Ipswich Kart Club Championship, Round 4
| by Geoff Salmon, Sportsvoice | 17 June 2015 |
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ROUND 4 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP - 23RD MAY 2015
The morning promised a perfect day for racing and attracted a total of 185 competitors towing their spanner men and families along for the fourth round of the Club Championship at Ipswich Kart Club. It would be qualifying for all classes and today a special attraction, “Cadets Experience” with a total of twelve youngsters getting their first chance to go racing (under strict supervision) on a real race track.
The Club has been fortunate in that the attendance for 2015 (so far) over four rounds of racing has averaged 167.5 competitors, so today was to see the average maintained.
The classes running for today as follows: Cadet 9 (12), Cadet 12 (25), Junior National Light and Heavy combined (18), Jmax (20), Restricted 125 Light (23) and Heavy (15), TaG 125 Light (17) and Heavy (12), DD2 and DD2 Masters combined (12), Qld Sportsman Restricted 125 Super Heavy and Restricted 125 Masters 0’35 (19) and the twelve youngsters in the Cadet Experience field.
All was set to go and in the capable mans of our Clerk of the Course, Chris Robinson the meeting started just five minutes after the scheduled start time, our Grid Marshall Les Antrobus, getting the carburation sessions going right on time (thank you Les). The racing format for the day, qualifying (6 minutes) 1 Heat, Prefinal and a Final only to count.
Cadet 9 Qualifying
This class has been very competitive in 2015, it is the first year that this class has been run and is proving to be very popular, after the six minute session the grid for the Heat was to look like this: Pole Marcus Flack (#11) 57.241 seconds, P2 Jack Westbury (#29) 57.268, P3 Ethan Feather (#26) 57.427, P4 Tristan Griffin (#83) 57.522, P5 Oscar Targett (#2) 57.844, P 6 Marcus Watson (#7) 57.861, with only .62 of a second separating the first six drivers we were in for one hell of a day’s competition.
Cadet 9 Heat (8 laps)
Marcus Flack led away and retained the lead throughout the eight laps to take the win by 1.430 seconds over second placed Tristan Griffin, Griffin not having it all his own way, dicing with Jack Westbury throughout the heat, finally holding second by a margin of .164 of a second over Westbury, who finished third, Oscar Targett, who finished fourth and recorded the fastest lap time, a 57.339 on the final lap.
Cadet 9 Pre Final (10 laps)
The Prefinal was as competitive as the heat, with Marcos Flack holding the lead until Jack Westbury working behind Tristan Griffin for the first six laps finally got the better of young Griffin on lap seven, and one lap later passing Marcos Flack to take the lead and going on to hold the lead and win by a margin of .421 seconds, Tristan Griffin finishing strongly a further .399 seconds away in third, Oscar Targett off his usual brilliant best, finishing a distant 4. 307 seconds back in fourth, fastest lap going to Tristan Griffin, after a fine drive into third with a time of 57.087 seconds recorded on the eighth lap of the required ten.
Cadet 9 Final (13 laps)
We all knew that the final (only to count) would be a great fight between the three drivers, who, had shown their credentials throughout the day, Flack, Westbury and Griffin, Jack Westbury got away well and led the first two laps before being swallowed up by Marcus Flack on the third lap of a scheduled thirteen, meanwhile Blake McDonald got caught in the middle of a duel for third between Tristan Griffin and Oscar Targett, young Oscar getting the better of the duel for the first six laps before eventually getting past Flack for second, but, only for three laps before Flack came back and regained second on lap ten, the fight for the minor placings was not to finish there, young Tristan Griffin sitting back and watching all the action in fourth position throughout decided on the penultimate lap to swoop around Oscar Targett and secure third, Griffin finishing just .133 of a second behind second placed Marcus Flack, great racing from all concerned, the fastest lap being recorded by Marcus Flack with a time of 57.151 on lap four. After post-race technical inspection all results were confirmed.
