Hurricane Round Closes 2016 Western Cup
| by Troy Thompson | 3 July 2016 |
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The final round of WA’s four round series, the Western Cup, was run in changing weather conditions at Hurricane Go Kart Club last week. The day started with rain that kept the track wet until after midday (this put a smile on the dealers faces with wet tyre sales up). The Club did a superb job to get meeting done in a day without cutting any races short, even with the poor weather.
Above: Sam Dicker, 1st in KA3 Senior Light
pic - Bradley Mitchell
The racing was top class with great performances by several drivers. The luckiest would have to be TaG 125 Light driver Bailey Bell who cart wheeled but landed back in his seat and on all four wheels without any injury (same can’t be said for the chassis though). You’ll find the on board footage on YouTube or Facebook.
Driver of the day would have to be Bart Horsten who won both Junior KA4 Heavy and Junior KA3 in his Ricciardo Kart. He dominated KA4 Heavy and showed great maturity in the Jnr KA3 final (the race of the day in my opinion) where he, Damon Papasergio & Flynn Thompson raced bumper to bumper the entire race without trading paint, only 0.2 sec’s separated the three in the end.
Above: James Micucci-Allen (41) defeated Noah Lisle in Cadet 9
pic - Bradley Mitchell
There’s always hard luck stories in racing but one that stood out this weekend was Cadet 12 Craig Spencer’s. He knew he had to win the final to be a chance to win the series, which he did, but Max McRea had done just enough by finishing 2nd in his Arrow take the series by a meagre 26 points.
Another fantastic race was the KA3 Light final; the top 3 drivers Shae Thompson, Sam Dicker and Alex Barboutis went into the race with only 8 points separating them for the day. Alex got the early lead, then Shae took the lead on lap 8 and held it until the last lap when Sam pulled off a solid pass in his Deadly to take the win by 0.06 sec’s.
Above: KA3 Senior Masters winner John Ray
pic - Bradley Mitchell
The old fella’s in KA3 Masters put on a “masterful” final where Warren Pymont, John Rae and Paul Hughes crossed the line with only 0.3 sec’s between them after 15 laps.
And finally the last close final of the day was TaG Heavy where Lewis Shugar, Ryan Barrow and Adrian Fogliani finished 0.3 sec’s apart. “Flogga” made a pass on Taylor Thomas to take 3rd on the last lap.
Round 4 Results
- full results are on CMS HERE
Cadet 12 – 1st Max McRae, 2ndJack Clohessy, 3rd Craig Spencer
Jnr KA4 Heavy – 1st Bart Horsten, 2nd Kieren Ellis, 3rd Max Whiting
TaG 125 Light – 1st Thomas Sparkes, 2nd Alex Barboutis, 3rd Kip Foster
KA3 Masters – 1st Warren Pymont,2nd John Rae, 3rd Paul Hughes
Jnr KA4 Light – 1st Jacob De Cerquiera, 2nd Dylan Ferfolja, 3rd Ryan Bender
KA3 Light – 1st Sam Dicker, 2nd Shae Thompson, 3rd Alex Barboutis
Cadet 9 – 1st James Micucci-Allen, 2nd Noah Lisle, 3rd Marshall Pymont
TaG 125 Restricted Heavy – 1st John Brennan, 2nd Matt Randall, 3rd Paul Pedrotti
Jnr KA3 – 1st Bart Horsten, 2nd Damon Papasergio, 3rd Aaron Love
TaG 125 Heavy – 1st Ryan Barron, 2nd Lewis Shugar, 3rd Adrian Fogliani
KA3 Heavy – 1st Michael Jones, 2nd Braedyn Bowra, 3rd Jayden Peirce
TaG 125 Restricted Light – 1st Josh King, 2nd Roy Tester, 3rd Kerry Foster
Above: 1st in TaG 125 Restricted Light, Joshua King
pic - Bradley Mitchell
Series Results
Cadet 9 – 1st James Micucci-Allen, 2nd Marshall Pymont, 3rd Jackson Mitchell-Rosenaur
KA3 Light – 1st Sam Dicker, 2nd Alex Barboutis, 3rd Shae Thompson
TaG 125 Light – 1st Kip Foster, 2nd Ben Harders, 3rd Thomas Sparkes
TaG 125 Heavy – 1st Nathan Terrell, 2nd Thomas McPherson, 3rd Taylor Thomas
Jnr KA4 Light - 1st Jacob De Cerquiera, 2nd Ryan Bender, 3rd Bradley Nock
KA3 Masters – 1st Warren Pymont,2nd Paul Hughes, 3rd John Rae
Cadet 12 – 1st Max McRae, 2nd Craig Spencer, 3rd Luca Nici
Jnr KA3 – 1st Damon Papasergio, 2nd Aaron Love, 3rd Bart Horsten
Jnr KA4 Heavy – 1st Bart Horsten, 2nd Kieren Ellis, 3rd Max Whiting
TaG 125 Restricted Heavy – 1st John Brennan, 2nd Matt Randall, 3rd Paul Pedrotti
KA3 Heavy - 1st Michael Jones, 2nd Jake Burton, 3rd Jayden Peirce
TaG 125 Restricted Light – 1st Kerry Foster, 2nd Josh King, 3rd Roy Tester
Above: Cadet 12 winner Max McRae
pic - Bradley Mitchell
Above: KA4 Junior Light went to Jacob de Cergueira
pic - Bradley Mitchell
Above: John Brennan (3) won TAG 125 Restricted Heavy, here leading Jarrad King
pic - Bradley Mitchell
Above: Michael Jones, 1st in KA3 Senior Heavy
pic - Bradley Mitchell
Above: TaG 125 Heavy went to Ryan Barron
pic - Bradley Mitchell
Above: TaG 125 Light winner Thomas Sparkes
pic - Bradley Mitchell
Above: Double winner - Bartholomew Horsten took victory in KA4 Junior Heavy and KA3 Junior
pic - Bradley Mitchell