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KARTSPORT TARANAKI NEWSLETTER | Issue 48 PAGE 1
Newsletter of KartSport Taranaki
WPKA Goldstar Series Opener produces Fireworks
The opening round of the 2016/17 Manawatu & TRC Toyota WPKA Goldstar Series at Todd Energy Raceway was staged on Sunday. The meeting attracted over 60 entries from across the North Island and as far south as Christchurch. KartSport Taranaki had a number of rookie and seasoned drivers taking part across the six classes during a hot but windy race day
Cadet ROK was represented by Bronson Pierce in his first step-up to the bigger meetings and he had a solid hit-out in a borrowed kart to finish up in 9th in both the heat races and the 12 lap Grand Prix. An impressive achievement, as he was competing against the eventual winner and current South Island Champion Louis Sharp from Christchurch and a hard-charging North Island Champion from Wellington so Pierce will be one to watch in future.
New Plymouth’s 12 year old Thomas Boniface had to work hard for his Vortex Mini ROK class win, driving his sisters 12 year old chassis after selling his Tony Kart Nordix in preparation for a switch to car racing. Boniface drove very consistently, securing only one race win but still taking the event win by 3 points over Auckland’s Liam Sceats and Mason Potter. Logan Smith of Hawera showed fantastic pace during the day but suffered from slower traffic holding him up, still finishing the weekend in 5th. Other drivers to do well were Harris Krogh (14th), Ben Isaac
(15th) and Luke Barnett-Bright (20th). Boniface was 3rd in the class Grand Prix behind Liam Sceats and recently crowned South Island champion Zac Christensen of Christchurch. The Final was marred by a significant crash involving 10 karts and causing a red flag. However, there were no serious injuries to drivers but some wallets took a hammering and most of the karts were able to restart the Final.
Ryan Wood from Wellington was another driver to claim a class and GP race win, this time in the Rotax Max Junior class. But with both last season's Vortex Mini ROK class winner Jackson Rooney and inaugural New Zealand ROK Cup Vortex Mini ROK title holder William Exton now running in the Rotax Max Junior class Wood's job is not going to get any easier. As it was both he and Rooney claimed two heat wins apiece and both ended up with the same score, the final result having to go to countback with Wood getting the nod from Rooney, Exton and second-generation Hawke's Bay racers Zac Stichbury and Ronan Murphy, a result which was mirrored in the class Grand Prix race. Rooney twice broke the class lap record during the day and scored the same number of wins, seconds and thirds as eventual winner Wood. Bell Block’s Nathan Cox charged hard all day, ending up 9th in the event and 10th in the Grand Prix.
Braden Parsons of Palmerston North went one better in the ClubSport 120 class, claiming three heat wins from five starts meaning the 2015/16 season series' runner-up took the round win from Taranaki’s Derek Lawrence and Ivan Smith, the latter who has made a return to karting after a long hiatus. Others competing in the ClubSport 120 class from Taranaki were Roger
Pepperell (4th), Garth Lacey (5th), Richard Krogh (6th) and Stuart Frew (8th). All these drivers experienced how close this class is and produced some fantastic racing.
There was a surprise in 125cc Rotax Max Light class, with Christchurch's kart-turned-stock-car star Scott Manson staging a winning return to his roots to claim round honours from locals Logan Boyde and Campbell Jamieson. Boyde is the current NZ1 and NZ Grand Prix Champion in the Road Racing formula, but did not quite have enough to hold off Manson who won 4 of the 5 heats.
The big news in the Open class was the winning return of Manawatu’s Andrew Hoare, who won the round from New Plymouth's Brendon Jury and Rangiora's Chris Cox, and the Open Grand Prix race from Clint Beaumont from Palmerston North, Cox and Brendon Jury. The gearbox karts were simply too fast in the hot and sticky conditions, although Jury did extremely well to stay in touch with the super-fast karts.
