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With a reasonable result from Dorricott likely to be enough to secure the title, it was down to Kameron Khan and Ben Graham to fight over 2nd. Graham had a few points to make up, but starting the final from the front row would give him a good shot.
Heat 1 Alexander Dorricott got off to
a good start from pole
leaving Matteo Strathmann
and Zach Walters behind in
the fight for 2nd. Mikey
Gleeson was making good
progress through the field
from 7th to sit in 4th by the end
of a slippery lap 1. Walters
grabbed 2nd from Strathmann
on lap 2 and got his head
down in the pursuit of leader
Dorricott. Connor Brown was
challenging Gleeson for 4th,
nipping ahead on lap 3, but
Gleeson came back at him
to regain the position by the
end of the lap through turns 4
and 5. Walters had left
Strathmann behind in 3rd, but
was not closing on Dorricott
who had the race under
control from the front. Brown
and Gleeson had caught
Strathmann on the final lap to
make it a three-way fight for
3rd with Gleeson getting
ahead through turns 2 and 3
using a bit of contact
resulting in a penalty, but
Dorricott took the win from
Walters, Gleeson, Strathmann
and Brown.
Heat 2
Finley Ahmad-Hambling led
from the start with Max
Vening holding onto 2nd
ahead of Oliver Mooij and
Sebastian Chodyko. Mooij
got caught out at the far end, giving Chodyko a run at Vening for 2nd, getting ahead on lap 2 at turn 4 with a move up the inside. Chodyko then set after Ahmad-Hambling, getting onto the back of him at the end of lap 3 before having a half spin at the final corner, letting Ahmad-Hambling off the hook and giving 2nd place back to Vening. Mooij had recovered back up to 4th as Chodyko began to attack Vening once more and got back ahead with a lap remaining but time ran out for Chodyko as Ahmad-Hambling took the win ahead of Chodyko, Vening, Mooij and James Higgins.
Heat 3 Harvey McBrien led from
pole as the field filed into
turn 1 with William Egby a
kart length behind in 2nd and
Milo Pilford all over Egby’s rear bumper in 3rd. Pilford
went deep into Vale on lap
2 allowing Max
Oshaughnesy to slip through,
but Pilford got ahead as the
two met on their differing
wet lines with some contact
which was deemed as a
racing incident. Pilford was
onto the two leaders as
Egby got ahead of McBrien
and the three battled for the
lead. Egby and McBrien
were both awarded
penalties for contact with
each other, leaving Pilford
effectively in the lead of the
race despite being third on
track. Pilford grabbed 2nd
from McBrien into turn 2 on
the final lap and then took
the lead from Egby at turn 3
as the three of them got
very close together. Pilford
took the chequered flag
from McBrien, Egby,
Oshaughnesy and Brendan
Sathees.
Heat 4
After a false start, lap 1 saw
Alex Hamilton and Mikey
Gleeson fight it out for the
lead of the race leaving the
rest of the field behind.
Finley Ahmad-Hambling was
Graham on his way to winning the final round of 2014
Graham Wins. Dorricott Champ
Inkart Round 11 – 30th
November 2014
By Thomas McMurray
Finley Ahmad-Hambling was
running in 3rd and was
gradually closing the gap to
Gleeson in 2nd as Hamilton
seemed to have fended off
Gleeson and had pulled a
small gap at the front. The
final lap saw Hamilton with a
small lead over Gleeson with
Ted Rivett now in 3rd, just
ahead of Ahmad-Hambling.
Rivett was closing down on
those ahead of him quickly,
but time ran out as Hamilton
won ahead of Gleeson, Rivett,
Ahmad-Hambling and
Ambrose Witherspoon.
Heat 5
Brendan Sathees led into turn
1 with Oliver Tipping hot on his
heels. Tipping grabbed the
lead through turn 1 with
Kameron Khan moving from
5th to 2nd. Khan was soon on
Tipping’s rear bumper, challenging him for the lead
as Sebastian Chodyko joined
the leading pair to form a trio.
