Lismore Kart Club Series, Round 2
| from Geoff Salmon, Sportsvoice | 26 April 2013 |
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After a Saturday that was very wet, the sun came up on a Sunday that promised an absolutely fabulous day, we were not to be disappointed, even though the ground was wet underfoot from the rain on Saturday. The Cooloola Coast was holding a meeting on the same day and there is a chance that a number of drivers with their families may have opted for the drive north. Irrespective of this possibility, sixty six drivers along with their spanner men arrived at Lismore Kart Club for the last meeting before the Lismore Young Guns to be run on the 3rd, 4th and 5th May 2013, the track looking in fine shape after a working bee by the Committee and Members was held recently. All was in readiness for the meeting, the format all heats count, which is the normal format at Lismore. Race distances were three heats of ten and a final of fifteen, Cadets and Rookies three heats of eight and a final of twelve. With no qualifying the format was Luck of the Draw and Reverse for the first two heats, lowest points to the front for the third heat and finishing position in the third heat to determine grid positions for the final, all points count.
Cadets.
A field of nine runners presented themselves to the starter for the first heat.
Heat 1.
At the completion of the first lap Nathan Herne (#29) lead Jai Brown (#9) with Jac Preston (#43P) holding third, followed by Rusty Ross (#58), Thomas Gallagher (#3P) the second of five P Platters running in the class. Nathan Herne (#29) was to go on and take the win in the first heat from Jai Brown (#9) and third Rusty Ross (#58) after gaining that position with a pass on Jac Preston (#43P) on lap five. With Kai Walker (#37P), Zach Archer (#27P) and Tyler Collins (#16P) recording DNF’s just one lap short of the required distance, Blake Archer (#28P) finishing with likewise just one lap earlier. Best Lap time by Nathan Herne (#29) with a 36.469 on lap nine.
Heat 2.
Nathan Herne (#29) continued his winning way with a win in the second heat, followed again by Jai Brown (#9) with Jac Preston (#43P) running third after a pass on Rusty Ross (#58) who, finished with a DNF just two laps later. The fastest lap recorded by Nathan Herne with a 36.708 on lap three.
Pre Final.
Nathan Herne (#29) was truly making a day of it with a clear win in the pre final. With a lap distance the same as the previous two heats there was no change in second place, Jai Brown (#9) with Rusty Ross (#58) after his DNF in the second heat going on to finish third. With the fastest lap again by Nathan Herne (#29) with a 36.522 in lap four.
Final.
The final started with brisk start from Nathan Herne (#29) being closely followed by Jai Brown (#9), third early Rusty Ross (#58) and then the first of our P Platters Jac Preston (#43P).Further back Blake Archer (#27P) taking advantage with a pass on Zach Archer (#28P) (brothers?) moving from ninth to eighth. After a battle that lasted for ten of the twelve laps Jai Brown (#9) passed Nathan Herne (#29) and held on to take the win. Nathan Herne (#29) finished in second position with Rusty Ross (#58) third and the first P Platter Jac Preston (#43P) finishing a pleasing fourth. Fastest lap and Nathan Herne took the honours with four from four fastest laps with a time of 36.324 on lap seven. After points were tallied the final results were Nathan Herne (#29) with just two points from Jai Brown (#9) with six points and a very pleased Jac Preston (#43P) third with fifteen points.
Rookies.
A field of nine presented for the first heat with some notable drivers attending Ryan Suhle (#5) down from Ipswich for final tuning prior to the Young Guns, also present Oliver Bayliss (#46).
Heat 1.
