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Ginetta Super One Rotax Series, Round 5

from Graham Smith, TSR Productions for the Super One Series www.s1series.co.uk

Ginetta Super One Rotax Series Round 5: Buckmore Park 23rd/24th July 2011

Hot and sunny weather made for hard work on the track, where Jack Young in Honda Cadet and Jack Barlow in Junior Max came out double winners at the twisty Kentish circuit. Edward Brand capitalised on the restart after a neutralised period to jump past first final Senior Max winner Sean Babington for the second final, whilst in MiniMax Luke Knott took the first, and Ross Gunn the second after the runaway leader’s kart lost a wheel.

Above: Front row for the second final of Junior Rotax
pic - TSR Productions

Having won the first Max 177 final, David Griffiths was punted off at the start of the second, Tom Holland inheriting the win after the leader was excluded. The 165 competitors squeezed into the paddock, welcomed by the enthusiastic and professional organising club. Driving standards were good, with not one racing red flag stoppage.

The next round is at PF International on 17/18th September, which will be the last race on that circuit before the new extension is opened for the KF2 MSA British Championship on 2nd October.

Above: FA Kart driver Sean Babington won Final One of Senior MAX
pic - TSR Productions

MiniMax
Ross Gunn’s weekend got off to a good start as he pipped Luke Knott by a tenth in the timed qualifying and converted it into a fourth and win in the heats, the other taken by Jack Mitchell over Dave Wooder. Ben Hingeley would start the first final last after an exclusion for a rear bumper infringement in a heat, but he would storm through to ninth. As Mitchell hared off with Knott, Gunn was leapfrogging Connor Mills and bridging the gap. Knott took the lead at the bottom hairpin and pulled almost a second on Mitchell and Gunn. For the second final, Mitchell took a huge lead on the first lap and appeared untouchable to the chasing pack until with seven laps to run, a rear wheel hub slid off the end of the axle, instant retirement. Wooder, Knott were joined by Gunn and Hingeley in a rare battle, now for the win. Knott fell to fifth behind Mills whilst Gunn and Wooder broke clear of Hingeley to give Gunn the win. Knott had recovered to third but his stout defence faltered in favour of Hingeley and Mills.

Final 1: 1 Luke Knott (Tonykart) 24 laps in 16m07.58s; 2 Jack Mitchell (Tonykart) +00.95s; 3 Ross Gunn (Tonykart); 4 Connor Mills (Alonso); 5 Dave Wooder (Alonso); 6 Samuel Oram-Jones (Tonykart).
Final 2: 1 Gunn 24 laps in 16m12.73s; 2 Wooder +00.37s; 3 Ben Hingeley (Tonykart); 4 Mills; 5 Knott ; 6 Pay.

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Above: Ross Gunn
pic - TSR Productions

Max 177
For a change Tom Holland topped the timed qualifying over David Griffiths with Lucas Orrock only fourth and destined not to finish the first heat when his engine’s piston broke. That heat was taken by Griffiths, the other by Orrock so the latter would start the first final from seventh which became fourth on the first lap. Holland was pushed out wide at the start and fell to mid-field. Griffiths threw off a strong challenge from Danny Andrew, leaving him to defend against Orrock who had quickly taken Tom Pyttlik. Colin Davis wriggled past Pyttlik but both were delayed allowing Holland to sneak into fourth. In the second final, Griffiths was pushed into Andrew at the start, then spun into the barriers leaving Orrock and Davis out ahead of Andrew and Holland. As Orrock powered clear, Davis failed to resist the challenge from Holland with Andrew following although Davis retrieved a place by the chequer. Orrock was then excluded for the start turn incident, leaving Holland the winner.

Final 1: 1 David Griffiths (GMS) 24 laps in 15m51.02s; 2 Danny Andrew (Gillard) +00.96s; 3 Lucas Orrock (Kosmic); 4 Tom Holland (Alonso); 5 Colin Davis (Tonykart); 6 Tom Pyttlik (Alonso)..
Final 2: 1 Holland 24 laps in 15m58.03s; 2 Davis +00.72s; 3 Andrew; 4 Pyttlik; 5 Daniel Mulvaney (GMS X30); 6 Scott Clee (Kosmic).

