Jurczak Dominates Opening Day At Rotax Nationals

AKA press release

Queenslander Ben Jurczak continued his dominance of the Formula JMA category with a scintillating performance during the opening day of action for the Rotax Nationals at Sydney’s Eastern Creek International Karting Raceway today.

Jurczak, who is the current Victorian and Queensland Champion in the category, qualified on pole position by more than two-tenths of a second in his Redspeed kart ahead of local driver Max Johnstone and CRG pocket rocket Pierce Lehane.

Unfortunately for Jurczak he encountered an electrical issue in heat three but he will still start near the front of the field in tomorrow’s pre-final.

“My Redspeed kart is certainly working well, ever since we put it on the track yesterday it has been very fast, the only real hiccup has been the electrical mishap in heat three,” said Jurczak.

“While it is disappointing not to win all three races, at least it was today rather than tomorrow and I should still be starting somewhere near the front tomorrow. The pre-final and final are two long races so anything can happen, hopefully I can keep out of trouble and finish on the podium.”

Defending Rotax Light Champion David Sera secured his third pole position at the Rotax Nationals ahead of Daniel Rochford.

In the opening heat it was local driver David Whitmore who took the honours after a race long battle with Sera and CRG pilot Jason Hryniuk. He then continued this form throughout the day and will start from pole position aboard his Kosmic kart in tomorrow’s pre-final.

Victorian Jason Pringle has been the pacesetter in the Rotax Heavy division but you can never discount the man who has been shadowing Pringle throughout the day – Matthew Wall. Unfortunately for two-time defending Champion Kel Treseder he endured a rollover during the second qualifying session and also crashed out of the second heat.

In the non-championship categories Gerry Brookes is dominating the Over 35 category while Brinley Gread is setting the pace in the Open Performance (DD2) category.

The Pre-Finals and Championship Finals will be contested tomorrow.

Full results on Mylaps.com HERE.

2009 ROTAX NATIONALS
Eastern Creek International Karting Raceway, Sydney NSW

ROTAX LIGHT
Heat Three (14 laps) – Top Five
1. #57 David Whitmore
2. #1 David Sera
3. #13 Bart Price
4. #48 Jessica Golding
5. #45 Jason Hryniuk

Heat Two (14 laps) – Top Five
1. #57 David Whitmore
2. #36 Daniel Rochford
3. #45 Jason Hryniuk
4. #1 David Sera
5. #48 Jessica Golding

Heat One (14 laps) – Top Five
1. #57 David Whitmore
2. #45 Jason Hryniuk
3. #1 David Sera
4. #36 Daniel Rochford
5. #97 Tyler Greenbury

Combined Qualifying – Top Five
1. #1 David Sera 40.597
2. #36 Daniel Rochford 40.644
3. #57 David Whitmore 40.680
4. #48 Jessica Golding 40.744
5. #45 Jason Hryniuk 40.759

ROTAX HEAVY
Heat Three (14 laps) – Top Five
1. #35 Jason Pringle
2. #15 Matthew Wall
3. #3 Simon Meyer
4. #29 Todd Davey
5. #91 Craig Stauner

Heat Two (14 laps) – Top Five
1. #35 Jason Pringle
2. #15 Matthew Wall
3. #3 Simon Meyer
4. #77 Daniel Baker
5. #29 Todd Davey

Heat One (14 laps) – Top Five
1. #35 Jason Pringle
2. #15 Matthew Wall
3. #3 Simon Meyer
4. #77 Daniel Baker
5. #29 Todd Davey

Combined Qualifying – Top Five
1. #35 Jason Pringle 41.289
2. #15 Matthew Wall 41.313
3. #29 Todd Davey 41.448
4. #3 Simon Meyer 41.475
5. #11 Grant Donley 41.508

FORMULA JMA
Heat Three (14 laps) – Top Five
1. #39 Jackson Howard
2. #5 Jaie Robson
3. #24 Max Johnston
4. #62 Matthew Hart
5. #27 Josh Hunter

Heat Two (14 laps) – Top Five
1. #76 Ben Jurczak
2. #39 Jack Howard
3. #14 Macauley Jones
4. #62 Matthew Hart
5. #35 Luke Rochford

Heat One (14 laps) – Top Five
1. #76 Ben Jurczak
2. #39 Jack Howard
3. #24 Max Johnston
4. #5 Jaie Robson
5. #11 Pierce Lehane

Combined Qualifying - Top Five
1. #76 Ben Jurczak 41.020
2. #24 Max Johnston 41.261
3. #11 Pierce Lehane 41.276
4. #39 Jack Howard 41.283
5. #5 Jaie Robson 41.351

ROTAX OVER 35s
Heat Three (14 laps) – Top Five
1. #18 Gerry Brookes
2. #25 Tim Paslow
3. #3 Nicholas Crawshay
4. #44 Luke Wall
5. #32 Paul Mapperson

Heat Two (14 laps) – Top Five
1. #18 Gerry Brookes
2. #25 Tim Paslow
3. #3 Nicholas Crawshay
4. #44 Luke Wall
5. #9 Robert Amess

Heat One (14 laps) – Top Five
1. #18 Gerry Brookes
2. #3 Nicholas Crawshay
3. #25 Tim Paslow
4. #44 Luke Wall
5. #32 Paul Mapperson

Combined Qualifying - Top Five
1. #18 Gerry Brookes 41.186
2. #25 Tim Paslow 41.546
3. #3 Nicholas Crawshay 41.649
4. #44 Luke Wall 41.711
5. #32 Paul Mapperson 41.792

OPEN PERFORMANCE – DD2
Heat Three (14 laps) – Top Five
1. #51 Brinley Gread
2. #93 Travis Millar
3. #29 Kyle Ensbey
4. #14 Paul Hamilton
5. #35 Tony Prendergast

Heat Two (14 laps) – Top Five
1. #51 Brinley Gread
2. #93 Travis Millar
3. #14 Paul Hamilton
4. #35 Tony Prendergast
5. #29 Kyle Ensbey

Heat One (14 laps) – Top Five
1. #93 Travis Millar
2. #51 Brinley Gread
3. #29 Kyle Ensbey
4. #14 Paul Hamilton
5. #35 Tony Prendergast

Combined Qualifying - Top Five
1. #93 Travis Millar 40.647
2. #51 Brinley Gread 40.757
3. #29 Kyle Ensbey 41.013
4. #14 Paul Hamilton 41.045
5. #35 Tony Prendegast 41.547

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