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Final Wrap - Superkart Nationals

press release

After an exciting weekend of ups and downs at Round 7 of the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships at Morgan Park Raceway, all three classes were in question until the final race of the season.

After that final race Warren McIlveen* (* result amended - see seperate article), Martin Latta and Steven Tamasi were the winners of the Rockpress Australian Superkart Championships.

A devastated series points leader Gary Pegoraro (Dunlop/BRC Engines/Anderson Racing Karts Anderson-BRC) dropped out of the running during Race 3.

Warren McIlveen's pace for much of the weekend was irresistible. For three races his pace was untouchable and he took a five point lead in the final race. The only driver that could stop him was 2008 champion Darren Hossack. Hossack made a brilliant start and raced away unopposed to victory in the final race but second was good enough for McIlveen. Warren McIlveen's Soundy's Retravision/ Mac's Marine Stockman slowed with one of his two Honda cylinders faltering. Team mate and outgoing champion Sam Zavaglia slipped into rear gunner mode once McIlveen started to drop pace. When Jason Smith sailed past in a blistering charge through the field in the Fuji Xerox/Middleton's Printing Anderson-FPE the calculators came out. Third place would leave the points tied.

McIlveen and Zavaglia were quickly caught by the third of the Stockman Superkarts, the Top Torque MR2 of Jason Laker with Ilya Harpas in the Internode/Davtec Zip-BRC in close company. As the four karts scrapped their collective pace was further slowed and Steven Murray (East Coast Lubes/R&R Powersports PVP-Honda) and Chryss Jamieson (Coach Design Anderson-Honda) joined in the fight.

Hossack and Smith took the top position's with Smith staggering across the line with a failing engine. With his team mates keeping pursuit at bay McIlveen finished third, winning the Australian championship on a countback four wins to Hossack's two. Zavaglia finished fourth ahead of Laker, Murray, Jamieson and Harpas.

Pegoraro had enough points to remain in third place. Zavaglia's rush of Morgan Park results placed him fourth in the championship, passing Harpas for the position after race three. Smith's second placed moved him into sixth place ahead of absent Irish driver Trevor Roberts. Chryss Jamieson finished eighth in the points with Jason Laker's Morgan Park performance winning ninth place on a countback over West Australian driver Mark Hanson (Phoenix Dental Laboratory Zip-BRC).

In the 250 National title it was heartbreak for Luke May in the Marron Excavations Stockman-Yamaha.

After building up his lead in race 2 when Martin Latta broke a throttle cable just prior to the race start May had a chain break in the final race. Latta (Viper Racing UK/MJR Bricklaying Anderson-Honda) was able to overwhelm May's pointscore in winning the final race. Brendan Luneman tied the points for the round with Latta, both drivers taking 65 points over the Morgan Park weekend. This allowed Luneman to sweep the Autobarn Traralgon Anderson-Yamaha into third in the championship in just his first season as a gearbox racer. Frank Giglio (GR Indutries Stockman-Honda) finished fourth in the championship ahead of Wayne Sprostan (Wilsons Auto Services Anderson-Rotax).

Steven Tamasi (Domain Prestige Homes Stockman-Honda) swept to his second 125 Gearbox title, the teenage defending champion had to win every race to win the title after Darren Dunn (Broadbent Compressor Services Topkart-Honda) held a ten point lead heading into the series finale. Jeff Reed (Cycle City Stockman-Honda) chased Dunn hard all weekend, and like Jason Smith had his engine let go on last lap and he limped to the line to claim third for the round and the championship. Tim Philp (Floth Engineering Avoig-Honda) was best of the rest collecting fourths and a third to rise to fourth for the round and fourth in the championship over John Pellicano (Giova Design Avoig-Honda).

For the first time in a couple of years for 125 gearbox, and several years for 250 National, all three classes had sufficient numbers for full Australian championship status, entitling the competitors to #1, #2 and #3 plates for the top three in each class.

McIlveen, Latta and Tamasi also established new lap records on the new longer 2.9 kilometre Morgan Park layout although outright lap record status was ceded to Formula 3 racer Mitch Evans.