After a break over summer the 2016/17 Manawatu & TRC Toyota WPKA Goldstar Series will resume at the KartSport Wellington club's George Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Raceway at Kaitoke on Sunday 05 March.
February 2014 Kartorque
In this issue:
President’s report
Event reports
Coming events
Jokes & Quotes
And more…..keep reading
November 2016 Kartorque
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RESULTS
2016/17 Manawatu & TRC Toyota WPKA Goldstar Series Round 1 - Todd Energy Raceway, Nov 20 2016
Cadet ROK 1. Louis Sharp; 2. Tom Bewley; 3. Emerson Vincent; 4. Kiahn Burt; 5. Hugo Neale; 6. Ollie Workman Vortex Mini ROK 1. Thomas Boniface (Tar); 2. Liam Sceats; 3. Mason Potter; 4. Asten Addy; 5. Logan Smith (Tar); 6. Logan Manson Rotax Max Junior 1. Ryan Wood; 2. Jackson Rooney; 3. William Exton; 4. Zac Stichbury; 5. Ronan Murphy; 6. Riley Jack ClubSport 120 1. Braden Parsons; 2. Derek Lawrence (Tar); 3. Ivan Smith (Tar); 4. Roger Pepperell (Tar); 5. Garth Lacey (Tar); 6. Richard Krogh (Tar) Rotax Max Light 1. Scott Manson; 2. Logan Boyde (Tar); 3. Campbell Jamieson (Tar); 4. John Wallace; 5. James Higgins; 6. Brent Symes Open 1. Andrew Hoare; 2. Brendon Jury (Tar); 3. Chris Cox; 4. Jacob Cranston; 5. Mike Jury (Tar); 6. Clint Beaumont
Cadet Grand Prix 1. Louis Sharp; 2. Kiahn Burt; 3. Emerson Vincent; 4. Tom Bewley; 5. Ollie Workman; 6. Judd Christiansen Vortex Mini ROK Grand Prix 1. Liam Sceats; 2. Zac Christensen; 3. Thomas Boniface (Tar); 4. Logan Smith (Tar); 5. Mason Potter; 6. Jacob Douglas Rotax Max Junior Grand Prix 1. Ryan Wood; 2. Jackson Rooney; 3. William Exton; 4. Zac Stichbury; 5. Ronan Murphy; 6. Jamie van den Berk Senior Grand Prix 1. Andrew Hoare; 2. Clint Beaumont; 3. Chris Cox; 4. Brendon Jury (Tar); 5. Jacob Cranston; 6. Mike Jury (Tar)
Photo credit: Victoria Jack Photography
Club News
Results from our September clubday can be found further down in our newsletter.
We have the Jetsprints Series here again on 10th & 11th December. Great opportunity to get amongst all the action. Be sure you don’t miss out this time.
A heads up! Our track will be closed to all club members on December 4th due to Motorcycle training.
If you have been at an event; I would love to hear from you, so I can put a report in our newsletter. Contact me on [email protected]
Watch this spot for upcoming working bee news!
Presidents Report – Mike Jury
Hi Everyone, Well the first round of Goldstar is behind us now. As a club, we need to give a big thanks once again to Steve & Donna Boyde, Maurice Frost, Donna Boniface and all her team in the kitchen, and the rest of our committee and volunteers that make these events run so smoothly. A lot of time and effort goes into these events which results in positive comments from out of towners who attend the event. The work these people do really does make the difference. Well done to all those who competed. We had some great results from our members. I hope you all enjoyed having the larger fields to compete in and will now travel to the next rounds for some great racing. I hope to see plenty of entries at this weekend’s Club Champs round. It’s always a good meeting to attend so drag all your karts out and we’ll see you there. Keepsie trophies will be awarded at the end of the day at prizegiving. The committee are in the process of doing a Health & Safety Review at the track, so you will notice a few changes happening in the track signage and briefings at club days. Please take note of all the signage and warnings that are given so we can make things as safe as possible for all who attend the Todd Energy Raceway. If anyone has any safety issues they would like looked at, please feel free to let me know so we can address them. Hope to see you all at Club Champs. Mike.
