Locals Lead Qualifying At Victorian Championships

AKA press release

Victorian drivers have used their local knowledge to their advantage on qualifying day at the 2010 Victorian Karting Championships being hosted by the Oakleigh Go Kart Racing Club in Melbourne, Victoria today.

Adam Hughes led the charge for the local competitors by setting the pace in both the 125cc Leopard Light and 100cc Clubman Light categories.

Above: Local driver Adam Hughes on his way to the fastest qualifying time in Clubman Light
Pic: photowagon.com.au

Hughes was a class above the field in the Leopard Light category aboard his Melbourne Kart Centre Kosmic kart posting a time almost half a second faster than his nearest rival James Sera.

In Clubman Light Hughes also finished on top of the timing sheets ahead of a Sera with a time of 41.249 seconds, however, this time it was Sera’s younger cousin David, who is the reigning national champion in the category. James Sera qualified third fastest in his Azzurro kart with a time of 41.501 seconds ahead of Chris Hays, who is making debut in the senior ranks, in his Vodafone-backed Tony Kart.

“It is a great way to start the weekend, I’ve probably done more laps around this place than anyone else in the past few years but in saying that both James and David have also done thousands of laps around here during their career,” said 21 year-old Hughes.

“About two years ago I found a sweet spot in the set-up of my Kosmic kart, ironically it was with the help of James (Sera) when he was my team-mate, and since then I very rarely change much from track to track.

“I’m a little bit surprised by the margin between myself and second fastest, the focus now is to finish the job off over the weekend.

“Last year I won Leopard Light and finished second in Clubman Light, it would be nice to get the double this year.”

David Sera went one better in the 125cc Rotax Light category to set the pace aboard his Australian made Arrow kart ahead of team-mate Shane Price and rising star Josh DeMaio.

Above: After a low profile return at Geelong's Pro Tour recently, Shane Price is back up the front in Rotax Light at Oakleigh
Pic: Cooper's Photography

Sydney’s Jason Hryniuk paced the highly competitive Clubman Heavy field ahead of good friend and reigning national champion Matthew Wall. Monaco pilot Daniel Baker was third fatest ahead of local driver Michael Griffiths.

Interstate competitors showed the way around the 860-metre circuit in the Junior Clubman category with Adelaide’s Todd Hazelwood posting the fastest time ahead of Sydney’s Joseph Mawson and Queenslander Lucas Ward.

Above: Sydney's Jason Hryniuk set the pace during qualifying in the Clubman Heavy category
Pic: Cooper's Photography

Heat racing will continuing tomorrow and the championship finals will be contested on Sunday.

The results are being posted to mylaps as they happen Click here to view

There will also be updates on the AKA's Twitter throughout the event www.twitter.com/karting_net_au

Above: Dylan Hollis set the pace in the Midgets category, qualifying ahead of class favourite Reece Sidebottom and taking a narrow in in the opening heat
Pic: photowagon.com.au

2010 VICTORIAN OPEN SPRINT KART CHAMPIONSHIPS
Oakleigh, Victoria

RESULTS: Qualifying

Midgets
1. #71 Dylan Hollis 47.224
2. #90 Reece Sidebottom 47.528
3. #48 Thomas Hughes 47.534
4. #7 Alexander Peroni 47.742
5. #72 Samuel Dicker 47.844
6. #12 Jordan Caruso 47.932
7. #56 Jake Kostecki 47.936
8. #99 Zane Morse 47.943
9. #5 Thomas Schou 47.981
10. #17 Jack Bell 48.078
11. #86 Thomas Bennett 48.095
12. #96 Nikola Mitic 48.1
13. #57 Blake Graham 48.113
14. #26 Michael Smith 48.123
15. #88 James Stewart 48.205
16. #30 Joshua Wood 48.241
17. #66 Jai Sparey 48.339
18. #9 Jordan Rae 48.57
19. #98 Alec Morse 48.603
20. #97 Brandi Angelo 48.705
21. #77 Jason Betts 48.765
22. #11 Samuel Boley 48.992
23. #8 Dakoda Daniels 49.622

