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2000 Elf-Hill House Hammond S1 National Kart Championships

Rowrah Juniors Round 3

(includes TV Coverage details)

Rowrah basked in the sunshine for a great weekend’s racing among the hills. Comprehensive TV coverage is assured from this meeting, beginning with the Cadets on 8^th August, JICA on 15^th August, and Junior TKM provisionally on 29^th. Check your SkySport listings for times & repeats of the Fastrax programme.

Hill House Hammond MSA British Junior Kart Champs

Qualifying: di Resta 48.09, Hanley 48.15, King 48.22, Walters 48.51. In the first heat di Resta tracked Hanley for the duration, but when the Scot put a wheel on the grass on the last lap, Hanley was home clear. Jordan Wise caught Hanley on the last lap of the second heat, and in the third di Resta had a controversial coming together with Liam Walters in regaining the lead, letting Russell Love emerge second.

Ben Hanley snatched the lead at the restarted first final, Paul di Resta tracking him around but unable to mount a serious challenge. Series front-runners James Kirkpatrick and Russell Love came off together. Jordan Wise was third, followed by Rodolfo Gonzalez. In the second final, Hanley yet again made the better start, but di Resta gave him a harder time, though still unable to pass. Russell Parkes made a great move on Wise for third and Love went off again in another pile-up. Final 1 Hanley, di Resta, Wise, Gonzalez, King, Parkes. Final 2 Hanley, di Resta, Parkes, Wise, Gonzalez, King.

ABkC Formula Cadet

Heat Wins: Dolby x3, Martin-Dye, Metcalfe. B Final: Hoy, Palmer, Lawson, Leon. A Final: Despite winning all his heats, and leading most of the race, Craig Dolby had to give best to Alexander Sims after a race-long duel. Freddie Martin-Dye worked his way up to third, but left a tiny gap on the last lap exploited by Jeremy Metcalfe. Martin-Dye was tapped wide dropping to fifth behind Daniel Rowbottom. Result: Sims, Dolby, Metcalfe, Rowbottom, Martin-Dye, Bratt.

ABkC Formula Junior TKM

Heat wins: Robertson x2, Onslow-Cole, Wilson, Lovell, Hill. B Final: Adam, Robb, Croxford, Mitchell. A Final: Paul Wilson had little trouble winning from Oliver Oakes and Jonathan Robertson, the first five finishing in grid order. Incidents to other top points contenders gave Wilson a real boost. Results: Wilson, Oakes, Robertson, Lovell, Cruttenden, McDonald.

ABkC TKM Junior Intermediate

Heat wins: Parsons, Glover, Gaj, Johnson. A Final: Kevin Glover headed a snarling pack of 10 front-runners until his engine lost its edge, letting Luke Johnson take the win from Ben Hitch. Glover was followed by Stephen Lane and Mick Higham, with erstwhile points leader Ian Parsons sixth. Results: Johnson, Hitch, Glover, Lane, Higham, Parsons.

Formula Junior Yamaha

Heat Wins: Turvey x2, Plowman.
A Final: Martin Plowman tried in vain to find a gap in Oliver Turvey’s defence for the win, Philip English third Results: Turvey, Plowman, English, Allin, Anderson, Ross.

Rowrah Rumbles…Get well soon to Frank Wrathall, who broke his collarbone and elbow in practice after a brake cable failure.

Both Freddie Martin-Dye and Steven Barden were black flagged from top positions during races but allowed to continue after a chat with the authorities. Edward Hoy was excluded from a heat for contact driving. Thomas Wedgwood was not permitted to restart the first red-flagged JICA final. The warning flag was used 61 times, Clerk of the Course Steve Clayton determined to control driving standards.

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