Above: Marcus Flack, Cadet 9
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Cadet 12 (Qualifying)
A good field of 25 drivers moved onto the track for the six minute qualifying session and at the completion the grid was as follows for the Heat of racing to come; Pole Thomas Cooper (#55) 55.808 seconds; P2 Charlie Ploetz (#3) 56.073; P3 Jack Grambauer (#72) 56.426; P4 Kai Walker (#35) 56.485; P5 Oscar Comley (#80) 56.574, with a gap of just .766 of a second covering the top five we were again in for some fast and furious racing in this class.
Cadet 12 Heat (8 laps)
Thomas Cooper was showing great form particularly after his win in Round three earlier in the year and appeared as though he intended continuing in the same form for the current round taking the win in the Heat by a margin of .476 of a second over Charlie Ploetz, Oscar Comley a distant 4.775 seconds away in third, Jack Grambauer a further .970 seconds away in fourth, Kai Walker making up the top five with a gap .522 seconds behind Grambauer, fastest lap recorded by Thomas Cooper with a time of 55.819 seconds on the final lap of the Heat eleven one hundreds outside his qualifying time.
Cadet 12 Prefinal (10 laps)
Charlie Ploetz jumped away behind Thomas Cooper on the completion of the first lap, lap two and Ploetz took charge staving off a very determined Cooper for the next seven laps before Cooper again nudged past to take the win, the margin just .297 of a second, third going to a very consistent Oscar Comley with fourth Jack Grambauer and fifth Jay Coombs, the fastest lap recorded by Charlie Ploetz with a time of 55.938 seconds on the final lap.
Cadet 12 Final (13 laps)
Thomas Cooper won the final only counts by a margin of 2.810 seconds over second placed Charlie Ploetz with Kai Walker after a good run throughout starting off from fifth on the first lap to pass Oscar Comley with just one lap remaining to finish third, Oscar Comley fourth and Jack Grambauer running home in fifth, the fastest lap was recorded by Thomas Cooper with a time of 55.915 seconds on the eighth lap of the thirteen lap final.
Junior National Light and Heavy Combined (Qualifying)
A total of eighteen drivers presented for the six minute session and at the completion the grid for the heat looked as follows; Pole Jarrod Costello (#47) 54.776 seconds; P2 Brieann Moyse (#72) 55.104; P3 Jac Preston (#42) 55.250; P4 Josh Radford (#84) 55.285; P5 Skaife Ward (#36) 55.422; with only .646 of a second separating the first five we were in for some exciting racing, the Heavy class led by Nicholas Currie (#28) with a best time of 59.144 seconds.
Junior National Light and Heavy Combined Heat (10 laps)
Jarrod Costello was a clear winner in the Heat, with Brieann Moyse holding out Jac Preston until the penultimate lap before dropping back to third, Josh Radford consistent in fourth with Skaife Ward finishing fifth, the fastest lap recorded by Jac Preston with a time of 54.981 seconds on the eighth lap. The best of the Heavy drivers with Declan Arkadieff (#5)finishing thirteenth overall with the best time of 57.143 seconds recorded on lap seven of the scheduled ten laps.
Junior National Light and Heavy Combined Prefinal (12 Laps)
Jarrod Costello was looking to make it a clean sweep in this class and drove consistently to take the win by a margin of 3.926 seconds over Josh Radford, third on lap one falling back to fourth on lap five before driving forward to snatch second off Jac Preston on lap seven and holding this position through until the completion of the prefinal, meanwhile Jac Preston and Brieann Moyse were fighting tenaciously over third and fourth positions, Moyse seventh on lap one moving forward into fourth on lap nine before gaining the upper hand over Preston on lap ten into third, Preston not willing to give the position away easily was able to reverse the position on the penultimate lap to hold for third, a good drive from Moyse enabling her to finish fourth after a great battle for the minor placing, fifth going to Tristan Martin, a confident drive from eighth on the first lap through up to fifth on the tenth lap to secure that position, the fastest lap recorded again by Jarrod Costello with a time of 55.081 seconds on lap eight. Best in the Heavies going to Declan Arkadieff with a lap time of 57.265 seconds on the fourth lap, finishing in eleventh position outright.