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Just Saying…
Birthdays for December
Grandad Barney 3rd Garth Lacey 3rd Hamish Dwyer 5th David Pascoe 12th Ken Kyte 12th Stacey Biesiek 12th Noah Pepperell 14th Logan Boyde 18th
Ethan Sanderson 18th Brad Still 24th Matthew Wilson 26th Connor Ingram 27th
Many happy returns to all these members on your birthday!
Next Club Day: 27 November 2016
Event: KartSport Taranaki Club Champs Duty Class : Junior Classes Direction: Anti-Clockwise Convenor(s): Mike Jury Gates open: 7.15 Scrutineering: 7.45-8.30 Drivers briefing: 9.00 Tuning runs: Straight after drivers briefing Lunch: 12.00 BBQ & Prizegiving at the conclusion of the day!
2016 Karting events… City of Sails, 30/31 Jan, Auckland
Superkarts Rd 1, 6/7 Feb, Taupo
Sulphur City/ROK Cup/Prokart Rd1, 13/14 Feb, Rotorua
RMC Rd1, 20 Feb, Manawatu
RMC Rd2, 21-Feb 2015, Manawatu
Goldstar Rd3, 6 March, Wellington
Sprint Nationals/ROK Cup, 25-27 March, Hamilton
Superkarts Rd 2, 2/3 Apr, Taupo
Top Half Rd 1, 10 Apr, 2015, Tokoroa
Citrus/Prokart Rd 2, 16/17 Apr, BoP
RMC Rd 3, 23 Apr, Rotorua
RMC Rd 4, 24 Apr, Rotorua
Goldstar Rd4, 1 May, Hawke’s Bay
Superkarts Rd3, 7/8 May, Hampton
G Tremain Memorial/Prokart Rd 3, 14/15 May, Tokoroa
Top Half Rd 2, 29 May, BoP
Superkarts Rd 4, 4/5 June, Manfield
Goldstar Trophy Rd/ROK Cup, 5 June, Taranaki
Winter Cup/Prokart RD 4, 11/12 June, Hamilton
Top Half Rd 3, 26 Jun, Mt. Wgtn
NZ Schools/ROK Cup, 16/17 Jul, Taranaki
Top Half Rd 4, 31 Jul, Auckland
Superkarts Rd 5, 6/7 Aug, Manfield
RMC Rd 5, 20 Aug, Wellington
RMC Rd 6, 21 Aug, Wellington
KartSport Conference 27/28 Jul
Blossom, 3/4 Sept, Hawke’s Bay
RMC Rd 7, 10 Sep, Hamilton
RMC Rd 8, 11 Sep, Hamilton
NZ Superkarts & GP, 24/5 Sep, Hampton Downs
North Island Sprint Champs, 22/23 Oct, Hawke’s Bay
South Island Sprint Champs, 22/23 Oct, Canterbury
Superkarts Rd 6, 29/30 Oct, Taupo
Goldstar Rd 1, 20 Nov, Taranaki
Taranaki Club Champs, 27 Nov
Jokes
A woman caught her husband on
the weight scale, sucking in his stomach.
“That won’t help you, Joe, you know?”
“Oh it helps a lot,” says the man, “it’s the only way I can see the numbers!”
“Sir, you cannot fish here!” “Don’t worry, I’m not fishing, I’m just teaching my worm to swim.”
A girl asks a boy: "Peter, how much do you love me?" The boy looks her in the eyes, "Look up at the stars, that's how much I love you."
The girl is confused, “But it’s morning, there are no stars?” Boy nods, "Exactly!"
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The wife just loves it when I go racing and spending OUR
money......
Tonight I dreamed of a beautiful walk on a sandy beach. At least that explains the footprints I found in the morning in the cat litter box.
Knock! Knock! Jokes!
