Tasmanian Championships - Day 2

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from Rebecca Wyatt

Day Two of the 2011 Hunters Products Tasmanian Sprint Kart Championships provided the spectators with plenty of thrills and spills, as the steady rain overnight ensured the day started on a wet track.

Round Two of heat racing had puddles forming in many areas of the circuit’s run-off areas, plenty of plumes of water followed drivers who strayed from the race line. 

Later in the program the lack of constant rain accelerated the formation of a dry race line, with Tag 125 Light the first class to make the 50-50 choice between slicks and wets.  Slicks proved to be the better choice as former Hobartian Ben Walter charging forward on a drying track.

The Pre-Final round was held in the afternoon, with the track mostly drying out to be optimum for slicks.  Hard chargers included Morgan Jakobovski from Hobart, who continued his good form to take second place in the Junior National Light pre-final, slotting himself between Damon Strongman and Justin Francis to have a front-row position for the final.

Junior National Heavy National Champion Anton De Pasquale continued his good form in both Junior National Heavy and Junior Clubman, continuing to be undefeated in Junior Clubman and only a single 2nd place blemish on his record in Junior National Heavy.

Jordan Ford continued to dominate proceedings in Clubman Light, with neither wet nor dry weather worrying the Melburnian in a quest to back up his state title from 2010.

One of the big surprises in the pre-finals was Peter Rogers, who had dominated proceedings in Over 40’s Pro while the track was wet, but once the track dried out for pre-final racing could not finish the race.

Other wet-weather specialists who struggled in the drying conditions included Naomi Wrigley in Senior National Light, and the trio of Jordyn Sinni, Jordan Caruso and Benito Montalbano, who were all casualties in the Midgets pre-final.

Local drivers who performed well on day two included Mitchel Evans, who recovered from a third placing in both the heats to take out the pre-final of Clubman Heavy; Kelsey Sapwell, who finished just behind National Champion Nicholas Ellen in Senior National Light.  Jamie Bricknell finished on top of Senior National Heavy, while second place in Rookies was as high as Alex Peroni could manage in the 16 lap pre-final.

Action starts for the finals at 9am tomorrow morning, at the Archerville Southern Cross Kartway, Pipers River Road, Turners Marsh.

Results
Clubman Heavy
Fastest Qualifier:  Mitchel Evans
Heat 1:
1.   Aiden Shelton
2.   Zane Wyatt
3.   Mitchel Evans
4.   Steven Wrigley
5.   Troy Stone

Heat 2:

1. Zane Wyatt
2. Steven Wrigley
3. Mitchel Evans
4. Aiden Shelton
5. Jamie Bricknell

Pre-Final:

1. Mitchel Evans
2. Zane Wyatt
3. Aiden Shelton
4. Jamie Bricknell
5. Alan Fitzpatrick

Junior National Light
Fastest Qualifier: Damon Strongman
Heat 1:

1. Damon Strongman
2. Justin Francis
3. Morgan Jakobovski
4. Justin Ford
5. Keenan Slater
   

Heat 2:

1. Damon Strongman
2. Justin Francis
3. Nicky Richards
4. Morgan Jakobovski
5. Wade McLean

Pre-Final:

1. Damon Strongman
2. Morgan Jakobovski
3. Justin Francis
4. Nicky Richards
5. Keenan Slater

Senior National Light
Fastest Qualifier: Nicholas Ellen

Heat 1:

1. Nicholas Ellen
2. Jay Baily
3. Thomas Allen
4. Kelsey Sapwell
5. Naomi Wrigley

Heat 2:

1. Jay Baily
2. Kelsey Sapwell
3. Ashley Quiddington
4. Naomi Wrigley
5. Johnathan Males

Pre-Final:

1. Ashley Quiddington
2. Nicholas Ellen
3. Kelsey Sapwell
4. Jay Baily
5. Thomas Allen

Midgets
Fastest Qualifier:  Jordan Caruso

Heat 1:

1. Alec Morse
2. Cooper Murray
3. Jordan Caruso
4. Harrison Hoey
5. Jordyn Sinni

Heat 2:

1. Cooper Murray
2. Alec Morse
3. Jordan Caruso
4. Jordyn Sinni
5. Brock Evans

Pre-Final:

1. Cooper Murray
2. Harrison Hoey
3. Blake Kolar
4. Brock Evans
5. Tyler O’Leary

Junior Clubman
Fastest Qualifier: Lachlan McHugh

Heat 1:

1. Anton De Pasquale
2. Jake Klein
3. Justin Francis
4. Gus Robbins
5. Nicky Richards

Heat 2:

1. Anton De Pasquale
2. Jake Klein
3. Justin Francis
4. Nicky Richards
5. Alastair Lee

Pre-Final:

1. Anton De Pasquale
2. Jake Klein
3. Justin Francis
4. Lachlan McHugh
5. Nicky Richards

Clubman Super Heavy
Fastest Qualifier: Phill Straughen

Heat 1:

1. Kristopher Hen
2. Phill Straughen
3. Shane Wharton

Heat 2:

1. Phill Straughen
2. Kristopher Hen
3. Matthew Rowbottom

Pre-Final:

1. Phill Straughen
2. Shane Wharton
3. Kristopher Hen

Senior National Heavy
Fastest Qualifier: Zane Wyatt

Heat 1:

1. Jamie Bricknell
2. Zane Wyatt
3. Mitchel Evans
4. Ashley Quiddington
5. Simon Bingley

 

Heat 2:

1. Mitchel Evans
2. Zane Wyatt
3. Jamie Bricknell
4. Ashley Quiddington
5. Alan Fitzpatrick

Pre-Final:

1. Jamie Bricknell
2. Nathan Mitchell
3. Ashley Quiddington
4. Zane Wyatt
5. Mitchel Evans

Rookies
Fastest Qualifier: Nicholas Cardamone

Heat 1:

1. Reece Sidebottom
2. Alexander Peroni
3. Zane Morse
4. Nicholas Cardamone
5. Jacob Prestipino

Heat 2:

1. Alexander Peroni
2. Nicholas Cardamone
3. Reece Sidebottom
4. Johnah Slater
5. Zevie Eisentraut

Pre-Final:

1. Reece Sidebottom
2. Alexander Peroni
3. Nicholas Cardamone
4. Jacob Prestipino
5. Zane Morse
   

Over 40’s Pro
Fastest Qualifier: Peter O’Neill

Heat 1:

1. Peter Rogers
2. Dale Madden
3. Neville Young
4. Fred Cocca
5. Tim Hinds

Heat 2:

1. Peter O’Neill
2. Fred Cocca
3. Peter Rogers
4. Dale Madden
5. Stephen Sims

Pre-Final:

1. Fred Cocca
2. Dale Madden
3. Peter O’Neill
4. Stephen Sims
5. Stephen Johnstone
   

Tag 125 Light
Fastest Qualifier: Dion Wyllie

Heat 1:

1. Chris Walpole
2. Waylon Sims
3. Alexander Hughes
4. Ben Walter
5. Jake Rice

Heat 2:

1. Ben Walter
2. Waylon Sims
3. Jade Waddington
4. Jake Rice
5. Alexander Hughes

Pre-Final:

1. Jake Rice
2. Waylon Sims
3. Alexander Hughes
4. Stephen Swain
5. Simon Sherriff
   

Junior National Heavy
Fastest Qualifier: Anton De Pasquale

Heat 1:

1. Anton De Pasquale
2. Damon Strongman
3. Jake Klein
4. Gus Robbins
5. Jeremiah Sheehan

Heat 2:

1. Damon Strongman
2. Anton De Pasquale
3. Gus Robbins
4. Zac Vassallo
5. Zachary Phillips

Pre-Final:

1. Anton De Pasquale
2. Damon Strongman
3. Zachary Phillips
4. Jake Klein
5. Jairus Holmes

Clubman Light
Fastest Qualifier: Jordan Ford

 Heat 1:

1. Jordan Ford
2. Jack Wynack
3. Thomas Allan
4. Nathan Zuj
5. Brody Appleby

Heat 2:

1. Jordan Ford
2. Nicholas Ellen
3. Thomas Allen
4. Nathan Zuj
5. Jack Wynack

Pre-Final:

1. Jordan Ford
2. Nathan Zuj
3. Jack Wynack
4. Aaron Duffey
5. Jobe Sims

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