Above: David Griffiths
pic - TSR Productions

Honda Cadet
For many of the 29 drivers, this was their local track, Luke Wooder the quickest by a tenth in timed qualifying over Max Wieteska and Northern Irish youngster Jack Young. Wooder went on to win both heats over Young, and led the first final, with Young quickly grabbing second over Kyle Petricca and then the lead. Ben Thompson broke away from the second group to join the lead battle, led now by Young although Jack McCarthy and later Petricca each had a brief turn in front. Each time Young fought back through, eventually breaking away with McCarthy on his tail. Wooder had retired after only seven laps and would only reach tenth in the second final. In what were arguably the best two finals of the day, Young led almost all the laps in the second final, except mid-race when McCarthy found a gap, with Petricca following. “The kart didn’t turn in and Jack and Kyle got up the inside,” said Young, who soon muscled his way back to the front and eased clear as Petricca was forced to defend. Steven Prentice had been hovering at the back of the lead group and now saw his chance, grabbing third over McCarthy who fell behind Kiern Jewiss. Wieteska, fourth over the line, was excluded from the meeting for having an allegedly modified flywheel in his engine but he has appealed. Ronan Hirst was excluded from the race as an engine breather pipe had become detached.

(results provisional pending fuel tests)
Final 1: 1 Jack Young (Project One) 21 laps in 16m04.88s; 2 Jack McCarthy (Project One) +00.61s; 3 Ben Thompson (Project One); 4 Kyle Petricca (Project One); 5 Max Wieteska (Zip); 6 Steven Prentice (Project One).
Final 2: 1 Young 21 laps in 16m01.61s; 2 Petricca +00.64s; 3 Prentice; 4 Kiern Jewiss (Project One); 5 McCarthy; 6 Alex Quinn (Project One).

Above: Jack Young
pic - TSR Productions

Junior Max
Jack Barlow enjoyed total domination at the meeting, only beaten once by Nathan Harrison in the first heat, and only be a fraction. Amongst the 53 entrants, he was well clear of James Singleton and George Line in the timed qualifying, these latter the other heat winners. As Barlow began to open a gap in the first final which would extend to four seconds, Nathan Harrison leapfrogged Singleton for second and there they remained to the end. Raoul Hyman and Line held position in fourth and fifth, whilst Sam Marsh came up from grid 11 ahead of Kyle Fowlie and Jack Aitken, but the latter pair were both excluded for driving offences. It was much the same in the second final, Harrison vaulting past Singleton again, although this time Barlow only managed a one second gap. This time Line was in a lonely fourth, with Levi Coombs starting to bridge the gap and leaving Oliver Myers and Ross Hodgson behind, although Myers was excluded for a driving offence. Fowlie reached eighth from the back, a great recovery drive. The results are provisional pending fuel tests.

(results provisional pending fuel tests)
Final 1: 1 Jack Barlow (Tonykart) 24 laps in 15m46.42s; 2 Nathan Harrison (Tonykart) +03.97s; 3 James Singleton (Tonykart); 4 Raoul Hyman (Alonso); 5 George Line (Intrepid); 6 Sam Marsh (Tonykart).
Final 2: 1 Barlow 24 laps in 15m50.34s; 2 Harrison +01.92s; 3 Singleton; 4 Line; 5 Levi Coombs (Tonykart); 6 Ross Hodgson (Tonykart).

Above: Nathan Harrison
pic - TSR Productions

Senior Max
In the second largest class Charlie Eastwood just pipped by two hundredths of a second Sean Babington, Jack Marshall and Edward Brand all three making exactly the same time. Brand, Marshall and Babington took the heat wins. Although Brand took the hole shot in the first final, he didn’t quite have the pace to sustain the lead as first Babington, then Marshall put him down to third where at least he managed to keep Oliver Hodgson at bay. Lewis Plate and John Stewart had a coming together which dropped them out of the fifth place battle and left Eastwood in that position after he had passed Andy King. The second final was punctuated by three neutralised periods to recover stricken karts, and it was in the first of the restarts where Brand took Babington by surprise, with Marshall following through. Eastwood succumbed to Hodgson and had to settle for fifth and fastest lap, whilst Jack Saffery who had been excluded from timed qualifying came to sixth.

Final 1: 1 Sean Babington (Alonso) 25 laps in 16m08.65s; 2 Jack Marshall (Tonykart) +00.93s; 3 Edward Brand (Tonykart); 4 Oliver Hodgson (Tonykart); 5 Charlie Eastwood (Kosmic); 6 Andy King (CRG).
Final 2: 1 Brand 21 laps in 15m46.78s; 2 Marshall +0.18s; 3 Babington; 4 Hodgson; 5 Eastwood; 6 Jack Saffery (Tonykart).