Rookies
1. #96 Liam McLellan 45.769
2. #89 Jake Dixon 45.792
3. #17 Luke Guillou 45.954
4. #5 James Abela 45.978
5. #8 Jordan Boys 46.03
6. #34 Jordan Holowell 46.045
7. #9 Andrew Kahl 46.175
8. #12 Brock Boley 46.214
9. #81 Jaidyn Job 46.258
10. #22 Tylor Morrison 46.326
11. #20 Justin Ford 46.48
12. #52 Braydon North 46.6
13. #94 Will Hawkes 46.681
14. #7 Jack Bentley 46.693
15. #92 Thomas Prascevic 46.718
16. #37 Jay Morrison 46.823
17. #18 Nicholas Sims 46.86
18. #55 Kurt Kostecki 46.906
19. #51 Jordan Murphy 47.175
20. #13 Zacchary Pattel 47.409
21. #91 Jacob Prestipino 47.569

Junior National Light
1. #48 Liam Morey 44.934
2. #94 Bradley Jenner 44.94
3. #34 Chelsea Angelo 45.095
4. #37 Matthew Smith 45.11
5. #6 Jake Klein 45.137
6. #27 Blaine Densley 45.167
7. #3 Justin Francis 45.187
8. #14 Todd Hazelwood 45.221
9. #33 Daniel Valentini 45.23
10. #74 Trent Grubel 45.264
11. #92 Brodie Kostecki 45.288
12. #30 Matt Lane 45.297
13. #17 Liam Bellamy 45.301
14. #66 Dale Simpson 45.309
15. #4 Reece Bloomfield 45.355
16. #47 Troy Morrissey 45.357
17. #80 Timothy Smythe 45.36
18. #96 Adrian Lazzaro 45.366
19. #5 Jack Wood 45.452
20. #24 Thomas Randle 45.459
21. #55 Damon Strongman 45.497
22. #16 Nicholas Rowe 45.784
23. #7 Joshua Smith 45.846
24. #98 Christopher Corbett 45.907
25. #89 Jake Spokes 46.027
26. #9 Jacob Parsons 46.191
27. #57 Mikayla Kostecki 47.655
28. #31 James Golding

Junior National Heavy
1. #34 Jordan Nicolaou 45.591
2. #14 Macauley Jones 45.753
3. #41 Simon Hodge 45.782
4. #81 Mitchell Wilmot 45.847
5. #5 James Hughes 45.866
6. #86 Anton DePasquale 45.964
7. #23 Mason Thomas 45.982
8. #77 Jake Campana 45.987
9. #71 Matthew McLellan 46.024
10. #8 Teagan Osborne 46.066
11. #11 Hayden Dodman 46.071
12. #25 Darren Barnes 46.119
13. #24 Shayla Golding 46.159
14. #40 Michael Carless 46.161
15. #42 Mason Barbera 46.223
16. #43 Bradley Carless 46.236
17. #7 Brittany Hall 46.311
18. #72 Thomas Allen 46.321
19. #98 Dale Corbett 46.388
20. #28 Brett Dillon 46.462
21. #75 Mitchell Kennedy 47.371

Junior Clubman
1. #14 Todd Hazelwood 41.467
2. #96 Joseph Mawson 41.508
3. #3 Lucas Ward 41.543
4. #86 Anton DePasquale 41.572
5. #41 Simon Hodge 41.78
6. #81 Mitchell Wilmot 41.784
7. #16 Adrian Lazzaro 41.796
8. #34 Jordan Nicolaou 41.8
9. #64 Daniel Wiles 41.829
10. #10 Aidan Wright 41.835
11. #8 Teagan Osborne 41.835
12. #77 Jake Campana 41.836
13. #72 Sam Taylor 41.847
14. #42 Michael Carless 41.947
15. #33 Daniel Valentini 41.97
16. #6 Lachlan Jones 42.15
17. #19 George Gutierrez 42.162
18. #43 Bradley Carless 42.735
19. #44 Thomas Martin 43.133