Junior National Light and Heavy Combined Final (15 Laps)
Jarrod Costello led away and held the top position in the final for the first ten of the designated fifteen laps before being relegated into second by Jac Preston, who had been sitting back trailing Costello throughout the early part of the final, the gap between these two drivers never more than three tenths of a second, the first four drivers, Costello 55.433, Preston 55.314, Radford 55.298 and Moyse 55.240, all recording their fastest laps on lap ten, Jac Preston taking his first win at Ipswich, Josh Radford passing both Costello and Moyse jumping from fourth up into second on lap twelve, to take a well-deserved second in the final, third going to Jarrad Costello and fourth Brieann Moyse, fifth home was Harrison Stock (#20), the fastest lap overall recorded by Brieann Moyse with a time of 55.240 recorded on lap ten, the best of the Heavy drivers Declan Arkadieff finishing fourteenth overall and recording his fastest lap of 57.645 on lap six, the racing in this class very entertaining by all concerned, a hardy well done to all.
Junior Max Qualifying
As has become the expected a large field (20) of Junior Max were on hand to deliver a lively six minute qualifying session, it only took three laps to see the times tumble down into the forty nine second bracket, the grids for the Heat as follows; Pole Luke Collett (#68) 49.676; P2 Damon Ash (#58) 49.782; P3 Jai Buckley (#94) 49.821; P4 Ryan Jordan (#27) 49.834; P5 Marc Tulloch (#88) 49. 894; P6 Kade Vink (#22) 49.971; P7 Tomas Gasperak (#2) 50.050, with just .374 of a second between the top seven drivers we were in for some exciting racing.
Junior Max Heat (10 laps)
Luke Collett burst away and won the Heat by a margin of .386 of a second over second placed Ryan Jordan with Jai Buckley a further .843 of a second away in third, fourth going to Damon Ash and fifth Marc Tulloch, Ben Deissler (#78) a further 2.178 seconds away in sixth, fastest lap was recorded by Jai Buckley with a time of 49.747 seconds on the ninth lap.
Junior Max Prefinal (12 laps)
Jai Buckley was to win the prefinal, the margin over Ryan Jordan .651 seconds with Damon Ash third a further .921 seconds away, Luke Collett (our Heat winner) just .195 of a second away in fourth, fifth as in the Heat Marc Tulloch 51.470and the top six being made up by Ben Deissler, the fastest lap recorded by Jai Buckley with a time of 49.715 seconds in lap ten of the scheduled twelve.
Junior Max Final (15 laps)
It was Jai Buckleys week-end to shine and shine he did with an all the way win in the final, Ryan Jordan performed well to finish just .229 of a second back in second and, recorded the fastest lap with a time of 49.750 seconds on the last lap, well done, after a lack lustre beginning to the year we watched Damon Ash, another good drive, but a huge gap 1. 225 seconds away in third, fourth place going to our fastest qualifier Luke Collett and fifth Jamie Gillan recording his best lap of 49.804 seconds on the last lap, it was the second fastest time recorded in the final, all in all a great performance for the J Max’s and all appears well for another excellent year of racing in this class.
TaG 125 Restricted Light Qualifying
A smaller than usual field of drivers (23) presented for the six minute qualifying session and at the completion the first three rows of the grid for the Heat looked like this; Pole Sebastian Blindell (#36) 51.016 seconds; P2 Luke Thomas (#3) 51.230; P3 Daniel Meek (#12) 51.328; P4 Aaron Leech (#23) 51.344; P5 Ryan Mussell (#46) 51.370; P6 Trent Cossor (#50), with just under half a second separating the for six we were guaranteed some exciting racing.
TaG 125 Restricted Light Heat (10 laps)
Daniel Meek displayed his winning form and jumped away quickly to never be headed and won the Heat, the margin back to second placed Luke Thomas 1.840 seconds, third going to Trent Cossor, who missed the meeting here last month, fourth Hayden Nissen (#46) making up four places from eighth on lap one up to fourth in the ten laps of racing, fifth Ryan Mussell and sixth Tyler Grober coming forward three spots from ninth on the first lap, fastest lap recorded by Derek Jones (#13) who finished seventh with a time of 51.502 seconds on the final lap of the Heat.
