Victorian Kart Championship, Round 1
| 10 April 2017 |
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The opening round of the Victorian Kart Championship was run at Eastern Lions' Puckapunyal circuit over the weekend.
With rain slowing the proceedings on Sunday, officials decided to do away with the fourth heat, leaving the previous three to determine grids for the Final.
Total entry was 190 (see class split below) which included seven interstaters (SA x3, TAS x3, QLD x1).
Above: Cadet 9 Conga line - Harry Arnett (40), Caleb Spence (9), Rusty Ponting (21) and Cadel Ambrose (94) (pic - Pace Images)
Results of the Finals:
TaG 125 Heavy (21 entrants): 1 Aaron Hindle (FA), 2 Scott King (Corse), 3 Max Carter
KA4 Junior Heavy (17 entrants): 1 Nathan Williams, 2 Jordyn Sinni (FA), 3 Nathan Skelton
Cadet 12 (26 entrants): 1 Hugh Barter (Praga), 2 Fletcher Harris (Haase), 3 James Wharton (CRG)
KA3 Senior Light (24 entrants): 1 Matthew McLean (Arrow), 2 Wayne Bourke (Tony Kart), 3 James Sera (FA)
Cadet 9 (9 entrants): 1 Rusty Ponting (FA), 2 Caleb Spence, 3 Thomas Schmidt
TaG 125 Masters (10 entrants): 1 Phil Smith (Kosmic), 2 Steven Riddell (Silhouette), 3 Geoff Wyhoon (Kosmic)
KA4 Junior Light (21 entrants): 1 Jay Hanson (Haase), 2 Kai Allen, 3 Kacey Mann
TaG 125 Light (30 entrants): 1 Bradley Jenner (FA) , 2 Nikolaj Thomas (Kosmic), 3 Justin Francis (FA)
KA3 Senior Medium (14 entrants): 1 Ryan Aitken (Arrow), 2 Remo Luciani (Monaco), 3 Lukas Janev (Kosmic)
KA3 Junior (18 entrants): 1 Christian Pancione (FA), 2 Joshua Smith (Kosmic), 3 Thomas Smith (Kosmic)
Above: Cooper Webster (1) qualified pole and won the opening KA4 Junior Light heats (pic - Pace Images)
Above: Victory in TaG 125 Heavy went to Aaron Hindle (pic - Pace Images)
Above: The top 3 in the KA4 Junior Heavy final - Nathan Williams leads Jordyn Sinni and Nathan Skelton (pic - Pace Images)
Above: Cadet 12 form up for their Final, James Wharton (13) on pole alongside Marcos Flack (11) (pic - Pace Images)
Above: Jay Hanson, 1st KA4 Junior Light (pic - Pace Images)
Above: Fletcher Harris attacks the kerbs on the way to 2nd in Cadet 12. (pic - Pace Images)
Above: Brad Jenner enjoyed a clean sweep in TaG 125 Light (pic - Pace Images)
Above: Cadet 12 winner Hugh Barter (68) checks out the photographer! (pic - Pace Images)
Above & Below: National Champion Matt McLean got the job done for Arrow in the KA3 Senior Light final (pic - Pace Images)
Above: Rusty Ponting takes the Cadet 9 win (pic - Pace Images)
Above: Steven Riddell leads Phil Smith in TaG Masters, but positions were reversed by the end of the final (pic - Pace Images)
Above: Stephen Simpson highwheels, TaG Masters (pic - Pace Images)
Above: Hanson had margin across the line in the KA4 Junior Light final, but it was close for 2nd between Kai Allen (26) and Kacey Mann (64) (pic - Pace Images)