Focus now switches to the Rotax family of Superkart classes with the 2010 Australian Rotax Superkart Nationals to take place at Wakefield Park on October 30.

Driver Quotes:

Round Winner 250 International: Warren McIlveen (Soundy's Retravision/Mac's Marine Stockman MR2-Honda) "A bit of relief now that I've found I've won the countback *. It was a tough day, the kart ran on one cylinder on the last race, so I was lucky to be third, thanks to Sam Zavaglia and Jason Laker who stayed behind me."

Third Round 2, Fourth in Championship 250 International: Sam Zavaglia (Stockman Superkarts/Sam Zavaglia Racing Stockman MR2-Yamaha) "Last night I didn't sleep at all, trying to work out what I had to do and we've come up with a good package today. It's hard to win the #1 but it's even harder to retain it."

Round Winner and Australian Champion 250 National: Martin Latta (Viper Racing UK/MJR Bricklaying Anderson Maverick-Honda) "After the first race this morning a two-dollar part failed I was shattered. I didn't know what was going to happen. everyone was saying to me 'You've got to keep going" and Luke had a bit of a mishap. It's awesome to win the title again, I can't believe it. I want to thank Ian Harrison of Viper Racing and Scott Ellis of Safe Evolutions, my brother Darren and Dean Davies for all their help."

Second Round 2, Third in Championship 250 National: Brendan Luneman (Autobarn Traralgon Anderson Maverick-Yamaha) "Third in the title was exactly what we came here to do. We didn't have the pace of Marty or Luke, so that was all we could hope for. I'm ecstatic. I'm still coming to grips with the new kart, there's a lot more pace still to come. We'll be quicker next year. There's time to come from me and a little bit more from the kart."

Round Winner and Australian Champion 125cc: Steven Tamasi (Domain Prestige Homes Stockman MR2 Honda) "I'm absolutely thrilled about the result. Me and my father Daniel have been been working flat out on the kart, checking and maintaining. One off on the track or one fault in the preparation means others could win the title. I could not have asked for a better weekend. It wasn't easy. This year I felt I had more pressure on me to win the title and the margin for error was much finer. I'm speechless."

Second Round 2, Second in Championship 125cc: Darren Dunn (Broadbent Compresor Services Topkart Honda) "We came here to try and keep in front of young Stevie. We put a massive effort in and tried as hard as we could, but we couldn't keep up with him. Catching him as impossible, he was too good on the day, too fast. I just concentrated on putting four good heats ad four good finishers and hope for a little bit of luck. It didn't come out way. We'll be back next year."

Third Round 2, Third in Championship 125cc: Jeff Reed (Cycle City Stockman MR2 Honda) "It was a very lucky result for me after I seized the engine coming down to the finish line. I didn't think I was going to finish, but I pulled the clutch in and finished and I thought we'll see what happens. Congratulations to Steve, he did an excellent job all weekend and to Darren Dunn who also did a fantastic job and had great racing. We're happy and had a good weekend."

Round Points for Round 2: Warren McIlveen 80, Darren Hossack 70, Sam Zavaglia 62, Jason Laker 48, Ilya Harpas 45, Steven Murray 36, Jason Smith 35, Gary Pegoraro 30, Mark Hanson 28, Chryss Jamieson 23 etc

250 National: Martin Latta 65, Brendan Luneman 65, Luke May 54, Frank Giglio 44, Wayne Sprostan 40 etc

125 Gearbox: Steven Tamasi 85, Darren Dunn 73, Jeff Reed 63, Tim Philp 59, Dalton Rowell 39 etc

Championship Points: Warren McIlveen 140, Darren Hossack 140, Gary Pegoraro 105, Sam Zavaglia 97, Ilya Harpas 86, Jason Smith 65, Trevor Roberts 64, Chryss Jamieson 62, Jason Laker 48, Mark Hanson 48 etc

250 National: Martin Latta 142, Luke May 133, Brendan Luneman 105, Frank Giglio 90, Wayne Sprostan 83, David Yuill 63 etc

