Randle Makes Senior Debut On Birel
Tweet| 30 October 2012 |
press release
Thomas Randle made his senior karting debut at the Canberra Rotax Pro Tour round on the weekend. Significantly, Randle switched to the Birel chassis, campaigning one of the Italian brand's RY30 models.
After qualifying 8th, Randle carded heat 4th, 4th and tenth (having led before an off track excursion) in the heats before taking 5th in the pre-final from grid 9.
Above: Thomas Randle in action in Canberra on the weekend
Starting fifth in the Final, he came out on top of a had fought battle with Brock Plumb and Andrew Carey to take the final podium position behind seasoned campaigners Pierce Lehane and Daniel Rochford.
Thomas will be racing the Birel RY30 chassis again this weekend, competing in Rotax Light at the South Australian State Championships.
The extra seat time will further familiarise him with the Birel kart before taking on the World's best Junior Rotax drivers in Portugal next month at the Rotax MAX Challenge World Final.
Above & Below: Randle making his senior karting debut
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