Formula JMA
1. #74 Trent Grubel 41.278
2. #94 Bradley Jenner 41.284
3. #78 Andrew Petrou 41.29
4. #11 Pierce Lehane 41.298
5. #48 Liam Morey 41.473
6. #89 James Macken 41.499
7. #50 Jaymee Frampton 41.57
8. #14 Macauley Jones 41.595
9. #75 Tobias Bellbowen 41.638
10. #96 Joseph Mawson 41.667
11. #44 Reece Bloomfield 41.863
12. #18 Daniel Plummer 41.868
13. #7 Brittany Hall 41.93
14. #97 Jobe Sims 42.072
15. #5 Renee Gracie 42.093
16. #8 Luke Bergens 42.123

Senior National Light
1. #47 Tyler Cramer 45.821
2. #95 James May 45.936
3. #25 Andrew Budge 46.077
4. #9 Andrew Rae 46.121
5. #7 Craig Thornton 46.159
6. #13 Matthew Waters 46.181
7. #45 Dominic Lostitch 46.203
8. #21 Stephen Jones 46.289
9. #4 Nicholas Ellen 46.389
10. #99 Ashley Quiddington 46.42
11. #1 Blake Sciberras 46.506
12. #11 Mitchell Hudson 47.07
13. #3 Logan Reiter 47.34
14. #44 Alex Henry 47.388

Senior National Heavy
1. #95 James May 46.33
2. #23 Richard Muscat 46.464
3. #14 Corey Lean 46.504
4. #99 Ashley Quiddington 46.606
5. #44 Dominic Lostitch 46.629
6. #25 Nathan Mitchell 46.897
7. #7 Iain Thornton 47.42
8. #22 Rodney Baker 47.554

Clubman Light
1. #64 Adam Hughes 41.249
2. #1 David Sera 41.414
3. #94 James Sera 41.501
4. #97 Christopher Hayes 41.633
5. #22 Jordan Ford 41.633
6. #96 Lydon Dodge 41.673
7. #39 Jake Spencer 41.674
8. #44 Iain McDougall 41.675
9. #46 Wayne Bourke 41.677
10. #13 Matthew Waters 41.722
11. #95 Jack Wynack 41.75
12. #6 Adam Lindstrom 41.753
13. #14 Leigh Nicolaou 41.771
14. #36 Benjamin Capuano 41.812
15. #57 David Whitmore 41.815
16. #62 Jarrod Egan 41.817
17. #31 Jason Burns 41.854
18. #15 Jordan Sanderson 41.889
19. #29 Kyle Ensby 41.905
20. #92 Sarron Caddy 41.964
21. #24 Max Johnston 41.98
22. #51 Adrian Binns 42.176
23. #2 Warren White 42.235
24. #20 Joshua King 42.24
25. #68 Blake Sciberras 42.284
26. #61 Darren Anderson 42.286
27. #89 David Sultana 42.298
28. #33 Tony Marakis 42.411
29. #85 Nicholas Bates 42.717

Clubman Heavy
1. #45 Jason Hryniuk 42.053
2. #1 Matthew Wall 42.236
3. #77 Daniel Baker 42.272
4. #87 Michael Griffiths 42.327
5. #53 Timm Weitzel 42.343
6. #75 Kel Treseder 42.362
7. #20 Remo Luciani 42.364
8. #90 Lee Mitchener 42.37
9. #22 Richard Muscat 42.391
10. #3 Franky Costanzo 42.433
11. #70 Brendan Nelson 42.434
12. #40 Lucas Price 42.442
13. #35 Jason Pringle 42.451
14. #5 Mitchell Cuzens 42.553
15. #99 Paul Pittam 42.558
16. #15 William Tate 42.68
17. #10 Jason Varley 42.69
18. #16 Shay Mayes 42.696
19. #93 Travis Millar 42.715
20. #32 Trevor Whitby 42.79
21. #7 Christopher Thomas 42.879
22. #29 William Nicholson 44.499
23. #94 Mark Dorbolo
24. #19 Thomas Janusz