At the completion of the first lap Ryan Suhle (#5) lead the field followed by Oliver Bayliss (#46), third Ben Mansfield (#8), Eryn Osborne (#31) sitting back in fourth keeping her options open early, Marcos Innes (#65P) one further back in fifth, Kurt Orlanno (#118) up to fifth passing Marcos Innes (#65P) and then Ryan Newell (#48) getting the pass completed on Kurt Orlanno (#118) on lap three, Kurt Orlanno (#118) back to sixth, meanwhile Eryn Osborne (#31) moving up to third with a pass on Ben Mansfield (#8) on lap four. Marcos Innes (#65P) with a DNF just one lap shy of the required number. Order at the completion of the first heat saw Ryan Suhle (#5) take the win, second to Oliver Bayliss (#46), third after a good drive Eryn Osborne (#31). With both Dmitri Nommensen (#92) and Lachlan Butler (#50P) failing to record a completed lap. Fastest lap recorded by Ryan Suhle (#5) a time of 35.823 on lap seven.
Heat 2.
At the completion of the first lap Ryan Newell (#48) lead the way followed by Ryan Suhle (#5) chasing hard, Dmitri Nommensen (#92) after a DNS in the first heat showing his potential running third, fourth Oliver Bayliss (#46) and fifth Kurt Orlanno (#118). Eryn Osborne running in sixth on lap one falling back as far a ninth on lap three before moving forward again into seventh past Lachlan Butler (#50P), then forward again past Ben Mansfield (#8) to finish the second heat in overall sixth. Further forward Ryan Suhle (#5) making short work of Ryan Newell (#48) moving up to take over the number one spot, Ryan Newell (#48) dropping back one further spot to third on lap three, Dmitri Nommensen (#92) dropping back firstly to fourth after a pass by Oliver Bayliss (#46) on lap two then one further to fifth after a pass by Ben Mansfield (#8) on lap three. The P Platters were having a wonderful time pushing each other along, Lachlan Butler (#50P) up as high as seventh on lap three before dropping back to finish in eighth, Marcos Innes (#65P) following suit , up to eighth on lap three before dropping back to finish ninth. At the completion of eight laps Ryan Suhle (#5) taking the win from Oliver Bayliss (#46) third to Ryan Newell (#48). Two drivers into the 36 second bracket both Ryan Suhle (#5) and Oliver Bayliss (#46) with Ryan Suhle (#5) recording a 36.243 on lap eight and Oliver Baylis (#46) just .359 of a second slower with a 36.602 on lap five.
Pre Final
The completion of lap one saw Ryan Suhle (#5) was continuing his run and leading from Eryn Osborne (#31), third Ben Mansfield (#8) and fourth Dmitri Nommensen (#92), Oliver Bayliss (#46) sitting back in fifth. Positions were to change in the second and third laps with Oliver Bayliss (#46) moving up past Dmitri Nommensen (#92) into third place, also past Eryn Osborne (#31) in to second on lap three; Ryan Suhle (#5) went onto finish the pre final in front of Oliver Bayliss (#46) with an encouraging drive from Eryn Osborne (#31) to finish third. Again only two drivers into the 36 second bracket, with Ryan Suhle (#5) and Oliver Bayliss (#46), Ryan Suhle (#5) coming off best with a 36.277 time on lap seven.
Final.
The final over twelve laps was to see only four drivers finish, and as was expected Ryan Suhle (#5) lead from start to finish with Oliver Bayliss (#46) chasing, another great drive from our young lady Eryn Osborne (#31) with a well-deserved third. Kurt Orlanno (#118) finishing just one lap before retiring, with Ben Mansfield (#8), Ryan Newell (#48),Lachlan Butler (#50P) and Marcos Innes (#65P) all out on lap eleven just one lap shy of the required distance. Two drivers this time into the 36 second bracket, Oliver Bayliss (#46) and Eryn Osborne (#31) with times of 36.732 and 36.785 respectively, but Ryan Suhle (#5) with a 35.904 time on lap nine, made it four from four.
Junior National Light.
A big field of seventeen drivers presented themselves to the starter for the first heat of Junior National Light, all obviously here to put final touches to their campaign for the Young Guns Titles in the next three weeks.
Heat 1.