Chodyko was quickly passed
Khan and onto the back of
Tipping, before passing him
through the final corner on lap
2. Chodyko soon gapped the
chasing pack as Tipping held
off Khan, Zach Walters and
Josef Smillie. Tipping picked up
a penalty for contact as the
chequered flag was readied
for Chodyko. Smillie was back
ahead of Walters on the final
lap and took Khan for 3rd
through turn 6 as Walters got
hung out on the outside of the
corner. Chodyko won from
Tipping, Smillie, Khan and
Walters.
Heat 6
Dan Hudes lost out at the start
as Yaron Jarvis got the jump to
grab the lead into turn 1 with
Milo Pilford holding onto 2nd.
Pilford quickly began to
pressure Jarvis for the lead as
Ted Rivett made his way into
3rd to be just a kart length
behind the leading pair. The
red flag was brought out as a
precaution to deal with an
incident involving Matteo
Strathmann, with the race
getting back underway with a
full course yellow for a lap. The
green flag waved at the
start/finish line to resume
racing with Jarvis getting his
foot down to get a couple of
kart lengths over Pilford. Pilford
closed back up by turn 2 with
Rivett right behind him but as
the lap progressed the
leading pair got away from
Rivett as he was put under
pressure from Harvey McBrien.
Pilford pushed Jarvis all the
way to the chequered flag
but Jarvis held on to win from
Pilford, Rivett, Boudewijn Long
and Dan Hudes.
Heat 7
The field shot off into turn 1,
bunched together with
Ambrose Witherspoon and
Max Oshaughnesy emerging
out of Vale at the front of the
field. Camron Page was
running in 3rd with Maxwell
Brown and Sebastian
Chodyko climbing over his
rear bumper. Witherspoon was
holding off Oshaughnesy at
the front as Oshaughnesy
struggled to find a way past
with Thomas Wallace and
Alexander Dorricott joining
Page, Brown and Chodyko in
their fight for 3rd. Wallace
quickly made his way to the
head of the field with
Chodyko and Dorricott soon
working their way past Page
and Brown. Witherspoon
continued to absorb the
pressure being exerted on him
by Oshaughnesy with
Witherspoon taking the win
from Oshaughnesy. Wallace
came home in a lonely 3rd
ahead of Chodyko and
Dorricott in 4th and 5th
respectively.
Heat 8
Oliver Mooij led the field
through the first three corners
with Harvey McBrien following
with Harvey McBrien following
in his wheel tracks. Alex
Hamilton was into 3rd by the
time lap 1 was over, ahead of
Mikey Gleeson and Boudewijn
Long. McBrien was pushing to
find a way past Mooij, but
Mooij had the measure of him
in the early stages. McBrien
finally got past with a brave
move through Vale to get
ahead, only to lose it back to
Mooij a couple of corners
later. This was allowing
Hamilton to edge towards
them as the race approached
its conclusion. Hamilton made
it a three-way fight for the
lead as they started the final
lap with McBrien back ahead
of Mooij, but only just. A last
chance effort from Mooij
gave him a run into turn 6, but
McBrien held him and
Hamilton off to take the win
from Mooij, Hamilton, Gleeson
and Oliver Tipping.
Heat 9
Connor Brown was
immediately under immense
pressure from Kameron Khan,
Ben Graham, Yaron Jarvis and
Brendan Sathees on lap 1 as
they all completed the first lap
bumper-to-bumper. Brown
managed the pressure well
and got his head down to
start edging away as Khan
came under attack from
Graham and Jarvis, aiding in
Brown’s escape. There was some contact between Khan
and Graham with Khan letting
Graham through and Jarvis
trying to get a run on the pair
of them. Graham and Khan
broke away from Jarvis with
Graham pulling out a couple
of kart lengths over Khan.
Brown took the win ahead of
Graham, Khan, Jarvis and
Sathees.
Heat 10
Ben Graham got off from pole
quickly as the rest of the field
made their way through Vale.
Alexander Dorricott made
steady progress to take 2nd by
the end of lap 1 ahead of Ted
Rivett and Max Oshaughnesy.
Dorricott set after Graham, at
the front of the field as
Oshaughnesy worked his way
past Rivett with Thomas
Wallace pushing to try and
join them in the fight for 3rd.
The top 5 soon spread out as
Dorricott began to edge
towards Graham with the pair
of them starting the final lap
bumper-to-bumper. Dorricott
began to look for a way past,
but Graham wasn’t crumbling under the pressure, holding off
Dorricott to take the
chequered flag from Dorricott
by 0.286. Oshaughnesy took a
comfortable 3rd ahead of
Rivett and Wallace.