125 Gearbox: Steven Tamasi 145, Darren Dunn 143, Jeff Reed 115, Tim Philp 86, John Pellicano 71, Brad Stebbing 69 etc

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	Final Wrap - Superkart Nationals press release After an exciting weekend of ups and downs at Round 7 of the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships at Morgan Park Raceway, all three classes were in question until the final race of the season. After that final race Warren McIlveen* (* result amended - see seperate article), Martin Latta and Steven Tamasi were the winners of the Rockpress Australian Superkart Championships. A devastated series points leader Gary Pegoraro (Dunlop/BRC Engines/Anderson Racing Karts Anderson-BRC) dropped out of the running during Race 3. Warren McIlveen's pace for much of the weekend was irresistible. For three races his pace was untouchable and he took a five point lead in the final race. The only driver that could stop him was 2008 champion Darren Hossack. Hossack made a brilliant start and raced away unopposed to victory in the final race but second was good enough for McIlveen. Warren McIlveen's Soundy's Retravision/ Mac's Marine Stockman slowed with one of his two Honda cylinders faltering. Team mate and outgoing champion Sam Zavaglia slipped into rear gunner mode once McIlveen started to drop pace. When Jason Smith sailed past in a blistering charge through the field in the Fuji Xerox/Middleton's Printing Anderson-FPE the calculators came out. Third place would leave the points tied. McIlveen and Zavaglia were quickly caught by the third of the Stockman Superkarts, the Top Torque MR2 of Jason Laker with Ilya Harpas in the Internode/Davtec Zip-BRC in close company. As the four karts scrapped their collective pace was further slowed and Steven Murray (East Coast Lubes/R&R Powersports PVP-Honda) and Chryss Jamieson (Coach Design Anderson-Honda) joined in the fight. Hossack and Smith took the top position's with Smith staggering across the line with a failing engine. With his team mates keeping pursuit at bay McIlveen finished third, winning the Australian championship on a countback four wins to Hossack's two. Zavaglia finished fourth ahead of Laker, Murray, Jamieson and Harpas. Pegoraro had enough points to remain in third place. Zavaglia's rush of Morgan Park results placed him fourth in the championship, passing Harpas for the position after race three. Smith's second placed moved him into sixth place ahead of absent Irish driver Trevor Roberts. Chryss Jamieson finished eighth in the points with Jason Laker's Morgan Park performance winning ninth place on a countback over West Australian driver Mark Hanson (Phoenix Dental Laboratory Zip-BRC). In the 250 National title it was heartbreak for Luke May in the Marron Excavations Stockman-Yamaha. After building up his lead in race 2 when Martin Latta broke a throttle cable just prior to the race start May had a chain break in the final race. Latta (Viper Racing UK/MJR Bricklaying Anderson-Honda) was able to overwhelm May's pointscore in winning the final race. Brendan Luneman tied the points for the round with Latta, both drivers taking 65 points over the Morgan Park weekend. This allowed Luneman to sweep the Autobarn Traralgon Anderson-Yamaha into third in the championship in just his first season as a gearbox racer. Frank Giglio (GR Indutries Stockman-Honda) finished fourth in the championship ahead of Wayne Sprostan (Wilsons Auto Services Anderson-Rotax). Steven Tamasi (Domain Prestige Homes Stockman-Honda) swept to his second 125 Gearbox title, the teenage defending champion had to win every race to win the title after Darren Dunn (Broadbent Compressor Services Topkart-Honda) held a ten point lead heading into the series finale. Jeff Reed (Cycle City Stockman-Honda) chased Dunn hard all weekend, and like Jason Smith had his engine let go on last lap and he limped to the line to claim third for the round and the championship. Tim Philp (Floth Engineering Avoig-Honda) was best of the rest collecting fourths and a third to rise to fourth for the round and fourth in the championship over John Pellicano (Giova Design Avoig-Honda). For the first time in a couple of years for 125 gearbox, and several years for 250 National, all three classes had sufficient numbers for full Australian championship status, entitling the