'Super One' Results
2000 Elf-Hill House Hammond S1 National Kart Championships Kimbolton Juniors Round 1 7/5/00 (includes TV Coverage details) A
Special Welcome to readers to this new Elf - Hill
House Hammond S1 Newsletter. It will be posted
(snailmail) after every round to keep drivers and
sponsors in touch with the progress of Britain’s
premier karting series. The
newsletters are part of a series of new measures
introduced this year to further boost these MSA and ABkC
championships. New features this year include: Transponders
for faster lap scoring and timing; A new Atol
Race Centre which has become a focal point in the
paddock for drivers and guests. Appointment
of Grahame Butterworth as series commentator and PR
co-ordinator to help boost media exposure, joined by
Graham Smith doing race reports. TV
coverage continues on the SkySports 2 Fastrax programme
with this Kimbolton round to be transmitted for the first
time on May 23 at 1830 with repeats at 2200 then 0815 on
the 24th and 1330 on the 25th. There will be more from
the Seniors on 30th May at 1730, 31st May at 0030, 0815,
1230 and finally 1630 on Skysports 1. ¨¨¨¨¨ Hill
House Hammond MSA British Junior Kart Champs Qualifying:
Hanley, di Resta, Tilley, Parkes, Love, Gonzales, Breen,
Kirkpatrick, Mitchell, Brunton. Ben
Hanley took home the winner’s trophy in a curtailed
first round of the top Junior event, the second final
being cancelled. (See later). He topped qualifying by
.02s from Paul di Resta, the two tie-ing for pole, each
with a win and second. Ed Tilley, 3rd
fastest, dropped a heat after his carb flooded but he
went on to win the repercharge. Thomas Wedgwood, Kris
Bailey and Tom Russell joined Tilley in the final. Russell
Love’s heat win took him to grid three for the first
final with Venezuelan Rodolfo Gonzales’ excellent
results putting him on four, his highest ever placing. Paul di
Resta briefly snatched the lead from Hanley on the second
lap but was unable to maintain the pace, complaining
later of an engine down on bottom end. His second
became third when Russell Love took him in the bus-stop,
Gonzales and Russell Parkes hard on his bumper. Love
slung his kart up the inside to take the lead, but only
for a lap as Hanley re-asserted himself to cross the line
first. Result:
Hanley, Love, di Resta, Gonzales, Kirkpatrick, Parkes ABkC Formula Cadet
Heat
winners: Sims, Rowbottom, Oakes, Martin-Dye (twice). B
Final: Lancaster, Malvern, Rosenzweig, Crankshaw. Freddie Martin-Dye, Alexander
Sims and Jordan Oakes battled mightily in the Cadets,
each enjoying a spell in the lead. Martin-Dye said
later: “I was pushed wide across the grass, but was
really determined to get back and win.” He
clinched it on the last lap, with a move at the hairpin
on Sims, with Oakes next up. Jon Lancaster came all
the way from the B Final to seventh. Result:
Martin-Dye, Sims, Oakes, Rowbottom, Morgan, Adam
Christodoulo ABkC
TKM Junior Intermediate Heat
winners: Parsons, Walsh, Johnson, Lane. B Final: Glover,
Cobbing, Wilde, Barrow. Ian
Parsons and Alex Mortimer resumed battle in TKM Inters
after a red flag, but Mortimer was demoted by Stephen
Lane and Luke Johnson. Result:
Parsons, Lane, Johnson, Mortimer, Higham, Roe. ABkC Formula Junior TKM
Heat
winners: Onslow-Cole, Lovell, McDonald, Thorpe,
Robertson, Wilson. B Final: Sutton, Coombes,
Furner, Haysey. Red flags
took away Daryl McDonald’s handy lead in the final.
George Lovell got the jump at the single file restart and
went onto win as McDonald’s repass was negated on
the count-back by yet another red flag. Result:
Lovell, McDonald, Cruttenden, Onslow-Cole, Barden,
Thorpe. Formula Junior Yamaha
Heat
winners: Bean, Anderson, Turvey. Oliver
Turvey claimed a fairly untroubled win, leaving James
Bean trailing. Martin Plowman battled past
Walker-Hansell, Allin and Anderson for third. Result:
Turvey, Bean, Plowman, Anderson, Allin, Walker-Hansell Kimbolton
Comment… Two
nasty accidents within a few minutes of each other had
both ambulances going to hospital leaving no cover. With
time running out there was no option but to cancel the
second JICA final. The MSA title will now be decided from
11 out of 13 rounds. Good to
report that both injured TKM drivers, Kevin Glover and
Jonathan Adam were allowed home after treatment. James Taylor and Randal Lynn were both excluded from the meeting for TKM technical infringements, the former having the wrong exhaust cap, and the latter a modified restrictor plate. Senior
News from Three Sisters
The first senior round was a cracker, with more competition in Formula A than for years. Stevie Morris won the first final from Dean Panrucker, the positions reversed in the second with Michael Spencer third in both. Chris Lamare won Formula TKM from Daniel Chapman and Andrew Taylor. In 100C a tangle off the line gave Stewart Baker a huge lead from James Whitby and Kato Adams, whilst in Champion ICA, newcomer Iain Inglis took pole and the win from Terry Langley and Kevin Crook. The rest – they can’t wait until Fulbeck! Webmaster: Graham Smith
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