Heat 11
The field thundered down to
Vale in close formation and all
impressively emerged from
Vale still facing the right way
around. Robin Truswell led at
the end of lap 1 ahead of
William Egby and Kameron
Khan with Connor Brown,
Ambrose Witherspoon and
Oliver Mooij soon joining them.
Egby was keeping Khan,
Brown and Witherspoon at
bay as all three looked to try
and squeeze past with Truswell
continuing to edge away at
the front of the field. Brown
made the most of Egby’s defensive driving to get
ahead of Khan on lap 4 with
Brown next to try and break
Egby’s defence. Truswell held on to win heat 11, 1.092
seconds ahead of Egby with
Khan, Witherspoon and Brown
all right behind him. Khan
picked up a penalty for
contact on the final corner,
dropping him down the order.
Heat 12
Josef Smillie, Max Vening and
Alex Hamilton completed lap
1 at the head of the field with
Hamilton looking to get past
Vening. Vening’s defence allowed Max Bublik and the
rest of the pack to join in.
Contact was becoming an
issue with the rest of the field
with a handful of drivers being
warned at the start/finish line.
Hamilton took himself out of
contention with a spin at Vale
on the final lap as Smillie
continued to hold off Oliver
Mooij all of the way to the
chequered flag. Smillie took
the win from Mooij, Boudewijn
Long, Bublik and Milo Pilford.
D Final
Otis Smith and Max Bublik got
the D final underway with
Matteo Strathmann getting
alongside them on the run into
Vale. Bublik held on to take
the lead with Dan Hudes now
the man shadowing him in 2nd.
Smith was a few kart lengths
adrift in 3rd at the end of lap 1
with Strathmann on his rear
bumper. Hudes was looking
for a way past Bublik but
Bublik was keeping the race
under control despite having
Hudes breathing down his
neck. Smith was handling the
pressure from Strathmann and
Nico Antoniou well as the pair
lined up directly behind him as
Hudes continued to pressure
Bublik for the lead. Bublik did
not crack and held on to win
ahead of Hudes, Smith,
Antoniou and Tomas Orjuela
Cortes.
C Final
Thomas Wallace jumped
Kameron Khan at the start as
the field made their way
down to turn 1, with Khan
stuck onto the back of
Wallace by the time they
completed lap 1. Brendan
Sathees was sitting in 3rd
ahead of William Egby with
the four of them all in with a
chance of the win as they
completed lap 2 nose-to-tail.
Wallace began to edge away
as Sathees looked to get
ahead of Khan whilst at the
same time, keeping Egby at
bay. Egby snuck through to
take 3rd, giving Khan a couple
of kart lengths before Egby
got onto the back of Khan
and out-dragged him into turn
1. Wallace was continuing to
extend his lead as Egby, Khan
and Sathees continued to
fight over 2nd. Wallace took
the win ahead of Egby and
Sathees who beat Khan to the
line by half a tenth of a
second with James Higgins
completing the top 5.
B Final
Alex Hamilton led the field to
turn 1, but was jumped by Ted
Rivett and Milo Pilford as they
took 1st and 2nd respectively.
Rivett got his head down to
start edging away at the front
as Hamilton looked to make
up for losing positions at the
start. Hamilton got back into
2nd at turn 4 on lap 2 as Yaron
Jarvis and Zach Walters soon
joined them in the fight for 2nd
with Walters taking 4th from
Jarvis at turn 6. Rivett was
getting away at the front as
Hamilton struggled to shake
off a persistent Pilford with
Walters tucked up under
Pilford’s exhaust. Hamilton
finally began to edge away
from Pilford and Walters as the
race approached half
distance with a win and a
place in the A Final looking on
the cards for Rivett, but
Hamilton got his head down
and began to close the gap
as they started the final lap.
Rivett held on however, taking
the win just ahead of Hamilton
with Pilford, Walters and
Thomas Wallace completing
the top 5.