TaG 125 Restricted Light Prefinal (12 laps)
Daniel Meek continued his winning streak with another fine win in the prefinal, this time, the margin .370 seconds over Derek Jones (#13) with Hayden Nissen continuing his niggling presence back in third, fourth, one better than the Heat going to Sebastian Blindell, then came Tyler Grober, fifth Ryan Mussell and a young lady, Nariko McDonnell (#151), who came from tenth on the first lap to finish sixth, the fastest time was recorded by Ryan Mussell with a time of 51.587 seconds recorded on his third lap of the prefinal.
TaG 125 Restricted Light Final (15 laps)
Daniel Meek was never headed throughout the fifteen laps of the final the margin between himself and Hayden Nissen just .212 of a second at the end, third place after a spirited days racing going to Tyler Grober, fourth Trent Cossor, fifth Derek Jones and sixth Sebastian Blindell, the fastest lap recorded by Luke Thomas with a time of 51.089 seconds on lap thirteen.
Above: Joshua Lillis (#86) flying high in TaG Restricted Light
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TaG 125 Restricted Heavy Qualifying
Fifteen drivers presented for the six minute qualifying session and at the conclusion the first three rows of the grid where as follows; Pole Stephen Wilkinson (#6) 51.948 seconds; P2 Aiden Shulz (#22) 52.007; P3 Ben Lillis (#79) 52.065; P4 Perry Evans (#52) 52.145; P5 James Christensen (#15) 52.239 and P6 Brett Minett (#96) 52.364 seconds, with just .416 of a second separating the first six again we were in for some exciting racing.
TaG 125 Restricted Heavy Heat (10 laps)
Stephen Wilkinson has been outstanding this year, he continued this run of successes in the Heat after topping the qualifying times with a win over Brett Minett by a margin of .526 seconds with a final lap pass, Perry Evans was running second up until the penultimate lap before forging his way forward to take the lead with one to go, Wilkinson snapped back on the final lap to take the win, Evans dropping back to finish third in a very fierce ten laps of racing, Evans finishing .171 of a second behind Minett, Brett Minett due to an indiscretion was handed a DSQ elevating Evans to second and Chris Christensen up into third, Tomas Partington up to fourth, Aiden Shulz with the definite of the indiscretion by Minett finishing fifth, sixth going to Ian Everest the first of our P Plate drivers, the fastest lap was recorded by Aiden Schulz who finished fifth with a time of 52.270 seconds in the seventh lap.
TaG 125 Restricted Heavy Prefinal (12 laps)
Perry Evans came out with fire in his belly and took an all the way win in the prefinal, followed just .306 of a second Stephen Wilkinson in second, Aiden Schulz following in third by a margin of .650 seconds with Ben Lillis making up four positions over the twelve laps to finish fourth, next home came James Christensen followed by Brett Minett, who started from the rear of the grid to finish sixth just .315 seconds behind Christensen, the fastest lap was recorded by Aiden Shulz with a time of 52.136 seconds on lap four of the scheduled twelve, another exciting race by this class.
TaG 125 Restricted Heavy Final (15 laps)
Stephen Wilkinson made amends for his second place in the prefinal with an outstanding performance to take an all the way win over Perry Evans who fought all the way with Ben Lillis to finally snatch second by just .102 of a second after fifteen furious laps of racing, the dice between these two giving Wilkinson what appeared to be an easy win by just under two seconds, Aiden Shulz not that far out of the picture to finish fourth, Brett Minett after another good drive finishing .110 seconds behind Shulz, Callum Sanderson (#95) finishing in sixth and also recording the fastest lap, a time of 52.100 on his tenth lap of the final, my congratulations to all concerned for an excellent display of racing, a class that is truly becoming a “must watch” at any race meeting at Ipswich.
TaG 125 Light Qualifying.