Clubman Super Heavy
1. #3 Josh Brooker 43.64
2. #23 Scott Simpson 43.656
3. #15 Ian McPherson 43.671
4. #4 Ben McKinlay 43.748
5. #47 John Stanic 44.07
6. #88 Nathan Van Hulst 44.075
7. #55 Chris Heraud 44.336
8. #5 Jason Stania 44.353
9. #33 Mick Fisher 44.365
10. #70 Glen Stallbaum 44.369
11. #19 Thomas Janusz 44.477
12. #99 Michael Angwin 44.741
13. #90 Nigel Stones 44.849
14. #51 Brendon Anderson 45.377

Clubman Over 40s
1. #32 Trevor Whitby 42.963
2. #4 Phil Smith 42.982
3. #20 Remo Luciani 43.106
4. #5 Paul Sinni 43.143
5. #71 Greg Dicker 43.147
6. #9 Peter Gooch 43.24
7. #31 Rodney Capuano 43.421
8. #89 Adam Bourke 43.434
9. #70 Glen Stallbaum 43.446
10. #66 Ian Branson 43.599
11. #62 Wayne Nipperess 43.786
12. #40 Peter O'Neill 43.796
13. #16 Bruce Skyring 44.426
14. #3 Glen Chadwick 44.835
15. #85 Julian Laws 45.379

Leopard Light
1. #64 Adam Hughes 39.681
2. #94 James Sera 40.073
3. #25 John Reynolds 40.099
4. #7 Reece Kawitzki 40.112
5. #4 Grant Smith 40.129
6. #56 Dean Foster 40.197
7. #92 Sarron Caddy 40.199
8. #16 Shay Mayes 40.277
9. #98 Adam Willison 40.623
10. #81 Fergus Symes 40.663
11. #20 Joshua King 40.696
12. #84 Daniel Edmonds 40.729
13. #30 Matthew Gilbee 40.884
14. #2 George Geranis 40.982
15. #14 Scott Kissock 41.031
16. #13 Andrew Gilbee 41.079
17. #22 Peter Gilbee 41.084
18. #85 Rhett Noonan 41.39

Leopard Heavy
1. #46 Michael Griffiths 40.612
2. #5 Matthew Wall 40.622
3. #90 Lee Mitchener 40.803
4. #43 Andrew Wiles 40.904
5. #1 Kel Treseder 40.905
6. #45 Jason Hryniuk 40.909
7. #88 Daniel Stein 40.934
8. #15 Chris Fathers 40.951
9. #95 Richard Camilleri 41.048
10. #70 Brendan Nelson 41.318
11. #14 Andrew Yuill 41.445
12. #4 Phil Smith 41.474
13. #44 Elle Brydon 42.222

Rotax Light
1. #1 David Sera 40.969
2. #39 Shane Price 41.337
3. #88 Joshua DeMaio 41.338
4. #97 Tyler Greenbury 41.378
5. #13 Bart Price 41.394
6. #24 Max Johnston 41.513
7. #7 Damian Ward 41.528
8. #57 David Whitmore 41.591
9. #61 Darren Anderson 41.608
10. #91 Luke Baldry 41.623
11. #29 Kyle Ensbey 41.78
12. #34 Tim Holowell 41.86
13. #12 Carley Wells 41.923
14. #99 Joel Smith 41.932
15. #22 Christopher Pratt 41.967
16. #21 Stephen Jones 42.097
17. #17 Tyler McDonald 42.129
18. #70 Matthew Graham 42.178

Rotax Heavy
1. #35 Jason Pringle 41.77
2. #3 Simon Meyer 41.803
3. #74 Ben McKinlay 41.875
4. #33 Rick Pringle 41.881
5. #10 Paul Rodgers 41.923
6. #88 Daniel Stein 41.985
7. #17 Luke Andaloro 42.018
8. #9 Lane Moore 42.038
9. #57 Trent Moore 42.086
10. #72 Brock Green 42.445
11. #30 Chad Oldfield 42.514
12. #89 Josh Willett 42.53
13. #29 Joshua Herne 42.704
14. #14 Mark Nelson 43.656

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