A Final
Sebastian Chodyko claimed
pole with some fine driving in
the heats with Ben Graham
lining up alongside him. With
Kameron Kahn struggling compared to his usual results, Alexander Dorricott looked set to take the 2014 Cadet title with a decent finish. Chodyko led the field as the race got underway and was chased by Graham, Dorricott and Max Oshaughnesy. Graham took over from Chodyko at the front on lap 2 with a move through Vale and proceeded to try and get away leaving Chodyko in a fight for 2nd with Dorricott and Oshaughnesy. Wanting to take the title with a win, Dorricott passed Chodyko through turns 3 and 4 for 2nd and set after Graham who was now comfortably out front. Connor Brown and Ted Rivett were chasing after Chodyko and Oshaughnesy to try and steal the last spot on the podium, forming up a group of 4 and letting Dorricott chase after Graham unchallenged. Try as he might, Dorricott did not appear to be catching Graham who was pacing himself well at the front with a mistake from Graham looking like Dorricott’s only
chance of challenging him.
Chodyko was not cracking in
the race for 3rd despite having
a gaggle of karts climbing
over his rear bumper for much
of the race. He eventually got
some breathing space when
they began to slow each
other down. Graham took the
chequered flag and with it the
final win of the 2014 season.
He closed the gap to Kahn in
the championship but had to
settle for 3rd, missing out on 2nd
by 7 points. Dorricott claimed
the 2014 Daytona Sandown
Park Inkart Cadet
Championship with his 2nd
place with Chodyko finishing
his year well with a podium in
3rd. Oshaughnesy and Brown
rounded out the top 5.
Results
D Final
1. Maximilian Bublik
2. Dan Hudes
3. Otis Smith
The Cadet and Junior Podium
C Final
1. Thomas Wallace
2. William Egby
3. Brendan Sathees
B Final
1. Ted Rivett
2. Alex Hamilton
3. Milo Pilford
A Final
1. Ben Graham
2. Alexander Dorricott
3. Sebastian Chodyko
(All Championship results and
points are provisional)
Once again, the Lights produced some close racing throughout the field with a number of drivers looking like they could take the last win of the 2014 season.
Heat 1
Dante Dhillon took the lead
from Marcus Smith as the
lights turned green with the
field slipping through turn 1
carefully. William Thomas had
moved up from 3rd to 2nd with
Finn Angell-Wells the next one
to challenge Smith for 3rd
when lap 1 was completed.
Dhillon was pulling a gap at
the front over Thomas who
was in turn, getting away
from 3rd placed man Angel-
Wells with Joe Booker just a
kart length behind him.
Dhillon took the chequered
flag to win comfortably
ahead of Thomas, Angell-
Wells, Booker and Smith.
Heat 2 Axel Slijepcevic led into turn 1
from pole and was closely
followed by the rest of the
pack through the first few
corners. As the field began to
fight with each other,
Slijepcevic made a break for
it as William Thomas made
quick progress from 7th into
2nd by the end of lap 2. Sam
Hampshire was running in 3rd,
just ahead of Oliver Reeves
as Slijepcevic continued to
pull away at the front,
increasing the gap between
himself and Thomas with
each passing lap. Thomas
was just out of range for
Hampshire as Hampshire kept
Thomas honest, but
Thomas honest, but Slijepcevic took a comfortable win ahead of Thomas and Hampshire with Henry Jarret and Reeves completing the top 5. Heat 3 Joshua Craft made a
blinding start, going from 4th
to 1st by the time the field
made their way out of turn
1. Sam Hampshire was into
2nd from 6th with an equally
good start and set after
Craft as Finn Angell-Wells
was running in 3rd before
losing it at turn 3 on lap 2.
Craft was keeping
Hampshire at a reasonable
distance to ensure he could
not come under attack from
Hampshire with Henry Jarrett
now running in 3rd. Bryn
Jones and Scott Van Breda
were fighting over 4th with
the pair lapping bumper-to-
bumper. Craft took an
unchallenged win from
Hampshire in a
comfortable 2nd. Jarret took
3rd ahead of Jones and Van
Breda. Heat 4 Bryn Jones took the lead at
the start as Axel Slijepcevic
moved into 2nd by the end
of lap 1. Slijepcevic was
pushing to catch Jones who
had built a decent sized
lead at the start with Dante
Dhillon looking like he was
closing in on the pair of
them. Sofia Orjuela Cortes
was sitting in 4th with Marcus
Smith climbing over the
back of her kart. Jones was
near enough matching
Slijepcevic for pace,
keeping himself just out of
reach for Slijepcevic with
Jones taking the win ahead
of Slijepcevic. Dhillon came
home in 3rd ahead of
Orjuela Cortes and Smith.
