Three Sisters Rotax ABkC Round 5: 18.9.05
NEWSLETTER
There will be all to play for at Lydd, no titles settled yet. Jack Harvey took the MiniMax flag in a photofinish, Adam Christo the Juniors, and Iain Inglis held off Tristram Oman and Chris Lock in Max.
Going into the last round Oman has 22 points in hand over Inglis in the Max class. In MiniMax Devon Modell’s lead over Jamie Little is down to 9 points. Junior Rotax is mighty close with Greg Harper leading by effectively only 5 points from Thomas Arme, with Sam Bennett a further 5 back. Chris Palmer is the dark horse, only I further point in arrears.
ABkC MiniMax
Heat winners: Jack Harvey, Tom Patterson, Tom Grice, Harvey.
A Final: Harvey led Matthew Cooley and Conor Stephenson away, with Alex Jeffrey trying to get up the inside but delaying Ryan Singleton, all letting the top trio escape. They traded the lead with Jordan Chamberlain and Jamie Little closing fast, the latter carving up to 2nd. Stephenson was adjudged to have knocked Chamberlain out of 3rd at the last corner and was penalised 10s, whilst Devon Modell recovered to 5th after a bad heat.
Results: Harvey, Little, Cooley, Singleton, Modell, Patterson.
ABkC Rotax Junior UK
Qualifying: Adam Christo (44.28), Greg Harper, Sam Bennett.
Heat winners: Bennett, Harper, Christo, Liam Fenwick, Bennett.
B Final: James McDonald, Kenneth Thirlwall, William Priest, Daniel Lloyd.
A Final: Christo had an eager Bennett on his bumper round the first corner and David Sutton demoted Arme who managed to hang onto 5th. Whilst Christo moved clear, Harper and Bennett exchanged 2nd several times but Harper had the edge at the flag.
Results: Christo, Harper, Bennett, Sutton, Arme, Matty Tipping.
ABkC Rotax Max
Qualifying: Iain Inglis (43.25), Tristram Oman, Lee Pattison.
Heat winners: Inglis, Oman, Pattison, Ross Wilson, Oman, Stephen Tyldsley.
B Final: David Parker, Adam Murphy, Karl Haxton, James McDonald.
A Final: All survived a very hectic first corner, the lead traded between Inglis, Oman and Chris Lock. Their times were so close no-one had an edge, with Inglis successfully defending his lead round the remaining laps. Pattison closed up in the latter stages from his grid 9 start.
Results: Inglis, Oman, Lock, Pattison, Richard Stott, Neil Walker.
Wigan Whispers
Driving standards were much improved at this round, reflected in the reduced number of penalties.
Ignition components were swapped out by the scrutineers on some of the top contenders’ karts.
Last Rotax round is at Lydd on 9th October.
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Kenneth Thirlwall | Jack Harvey |
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