Wow, we were in for some furious racing in this class, at the completion of the first lap we saw Natasha Herne (#29) closely followed by Ben Wilcox (#86) with local Kaleb Mustow-Veal (#75) back in third, Brock Owen (#51) not far away in fourth, Damon Ash (#61) fifth and Dakoda Daniels (#87) running hot in sixth, seventh Layton Butler (#69), eighth Thomas Steele (#10), ninth Jake Wheeler (#92) and the top ten topped off by Timothy Aebi (#6). Ben Wilcox (#86) passed Natasha Herne (#29) on lap three, Kaleb Mustow-Veal (#75) up past the young lady on lap four, Natasha Herne (#29) back to third, Brock Owen (#51) continuing in fourth, Damon Ash (#61) continuing in fifth until lap six and passed by Thomas Steele (#10) now up to fifth, Damon Ash (#61) back to sixth, Dakoda Daniels (#87) sixth until lap three drops back to eighth being passed first by Marc Tulloch (#21) and then by Rueben Goldsby (#65) on lap four, keeping up! Good, the final five positions for the first heat were as follows, Ben Wilcox (#86) second Kaleb Mustow-Veal (#75), third Natasha Herne (#29), fourth Brock Owen (#51), and fifth Thomas Steele (#10). Jake McRae (#77) not recording a lap time. The fastest lap was recorded by Ben Wilcox (#85) a lap time of 35.181 in lap ten, twelve of the runners recording laps quicker than thirty six seconds. Jake McRae not recording a lap time.
Heat 2.
A reverse grid for the second heat threw the ball game straight out the window, after the completion of the first lap Sebastian Blindell (#18) lead followed by Timothy Aebi (#6), third Reuben Goldsby (#65), fourth, Jake Wheeler (#92) and fifth Marc Tulloch (# 21). Sebastian Blindell (#18) lead for the first two laps before being passed by Reuben Goldsby (#65) on lap three after a pass on Timothy Aebi (#6) on lap two, Layton Butler (#69) with a DNF on lap three to take no further part, Thomas Steele (#10) moving through from seventh up to sixth on lap five past Jake Wheeler (#92) then forward again past Sebastian Blindell (#18) up to fifth on lap six, moved forward again this time past Timothy Aebi(#6) into third and remained in that position through until the finish of the heat, meanwhile Reuben Goldsby (#65) having taken the lead from Sebastian Blindell (#18) on lap two went on to record the win. Marc Tulloch continuing to move forward into fourth on lap three past Jake Wheeler (#92) and then up to second on lap five past Timothy Aebi (#6) to finish second. Third to Ben Wilcox after moving from sixth up to fifth on lap four past Jake Wheeler (#92) then past Sebastian Blindell (#18) into third and remained in that position until the end of the heat. Meanwhile we watched Thomas Steele (#10) having a great time of it and finally finishing fourth, fifth place going to Timothy Aebi (#6). The fastest lap was recorded by Ben Wilcox (#86) with a time of 35.079 on the last lap of the heat, lap ten.
Pre Final
The pre final again over ten laps and at the completion of the first lap Ben Wilcox (#86) lead from Marc Tulloch (#21) then third Natasha Herne (#29) Thomas Steele in fifth spot, moving to fourth past Reuben Goldsby (#65) on lap three the first four spots remained as is through until the completion of the pre final. Kaleb Mustow-Veal (#75) seventh after the first lap moving forward into sixth past Brock Owen (#51) on lap three and holding that position through until lap seven before again moving forward this time past Reuben Goldsby (#65) into fifth spot and was to hold that position until the end. Reuben Goldsby (#65) meantime in fourth on the first lap went back to fifth on lap three then sixth on lap seven. Damon Ash (#61), having a day not to his liking finishing in seventh, with Brock Owen (#51) eighth, Jake Wheeler (#92) ninth and Timothy Aebi (#6) looking for a better finish in tenth. Fastest lap recorded by Kaleb Mustow - Veal with a time of 34.705 on lap ten. Nine drivers recording their best laps on lap ten, we were in for one hell of a final.
