You Beauty! Kosmic Karts Are Champion Four Years Running
| team press | 27 September 2013 |
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MATTHEW WATERS WINS THE 2013 CIK STARS OF KARTING IN KF
1ST Matthew Waters (Kosmic) 2ND Troy Loeskow (Kosmic) and 3RD George Geranis (Kosmic) in the KF Championship! The team competed in the final round of the CIK Stars of Karting Series at the famous Todd Rd circuit on 22nd September.
This was to be a very important race meeting for the team with Matthew Waters going into the final round with the lead in the championship. The team has put many hours of work into securing the championship and it was this race meeting we would see the fruits of our labor.
Above: The Kosmic team and the green Aust #1 plate
KF QUALIFYING
In qualifying the 4 drivers Matthew Waters, Joshua Smith, Dimitri Agathos and Lachlan Gibbons all hit the track with high expectations. Waters and Smith both showed that the Kosmic package was very competitive, both drivers putting themselves in the Top 5 shootout for Pole position.
At the end it was 4th for Smith and 5th for Waters in the shootout laps, not pole, but the Kosmic chassis was working very well and both drivers said they had a good race package. Gibbons and Agathos had a difficult qualifying and would start from further back than what they wanted.
KF SATURDAY
On Saturday the Heats would be raced and Smith proved very fast in each race Waters also raced at the front in the heats however he made contact with another driver in heat 2 and suffered a DNF. This put some pressure on him and the title chase closed to within a few points going into Sundays 2 finals.
KF SUNDAY
Smith started on grid 3 in the first final on Sunday and made a great start moving into 2nd early but contact with another driver soon ended his race.
Waters continued his good pace to finish in 2nd and set himself up with a good points lead going into the final race. Agathos and Gibbons showed some good speed in the first final but no luck again for them.
The second final Waters only needing to finish within the top 9 to secure the KF National Championship and he started from the front row. Smith, Gibbons and Agathos all had to start from the rear of the grid due to the first final. Gibbons came through to finish 11th, Smith put in a very determined drive to storm through from last and 100m behind in the first lap due to a crash in front of him to finish 7th and right on the tail of the leading group, Agathos had a final to forget even though he set some fast times he was caught up in the opening lap crash.
Matthew Waters drove a smart race to finish 6th but could of easily finished on the podium, however with the championship in mind he chose not to fight positions and finish to win the National Championship for Kosmic to make it 4 years in a row that the Kosmic kart brand has won the title!
Above: Matthew Waters
THANK YOU:
Aim Sports Systems for the data, Remo Luciani for mentoring the team, RK chains reliability is the key, AMR engines, Talon sprockets, Kosmic Racing Department for their ongoing support, the series organizers for a great series, and all the mechanics and support staff of the team.