A field of seventeen drivers presented for the six minute session and at the completion the first three rows were as follows; Pole Adam Briggs (#72) 49.558 seconds; P2 Nicholas Dalton (#91) 49.682; P3 Chris Burley (#8) 49.786; P4 Brock Lannoy (#66) 49.808; P5 Matthew Byrne (#44) 49.981; P6 Mika Oksanen (#27) 50.022 seconds, with only .464 of a second separating the first six drivers we again were in for some exciting racing in this class ( the unofficial Feature class) at Ipswich Kart Club for the last four years.
TaG 125 Light Heat (10 laps)
Adam Briggs burst away at the appearance of green lights and was never headed over the ten laps winning by a margin of 1.143 seconds over Brock Lannoy, Nick Dalton .527 of a second behind in third with Chris Burley fourth and Matt Byrne fifth, next home Mika Oksanen staying in contention for the final only to count later in the afternoon or early evening running home in sixth, the fastest lap recorded by Blake Brooks (#18) who finished in eighth position with a time of 49.645 seconds on lap seven of the scheduled ten.
TaG 125 Light Prefinal (12 laps)
Adam Briggs (up from Lismore) determined to make it as hard as he could for all the rest drove brilliantly to record his second win of the day, the margin back to second again over a second this time 1.023 seconds and again Brock Lannoy was required to watch this young man from Northern NSW grab the pole for the start of the final, third, in the prefinal Blake Brooks (fastest lap in the Heat) was to improve his position from eighth in the Heat, Nick Dalton finishing fourth a further .398 of a second away, Shawn McNamara (#95) in fifth and Chris Burley finishing sixth, the fastest lap recorded in the prefinal going to Blake Brooks with a time of 49.695 seconds on his seventh lap.
TaG 125 Light Final (15 laps)
We had been privy to some excellent racing in the Heat and Prefinal and all the best positions on the fence were crammed with onlookers to watch what, we were anticipating being a final that would be spectacular, Adam Briggs from pole jumped well and led the first eleven laps being closely shadowed by Blake Brooks in second, meanwhile Brock Lannoy off the second row alongside Nick Dalton having a great battle for supremacy over the first laps before Lannoy finally got the better of Dalton, now third, Lannoy turned his attention to Adam Briggs and on lap twelve was able to reach the front of a very competitive field of TaG Light drivers looking for a win in the final only count format of racing, Blake Brooks dropped from first all the way back to eighth on lap twelve and then even further back to eventually finish in twelfth, meanwhile Adam Briggs having dropped back to second on lap eleven dropped a further spot on the following lap back to third, Nick Dalton and Shawn McNamara fighting for position finished the twelfth lap in two and fourth respectively, the order at the completion of the twelfth lap saw Brock Lannoy then Nick Dalton from Adam Briggs and then Shawn McNamara in fourth, fifth Chris Burley in eighth after the completion of lap one having moved forward into fifth, sixth throughout except for dropping back behind Chris Burley for one lap came Mathew Byrne, with Jordan Condor finishing in seventh, eighth Mika Oksanen, ninth Daniel Burley and tenth after a lack lustre day Dean Weigman, with all drivers due for Post-Race Technical Inspection we were to wait before the positions as they crossed the line were announced as official, a disruptive lap eleven causing the first five or six drivers to change their race plans, the fastest lap going to Brock Lannoy with a time of 49.755 seconds on lap nine, giving Brock his first well deserved win in this class.
TaG 125 Heavy Qualifying
This class has produced some excellent racing over the last four years, and today was to be no exception, a very heathy field of twelve drivers presented for the six minute session and at the completion the first three rows of the grids were as follows: Pole: Chris Williams (#3) 50.116 seconds; P2 Jarad Neinert (#18) 50.461; P3 Ryan O’Sullivan (#31) 50.497; P4 Joel Gray (#13) 50.726; P5 Clem O’Mara (#67) 50.743 and P6 Ashley Lester (#27) 50.746 seconds, with just .63 of a second separating the top six we again were in for some exciting racing in this class.
