Wollongong City Raceway Jets Take Sensational ‘Ipswich 24 Hour’ Victory

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In what was their biggest victory ever; the Wollongong City Raceway Jets team took out a comprehensive victory in the ‘Ipswich 24 Hour’ event at the Willowbank Kart Track in Queensland over the weekend.

The Wollongong City Raceway Jets team walked away with a dominating victory where they won by a mammoth six laps to their nearest rival team. The Wollongong City Raceway Jets completed a total of 1413 laps and defeated # 86 Adrenalin Rush Karting (1407 laps) and # 1 Team Kaos (1392 laps) in second and third place respectively on the podium.

Above: The winning team greets the chequered flag

With a trouble free run throughout the ‘Ipswich 24 Hour’, the Wollongong City Raceway Jets were simply in a class of their own. Their commanding victory was attributed to consistency both on and off the track and this was without their best ever victory.

“It [the 24 Hour victory] is still sinking in and I can’t believe it,” expressed one of the # 3 Wollongong City Raceway Jets team drivers, Trent Warwick. “Everyone in the team put in a fantastic effort and I feel that we thoroughly deserved to win. In the past we haven’t had the best of runs in 24 Hour events and we certainly wanted to change that. We worked very hard to prepare for this event and all of this effort has now paid off, so it’s great.”   

Finishing second was the # 86 Adrenalin Rush Karting team behind the # 3 Wollongong City Raceway Jets team and they did their very best to fight for the win but they were unable to mount a serious challenge.

‘24 Hour’ event specialists in # 1 Team Kaos managed to take the last spot on the podium in third place. However, the # 1 Team Kaos were unable to have a consistent run throughout the whole distant and that denied them a better shot at challenging for the victory spoils.

Above: the LeMans style start to the race

The # 27 Resi Sales Racing team (1376 laps) finished just off the podium in fourth place, followed by # 777 Horsepower Racing (1374 laps), # 22 BF Racing 2 (1373 laps), # 50 Team 5150R (1366 laps), # 42 IPR Scuderia (1359 laps), # 2 BF Racing 2 (1347 laps) and in 10th was # 41 Team Kartatak (1291 laps).

Team’s such as # 51 Team 5150R, # 5 Climatrol Racing, # 98 Adrenalin Rush Karting 1 and # 661 PDS Grand Prix Racing were considered capable challengers for the victory in the ‘Ipswich 24 Hour’, however were hampered by a number of challenges, robbing them of the ability to challenge for the front running positions.

Out of the 18 teams that started the ‘Ipswich 24 Hour’ only two teams, # 4 Wollongong City Raceway Jets 2 and # 661 PDS Grand Prix Racing, failed to complete the 24 Hour distance due to mechanical woes.      

The ‘Ipswich 24 Hour’ also doubled as the third round of the Powered by Honda ProKart Australia National Endurance Kart Championship and the seventh round of the Powered by Honda ProKart Australia Queensland Endurance Kart Championship.

Complete results from the ‘Ipswich 24 Hour’ can be found at www.mylaps.com 

The fourth and final round of the National Championship is set down for Saturday, November 14 for the ‘Raleigh 6 Hour’ at Raleigh International Kart Raceway in NSW, while the eighth round of the Queensland Championship is to be held at the Toowoomba Kart Track for the ‘Toowoomba 6 Hour’ on the weekend of October 3 and 4

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