Rotax Nationals - The Final Wrap
| 16 September 2013 |
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Yes yes yes, this is way way late - but better late than never, right?
A final instalment of photos and news from the 2013 Australian Rotax Championships from last month.
- There is also an updated gallery on the Pro Tour Facebook page
Above: Ten of the 12 World Final ticket winners (L to R, back row) Tyler Greenbury (Senior MAX), Rick Pringle (DD2 - Rick subsequently withdrew due to work commitments, his place taken by Brendan Nelson), Daniel Rochford (Senior MAX), (middle row) Jason Pringle (DD2), Hamish Leighton (DD2 Masters), Daniel Richert (DD2 Masters), Adam Hunter (DD2 Masters), (front row) James Abela (Junior MAX), Liam McLellan (Junior MAX), Joseph Burton-Harris (Junior MAX). Missing from the photo are Pierce Lehane (Senior MAX) and Lucas Ward (DD2).
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Reigning champion Pierce Lehane got mixed up in the mid-field but recovered to 4th in the final, then jetted off to France for the Euro MAX finale
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Michael Saller leads Kel Treseder and Lee Mitchener in the Rotax Heavy pre-final
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Kerbrider sales and service - one or many pit/team/trade stands at Pucka (heaps more were posted HERE on the Friday of the event)
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Jess Golding being interviewed by Josh Hunt. Golding is aiming to represent Australia at the 2018 Winter Olympics in the sport of Skeleton (like Luge, but face forward)
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Bring out the pretty girls (above) and the cameramen pay full attention! (below)
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Fastest qualifiers - (L to R) Jason Pringle, Brenton Mountjoy, Kel Treseder, Kyle Angel and Kiwi Marcus Armstrong
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: A motor issue resulted in a DNF for Jason Pringle in the DD2 pre-final. He carved through the field to take 2nd in the final
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: The local army band marched in for the official opening ceremony
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: The club house verandah was always packed
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Blaine Densley in the Rotax Light pre-final. The Gippsland member was a likely top ten in the final, but he crashed out on lap 6
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Brenton Mountjoy (49) observes Dave Sera managing pre-final oversteer
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Mitchell Hewitt, Rotax Light
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above & Below: Tyler Greenbury (65) and James Sera (95) get together in the Rotax Light pre-final
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Rotax Light pre-final, Sera leads Brad Jenner, Brenton Mountjoy and Andrew Carey. Jenner suffered a rare engine failure just laps later, effectively ending his championship chances
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: The best way to end a national event - hauling a bucket of engine parts out of tech inspection! This is Kel Treseder's Rotax Heavy motor after it got the all clear.
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: You might have seen a similar photo somewhere else? Well, if you read KARTX Magazine, you'd have seen a cripser version where everyone has their eyes open! Ash Budd gets up close as David and George Sera celebrate 15 National Championships. Dave's biggest problem now? His business card is out of date! (it says he's a x14 National Champion)
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: The Formula K / Pro Karting trailer. Do the prestine karts get top rack, and the roughed up ones go to the bottom? (The trailer is currently for sale - see HERE)
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Speaking of Formula K, the boys have fun with their "two podiums" signal, in reference to Lee Mitchener and Callum Walker's second positions in Rotax Heavy & Junior MAX respectively. Walker's was a most impressive run. Having qualified 2nd, he was relegated to the rear, pink slipped for 'weaving'. Despite this, he pulled 6th in the pre-final. Formula K's Cash van Belle (far left) was in Australia to witness the local Jace Lindstrom led team's effort
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Good effort from Jaie Robson, taking 3rd in the DD2 final, his best result of the meeting
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: IKD always do something different with the trophies at the Rotax Nationals. This year it was army hats for the winners
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Rotax Light final, the run to the flag...
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
pic - a spectator
Above: and past the flag...
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above & Below: Bare chassis
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Work doesn't stop once the race is over. The Sera and Greenbury machines in the impound area being stripped of their engines for measuring
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Adam Mercer (41), Mark Domaschenz (12) and Troy Morrissey (10) come to grief in the Rotax Light final
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: It was not a great final for outgoing Rotax Heavy champ Matt Wall, or Brendan Nelson, carding 9th and 11th
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Lee Mitchener pirouettes across the infield after being tagged by Kel Treseder, RH final
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Kip Foster, 5th in DD2 Masters
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Brent Coughlan leads Klinton Hancey and Danny Wright in DD2 Masters
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Pre-final winner Adam Hunter (24) slides under DD2 Masters final winner Daniel Richert
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Junior Trophy podium. Don't worry, IKD now supply alcohol-free bubbly
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: DD2 Masters podium
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Rotax Heavy podium
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Rotax Light podium
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Junior MAX podium
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: DD2 podium
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