Heat 5
Joe Booker and Sofia
Orjuela Cortes headed into
Vale side-by-side with a fast
starting Finn Angell-Wells
getting the pair of them out
of Vale. Joshua Craft and
Sam Hampshire soon joined
Slijepcevic and Craft duel at the front
Slijepcevic Takes Win and Title
Inkart Round 11 – 30th
November 2014
By Thomas McMurray
Sam Hampshire soon joined
him at the front as the leaders
completed the first lap with
just 0.210 seconds between
Angell-Wells and Craft. Craft
hit the front on lap 3 with a
move into Vale as Hampshire
began to drop back slightly.
Craft edged away from
Angell-Wells as the race wore
on, causing the field to spread
out with the closet fight on
track being between Orjuela
Cortes and Booker. Craft won
ahead of Angell-Wells,
Hampshire, Adam Maxwell-
Timmins and Orjuela Cortes.
Heat 6
Oliver Reeves held off William
Thomas as the field filtered
through Vale with Dante
Dhillon joining them at the
front. Thomas hit the front with
a move at turn 4 and
proceeded to pull away from
the rest of the pack. Reeves
was keeping Dhillon at bay
and was backing him up into
the rest of the pack as Joe
Booker, Scott Van Breda and
Marcus Smith added to the
pressure. Dhillon eventually
broke free and set after
Thomas ahead of him, but
Thomas had a lead that was
only going to be overcome if
Thomas made a mistake. The
chequered flag was readied
and greeted Thomas who
won from Dhillon, Reeves,
Booker and Van Breda.
Heat 7
Joshua Craft appeared to lose
out to Sam Attard as the
green lights flicked on, but
Craft held on through Vale to
regain the lead. Axel
Slijepcevic worked his way
into 2nd on lap 1 as Craft
quickly built a lead over the
chasing pack. Slijepcevic had
Bryn Jones looking for a way
past, with Jones slipping
through on lap 2 with a lunge
at turn 6. Jones pulled a
couple of kart lengths over
Slijepcevic as Scott Van Breda
set his sights on Slijepcevic
set his sights on Slijepcevic
ahead of him. Craft
continued to extend his
advantage at the front
leaving Jones, Slijepcevic and
Van Breda to scrap for 2nd.
Craft won heat 7 ahead of
Jones, Slijepcevic, Van Breda
and Attard.
B Final
Oliver Reeves was chased by
the pack into Vale with Scott
Van Breda his nearest
challenger, starting as he did,
from 2nd. Van Breda got
ahead at the end of lap 1
ahead of Reeves and Joe
Booker with Henry Jarrett in 4th.
Reeves dropped down the
order with a half spin at turn 4
on lap 3, giving Van Breda a
comfortable lead as Booker
and Jarrett moved into 2nd
and 3rd respectively. Jarrett
jumped Booker in the closing
stages of the race as the field,
minus Van Breda, fought over
the runner-up spot with the
last lap seeing a lunge from
Booker on Jarrett, not quite
paying off. Van Breda took
the win by 11 seconds from
Jarrett, Booker, Smith and
Adam Maxwell-Timmins.
A Final
Axel Slijepcevic came into the
final round of the year with a
healthy points advantage with
William Thomas and Josh Craft
fighting over 2nd and 3rd.
Slijepcevic got away from the
front of the grid well, leading
Craft, Thomas, Dhillon,
Hampshire and Scott Van
Breda. Craft was up for a fight,
shadowing Slijepcevic in the
early stages as he looked to
pass him for the lead.
Slijepcevic didn’t seem bothered however, running his
own race as Dhillon,
Hampshire and Thomas closed
in. Hampshire tapped the
back of Dhillon through the
final corner at the half way
stage, losing him momentum
and giving Thomas a run on
him into Vale, but Hampshire
just held on. This gave Dhillon
a shot at passing Craft, which
he soon took, getting into 2nd
at the far end of the track.
