Manchester & Buxton Kart Club Round 10
Three Sisters was the venue for the 10th and final round of the MBKC at Three Sisters on the Club circuit. Despite being so late in the season, there was still plenty of titles still up for grabs.
Bambino Comer
The Bambino title had already been wrapped up by O plate holder Riley Cranham, and as a result, just 3 karts arrived at Three Sisters to take part. It was a dominant showing for Max Mason, who was consistently over 1.5 seconds faster than the rest of the drivers. He won every heat and the final by just under 3 seconds from Luis Stonier who sealed second in the championship after a close battle with Aston Browne with 0.03s between them.
Iame Cadet
The Iame cadet title looked to be going the way of Ben Price, after a dominant show with a total of 4 victories in the run up to the previous round. However, Ben was excluded from the last round, which means he carries a 0 score in his total, which has blown the championship wide open. His closest rival is Ted Bradbury, who stands a real chance of taking the title. The 29 kart field wouldn’t make his life easy though, especially with some top class drivers visiting the circuit in preparation for next year.
Price struggled in the heats, his best finish being 6th in heat 3, add that to 24th in heat 1 and 10th in heat 2, meant he had work to do from 13th on the grid. Title rival Bradbury fared better, 8th, 6th and 3rd putting him 6th on the grid. The story of the weekend was Harry Burgoyne, who won heat 1 and 2 for ORM and climbed 10 places to finish 12th in heat 3. He would line up 2nd for the final, with Vinnie Phillips having a more consistent run with 3rd, 4th and a win to line up on pole.
Burgoyne got the lead off the start and started a 3 way fight between himself, Phillips and Brandon Carr who had moved up fro 5th to take the lead by half distance. The trio held a small advantage over the chasing pack for the whole race, that pack eventually being headed by Ted Bradbury who sealed the title by 14 points after dropped scores were accounted for. Price had to settle for 2nd thanks to his exclusion at round 9. The battle for 2nd was a close one in the end, with Gabriel Fairbrother just 1 point behind Price and Dain Tucker a further 5 points behind him in 4th.
Mini X30/Junior X30/Senior X30
Despite the news that the British Karting Championship will visit Three Sisters next year, there was just 1 of each X30 class present for the final round of the season.
Daniel Bolton set some quick times over the course of the weekend in his Mini X30, sharing the track with Jessica Edgar’s Junior X30. The heats finished the same way with Jessica ahead of Daniel, but the gap not being as big as you may think, just 15 seconds separated the pair after 12 laps around the very fast Club circuit.
Aaron Walsh mean while had a much racier weekend, sharing the track with the 19 kart Senior Rotax field. Aaron started each race around 10 seconds behind the chasing pack, but managed to carve through the field in each race, managing a best finish of 10th in heat 2, a solid drive by anyone’s standards.
Junior Max
The Junior Max title had already been decided, with the champion William Chadwick moving up to Senior Max, it was all about the fight for 2nd. It could of been Ilmars Braucejs or Chaz Highton who took the runner up spot. Chaz was chasing and would need to out score Braucejs by 4 points to make it happen.
The heats spoke volumes in that battle with Braucejs finishing ahead of Highton in every heat. The heats themselves were hotly contested by Mattie Hingley and Brody Trayhorn, who shared the wins over the course of the day. Trayhorn would take 2/3 to score pole for the final while Hingley would have to settle for second.
When the final kicked off, the front row held position and set about building a gap over the chasing pack. Hingley wasted no time in taking the lead off Trayhorn, managing to do so after the 2nd lap. The two then built a near 4 second gap over the course of the 12 lap race, with Trayhorn not being able to get passed the UltimateR driver at the chequred flag. Braucejs managed to get himself on the podium to seal 2nd in the championship while Highton finished down in 7th meaning he would have to settle for 3rd.
Senior Rotax
The Senior Max class was the Alex Pendlebury as has been the case for much of the season. Pendlebury scored wins in 2/3 heats, finishing 2nd to Thomas Neill in heat 3. That meant that Alex score pole position for the final. He would be joined by Junior Max title winner William Chadwick.
When the final kicked off with Chadwick taking the lead from Pendlebury, but it didn’t last long. Pendlebury managed to get passed Chadwick and then quickly drove away from the field. Chadwick would fall down the order, firstly being passed by Daniel Youd, then loosing out in a battle with 4 karts to drop him down to 7th at the flag. Ian Sisson had a strong run to come home 3rd.
Pendlebury’s 6th win of the year gave him the title by 5 points over Tom Geany, who’s only win came after Pendlebury failed to finish at round 2.
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