Lismore's 2015 Young Guns Titles
| by Geoff Salmon, Sportsvoice | 20 April 2015 |
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An amazing week-end of sunshine and hot conditions welcomed 117 competitors from all along the East Coast of Australia, along with their spanner men, families and friends to the 19th consecutive running of the Young Guns Titles for 2015.
The weather man had indicated the possibility of showers later on Sunday afternoon, these were not to eventuate, drivers and spanner men alike worked feverishly to make the necessary adjustments to ensure the best results on track, the week-end started with qualifying followed by two heats of racing then a prefinal and a final only to count on Sunday afternoon.
The Committee had lived up to all expectations with huge support from a plethora of sponsors to ensure that every driver would walk away with great memories of the event.
All junior classes were included in the title event, starting at the first of the new class’s for 2015 Cadet 9, Cadet 9 Provisional drivers were also given the opportunity to compete against drivers of the same standard, in a separate event, next Cadet 12 with Cadet 12 Provisional drivers also giving the same opportunity as the Cadet 9 drivers.
Next we had the always popular Junior National Light class, and this year, different to last year, where a mid –weight class for the Junior National Light class was presented, the Club gave the C and D grade licence holders the opportunity to compete alone, leaving the more experienced B grade and A grade drivers to race for the title without the more inexperienced drivers being involved.
A small field of Junior Clubman drivers presented to ensure all junior classes would be on hand, the feature class Junior Max had all eyes and ears watching and listening for the final field numbers and by 4 pm Friday afternoon with a field 32 stretching the track density to its limits everyone was looking forward to seeing which driver would receive the converted free test drive in a Formula Ford presented by Tim Peale from Anglo Australia Motorsport.
After an eventful Friday we were to see the J Max field reduced to thirty runners, the Manager of the Lismore City Council Mr Gary Murphy officially opened the meeting at eight thirty Saturday morning and the Young Guns Titles for 2015 was under way.
Due to the photos from Coopers Photography having not arrived at the time of this report, photos are not included in this report. The results of another successful Young Guns Title would not be complete without mentioning and thanking our major Sponsors: St George Kart Centre Wholesale Pty Ltd, Ian Black from International Karting Distributors, Paul Feeney and the Paul Feeney Group, CRG, Dunlop Kart Sports, Herne’s Freight Services, Super Cheap Auto Lismore and Ballina, and a plethora of local class sponsors unfortunately too many to mention in this report. Our sincere thanks for your support and we look forward to seeing you back again in 2016.
Results:
Cadet 9: (9 entries)
1st: Jack WESTBURY
2nd: Adrian HAAK
3rd: Brody SONTER
4th: Marcus WATSON
5th: Dylan BIRSE
Cadet 9 (P) (12 entries)
1st: Harrison LYNE
2nd: Noah SMITH
3rd: Alice BUCKLEY
4th: Jaiden SANTIN
5th: Luke TROST
Cadet 12 (24 entries)
1st: Jai BROWN
2nd: Riley LE GARDE
3rd: Charlie PLOETZ
4th: Oscar COMLEY
5th: Kai WALKER
Cadet 12 (P) (7 entries)
1st: Joshua LAWRANCE
2nd: Brock HEIT
3rd: Harry LAWRANCE
4th: Cooper AGER
5th: Lewis MCCARTNEY
Junior National Light (18entries)
1st: Kaleb MUSTOW – VEAL
2nd: Jace MATTHEWS
3rd: Broc FEENEY
4th: Zac CRICHTON
5th: Blake FARDELL
Junior National Light (C & D Grade)
1st: Seth MATHIE
2nd: Jack WHITE
3rd: Mak HOLDEN
4th: Zac ZAMPROGNO
5th: Jordan MATTERSON
Junior Max (30 entries)
1st: Cameron Shields
2nd: Hunter MCELREA
3rd: Joshua DAVEY
4th: Nathan HADLOW
5th: Tomas GASPERAK
Junior National Heavy (C&D Grade)
1st: Nicholas CURRIE
The presentation was again held at the ITALO – AUSTRALIAN SPORTS AND RECREATION CLUB and we thank the Management and Staff for their generous assistance with the conclusion of the race meeting. The presentation commenced with the Mayor of Lismore Jenny Dowell welcoming everyone to her town, congratulating all the winners and an invitation for everyone to return again in 2016.
- The Test drive at a driver development day in a Formula Ford, Valued at over $2200 sponsored by ANGLO AUSTRALIA MOTORSPORT – The lucky JMAX driver was: Cameron Shields – Congratulations Cameron.
- From Yamaha – 1 quick shade for lucky door prizes and Yamaha prizes for Yamaha motor winners 1st – 3rd place
- From International Karting Distributors – The new Evo JMax engine to be auctioned along with a set of tyres for the JMAX class.
- From the Paul Feeney Group – Vortex MiniRok engine to be auctioned and T – Shirts for Cadet classes podium winners.
- From Dunlop Kartsport –1st place podium winner receives a set of tyres and other Dunlop items for 2-5th place