Slijepcevic was left to make his
way to the finish line to cap off
his title winning year with
another win. Dhillon chased
him home finishing 2nd by 0.851
seconds with Craft a further
1.261 seconds behind. Thomas
came home in 4th and
claimed 2nd in the
championship with Hampshire
completing the race in 5th.
Results
B Final
1. Scott Van Breda
2. Henry Jarrett
3. Joe Booker
A Final
1. Axel Slijepcevic
2. Dante Dhillon
3. Joshua Craft
(All Championship results and
points are provisional)
Cameron Rodger was looking to take the 2014 title in the best possible way – with a win – but Lewis Brailli looked like he might deny Rodger with some brilliant defensive driving in the final.
Heat 1
Kyle Jackson led off from
pole into turn 1, but George
Worledge and Silas Woolway
moved ahead through the
first sequence of corners to
take 1st and 2nd respectively.
Tauran Bellot Jr was into 3rd by
the time the lap was over as
Worledge began to pull
away from Woolway. Bellot Jr
moved into 2nd ahead of
Woolway at turn 4 a lap later
as Bellot Jr, Woolway, Lewis
Brailli, Jackson and George
Dixon all crossed the finish line
on lap 2, bumper-to-bumper.
Woolway got back ahead of
Bellot Jr a lap later with Brailli
adding to Bellot Jr’s pain as he moved into 3rd. All the
while, Worledge extended his
lead easily as the field
continued to slow each other
down. Worledge took the win
ahead of Woolway, Bellot Jr,
Dixon and Brailli.
Heat 2
George Worledge and
Tauran Bellot Jr led the field
into Vale at the start with
Worledge leading the field on
to the infield straight ahead
of Bellot Jr, Cameron Rodger,
Kyle Jackson and Silas
Woolway. Rodger took 2nd on
lap 2 and set after Worledge,
latching onto him at the end
of the lap in the fight for the
lead. Rodger took the lead
on lap 3 with a move up the
inside of Worledge at turn 4
as Bellot Jr was holding off
Jackson. Worledge wasn’t about to let Rodger get
away as he got back onto
Rodger’s rear bumper and reclaimed the lead at turn 4
on the final lap. Worledge
held on to take the win from
Rodger by just 0.114 seconds
with Bellot Jr, Jackson and
Woolway completing the
top 5. Heat 3 Lewis Brailli took the lead
through Vale, dropping
George Dixon down the
order. Silas Woolway was
quickly into 2nd ahead of
George Worledge, Dixon
and Cameron Rodger. Brailli
was getting away at the
front as the rest of the field
squabbled for position
making life very easy for
Brailli at the front. Rodger
worked his way to the front
of the group, dropping
Woolway to 3rd with Dixon
and Worledge climbing over
the back of his kart,
desperately trying to find a
way through. Rodger quickly
broke away from the rest of
the group, but could not
catch Brailli who took the
chequered flag to win heat
3. Rodger took 2nd ahead of
Worledge, Dixon and
Woolway.
Heat 4
Cameron Rodger held off
Lewis Brailli at the start with
Tauran Bellot Jr moving into
2nd at turn 4. This gave
Rodger some breathing
space and a chance to start
building a lead. Brailli got
back into 2nd at turn 2 on lap
2 with George Dixon briefly
following him past before
Bellot Jr got back ahead.
Brailli pulled a couple of kart
lengths as Bellot Jr and Dixon
continued to squabble for
3rd with Kyle Jackson getting
involved. Rodger continued
to pull away from the rest of
the field as the race wore
Cameron Rodger heading Lewis Brailli
Rodger is 2014 Champion
Inkart Round 11 – 30th
November 2014
By Thomas McMurray
the field as the race wore on with Jackson and Bellot Jr getting caught up in a fight for 4th. Rodger took the win comfortably ahead of Brailli with Dixon, Jackson and Bellot Jr completing the top 5.
