Category: Karting UK

Image © Kartpix.net After what feels like an age, the British Karting Championship has burst back into action at Rowrah for the opening round of the Iame paddock’s sesason. Thanks to various local restrictions, some big names were missing from the paddock, but the man on form, Nathan Tye was present and correct. Qualifying showed that Tye wouldn’t have things his own way this time, as could ‘only’ manage 4th fastest on Saturday, around 4 tenths behind pole man Macauley Bishop. 2nd was Fusion’s Zac Drummond who was over 2…

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Final. Porter holds the lead from pole under the Litchfield bridge for the first time, but he had Rhys Hunter for close company as the leading pair tried to put some distance between themselves and the rest of the field. Behind, engine problems for Cunnington would see him fall down the order pretty quickly. At the front, Porter would loose the lead to Rhys Hunter, before falling into the clutches of his brother Kai in 3rd. Porter tried to cover the first corner but the pair made contact with ended…

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The biggest grid of the weekend, is the one that usually provides the most action packed racing. That’s the Junior X30 field. 36 drivers would do battle around PFi for the coveted GP plate. As qualifying kicked off, it was clear it was going to be close. Setting the pace was KR-Sport’s Freddie Spindlow, lapping just 0.05 faster than Fusion’s Oliver Greenall who had a 0.09 in hand over Sam Shaw. Alicia Barrett was 4th for Fusion with Harvey Charter and Luke Watts completing the top 6. Returning to X30…

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Another packed grid of karts would contest the Junior Rotax class, being one of 2 Junior classes on the bill. Every year, some drivers attempt to do the double and win both classes, with just 1 driver taking up the challenge this year. That driver being Strawberry Racing’s Aaron Walker. Qualifying wouldn’t fill him with confidence, after Sam Pollit Racing’s Luis Gardner took the top time with a 58.66, just over a tenth clear of Mattie Hingeley and Callum Voisin who couldn’t be split by the stop watch. Dan Holland…

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Another 35 drivers would race PF International in the Honda Cadet class for the British Kart Grand Prix, with a bumper grid and the usually close cadet racing, this was going to be a good one. The Hondas were also the only class to have a standing start. Qualifying showed exactly how close, with Devon Nolan leading an SFR Motorsport 1-2, lapping the 1382 meter circuit in 1:07.33 seconds, just 0.05 ahead of his team mate Max Cuthbert. A further 0.01 behind was Ewan Charman and Ambition Motorsport team mate…

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Just 9 drivers would take to the track in Mini Max, after a 1 year absence from the Kartmasters paddock last year. The drivers would share the track with the Mini X30 drivers for qualifying and the heats on Saturday, before getting the track to themselves for the pre-final and the main event on Sunday. Fastest in qualifying was Dan Holland Racing’s Harry Linden, pulling out a 1:01.08 to mix it in with the Mini X30. He would have a mamouth gap to 2nd place Pierson Bullock-Carter whose fastest time…

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Possibly the most competitve field of them all, with some of the biggest names in the sport gracing the paddock. One name not present was 9 time Kartmasters winner Ben Barnicoat, who has won the Senior X30 title for the last 3 years. He swapped PF International for Silverstone and a Formula 3 car. Rising to the top of qualiyfing was one of the more famous names on the grid, that being 2017 CIK World Champion Danny Keirle, the only driver to lap PFi in less than 57 seconds. Blake…

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Image © KartPix.net A decent grid of 21 Mini X30 drivers would share the track with Mini Max for the heats, before splitting off for the finals. From the start, there looked to be one name at the top of the time sheets, that being Croc Promotion’s Gabriel Stilp. Fresh off his UKC victory, he set the pace at PFi by almost half a second over Henry Gregory before the ever fast Vinnie Phillips who was just 0.02 behind Gegory in 3rd. The first heat proved that qualifying isn’t everything,…

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Image © KartPix A near capacity grid of 35 drivers would contest the biggest race of the season, and (strangely) the first major event of the season, the British Grand Prix. With cash prizes on the line, as well as the coverted ‘GP’ plate, it would be every man for himself. The early pace was set by Nathan Tye, who topped qualifying, lapping the PF International circuit in 1:07.39, just under a tenth faster than Strawberry Racing’s Ethan Jeff-Hall in 2nd. Noah Wolfe would pop up into 3rd for Fusion…

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