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UK Super One Rotax Series, Round 3

from Graham Smith

Edgar’s Hyundai Super One Rotax Series Round 5: Three Sisters, Wigan 25/26 August 2012

Britain’s wettest summer just doesn’t let go, but at least the finals were dry after heavy rain curtailed racing on Saturday afternoon, forcing the last heat to be moved to Sunday. The circuit is near the west coast of England and caught another big rain shower on Sunday morning, then the sun came out. The first corner remained wet much of the day as water came off the hill.

Above: MiniMAX podium
pic - TSR Productions

Above: Senior MAX Final 2 winner James Singleton
pic - TSR Productions

Honda Cadet
Michael MacPherson was perhaps the surprise top timed qualifier over Luke Wooder, who went onto win both heats. Kiern Jewiss joined him on the front row of the first final, where at the start several spun despite all the karts being on wets. On the outside, Jewiss was down to seventh and although he made some progress to pass Sam Munro for fifth and joining the second place battle, he fell back to ninth at the end. Sandy Mitchell rapidly leapfrogged Ronan Graves and Matthew Hopcraft, and sped up to relieve Wooder of the lead on the last lap, then defended to the flag. The second final was red-flagged to a stop after several karts spun to a stop in the middle of the track, through the Valley part. Amongst those were Ben Thompson and Gordon Mutch, all non-starting but ok. At the start Wooder lost a couple of places but soon passed Connor McCarthy and Graves to help push Mitchell clear of the rest for a while. Once Jewiss had sliced through to third, he hauled the pack up to the leaders, briefly even taking the lead. Wooder has just gone into the lead, with Mitchell following when Graves disappeared from the leader board and all course yellow and black flags came out leaving one lap to race to the flag. Wooder, Mitchell and Jewiss all held their top three positions, Elliot Harvey had come up to fourth.

Final 1: 1 Sandy Mitchell (Project One); 2 Luke Wooder (Project One); 3 Connor McCarthy (Project One); 4 Matthew Hopcraft (JKH); 5 Ronan Graves (Zip); 6 Elliot Harvey (Zip).
Final 2: 1 Wooder; 2 Mitchell; 3 Kiern Jewiss (Project One); 4 Harvey; 5 Hopcraft; 6 Morgan Porter (BRK).

Above: A 1st and a 2nd for Sandy Mitchell
pic - TSR Productions

Above: And a 2nd and a 1st for Luke Wooder
pic - TSR Productions

MiniMax
It was anyone’s guess for a winner from the top few in timed qualifying, Connor Hall topping one session from Guan Yu Zhou and Connor Mills, and Lando Norris from Steven Prentice in the other. Philip Rawson languished way down the order. Mills took his two heats, Zhou the other and they would line up at the front of the Final One pack, everyone on slicks despite the wet first corner. Zhou and Mills had a quick trade of the lead before the Shanghai driver escaped by a few lengths, only to be reeled in once more and losing the lead at turn one. Hall set up a renewed challenge on Norris, and took him for third, whilst Rawson fell back to thirteenth after defending a large train of karts for fifth. Many karts came off at the start of the second final, Hall and Mills swapping the lead with Norris having fallen to fifth but rapidly moving up the order. Hall, in the lead, found himself hung out to dry at turn one, Norris now in charge until the flag over Hall, Zhou, Mills and Dave Wooder.

Final 1: 1 Connor Mills (Tonykart); 2 Guan Yu Zhou (Tonykart); 3 Connor Hall (Tonykart); 4 Lando Norris (Tonykart); 5 Dave Wooder (Alonso); 6 Jack McCarthy (Tonykart).
Final 2: 1 Norris; 2 Hall; 3 Zhou; 4 Mills; 5 Wooder; 6 Dan Zelos (Tonykart).

Above: Connor Mills, MiniMAX
pic - TSR Productions

Above: Lando Norris
pic - TSR Productions

Above: MiniMAX driver parade
pic - TSR Productions

Junior Max
Ben Hingeley showed his pace from the outset, quickest in timed qualifying and taking both his heats. Harrison Wignall, Rob Holland the guesting Australian Thomas Randle were next in line, whilst Sam Marsh won the other heat. Hingeley wasted little time in stretching out a 6s lead on his rivals in the first final, chased all the way by Marsh and Kyle Fowlie. The latter succumbed to Holland with a couple of laps to run whilst Toby Sowery came off at Pits defending seventh. With the almost inevitable spinning karts at the first corner, Hingeley sped off once again as Marsh made a late lunge on Holland for second. The Aussie, having finished fifth in the first one, was punted into a spin at the second corner. Jessica Backman took seventh and top Rookie award.

Final 1: 1 Ben Hingeley (Tonykart); 2 Sam Marsh (Tonykart); 3 Rob Holland (Tonykart); 4 Kyle Fowlie (Gillard); 5 Thomas Randle (Tonykart); 6 Ross Gunn (Tonykart).
Final 2: 1 Hingeley; 2 Marsh; 3 Holland; 4 Fowlie; 5 Gunn; 6 Jessica Backman (Tonykart).