A Final Cameron Rodger and George Worledge were contending the 2014 title, but with Rodger’s lead in the championship, it would be a tall order for Worledge to take it away from him. The pair lined up on the front row for the final with Rodger ahead of Worledge, but Lewis Brailli got the jump on the pair of them, getting into the lead around Vale. Rodger was immediately onto the back of Brailli, pushing to get ahead with the two of them escaping the battle that was about to ensue between Worledge, Silas Woolway, Tauran Bellot Jr, Kyle Jackson and George Dixon. Woolway passed Worledge through turn 4 to take up 3rd with Bellot Jr soon nipping through as well. Rodger went for a move on Brailli through Vale, but caught a damp patch, leading to some contact. Rodger did the right thing and let Brailli back through with Rodger going back on the attack as soon as Brailli was through. Bellot Jr was tucked up behind Woolway as the group of 5 all went through turn 3 together with Bellot Jr giving Woolway just enough of a tap to push him wide and take the position. This was deemed as an advantage by contact and Bellot Jr unfortunately picked up a penalty. Bellot Jr broke free of the group as Worledge worked his way into 4th and set after the pair ahead of him. Rodger had been patient, looking for a way past Brailli and waited until the final lap to go around Brailli through Vale with the help of a bit of extra grip on the drying line. Rodger held it to the chequered flag to take the win, capping off his 2014 title
winning year in fine style. Brailli
had to settle for 2nd ahead of
Bellot Jr who would drop
down the order due to his
penalty. Worledge finished 4th
on track but joined Rodger
and Brailli on the podium with
Dixon completing the top 5.
Results
A Final
1. Cameron Rodger
2. Lewis Brailli
3. George Worledge
(All Championship results and
points are provisional)
It was going to be difficult for Ian Del-Pizzo’s closest rival, James Venning, to deny him the title especially as Del-Pizzo was in fine form, but Venning gave it his best shot anyway.
Heat 1 Tom Clark and Gary Hayman
headed the pack into Vale
with Ian Del-Pizzo hitting the
front by the time lap 1 was
completed. Clark was
running in 2nd ahead of Billy
Cowan and James Venning
as Del-Pizzo got his head
down and quickly put some
distance between himself
and those behind him. Clark
hit kart problems with the full
course yellow momentarily
being brought out to deal
with the incident. This moved
Cowan into 2nd, but this was
short lived as Venning got
ahead and began his pursuit
of Del-Pizzo. Matthew
Hayman had made steady
progress through the field to
move into 4th but had a tall
order to catch those ahead
of him. Del-Pizzo was
gradually extending his lead
over Venning as they
approached the end of the
race. Del-Pizzo took the win
ahead of Venning, Cowan,
Hayman and Tom Eastwood.
Heat 2
Ian Del-Pizzo and Jordan
Bowley got heat 2 underway
with the pair quickly
disappearing up the road to
have their own private battle.
James Venning and Matthew
Hayman were sat in 3rd and
4th respectively with Venning
looking to close the gap that
Del-Pizzo and Bowley had
pulled out. Bowley was
following in Del-Pizzo’s wheel
tracks, but Del-Pizzo was absorbing the pressure and was keeping Bowley a kart length behind him at all times, keeping him out of striking range. Del-Pizzo claimed his second win of the day, 0.340 clear of Bowley with Venning, Hayman and Tom Eastwood completing the top 5. Heat 3
James Venning completed
lap 1 ahead of Daniel
Holland and Tom Eastwood.
Venning quickly pulled out a
lead over Holland and
Eastwood as Billy Cowan
joined them in the fight for
2nd, allowing Venning to
comfortably extend his lead.
Cowan passed Eastwood for
3rd on lap 4, giving Holland a
momentary gap of a couple
of kart lengths before
Cowan got onto the back of
Holland and began to look
for a way past him for 2nd.
Venning was long gone by
that point and took
the chequered flag at the
end of the race ahead of
Holland, Cowan, Jack
Reeves and Matthew
Hayman with Cowan and
Reeves both picking up
penalties for contact.
A Final
James Venning lined up on
pole for the last grid of the
2014 season, but was
jumped by Ian Del-Pizzo by
the time the field reached
turn 2, with a move around
the outside from Del-Pizzo
giving him the inside line for
turn 3 and with it, the lead of
the race. Jordan Bowley
was sitting in 3rd with
Matthew Hayman and
Daniel Holland right behind
him as Del-Pizzo and
Venning checked out at the
front. Del-Pizzo began to
edge away from Venning
and towards the 2014 title as
the race progressed with the
closest fight on track now
between Bowley and
Del-Pizzo Takes Title In The Dark
Inkart Round 11 – 30th
November 2014
By Thomas McMurray
Del-Pizzo leading the way through the darkness
Hayman. Despite lapping
nose-to-tail for much of the
race, they were not slowing
each other down, allowing
them to pull a gap on
Holland behind them with
Hayman going for the move
on Bowley in the dying
stages of the race. Del-Pizzo
cruised home to take the
final win of the year and
with it, the 2014 Daytona
Sandown Park Inkart Senior
Light title. Venning came
home in 2nd ahead of
Hayman, Bowley and
Holland.