Above: Ed Brand
pic - TSR Productions

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	Ginetta Super One Rotax Series, Round 5 from Graham Smith, TSR Productions for the Super One Series www.s1series.co.uk Ginetta Super One Rotax Series Round 5: Buckmore Park 23rd/24th July 2011 Hot and sunny weather made for hard work on the track, where Jack Young in Honda Cadet and Jack Barlow in Junior Max came out double winners at the twisty Kentish circuit. Edward Brand capitalised on the restart after a neutralised period to jump past first final Senior Max winner Sean Babington for the second final, whilst in MiniMax Luke Knott took the first, and Ross Gunn the second after the runaway leader’s kart lost a wheel. Above: Front row for the second final of Junior Rotax pic - TSR Productions Having won the first Max 177 final, David Griffiths was punted off at the start of the second, Tom Holland inheriting the win after the leader was excluded. The 165 competitors squeezed into the paddock, welcomed by the enthusiastic and professional organising club. Driving standards were good, with not one racing red flag stoppage. The next round is at PF International on 17/18th September, which will be the last race on that circuit before the new extension is opened for the KF2 MSA British Championship on 2nd October. Above: FA Kart driver Sean Babington won Final One of Senior MAX pic - TSR Productions MiniMax Ross Gunn’s weekend got off to a good start as he pipped Luke Knott by a tenth in the timed qualifying and converted it into a fourth and win in the heats, the other taken by Jack Mitchell over Dave Wooder. Ben Hingeley would start the first final last after an exclusion for a rear bumper infringement in a heat, but he would storm through to ninth. As Mitchell hared off with Knott, Gunn was leapfrogging Connor Mills and bridging the gap. Knott took the lead at the bottom hairpin and pulled almost a second on Mitchell and Gunn. For the second final, Mitchell took a huge lead on the first lap and appeared untouchable to the chasing pack until with seven laps to run, a rear wheel hub slid off the end of the axle, instant retirement. Wooder, Knott were joined by Gunn and Hingeley in a rare battle, now for the win. Knott fell to fifth behind Mills whilst Gunn and Wooder broke clear of Hingeley to give Gunn the win. Knott had recovered to third but his stout defence faltered in favour of Hingeley and Mills. Final 1: 1 Luke Knott (Tonykart) 24 laps in 16m07.58s; 2 Jack Mitchell (Tonykart) +00.95s; 3 Ross Gunn (Tonykart); 4 Connor Mills (Alonso); 5 Dave Wooder (Alonso); 6 Samuel Oram-Jones (Tonykart). Final 2: 1 Gunn 24 laps in 16m12.73s; 2 Wooder +00.37s; 3 Ben Hingeley (Tonykart); 4 Mills; 5 Knott ; 6 Pay. Above: Ross Gunn pic - TSR Productions Max 177 For a change Tom Holland topped the timed qualifying over David Griffiths with Lucas Orrock only fourth and destined not to finish the first heat when his engine’s piston broke. That heat was taken by Griffiths, the other by Orrock so the latter would start the first final from seventh which became fourth on the first lap. Holland was pushed out wide at the start and fell to mid-field. Griffiths threw off a strong challenge from Danny Andrew, leaving him to defend against Orrock who had quickly taken Tom Pyttlik. Colin Davis wriggled past Pyttlik but both were delayed allowing Holland to sneak into fourth. In the second final, Griffiths was pushed into Andrew at the start, then spun into the barriers leaving Orrock and Davis out ahead of Andrew and Holland. As Orrock powered clear, Davis failed to resist the challenge from Holland with Andrew following although Davis retrieved a place by the chequer. Orrock was then excluded for the start turn incident, leaving Holland the winner. Final 1: 1 David Griffiths (GMS) 24 laps in 15m51.02s; 2 Danny Andrew (Gillard) +00.96s; 3 Lucas Orrock (Kosmic); 4 Tom Holland (Alonso); 5 Colin Davis (Tonykart); 6 Tom Pyttlik (Alonso).. Final 2: 1 Holland 24 laps in 15m58.03s; 2 Davis +00.72s; 3 Andrew; 4 Pyttlik; 5 Daniel Mulvaney (GMS X30); 6 Scott Clee (Kosmic). Above: David Griffiths pic - TSR Productions Honda Cadet For many of the 29 drivers, this was their local track, Luke Wooder the quickest by a tenth in timed qualifying over Max Wieteska and Northern Irish youngster Jack Young. Wooder went on to win both heats over Young, and led the first final, with Young quickly