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Canoe! Canoe who? Canoe come out and play with me today?
Knock, knock Who’s there? Who! Who who? That’s what an owl says!
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Lettuce. Lettuce who? Lettuce in, it’s cold out here.
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Honey bee. Honey bee who? Honey bee a dear and get me some juice.
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Wooden shoe. Wooden shoe who? Wooden shoe like to hear another joke?
I wonder what my parents did to fight
boredom before the internet. I asked my 17
brothers and sisters and they didn't know
either.
The following are compliments of David Sera’s Facebook page.
When dad says…. ‘Stop playing follow the leader’
Young karters excuse – ‘The kart in front was going too slow’
Quote of the month
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Club Officials
Position Name Contact Details
Patron Maurice Frost (06) 758 8891 or [email protected]
President Mike Jury [email protected]
Vice President Campbell Jamieson [email protected]
Secretary Maurice Frost (06) 758 8891 or (027) 440 3835
Treasurer Brendon Reid [email protected]
Club Captain Brendon King
Senior Steward Steve Boyde (027) 555 4530 or [email protected]
Newsletter Donna Boniface [email protected]
Race Secretaries Karen Jury [email protected]
Wendy Burrows
Webmaster De-anne Smith (027) 319 4813
Membership De-anne Smith (027) 319 4813
Committee Peter Cottam [email protected]
David Cox
Cornelis van Zyl (021) 0256 5530
Richard Krogh
Lauren Thompson [email protected]
Machine Examiners Robert Boniface (021) 514 046 or [email protected]
Logan Boyde
Steve Boyde (027) 555 4530 or [email protected]
Maurice Frost (06) 758 8891 or [email protected]
Cornelis van Zyl (021) 0256 5530
If you need any help, advice, information or just want a chat, feel free to contact any of the team above!
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October 2016 Club Day Results – Round 3 Winter Series
Class Position Number Driver
Cadet 1 86 Hugo Neale
2 27 Bronson Pierce
3 9x Tallen Cottam
4 63x Tommi Hjorring
5 72x Markko Ayling
Vortex Mini ROK 1 42 Logan Smith
2 NS Thomas Boniface
3 93 Harris Krogh
4 9 Ben Isaac
5 6 Noah Pepperell
6 10 Jackson Reid
7 96X Luke Barnett-Bright
8 64 Corbin Smith
Formula Junior 1 18 Nathan Cox
ClubSport 120 1 41 Gary Soper
2 61 Derek Lawrence
3 71 Stuart Frew
4 19 Richard Krogh
5 31 Brendon Reid
6 99x Craig Webby
7 42 Roger Pepperell
8 86 Dave Hammond
9 11x Travis Cottam
Open 1 49 Brendon Jury
2 48 Mike Jury
3 93 Kane Frost
4 65 Brendon King
Rotax Heavy 1 96 Jayden Smith
2 84 Richard Johnson
3 79 Stephen Beck
4 6 Lauren Thompson
5 51 Duane Taylor
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Rotax Light 1 50 Campbell Jamieson
2 25 Logan Boyde
3 7 Jonathan Dwyer
4 84 Robbie Johnson
5 11 Travis Young
6 710 Connor Quin
GRAND PRIX
Cadet GP 1 27 Bronson Pierce
2 63x Tommi Hjorring
Vortex Mini ROK GP 1 42 Logan Smith
2 93 Harris Krogh
3 9 Ben Isaac
4 96x Luke Barnett-Bright
5 NS Thomas Boniface
6 6 Noah Pepperell
7 64 Corbin Smith
8 10 Jackson Reid
Senior GP 1 25 Logan Boyde
2 50 Campbell Jamieson
3 7 Jonathan Dwyer
4 84 Robbie Johnson
5 96 Jayden Smith
6 710 Connor Quin
7 65 Brendon King
8 6 Lauren Thompson
9 48 Mike Jury
10 49 Brendon Jury
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