competitors to #1, #2 and #3 plates for the top three in each class. McIlveen, Latta and Tamasi also established new lap records on the new longer 2.9 kilometre Morgan Park layout although outright lap record status was ceded to Formula 3 racer Mitch Evans. Focus now switches to the Rotax family of Superkart classes with the 2010 Australian Rotax Superkart Nationals to take place at Wakefield Park on October 30. Driver Quotes: Round Winner 250 International: Warren McIlveen (Soundy's Retravision/Mac's Marine Stockman MR2-Honda) "A bit of relief now that I've found I've won the countback . It was a tough day, the kart ran on one cylinder on the last race, so I was lucky to be third, thanks to Sam Zavaglia and Jason Laker who stayed behind me." Third Round 2, Fourth in Championship 250 International: Sam Zavaglia* (Stockman Superkarts/Sam Zavaglia Racing Stockman MR2-Yamaha) "Last night I didn't sleep at all, trying to work out what I had to do and we've come up with a good package today. It's hard to win the #1 but it's even harder to retain it." Round Winner and Australian Champion 250 National: Martin Latta (Viper Racing UK/MJR Bricklaying Anderson Maverick-Honda) "After the first race this morning a two-dollar part failed I was shattered. I didn't know what was going to happen. everyone was saying to me 'You've got to keep going" and Luke had a bit of a mishap. It's awesome to win the title again, I can't believe it. I want to thank Ian Harrison of Viper Racing and Scott Ellis of Safe Evolutions, my brother Darren and Dean Davies for all their help." Second Round 2, Third in Championship 250 National: Brendan Luneman (Autobarn Traralgon Anderson Maverick-Yamaha) "Third in the title was exactly what we came here to do. We didn't have the pace of Marty or Luke, so that was all we could hope for. I'm ecstatic. I'm still coming to grips with the new kart, there's a lot more pace still to come. We'll be quicker next year. There's time to come from me and a little bit more from the kart." Round Winner and Australian Champion 125cc: Steven Tamasi (Domain Prestige Homes Stockman MR2 Honda) "I'm absolutely thrilled about the result. Me and my father Daniel have been been working flat out on the kart, checking and maintaining. One off on the track or one fault in the preparation means others could win the title. I could not have asked for a better weekend. It wasn't easy. This year I felt I had more pressure on me to win the title and the margin for error was much finer. I'm speechless." Second Round 2, Second in Championship 125cc: Darren Dunn (Broadbent Compresor Services Topkart Honda) "We came here to try and keep in front of young Stevie. We put a massive effort in and tried as hard as we could, but we couldn't keep up with him. Catching him as impossible, he was too good on the day, too fast. I just concentrated on putting four good heats ad four good finishers and hope for a little bit of luck. It didn't come out way. We'll be back next year." Third Round 2, Third in Championship 125cc: Jeff Reed (Cycle City Stockman MR2 Honda) "It was a very lucky result for me after I seized the engine coming down to the finish line. I didn't think I was going to finish, but I pulled the clutch in and finished and I thought we'll see what happens. Congratulations to Steve, he did an excellent job all weekend and to Darren Dunn who also did a fantastic job and had great racing. We're happy and had a good weekend." Round Points for Round 2: Warren McIlveen 80, Darren Hossack 70, Sam Zavaglia 62, Jason Laker 48, Ilya Harpas 45, Steven Murray 36, Jason Smith 35, Gary Pegoraro 30, Mark Hanson 28, Chryss Jamieson 23 etc 250 National: Martin Latta 65, Brendan Luneman 65, Luke May 54, Frank Giglio 44, Wayne Sprostan 40 etc 125 Gearbox: Steven Tamasi 85, Darren Dunn 73, Jeff Reed 63, Tim Philp 59, Dalton Rowell 39 etc Championship Points: Warren McIlveen 140, Darren Hossack 140, Gary Pegoraro 105, Sam Zavaglia 97, Ilya Harpas 86, Jason Smith 65, Trevor Roberts 64, Chryss Jamieson 62, Jason Laker 48, Mark Hanson 48 etc 250 National: Martin Latta 142, Luke May 133, Brendan Luneman 105, Frank Giglio 90, Wayne Sprostan 83, David Yuill 63 etc 125 Gearbox: Steven Tamasi 145, Darren Dunn 143, Jeff Reed 115, Tim Philp 86, John Pellicano 71, Brad Stebbing 69 etc Home
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