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Russell and Mentier take top honours in JKC Rotax classes

June 8, 2021June 8, 2021 Tom GibsonCKC, JKC, Junior, Lydd, Round 2

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

June 8, 2021June 8, 2021 Tom GibsonCKC, Prokart, Round 2

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

June 8, 2021June 8, 2021 Tom GibsonCadet, CKC, Honda, Lydd, Round 2

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

June 8, 2021June 8, 2021 Tom GibsonCKC, Round 2

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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Iame British Karting Championship – Shenington

May 15, 2019March 22, 2020 Tom GibsonBritish Championship, Iame, Round 2, Shenington0 comment

Round 2 for the Iame classes saw the series head to Shenington just a month after the opening round at PFi. This time, there were a few less drivers in some of the classes, but the quality was seriously on the rise. Kimber vs Keirle, the rematch Saturday was the battle of the K’s: Kimber, Keirle and King. The trio were at the top of the time sheets for almost the entire day. Qualifying showed how close these three were, as King and Kimber set identical times, a 42.35s. Keirle…

WSK: Patterson beats Travisanutto to OK win

February 26, 2019March 22, 2020 Tom Gibsonkartrepublic, Lonato, Patterson, Round 2, Super Masters, Tony Kart, Travisanutto, wsk0 comment

The OK class had was one of the smallest grids at 66 of the weekend, but it had some real star quality. But it was a different name at the top of the time sheets, in Ward Racing’s Dino Beganovic who set the pace in qualifying. Second was Gabriele Mini’ and Dexter Patterson 3rd. CRG’s Gabriel Bortoleto with Noah Milell rounding out the top 5. Down the order was Dilano Van T Hoff in 12th and Aleksey Sizov, who had a strong showing at Round 1 down in 39th. Mini’…