Max 177
Although Tom Holland pipped Lucas Orrock in the timed qualifying Orrock was soon back in form to win the first heat, but had to give best to Liam Murphy in the second as they were out on slicks as the downpour started. Holland did make inroads on Orrock’s lead in the first final once he had cleared Murphy, but a small mistake left him settling for second. Tom Pyttlik also charged past Murphy. The second final was almost a repeat, Orrock with Holland in vain chase, Pyttlik in third once he had taken Murphy, but David Griffiths came off at turn one then retired.

Final 1: 1 Lucas Orrock (Kosmic); 2 Tom Holland (Alonso); 3 Tom Pyttlik (Alonso); 4 Liam Murphy (Tonykart); 5 Matthew Nicholson (Tonykart); 6 David Griffiths (GMS).
Final 2: 1 Orrock; 2 Holland; 3 Pyttlik; 4 Murphy; 5 Nicholson; 6 Colin Davis (Tonykart).

Above: Lucas Orrock won both Rotax 177 finals
pic - TSR Productions

Senior Max
The previously dominant Sean Babington started off in similar vein with his fastest timed run over James Singleton, Scott Mackrell and Ash Hand. Charlie Eastwood had the better of Babington in the first heat, Andy King the second, and Mackrell the third with Babington spinning down to twelfth thus putting Singleton and Stewart on the front row for the first final with Babington on an unaccustomed fourth row. Babington was pushed into a big spin at the first corner, his kart damaged, whilst at the front Eastwood briefly took the lead from Singleton only to run wide and give it back. Harrison Scott was next to relieve Singleton of the lead, but Eastwood charged back up for the win, Singleton third. Eastwood led much of the first half of the second final, until Scott made a block pass at the first corner and fell to third. Then Singleton nipped into the lead at Pits corner, and despite massive pressure held on for five laps to win. Babington made an astounding recovery to fourth place, earning him the driver of the day class award.

Final 1: 1 Charlie Eastwood (Tonykart); ; 2 Harrison Scott (Tonykart); 3 James Singleton (Tonykart); 4 John Stewart (Tonykart); 5 Andy King (Tonykart); 6 Thomas Arme (Kosmic).
Final 2: 1 Singleton; 2 Scott; 3 Eastwood; 4 Sean Babington (Alonso); 5 King; 6 Stewart.