grabbing second over Kyle Petricca and then the lead. Ben Thompson broke away from the second group to join the lead battle, led now by Young although Jack McCarthy and later Petricca each had a brief turn in front. Each time Young fought back through, eventually breaking away with McCarthy on his tail. Wooder had retired after only seven laps and would only reach tenth in the second final. In what were arguably the best two finals of the day, Young led almost all the laps in the second final, except mid-race when McCarthy found a gap, with Petricca following. “The kart didn’t turn in and Jack and Kyle got up the inside,” said Young, who soon muscled his way back to the front and eased clear as Petricca was forced to defend. Steven Prentice had been hovering at the back of the lead group and now saw his chance, grabbing third over McCarthy who fell behind Kiern Jewiss. Wieteska, fourth over the line, was excluded from the meeting for having an allegedly modified flywheel in his engine but he has appealed. Ronan Hirst was excluded from the race as an engine breather pipe had become detached. (results provisional pending fuel tests) Final 1: 1 Jack Young (Project One) 21 laps in 16m04.88s; 2 Jack McCarthy (Project One) +00.61s; 3 Ben Thompson (Project One); 4 Kyle Petricca (Project One); 5 Max Wieteska (Zip); 6 Steven Prentice (Project One). Final 2: 1 Young 21 laps in 16m01.61s; 2 Petricca +00.64s; 3 Prentice; 4 Kiern Jewiss (Project One); 5 McCarthy; 6 Alex Quinn (Project One). Above: Jack Young pic - TSR Productions Junior Max Jack Barlow enjoyed total domination at the meeting, only beaten once by Nathan Harrison in the first heat, and only be a fraction. Amongst the 53 entrants, he was well clear of James Singleton and George Line in the timed qualifying, these latter the other heat winners. As Barlow began to open a gap in the first final which would extend to four seconds, Nathan Harrison leapfrogged Singleton for second and there they remained to the end. Raoul Hyman and Line held position in fourth and fifth, whilst Sam Marsh came up from grid 11 ahead of Kyle Fowlie and Jack Aitken, but the latter pair were both excluded for driving offences. It was much the same in the second final, Harrison vaulting past Singleton again, although this time Barlow only managed a one second gap. This time Line was in a lonely fourth, with Levi Coombs starting to bridge the gap and leaving Oliver Myers and Ross Hodgson behind, although Myers was excluded for a driving offence. Fowlie reached eighth from the back, a great recovery drive. The results are provisional pending fuel tests. (results provisional pending fuel tests) Final 1: 1 Jack Barlow (Tonykart) 24 laps in 15m46.42s; 2 Nathan Harrison (Tonykart) +03.97s; 3 James Singleton (Tonykart); 4 Raoul Hyman (Alonso); 5 George Line (Intrepid); 6 Sam Marsh (Tonykart). Final 2: 1 Barlow 24 laps in 15m50.34s; 2 Harrison +01.92s; 3 Singleton; 4 Line; 5 Levi Coombs (Tonykart); 6 Ross Hodgson (Tonykart). Above: Nathan Harrison pic - TSR Productions Senior Max In the second largest class Charlie Eastwood just pipped by two hundredths of a second Sean Babington, Jack Marshall and Edward Brand all three making exactly the same time. Brand, Marshall and Babington took the heat wins. Although Brand took the hole shot in the first final, he didn’t quite have the pace to sustain the lead as first Babington, then Marshall put him down to third where at least he managed to keep Oliver Hodgson at bay. Lewis Plate and John Stewart had a coming together which dropped them out of the fifth place battle and left Eastwood in that position after he had passed Andy King. The second final was punctuated by three neutralised periods to recover stricken karts, and it was in the first of the restarts where Brand took Babington by surprise, with Marshall following through. Eastwood succumbed to Hodgson and had to settle for fifth and fastest lap, whilst Jack Saffery who had been excluded from timed qualifying came to sixth. Final 1: 1 Sean Babington (Alonso) 25 laps in 16m08.65s; 2 Jack Marshall (Tonykart) +00.93s; 3 Edward Brand (Tonykart); 4 Oliver Hodgson (Tonykart); 5 Charlie Eastwood (Kosmic); 6 Andy King (CRG). Final 2: 1 Brand 21 laps in 15m46.78s; 2 Marshall +0.18s; 3 Babington; 4 Hodgson; 5 Eastwood; 6 Jack Saffery (Tonykart). Above: Ed Brand pic - TSR Productions Home
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