Spencer V Fothergill For Pro Light Title Fightpress release There’s now less than two weeks before the Grand Final of the CIK Stars of Karting presented by Castrol EDGE launches into action at the Mount Sugarloaf Raceway near Newcastle, NSW, and in the chase for the Pro Light (KF1) Title it’s a two horse race. Victorian (Wantirna South, Vic) Jake Spencer (left in the photo with Fothergill and the James Courtney Trophy) leads reigning series champion Cian Fothergill (Gladstone, QLD) by a mere six points entering this month’s (Oct 15/16) final round. The JAM Racing driver started this year with the aim of securing a podium finish in a round and possibly claim a top five championship finish – now he is in with a shot of etching his name in Australian Karting history as a winner of the James Courtney trophy. “I can’t explain how much it would mean to me to get my name on the James Courtney trophy, when you look at the names who have won this championship before there’s a lot of great names there,” said Spencer. Coming in as the points leader, Spencer believes the pressure is on him more so than Fothergill in the title chase. “The pressure is definitely on me going into the final round, especially after the last round when I lost a heap of ground in the points on Cian due to not finishing the first final,” said Spencer. After a strong showing in the most recent round, also held at Newcastle, Fothergill is slightly confident of snaring his second consecutive Pro Light (KF1) Title. If successful, he will become only the second driver in series history to complete the feat – the other being Barclay Holden (2003/2004). “I had a bit of bad luck at the start of the year, which made life a bit harder than it should have been and it’s given me a real challenge to chase down the title,” said Fothergill. “Hats off to Jake, he’s done a fantastic job all year and been very consistent but hopefully I can get away with the win and make it two in a row.” The unfortunate delays with the resurfacing of the Eastern Creek venue that forced series organisers to relocate the final round to Newcastle, isn’t something that fazes Fothergill. “Just quietly I did jump up and down when I heard the news given the speed that I’ve shown at Newcastle over the past couple of years in the series,” said Fothergill. While the leading duo will dice it out for the overall title, the race for third place is very tight with Grant Smith (Patterson Lakes, Vic), Matthew Waters (Horsley Park, NSW) , Adam Hughes (Mentone, Vic) and George Geranis (Wheelers Hill, Vic) set to battle it out. CIK STARS OF KARTING SERIES PRO LIGHT (KF1) Pro Light(KF1) Champions |
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