Final.
Natasha Herne (#29) jumped away smartly and led at the completion of the first lap being chased by Ben Wilcox (#86) third Damon Ash (#61) with speed early, fourth Kaleb Mustow - Veal (#75) running smoothly with Marc Tulloch (#21), fifth and gaining. Lap two saw major changes with Ben Wilcox (#86) into the lead, second Natasha Herne (#29) Kaleb Mustow - Veal (#75) up to third, fourth Marc Tulloch (#21) up one spot, with Thomas Steele (#10) up to fifth from sixth at the start, Ben Wilcox was not headed for the remaining fourteen laps and came away with the win, second after a battle through the ranks from fifth then to fourth another move forward on lap five to third and finally passing Natasha Herne (#29) on lap twelve into second. Natasha Herne (#29) a great drive leading after lap one then holding second from a team of ferocious young men through until lap twelve finished a terrific third. Kaleb Mustow Veal (#75) from fourth up to third then back to fourth on lap five after a great tussle with Thomas Steele (#10) finishing in fourth, Thomas Steele (#10) another mighty drive to finish fifth. Reuben Goldsby (#65) fighting his way through from ninth at the start up to eighth on lap three, then seventh on lap nine, before moving up to sixth with just two laps remaining. Following in seventh, Timothy Aebi (#6) then Jake Wheeler, (#92) eighth from Damon Ash (#61) looking far from his best in ninth and Brock Owen (#51) was rounding out the top ten, the fastest lap in the final going to Ben Wilcox (#86) with a lap time of 34.808 in lap six. Bring on the Young Guns.
After points where tallied the overall win went to Ben Wilcox (#86) from second Marc Tulloch (#21) and third a wonderful result for Natasha Herne (#29) this young lady certainly kicking some egos today. At the last count there where thirty one entries for Junior National Light for the Young Guns and I don’t expect that to be the final count.
Junior National Heavy.
A field of just four drivers presented themselves to the starter for the commencement of the first heat.
Heat 1
Matthew Neil (#53) led on the completion of the first lap closely followed by Dean Wiegman (#76) who moved forward to take over the lead on the second lap, Jayden Butler (#53) running third after the first lap moved forward up into second place past Matthew Neil (#6) on lap two, the first heat was to finish with Dean Wiegman (#76) taking the win from Jayden Butler (#6) and Matthew Neil (#53) finishing third. The fastest lap recorded by Dean Wiegman (#76) with a time of 35.957 on lap ten.
Heat 2.
Heat two was a repeat of the first heat, with a start to finish win by Dean Wiegman (#76) with Jayden Butler (#6) second and third going to Matthew Neil (#53) fourth place to Brock Hanly (#18), fastest lap going to Dean Wiegman (#76) with a faster time than his best in Heat one a 35.746 on the same lap as the first heat lap ten.
Pre Final.
The pre final saw a repeat of the first two heats with Dean Wiegman (#76) again taking the win from Jayden Butler (#6) second and third going to Matthew Neil (#53) fourth place to Brock Hanly (#18), fastest lap going to Dean Wiegman (#76), again a quicker time with 35.646 this time on lap eight.
Final.
Just one change in the final, with Dean Wiegman (#76) taking the win from Matthew Neil (#53) second, the change coming with Brock Hanly (#18), running third, Jayden Butler (#6) with a DNF on the first lap, fastest lap going to Dean Wiegman (#76), a 35.885 on lap six.
The overall winners after points were tallied, first Dean Wiegman (#76) from Matthew Neil (#53) second and Brock Hanly (#18) third.
Sportsman National Light.
Only one driver presented for this class, Evangeline Blindell (#21).
Clubman Light.
Only one driver presented for the class, Brock Greedy (#31)
Clubman Heavy.
Only one driver presented for the class, Jordan Greedy (#91)
Sportsman Light.
A field of nine drivers presented themselves to the starter for the first heat of racing and an impressive list it was.
