Rotax Pro Tour Melbourne
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Rotax Pro Tour Melbourne (full results on CMS HERE)
DD2 Masters: 1 Daniel Richert (Energy), 2 Hamish Leighton (Tony Kart), 3 Adam Hunter (Tony Kart), 4 Lee Adams (CRG), 5 Peter Newland (Tony Kart)
Rotax Heavy: 1 Troy Woolston (Praga), 2 Lane Moore (Intrepid), 3 Rick Pringle (CRG), 4 William Yarwood (Exprit), 5 Matthew Greenbury (Tony Kart)
J-Max Trophy: 1 Zane Goddard (Sodi), 2 Jordan McGregor (Sodi), 3 Jack Black (Sodi), 4 Stephanie Stones (Sodi), 5 Tim Colombrita (Sodi)
Rotax Light: 1 Daniel Rochford (Formula K), 2 Daniel Connor (Arrow), 3 Andrew Carey (Formula K), 4 Matthew Smith (OK1), 5 Joel Smith (Tony Kart)
J-Max: 1 Liam McLellan (OK1), 2 Blaine Densley (Kosmic), 3 Joseph Burton-Harris (RK), 4 Callum Walker (Formula K), 5 Nicholas Andrews (Exprit)
DD2: 1 Jason Pringle (CRG), 2 Adam Lindstrom (Formula K), 3 Kel Treseder (Energy), 4 Matthew Wall (CRG), 5 Lucas Ward (Energy)
Seen and heard in Melbourne...
Above: Turn 1 of the J-MAX Trophy Class final, Zane Goddard leads Jordan McGregor (7), Liam Ford (64), Timothy Colombrita (62), Stephanie Stones (97), Jonathon Bradshaw (45) and Jack Black (41)
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Above: Who forgot the transponder, Wallie? Matt was late out of the grid for the Rotax Heavy final - not that it mattered much as he had to start last anyway. Having won the pre-final, Wall was DSQ'd for being underweight after part of his kart had came off. The local champ set fastest lap on his way back to 6th.
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Above: Daniel Richert smashed 'em in the DD2 Masters class, the KerbRider kart undefeated all weekend
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Above: Hamish Leighton was Richert's only real threat, jumping to the lead for the opening three laps before Richert re-passed and edged away
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Above: Troy Woolston leads William Yarwood, Rotax Heavy final
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Above: They were running 3rd and 4th until this happened - Liam Ford (64) and Jonathon Bradshaw
fell out of contention after contact in Trophy class
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Above: 2nd in the final was a great result on debut in DD2 for Formula K driver Adam Lindstrom
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Above: Zano ready for the Trophy Class final
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Above: Having just recently moved to seniors, Matthew Smith was making is Pro Tour debut in Rotax Light, and ran towards the sharp end all meeting, taking 4th in the final. His sister, Brittany, proved a big distraction for many of his rivals. She was one of the rounds IKD Pro Tour grid girls.
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Above: Trent Moore leads Mathew McNeill, Rotax Heavy
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Above: Bella Thomas' tribute to Matty Hayes, #52
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Above: Custom artwork. Everywhere... Tyler Greenbury on the grid.
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Above: Laura Tillett raced Rotax Light while she was in Australia with her dad, Steve, of Tillett seats fame. While neither were particularly happy with her race day result, both enjoyed their time in Australia and were very impressed with the Pro Tour. "We started changing things that we normally wouldn't, and of course we went backwards" Steve lamented later. Laura had positive words for the circuit, saying it's better than most in the UK. "I found it fairly smooth compared to some of the ones I've raced. A lot of the tracks back home are quite patchy, but at least this has the same surface all the way around. It's got some slow spots, but it's still quite flowing." And what of Melbourne's perfect, sunny mid-20s day? "No problem, just like an English summer" she smiled.
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Above: Turn 1, Rotax Light final, Pierce Lehane leads Brad Jenner, Daniel Rochford (36), Tyler Greenbury (65), Andrew Carey (41), Daniel Connor (30), Matthew Smith (47) and Joel Smith (99)
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Above: Lap 2 and it's all over for Lehane and Jenner
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Above: Troy Woolston makes sure the camera is turned on before the Rotax Heavy final. It mostly captured empty race track as Woolston led for 20 of the 22 laps.
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Above: A brilliant day in Melbourne for Pro Tour
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Above: Jake Klein in pre-race discussion with Tommy Nicolaou. After a couple of 2nds and a 3rd in the pre-final, Jake led a number of the early laps in the final, but fell to 6th by the end
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Above: A rare outing for Joel Smith (99) as Uni studies currently limit his racing. Here he's ahead of Andrew Carey, Tyler Greenbury and Andrew Mercuri
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Above: Joseph Burton-Harris was in a great 3-way dice with Liam McLellan and Blaine Densley for Jnr MAX win, but lost second to Densley in the last lap
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Above: Nicholas Andrews preps for the Junior final
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Above: Woolston pases the Grand Finals bunting. He's been before, and wants to go again.
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Above: "Let me outta here..." It all went wrong for Bradley Jenner under brakes in the final of Rotax Light, but he had put in a great meeting up to that point; two heats wins and 2nd in the pre-final in a world class field
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Above: DD2 final, the CRGs of Jason Pringle and Matt Wall lead ahead of Troy Bretherton (6), Adam Lindstrom (12), Michael Stewart (51), Mark Food (27) and Kel Treseder (75)
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Above: Liam McLellan slips under Jake Klein for the lead in Jnr MAX.
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Above: DD2, Kel Treseder (75) ahead of Michael Stewart (51), Thomas MacDonald (10), Mark Food (27), Lucas Ward (1) and Travis Miller (93)
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Above: Just in case he forgets his race number... William Yarwood, Rotax Heavy/Exprit Brand Embassador.
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Above: DD2 podium - 1 Jason Pringle, 2 Adam Lindstrom, 3 Kel Treseder
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Above: DD2 Masters podium - 1 Daniel Richert, 2 Hamish Leighton, 3 Adam Hunter
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Above: Rotax Heavy podium - 1 Troy Woolston, 2 Lane Moore, 3 Rick Pringle
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Above: Jnr Trophy Class podium - 1 Zane Goddard, 2 Jordan McGregor, 3 Jack Black, 4 Stephanie Stones, 5 Tim Colombrita
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Above: Rotax Light podium - 1 Daniel Rochford, 2 Daniel Connor, 3 Andrew Carey
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Above: Junior MAX podium - 1 Liam McLellan, 2 Blaine Densley, 3 Joseph Burton-Harris
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