TaG 125 Heavy Heat (10 laps)
The Heat got under way with Chris Williams decidedly the quickest and able to take a clear victory in the first of the day by a margin of 2.848 seconds over Jarad Neinert in second and Ryan O’Sullivan making up the top three, next home came Clem O’Mara followed by Joshua Amundsen (surely a relative of Craig Amundsen?) with Nathan Pierce finishing in sixth, the fastest lap reorded by Chris Williams with a time of 50.243 seconds on his seventh lap.
TaG 125 Heavy Prefinal (12 laps)
The prefinal was what appeared to be an easy run for Chris Williams the margin back to second placed Joshua Amundsen 6.343 seconds, third Clem O’Mara and fourth going to Joel Gray, fifth place Peter Bossons and sixth Ashley Lester, fastest lap going again to Chris Williams with a time of 50.349 seconds on his fifth lap of racing.
TaG 125 Heavy Final (15 Laps)
The final was to be a Chris Williams bonanza he clean swept the class from qualifying through Heat, Prefinal and now the Final and did it with what appeared to be consummate ease, the margin at the end of fifteen laps being 2.441 seconds over Jarad Neinert with Clem O’Mara in third, Neinert had to fight for his second coming from sixth on the first lap arriving at third on lap ten before snatching second off Clem O’Mara, who had been running second throughout the final until lap ten, Ryan O’Sullivan eighth on the first lap moving forward into fifth before slip streaming Joshua Amundsen on lap twelve to go on and finish in that position, so Clem O’Mara finishing third, Peter Bossons making a last lap pass on Joel Gray to finish sixth, fastest lap need I mention it? Yes! Chris Williams certainly made a clean sweep over the whole class taking the fastest lap in the final with a time of 50.486 seconds on his seventh lap.
Congratulations to all concerned for an exciting and action packed afternoon of racing.
DD2 and DD2 Masters Combined Qualifying
Another great field of DD2’s and DD2 Masters ( total 12) took to the track for six minutes of helter skelter laps to determine who would start off pole for the Heat, at the completion the first three rows of the grid where to look as follows: Pole Ryan Kennedy (#65) 48.271 seconds P2 Jack Smith (#98) 48.580; P3 James Wilkins (#5) 48.631; Tristan Ellery (#10) 48.804 seconds ( all four DD2’s) P5 Scott Howard (#39) 48.861; P6 Klinton Hancey(#21) 49.061; (Howard and Hancey both Masters), again with just .79 of a second between the first six competition was expected to by fierce.
DD2 and DD2 Masters Combined Heat (10 Laps)
Our Pole setter Ryan Kennedy won the Heat, the margin back to Tristan Ellery in second 4.450 seconds, a great drive from Scott Howard to finish third just.282 of a second behind the two DD2 drivers, (remember the weight difference 173 Klgs for DD2 and 180 Klgs for Masters) Gavin Whitmore another Master running home in fourth with Bradley Dawson (Master) in fifth, the fastest time recorded by Ryan Kennedy with a time of 48.593 seconds on his eighth lap.
DD2 and DD2 Masters Combined Prefinal (12 laps)
With Klinton Hancey recording a DNF in the Heat we were expecting him to come out in the prefinal with a burr under his seat, and he did just that, starting from the rear of the grid and finishing fourth overall, the winner of the prefinal was again Ryan Kennedy, second on this occasion going to Scott Howard, a brilliant drive from this Master class entrant, third Tristan Ellery, Howard splitting the two DD2 drivers the difference back to Ellery from Kennedy being just 5.753 seconds, the fastest lap on this occasion going again to Kennedy with a time of 48.425 seconds on his eighth lap.