Heat 1.
At the completion of the first lap Michael Slade (#34) led from Brett Llewellyn (#28) with Chris Burley (#8) running third, fourth Michael Bill (#13) then Daniel Burley (#46) fifth, the second lap saw changes throughout the field with Chris Burley (#8) moving past Brett Llewellyn (#28) into second, Michael Bill (#13) holding onto the lead until lap four before being relegated back one spot Chris Burley (#8) moving forward to take over the top spot, and was to hold this position until the finish, Adam Briggs (#72) meanwhile having a battle coming from sixth on lap one past Daniel Burley (#46) up to fifth then another pass on Michael Bill (#13) up to fourth on lap three, then forward again past Brett Llewellyn (#28) into third and finally on the penultimate lap nine past Michael Slade (#34) who, had held second place from lap four, with Adam Briggs (#72) going on to finish second, a hard fought third to Michael Slade (#34) and fourth to Brett Llewellyn (#28). Fifth to finish was Daniel Burley (#46), the fastest lap was recorded by Chris Burley (#8) with a 31.328 in lap six.
Heat 2.
Heat two saw Dean Amos (#2) drive through the full ten laps without being headed, second a similar situation with Chris Burley (#8) third going to Adam Briggs (#72) with a last lap pass on Aaron Rabjones (#22) finishing in fourth, how many times have we watched Adam Briggs (#72), pull off a last lap manoeuvre when he was driving National class! Michael Slade (#34) finishing in fifth, after a pass in lap seven over Daniel Burley (#46) secured that position for him, Daniel Burley (#46) sixth, Brett Llewellyn (#28) untroubled in seventh, eighth going to Michael Bill (#13) Bradley Trivett (#55) not recording a time in the second heat. Fastest lap recorded on lap seven by Chris Burley (#8) with a time of 31.273.
Pre Final.
Well, the pre final showed that the front runners had done whatever was required to their machinery, and the racing was fast and furious throughout the ten laps of the pre final, Chris Burley (#8) after achieving the fastest lap in the second heat went on to take the win from Adam Briggs (#72) a much improved performance from this young man since the start of the new year, next home to Michael Slade (#34) an all the way third, from Daniel Burley (#46) a similar all the way fourth and Bradley Trivett (#55) fifth. The fastest time recorded in lap two by Chris Burley a time of 31.302.
Final.
We were set for a ripper final over fifteen laps, Chris Burley (#8) shot away from the start and was not headed, Burley to take the win by .571 of a second over Adam Briggs (#72), who finished 1.861 seconds in front of third place of Michael Slade (#34) next a further 1.562 seconds back Daniel Burley (#46) from Bradley Trivett (#55) just .440 of a second in fifth. The fastest lap was recorded in lap two by Chris Burley (#8) a time of 31.302.
The overall placing’s, first to Chris Burley (#8) with zero points, from Adam Briggs (#72) nine points, and third to Michael Slade (#34) with fourteen points.
Tag 125 Restricted Light.
Eleven drivers presented themselves to the starter for the first heat of racing.
Heat 1.
At the completion of the first lap Michael Scutt (#14) led from a charging Logan Campbell (#2) and Jason Coughran (#5) running third, Rod Green (#41) fourth with Shane Rixon (#8) fifth. The second lap saw Jason Coughran (#5) move forward into second, with Logan Campbell (#2) back one into third, Rod Green (#41) in fourth through until the fourth lap moved forward into third, Logan Campbell (#2) back to fourth after the pass by Rod Green (#41), Bianca Hearne (#3) sixth from lap one through until lap eight before being passed by Logan (#2) on the penultimate lap to finish in fifth at the end of the heat. Logan Campbell (#2) after a too and thro battle with Rod Green (#41) finishing in fourth, Rod Green (#41 fifth and Shane Rixon sixth, seventh going to the first of our P Platters Lex Pedersen (#54P). The fastest lap was recorded by Rod Green (#41) with a time 32.759 on lap six.