Above: Charlie Eastwood
pic - TSR Productions

Above: Harrison Scott
pic - TSR Productions

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	UK Super One Rotax Series, Round 3 Tweet from Graham Smith Edgar’s Hyundai Super One Rotax Series Round 5: Three Sisters, Wigan 25/26 August 2012 Britain’s wettest summer just doesn’t let go, but at least the finals were dry after heavy rain curtailed racing on Saturday afternoon, forcing the last heat to be moved to Sunday. The circuit is near the west coast of England and caught another big rain shower on Sunday morning, then the sun came out. The first corner remained wet much of the day as water came off the hill. Above: MiniMAX podium pic - TSR Productions Above: Senior MAX Final 2 winner James Singleton pic - TSR Productions Honda Cadet Michael MacPherson was perhaps the surprise top timed qualifier over Luke Wooder, who went onto win both heats. Kiern Jewiss joined him on the front row of the first final, where at the start several spun despite all the karts being on wets. On the outside, Jewiss was down to seventh and although he made some progress to pass Sam Munro for fifth and joining the second place battle, he fell back to ninth at the end. Sandy Mitchell rapidly leapfrogged Ronan Graves and Matthew Hopcraft, and sped up to relieve Wooder of the lead on the last lap, then defended to the flag. The second final was red-flagged to a stop after several karts spun to a stop in the middle of the track, through the Valley part. Amongst those were Ben Thompson and Gordon Mutch, all non-starting but ok. At the start Wooder lost a couple of places but soon passed Connor McCarthy and Graves to help push Mitchell clear of the rest for a while. Once Jewiss had sliced through to third, he hauled the pack up to the leaders, briefly even taking the lead. Wooder has just gone into the lead, with Mitchell following when Graves disappeared from the leader board and all course yellow and black flags came out leaving one lap to race to the flag. Wooder, Mitchell and Jewiss all held their top three positions, Elliot Harvey had come up to fourth. Final 1: 1 Sandy Mitchell (Project One); 2 Luke Wooder (Project One); 3 Connor McCarthy (Project One); 4 Matthew Hopcraft (JKH); 5 Ronan Graves (Zip); 6 Elliot Harvey (Zip). Final 2: 1 Wooder; 2 Mitchell; 3 Kiern Jewiss (Project One); 4 Harvey; 5 Hopcraft; 6 Morgan Porter (BRK). Above: A 1st and a 2nd for Sandy Mitchell pic - TSR Productions Above: And a 2nd and a 1st for Luke Wooder pic - TSR Productions MiniMax It was anyone’s guess for a winner from the top few in timed qualifying, Connor Hall topping one session from Guan Yu Zhou and Connor Mills, and Lando Norris from Steven Prentice in the other. Philip Rawson languished way down the order. Mills took his two heats, Zhou the other and they would line up at the front of the Final One pack, everyone on slicks despite the wet first corner. Zhou and Mills had a quick trade of the lead before the Shanghai driver escaped by a few lengths, only to be reeled in once more and losing the lead at turn one. Hall set up a renewed challenge on Norris, and took him for third, whilst Rawson fell back to thirteenth after defending a large train of karts for fifth. Many karts came off at the start of the second final, Hall and Mills swapping the lead with Norris having fallen to fifth but rapidly moving up the order. Hall, in the lead, found himself hung out to dry at turn one, Norris now in charge until the flag over Hall, Zhou, Mills and Dave Wooder. Final 1: 1 Connor Mills (Tonykart); 2 Guan Yu Zhou (Tonykart); 3 Connor Hall (Tonykart); 4 Lando Norris (Tonykart); 5 Dave Wooder (Alonso); 6 Jack McCarthy (Tonykart). Final 2: 1 Norris; 2 Hall; 3 Zhou; 4 Mills; 5 Wooder; 6 Dan Zelos (Tonykart). Above: Connor Mills, MiniMAX pic - TSR Productions Above: Lando Norris pic - TSR Productions Above: MiniMAX driver parade pic - TSR Productions Junior Max Ben Hingeley showed his pace from the outset, quickest in timed qualifying and taking both his heats. Harrison Wignall, Rob Holland the guesting Australian Thomas Randle were next in line, whilst Sam Marsh won the other heat. Hingeley wasted little time in stretching out a 6s lead on his rivals in the first final, chased all the way by Marsh and Kyle Fowlie. The latter succumbed to Holland with a couple of laps to run whilst Toby Sowery came off at Pits defending seventh. With the almost inevitable spinning karts at the first corner, Hingeley sped off once again as Marsh made a late lunge on Holland for second. The Aussie, having finished fifth in the first one, was punted into a spin at the second corner. Jessica Backman took seventh and top Rookie award. Final 1: 1 Ben Hingeley (Tonykart); 2 Sam Marsh (Tonykart); 3 Rob Holland (Tonykart); 4 Kyle Fowlie (Gillard); 5 Thomas Randle (Tonykart); 6 Ross Gunn (Tonykart). Final 2: 1 Hingeley; 2 Marsh; 3 Holland; 4 Fowlie; 5 Gunn; 6 Jessica Backman (Tonykart). Max 177 Although Tom Holland pipped Lucas Orrock in the timed qualifying Orrock was soon back in form to win the first heat, but had to give best to Liam Murphy in the second as they were out on slicks as the downpour started. Holland did make inroads on Orrock’s lead in the first final once he had cleared Murphy, but a small mistake left him settling for second. Tom Pyttlik also charged past Murphy. The second final was almost a repeat, Orrock with Holland in vain chase, Pyttlik in third once he had taken Murphy, but David Griffiths came off at turn one then retired. Final 1: 1 Lucas Orrock (Kosmic); 2 Tom Holland (Alonso); 3 Tom Pyttlik (Alonso); 4 Liam Murphy (Tonykart); 5 Matthew Nicholson (Tonykart); 6 David Griffiths (GMS). Final 2: 1 Orrock; 2 Holland; 3 Pyttlik; 4 Murphy; 5 Nicholson; 6 Colin Davis (Tonykart). Above: Lucas Orrock won both Rotax 177 finals pic - TSR Productions Senior Max The previously dominant Sean Babington started off in similar vein with his fastest timed run over James Singleton, Scott Mackrell and Ash Hand. Charlie Eastwood had the better of Babington in the first heat, Andy King the second, and Mackrell the third with Babington spinning down to twelfth thus putting Singleton and Stewart on the front row for the first final with Babington on an unaccustomed fourth row. Babington was pushed into a big spin at the first corner, his kart damaged, whilst at the front Eastwood briefly took the lead from Singleton only to run wide and give it back. Harrison Scott was next to relieve Singleton of the lead, but Eastwood charged back up for the win, Singleton third. Eastwood led much of the first half of the second final, until Scott made a block pass at the first corner and fell to third. Then Singleton nipped into the lead at Pits corner, and despite massive pressure held on for five laps to win. Babington made an astounding recovery to fourth place, earning him the driver of the day class award. Final 1: 1 Charlie Eastwood (Tonykart); ; 2 Harrison Scott (Tonykart); 3 James Singleton (Tonykart); 4 John Stewart (Tonykart); 5 Andy King (Tonykart); 6 Thomas Arme (Kosmic). Final 2: 1 Singleton; 2 Scott; 3 Eastwood; 4 Sean Babington (Alonso); 5 King; 6 Stewart. Above: Charlie Eastwood pic - TSR Productions Above: Harrison Scott pic - TSR Productions Home
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