DD2 and DD2 Masters Combined Final (15 laps)
Ryan Kennedy was the class of the field and took the final in fine style with a margin of 8.055 seconds over young James Wilkins (who is definitely warming to this class), third the man who has shown he can lap just as quickly as the lighter DD2 drivers, Klinton Hancey putting up a great performance as he always does, both Hancey and Wilkins putting in their fastest laps on the final lap of competition, the fastest lap again going to Ryan Kennedy with a 48.480 time set on his eleventh lap. Overall after PRTI the results stood as follows: DD2 first Ryan Kennedy, Second James Wilkins and third Tristan Ellery, in the Masters class first went to Klinton Hancey, second Gavin Whitmore and third Bradley Dawson, a thoroughly enjoyable class of racing and I look forward to their next visit to the Club.
Above: Klinton Hancey (#21) DD2 Masters
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Restricted 125 Masters O’35 and Qld Sportsman Restricted 125 Qualifying
This combined class again well represented with a total nineteen drivers presenting for the six minute dash for pole, after the session the first three rows of the grid looked like this: Pole Tony Grant (#68) 52.890 seconds; P2 Chris Meek (#11) 52.983; P3 Malcolm Walker (#81) 53.065; P4 Allan Howard (#50) 53.338; P5 Richard D’Elia (#36) 53,346 and P6 Mark Mazcek (#33) 53.359, the difference between the first six just .469 of a second, again indicating some great competition viewing by our keen group of spectators.
Restricted 125 Masters O’35 and Qld Sportsman Restricted 125 Heat (10Laps)
After ten laps of racing we were to see Tony Grant come away with the win,
closely followed by Malcolm Walker in second with Chris Meek running third, the first of the super heavies going to Nick Hertrick (#27) with a best time of 54.637 seconds on his sixth lap, Nic running thirteenth overall, the overall best time recorded by Tony Grant with a time of 52.949 on his seventh lap.
Restricted 125 Masters O’35 and Qld Sportsman Restricted 125 Prefinal (12 laps)
Tony Grant continued his winning performance taking the win by just .272 of a second over Malcolm Walker with Richard D’Elia running third and putting his fastest time in on the final lap, best of the Heavies again to Nick Hertrick three positions better placed than the Heat with a time of 54.447 seconds on his fourth lap, the overall best time to Chris Meek with a time of 52.846 seconds on his seventh lap.
Restricted 125 Masters O’35 and Qld Sportsman Restricted 125 Final (15 laps)
Tony Grant was another driver to clean sweep his event, taking the win by a margin 2.658 seconds over second placed Malcolm Walker with third going to Richard D’Elia and fourth Chris Meek, best Heavy driver again Nick Hertrick running ninth overall (a good performance from Nick on the day, he must be very pleased with his performance), the fastest lap for the Heavies going to Nic James with a time of 54.838 seconds recorded on his thirteenth lap, fastest overall time going to Tony Grant with a time of 52.930 seconds recorded on his sixth lap.
Cadet Experience
The Ipswich Kart Club is very fortunate to have two people in particular who, and I am talking about Jo McKay and Scott Howard who, have taken on the responsibility of educating the younger drivers of our sport and giving them the opportunity to race under supervision on the full Ipswich Kart Club track.
This day was today and we had twelve youngsters all keyed up to do their thing on the day, I will list them all because they all deserve to be recognised: Jayden Purcell (# 2P); Emily Peaker (#8P); Jack Bransdon (#9P); Clayton Wheeler (#10P); Kobi Stubbs (#14P); Maddison Feather (#16); Jessi Comley (#18P); Curtis Jeffs (#22P); Benjamin Smith (#26P); Riley Brandson (52P); Laurence Shepard-Ashley (#65P) and Conner Roberts (#79P); my congratulations to all these youngsters and I look forward to seeing them return for the next Cadet Experience day.
Bill Bryant is unable to supply photos due to medical challenges that he is experiencing, and before we say farewell to Bill I would like to thank him very much for his great support of the previous reports, thank you Bill, I hope that your recovery is not a long one and we look forward to seeing you back behind the lens again soon.
In the meantime all photos for this report and future reports will be supplied by:
Craig Frith
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Thank you in advance Craig for your support.
This is my report of the May 23rd Meeting at the Ipswich Kart Club, I hope you enjoy the read, until next time drive safely and with consideration to all.
Geoff Salmon – Sportsvoice.