Heat 2.
With the reverse grid in heat two Bianca Herne (#3) bolted away to led after the first lap from Rod Green (#41) running second then came Cameron McPherson (#43) from Jason Coughran (#5) who held position four right up to the second last lap before dropping back to finish ninth. Meanwhile closer to the front Michael Scutt (#14) was to hold fifth position until the penultimate lap before taking advantage of some misfortune with others to move into fourth place. Cameron McPherson (#43) had an untroubled run to finish third, whilst Rod Green (#41) waited until lap five before relegating Bianca Herne (#3) back one spot into second, Rod Green (#41) taking the win. The fastest lap was recorded by Logan Campbell (#2) who finished in fifth position with a time of 32.650.
Pre Final.
At the completion of lap one Rod Green (#41) led from Michael Scutt (#14) with Bianca Herne (#3) in third, fourth Jason Coughran (#5), these positions where not to change throughout the pre final. Next home Cameron McPherson (#43) who after running in sixth for the first two laps was able to secure the position from Logan Campbell (#2) on lap three. Logan Campbell (#2) to drop back and finally finish in tenth. Our first P Platter home in sixth position was Lex Pedesen (#54P). The fastest lap was recorded by Michael Scutt (#14) with a time of 32.750.
Final.
The final over fifteen laps saw Michael Scutt (#14) lead from start to finish, being chased by Rod Green (#41) in second, again from start to finish, a great drive from Bianca Herne (#3) to drive to an impressive third. Logan Campbell (2) finishing in fourth after an ever changing battle with Cameron McPherson (#43) finishing in fifth. First P Platter home was Lex Pedesen (#54P). The fastest lap in the final was recorded by Rod Green (#41) with a time of 32.666 on lap five.
After points were added the overall positions stood as, first to Rod Green (#41) ( Rod it appears has put his Clubman engine to one side and is how embracing the 125 class ).with a total of five points, second to Michael Scutt (#14) with six points and third to Bianca Herne (#3) with thirteen points. The Herne family would be very proud of the performances from Bianca, Natasha and young Nathan, throughout the meeting.
Tag 125 Restricted Heavy.
The Tag 125 Restricted Heavy class presented four drivers to the starter for the first heat of racing.
Heat 1.
The first heat over ten laps was to see Elwyn Garrard (#90) take control for the win in heat one, second going to Mark McGavin (#14) with third place to Brian Tarrant (#20), fourth Shane Timmerman (#22P). The fastest lap was recorded by Elwyn Garrard (#90) with a time of 33.375 on lap seven.
Heat 2
Mark McGavin (#14) got the jump at the start of the second heat and led throughout, second going to Elwyn Garrard (#90) and third to our P Platter Shane Timmerman (#22P) with fourth to Brian Tarrant (#20). The fastest lap was recorded by Mark McGavin (#14) with a time of 32.286 on lap five.
Pre Final
Mark McGavin (#14) was to take the win in the pre final from Elwyn Garrard (#90) in second with our P Platter Shane Timmerman (#22P) in third, Brian Tarrant (#20) did not record a time in the pre final and was recorded a DNS.. The fastest lap was recorded by Mark McGavin (#14) with a time of 33.307 on lap five.
Final.
Mark McGavin (#14) took an all the way win in the final from Elwyn Garrard (#90) second and third going to our P Platter Shane Timmerman (#22P). Brian Tarrant (#20) with a DNF on lap one.
After points were added the overall positions for the Tag 125 Restricted Heavy class stood as Mark McGavin (#14) with two points, Elwyn Garrard (#90) second with six points and our P Platter Shane Timmerman (#22P) third with thirteen points, fourth), Brian Tarrant (#20) who completed only two heats with seventeen points.
Well, that completes the second race report for the Lismore Kart Club in 2013; I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. This report can be read on http://www.sportsvoice.com.au/index19.html
Until next time, bye for now.
Geoff Salmon Sportsvoice.
