BECCLES & DISTRICT KART CLUB

CLUB MEETING 31st May 2004

The third round of the 2004 summer championships was held at Ellough on 31st May.

COMER / WTP CADET

A good turnout of karts for the final, with pole sitter Sam Blake away from the green light ahead of Thomas Stanway and Oliver Hodgson. Sam going wide on an infield corner allowed Thomas and Oliver through but quickly settled down in third place. The leading trio began to open out a gap to fourth place driver Oliver Hindle, doing his best to hold off Rhys Malyon in fifth. In the sunny, dry conditions, grip appeared to be very good, with all karts staying on the racing line, overtaking was proving difficult. Bobby Griffin however, proved to be the exception. He worked his way through the field from fourteenth on the first lap to eigth at the finish. At the flag, Oliver Hodgson taking the win just ahead of Thomas Stanway in 2nd spot. Sam Blake a few metres behind in 3rd with Rhys Malyon in 4th. Oliver Hindle coming home in 5th ahead of Simon Harris in 6th position. Michael Headland with some steady driving in 12th place overall received the restricted trophy.

HONDA CADET

Connor Summers made the most of three good heat finishes to start on pole. Keeping the lead for the first half of the lap, until Curtis Ayres slipped past at the hairpin. Gordon Smith immediately pulling in behind them in third place. By lap five, Conner had retaken the lead, which he held to take the chequered flag. Curtis Ayres finishing strongly in 2nd, with Gordon Smith in 3rd. Gordon also receiving the restricted trophy. Mitch Squire coming home in 4th place.    

JUNIOR ROTAX MAX

An exciting race, with plenty of overtaking between the two Olivers, Oliver Hindle and Oliver Walker. The lap charts show that Oliver Thorpe crossed the line in first place for the first eight laps but they don’t show that both drivers swapped places twice on each lap. Walker taking the lead by dominating the inside line at the first corner and Thorpe retaking the lead on the infield corners or at the hairpin. On lap nine, Walker made his usual move at the end of the start straight to go back into the lead, but this time kept to the racing line giving Thorpe no chance to get past. The race finishing in that order, Oliver Walker in 1st place just ahead of Oliver Thorpe in 2nd. Peter Masters following up in 3rd with Jack Piper in 4th. A steady drive from James Canham in 5th, closely followed by Jamie Fordham in 6th.

MINI-MAX

With the junior max and mini-max fields running separate finals this time, the quality of racing was much improved as both groups didn’t get in each others way. Pole sitter Nicholas Wones, getting away from the lights and straight into the lead. Josh Bass and Bradley Smith fighting over second place. Daniel Fisher on their rear bumper in fourth place. On lap four, Bradley made his move and slipped past Josh into second. Nicholas had already pulled out a good lead so the rest of the field were fighting over second place. Nicholas continued to drive consistently so took the chequered flag by a good margin. Bradley Smith holding on to 2nd place with Josh Bass in 3rd. Daniel Fisher coming home in 4th ahead of Liam Hamilton in 5th position. James Mulley taking the restricted trophy and 6th overall.   

SENIOR ROTAX MAX

A grid of twenty senior Rotax karts started the final race of the day. Gordon Chenery on pole with Reece Broady beside him. At the end of the first lap, Joe Scorey had come through from fifth on the grid to second with Leyton Nisbett in third. Gavin Petty sitting in fourth was ideally placed if the leaders slipped up. Early in the second lap, Scorey made a move on Chenery but ended up sitting on the side of the track. Leyton moved up to second and Gavin up to third. Not too far back in fourth was Liam Lambert, chasing hard for those extra points. On lap twelve Liam caught up and passed Gavin and started after Leyton. Leyton, with consistent driving was only a few metres off the back end of Gordon. Mark Bowen showed some quality, coming through the field, fourteenth on the first lap to fifth place on lap thirteen. At the end, Gordon taking the win ahead of a fast finishing Leyton Nisbett, claiming a well deserved 2nd place and collecting the marshals Driver of the Day trophy for his efforts. Liam Lambert in 3rd closely followed by Gavin Petty.  Mark Bowen in 5th with Jamie Lambert in 6th position. David Paynter receiving the 1st restricted trophy.

Brian Hilliard