) + 1.01s;
3 Sam Tordoff (Alonso);
4 Chris Rogers (Octane);
5 Mark Litchfield (Tonykart);
6 Jordon Lennox-Lamb (Topkart);

RESULTS ROUND 2
1 Bradley 15 laps in 11m 57.44s (61.62mph);
2 Litchfield +0.77s;
3 Rogers;
4 Bell;
5 Gorman;
6 Lennox-Lamb;

Championship positions
1 Richard Bradley 100
2 Lee Bell 92
3 Mark Litchfield 91
4 Chris Rogers 90
5 Sam Tordoff 87
6 Jordon Lennox-Lamb 84

Above: Richard Bradley jumps the kerbs. A double wins puts him at the top of the points
pic - Chris Walker, kartpix.net

MSA British Junior Kart Championship - Round 1 & 2 - Three Sisters Kart Circuit, Wigan

Carl Stirling and Mackenzie Taylor shared top spoils in the two KF3 finals.  In the first Stirling was another to repeat his O Plate championship success, taking the win by a tiny margin over the just turned 12 year old Alexander Albon.  In the second final, Albon was squeezed to the outside at the start, salvaging fifth, whilst Taylor and Stirling escaped.  A brief shower of rain saw Taylor extend the lead massively.  "Definitely the wet was to my advantage, all credit to Ricky Flynn for the setup," said Taylor.  The rain stopped before the end of the race, with Rikki Gordon leapfrogging John Norris to complete a Scottish winner followed by three Irishmen. 

RESULTS ROUND 1
1 Carl Stirling (Tonykart) 15 laps in 10m 53.15s (60.15mph);
2 Alexander Albon (Tonykart) +0.17s;
3 MacKenzie Taylor (Alonso);
4 Sam Snell (Intrepid);
5 Lewis Hall (Gillard);
6 Chris Swanwick (Tonykart);

RESULTS ROUND 2
1 Taylor 15 laps in 11m 31.45s (60.25mph);
2 Carl Stirling +4.87s;
3 Gordon;
4 Norris;
5 Albon;
6 Matthew Hogarth (BRM);

Championship positions
1 Carl Stirling 98
2 Mackenzie Taylor 96
3 Alexander Albon 91
4 Rikki Gordon 85
5 Lewis Hall 83
6 John Norris 82

Above: Carl Stirling holds a slender lead in the MSA Junior championship
pic - Chris Walker, kartpix.net

Above: Mackenzie Taylor wins the 2nd Junior round to close the gap to Stirling to just 2 points
pic - Chris Walker, kartpix.net