Results
A Final
1. Ian Del-Pizzo
2. James Venning
3. Matthew Hayman
(All Championship results
and points are provisional)
The Senior Podium
With the season he has had, Ryan Harper could afford to relax in the final round with the championship near enough his barring any problems. Luke Charman was in competitive form throughout the heats and set after winning the final round.
Heat 1 Stephen Harding headed
Stephen Wackrill as the field
headed down to Vale with
Harding holding onto the
lead ahead of Chris Wilkinson.
Ryan Harper had moved into
3rd ahead of Ben
Benneyworth with 3rd
becoming 2nd as Harper got
past Chris Wilkinson at the
final corner and chased after
Harding. Benneyworth was
next to get ahead of
Wilkinson and soon caught
up with Harding and Harper
with Luke Charman making it
a four-way fight at the front.
Harper hit the front on lap 4
but lost out to Harding who
regained the lead a lap later
at the far end of the circuit.
Harper resumed his attack on
Harding in the fight for the
lead with a late lunge into 4th
not quite paying off. Harper
got a run out of the final
corner to get ahead of
Harding into Vale with the
pair of them being passed by
Charman. Contact between
Harper and Harding dropped
the pair of them down the
order with Charman winning
from Benneyworth, Arnold
Macauley, Chris Wilkinson
and Ciaran Bodenham.
Heat 2
Will England led from pole on
lap 1 and pulled out a small
gap over Ross Petev and Donald Macauley with Macauley getting ahead of Petev on lap 2 at turn 4. Luke Charman was up to 4th and was bearing down on Petev before passing him up the inside of turn 4. England, Macauley and Charman formed up to create a three-way scrap for the lead with Charman passing Macauley through the final two corners. Charman hit the front a lap later with 2 laps remaining and proceeded to get away as Ryan Harper continued his march through the field to take up 4th. The chequered flag was readied and greeted Charman who took the win ahead of England, Macauley, Harper and Ciaran Bodenham. Heat 3 Ryan Harper hung on
around the outside of Vale
at the start to take the lead
from Arnold Macauley and
Luigi Cappuccio. Macauley
regained the lead on lap 2
with a move up the inside of
Harper at turn 4 with
Cappuccio closing up to the
back of them. Harper was
back on Macauley looking
to regain the lead as they
started to leave Cappuccio
behind as Jake Taylor held
off Ciaran Bodenham,
Stephen Harding and Ben
Benneyworth. Macauley
dealt with the pressure
Harper exerted on him and
took the win from Harper,
Cappuccio, Bodenham and
Harding.
A Final
Arnold Macauley and Luke
Charman headed the field
into turn 1 under the flood
lights with Charman taking
the advantage through turn
2 to lead the race. Charman
quickly put some distance
between himself and
Macauley who had Ciaran
Bodenham and Ryan Harper
Charman was a new winner for the 2014 season
Charman Caps Off 2014 With Win
Inkart Round 11 – 30th
November 2014
By Thomas McMurray
hot on his heels with Harper
quickly working his way
through to 2nd. Donald
Macauley had been making
steady progress through the
field to join Harper and Arnold
Macauley as they began to
drop Bodenham into the
clutches of Jake Taylor.
Charman continued to pull
away at the front as Harper
began to gap Arnold and
Donald Macauley behind him.
Harper brought his kart into
the pitlane, knowing that he
had already done enough to
wrap up the title leaving
Charman well out front and
Arnold and Donald to fight
over 2nd. Charman claimed
the final win of the 2014
season ahead of Donald
Macauley, Arnold Macauley,
Chris Wilkinson and Taylor.
Results
A Final
1. Luke Charman
2. Donald Macauley
3. Arnold Macauley
(All Championship results and
points are provisional)