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Tom Holden wins in rain affected final

Tom Gibson

The third round of the Cadet Kart Championship saw the paddock head to Fulbeck in Lincolnshire. A field of 27 CKC 105 drivers took to the track for another action packed weekend of racing. This time though, the weather would have a hand in proceedings. The weekend started with qualifying on the Saturday to set the grid for the next day’s heat. Topping the 8 minute session was Jared Fox-Whiteley. His time of 51.716 was just 0.030 seconds faster than Ben Adrian could manage. Championship leader Riley Wright would start…

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Rhys Knight steals the show in Junior Prokarts

Tom Gibson

A bumper grid of Pro karts descended on Fulbeck for the 3rd round of the Junior Kart Championship. A total of 11 drivers would take to the track for the heats and finals on Sunday. Heading into this meeting Maximus Shields has been unstoppable in the class, but this time he would have some stiff competition. Qualifying showed how close things would be, with Shields bagging the pole by just 0.03 seconds over Lennon French. The battle for 3rd would be even closer, with Sebastian Parreira and Connor McCarthy separated…

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Russell and Mentier take top honours in JKC Rotax classes

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Junior racing is always extremely competitive, and round 2 of the JKC at Lydd was to be no exception. 15 Junior rotax drivers would be joined by 2 Mini Max drivers over the course of the weekend. Qualifying showed how close the Junior Max field would be, with the top 9 drivers separated by just over a second. Leading the field was Declan Russell, whose time of 37.778 was enough to score pole ahead of George Donald and Jacob Jukes, who returned to the series after his accident at Whilton…

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Maximus Shields wins the closest race of the year in Junior Prokarts

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Image © Stu Stretton/Foxy Red Photography Another new class for the CKC this season is the Junior Pro Kart class, designed as a low cost route into Junior karting, Lydd sees the second time they have featured on the package. 5 drivers would take to the track, but they would go out and put on a real show! In qualifying, the 5 drivers were separated by just 4 tenths of a second. Maximus Shields set the pace at 42.865, while Krystian Oblag and Sebastian Parreira lapping the circuit in the…

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Lewis Goff takes second win of the season in CKC112

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Image © Stu Stretton/Foxy Red Photography A new class for the Cadet Kart Championship in 2021, the CKC112 cadets caters for drivers who are a touch over the 105kg weight limit for the standard cadets, giving them somewhere competitive to race. For round 2 at Lydd, 5 drivers made the trip down south, with championship leader Lewis Goff looking to make it 2 wins from 2 events. In qualifying, it was Addison Smith who took the top spot with a time of 44.067, just under half a tenth faster than…

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Riley Wright doubles up in CKC 105

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Image © Stu Stretton/Foxy Red Photography The second round of the Cadet Kart Championship saw the paddock make the trip south to Lydd, with a total of 24 drivers making the trek in the Cadet 105 category. The weekend kicked off with qualifying on Saturday to decide the grid positions for the heats. After the 8 minute session, round 1 winner Riley Wright topped the time sheets by just over a tenth from Leon Barlow who in turn had a tenth in hand over Jared Fox-Whiteley. At the end of…

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Lewis Goff takes opening CKC 112 honours

Tom Gibson

Image © Karting Everything The Cadet Kart Championship is all about bringing as many people as possible into owner driver karting. That lead to the 112kg cadet category, to give those drivers who are taller (and usually heavier) than the new drivers in Honda Cadet a place to race. Thanks to the increased weight limit, and the limit on having 4kg of ballast on your kart, the CKC 112kg class is that place. For the opening round of 2021, 5 drivers took to the track in the class, joining on…

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Wright and McInerney share Cadet 105 honours

Tom Gibson

Image © Karting Everything The Cadets returned for 2021, blasting into action at Whilton Mill for the opening round of the Cadet Kart Championship. Using the venerable RPM tuned GX200 engines, this is one of the closest cadet classes in the country. Its also one of the most popular, with 38 drivers in the 105kg class. The grid would be split into 2 groups, the red and blue groups. Each having their own heats and finals and scoring their own points for the overall championship. The blue group would also…

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Oliver Buckton steals the day in Junior Rotax

Tom Gibson

Image © Karting Everything One of the new additions for the CKC in 2021 proved why it is the place to race for junior drivers. The Junior Max class provided some of the closest races of the weekend, with the races regularly going down to the final couple of laps. It also helped that the whole field was rediculously close. The grid of 16 juniors shared the track with the Mini Max category, meaning the slower karts could get caught pretty quickly during a race. The opening heat would set…

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Corey Fowler leaves Whilton Mill with JKC Mini Max lead

Tom Gibson

Image © Karting Everything Another new class for the CKC this season is Mini Max, the half way house between cadets and the full Juniors. Around Whilton Mill, the location of the opening round, the Mini Max class are around a second per lap off the Juniors. Despite the pace difference, the younger drivers would be mixing it with the Juniors. The opening heat win would go the way of Liam Hartley, coming home 13th overall. He managed to get a kart between himself and 2nd placed Corey Fowler, who…

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